26 Feb 2009
Thomson Reuters Partners With CABI To Expand Life Sciences Content
ISI Web of Knowledge Now Includes Global Health and Global Health Archives
Philadelphia, PA, London, UK - February 26, 2009 — The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters today announced that ISI Web of Knowledge now includes Global Health and the Global Health Archive from CABI. The comprehensive database of public health information will provide users with global and regional public health coverage.
“The combination of these databases creates a powerful tool for researchers looking to discover trends vital to today’s public health picture,” said James Pringle, vice president of product development at Thomson Reuters. “Users rely on ISI Web of Knowledge for its superior content – the addition of Global Health creates robust coverage of life sciences research and information.”
Andrea Powell, Executive Director Publishing, CABI said: “The inclusion of Global Health onto the ISI Web of Knowledge is great news for the research community around the world. Its brings together all of CABI’s core products on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform for the first time, giving researchers powerful tools to exploit the world’s definitive public health database.”
Derived from over 3500 journals, plus reports, books and conferences, Global Health contains over 1.2 million scientific records from 1973 to the present and more than 90,000 records are added each year. The addition of these records provide users access to weekly content updates, the ability to detect emerging trends to pursue successful research and grant acquisition, and help to identify potential collaborators through their publication records.
ISI Web of Knowledge, an integrated, versatile research platform, delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content. The platform provides users the ability to search the right content and find relevant information for discovery and research evaluation — whether that information is found in international journals, open access resources, books, patents or proceedings.
For more information about ISI Web of Knowledge and the addition of Global Health, please visit http://isiwebofknowledge.com/.
About CABI
CABI is a not-for-profit, science-based development and information organisation with nine centres worldwide. CABI’s mission and direction is influenced by its 44 member countries that help guide the organisation's activities. These include projects and consultancy, information for development, scientific publishing and mycological services. For more information, visit www.cabi.org.
About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. For more information, go to thomsonreuters.com.
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