As previously announced, Elsevier’s Scopus and Sciencedirect products have been merged under a common hub called Sciverse. The migration went well and both products are fully working. However the new additional Sciverse functions will only be rolled out on the 22nd September. Until then, all links pointing to the “sciverse.com” domain, for example the “Hub” link, will throw an error message. If you want to know more about the forthcoming functionality of Sciverse, please consult acceleratescience.com.

On August 21, 2010, JSTOR released a new interface.  One feature of this new interface, the ability for any user to submit a search against all JSTOR content, drew strong reactions from many in the library community.  The key concern expressed was that JSTOR users at participating institutions with a subset of JSTOR collections could get search results pointing to content they could not access, and that JSTOR had not yet enabled OpenURL (This service is called “Find It!” at Consortium Luxembourg) for all articles, making it difficult for libraries to use link resolvers to re-direct users to other copies of the articles that might be available to them.

In response, JSTOR will issue an update to the interface changes released in August. This update is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, September 2. Beginning tomorrow, the default option for authenticated users on all search forms will be to search licensed content only. Authenticated users include users on campus or users logged in via a remote access option. Our reason for taking this step is to reduce any potential frustration for authenticated users until we can extend support for OpenURL linking throughout the platform, at which point librarians will be able to direct their users to alternative options for accessing content not licensed through JSTOR.

KluwerArbitration has announced the addition of Practice Tools into their online offerings.

The Practice Tools consist of:

• a set of 3 easy-to-use question and answer Smart Charts, edited by Clifford Chance LLP;
• the IAI Aribtrator Tool, a search-for-an-arbitrator tool developed with the International Arbitration Institute (IAI).

The Smart Charts include:

• Drafting Arbitration Agreements: a comparative summary of the main components of arbitration agreements across key jurisdictions;
• Sovereign Immunity: a comparative summary of the circumstances in which immunity from enforcement may be claimed by States across key jurisdictions;
• Arbitral Institutions: an at-a-glance comparative summary of the procedural rules of the major international Arbitral Institutions.

The IAI Arbitrator Tool allows users to search for and compare profiles of arbitration specialists from the IAI directory.

Ebscohost has announced the launch of a mobile version of its website.

EBSCOhost Mobile offers the following features:

• Basic Searching
• HTML and PDF Full Text
• Search Modes
• Limiters
• Image Quick View
• Image Collection (depending on the database that has been selected)
• E-mailing articles
• Preferences
• Multi-database Searching

All the databases that are accessible via the regular PC version of Ebscohost are also available for searching via Ebscohost mobile.

Ebscohost Mobile can be found via the “Databases” header under the letter “E” or by clicking here.

** Please note that your mobile device must have javascript enabled in order to use EBSCOhost Mobile. **