ISI is by far the better of the databases presently.

John O. Christensen
Physical Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science,
and Popular Reading Librarian
2323 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah   84602
phone: 801-422-2928; fax: 801-422-0466
email: john_christensen@byu.edu

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Helen Aiello
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:55 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Scopus

I would like to add my own question to this query: what are institutions
who have ISI planning to do?  I suspect that many schools do not have the
financial resources to run both products so will have to make a decision
down the road if SCOPUS becomes a real contender.  Any comments on how this
decision will be made, especially since many of us have purchased
'perpetual access' to ISI, will be most appreciated.

Helen M. Aiello
Serials/Electronic Resources Librarian
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

At 01:35 PM 9/8/2005, Cynthia Swope wrote:
>I'd like to hear comments from institutions who are using  Elsevier's
>new  and  pricey search engine.  It looks great, but is it worth the
>money?
>
>Cindy Swope
>Himmelfarb Library
>
>