EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service Enhanced Expands Biomedical Content

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, U.S.A., June 21, 2006 – The American Diabetes Association, The Endocrine Society and IEEE have recently added their content – collectively representing 13 biomedical titles – to EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service Enhanced.

With the addition of this metadata, participating publisher content will be easily accessible at the article level in addition to the journal level, enhancing the visibility and usage of these journals.

The American Diabetes Association is the nation’s leading non-profit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of communities. The mission of the Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

The Endocrine Society is the world’s largest and most active professional organization of endocrinologists in the world. Founded in 1916, the Society is internationally known as the leading source of state-of-the-art research and clinical advancements in endocrinology and metabolism. The Endocrine Society is dedicated to promoting excellence in research, education and clinical practice in the field of endocrinology.

IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., is the world’s leading non-profit professional association for the advancement of technology. Through its global membership, the IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics among others. 

About EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service
EJS handles electronic journal access and management needs. EJS Enhanced offers extensive features that help with e-journal management tasks such as: tracking the registration status of e-journals, authentication assistance to facilitate both on-campus and remote access to e-journal content, automatic management of e-journal URLs and much more. EJS Enhanced serves as a consolidated gateway that allows users to search and link to (OpenURL supported) more than 13,600 journals and nearly 7.7 million articles. EBSCO provides durable URLs for every journal, table of contents and article in EJS Enhanced. No URL maintenance by the library is required.

If you are interested in learning more about the benefits of adding journal metadata to EJS, please contact Bragan Patterson (bpatterson@ebsco.com).

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