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The special agreement provides all undergraduates, graduates, researchersand faculty within the Consortium with access to more than 260 journals and50 leading reference books including authoritative titles from the scientificand medical literature such as The Lancet and Cell.
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Dr. S.Ramanadshetty, the Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Ghandhi University ofHealth Sciences, Karnataka, said, "ScienceDirect(R) and MD Consult(R) areuseful and important research tools for us. Our faculty members andresearchers are very comfortable with these resources and I am happy that wecan continue to enable access to all our Medical, Dental, Pharmacy,Physiotherapy and Nursing Colleges with this new agreement."
The Vice-Chancellor added, "As part of our strategy to extend ourportfolio of electronic materials, we also recognised the great value thatElsevier brings to the needs and aims of Helinet and its member institutions."
"We are honoured to collaborate with the libraries of the HelinetConsortium to provide their communities with world-class science, medical &technology content," remarked Rohit Kumar, Managing Director of South Asia,Elsevier Health Sciences. "We see this as a very important step in ourmission to broaden our reach to the local research & medical communities,equip them with the most updated knowledge and tools in these fields andultimately raise the level of healthcare in India."
About Helinet
HELINET (Health Science Library and Information Network) was conceived byRajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, RGUHS, and was successfullyimplemented, becoming the first of its kind in the country. HELINET was alsoconceived as the consortium of all the teaching and research institutionsaffiliated to RGUHS, and pursues the need for networking and resourcesharing. The Consortium began with a vision to improve the quality ofeducation and research in Health Sciences institutions of the country throughenhanced access to high-quality medical information. HELINET's goal is todeliver information to the user's desktop, with round-the-clock access.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical andmedical information products and services. The company works in partnershipwith the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com) and Cell(http://www.cell.com ), and close to 20,000 book titles, including majorreference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions includeScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com),Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com) andNursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance theproductivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite(http://www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com),which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes morecost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is partof Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leadingpublisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed ElsevierPLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).Media Contact Robert Gorter Director, E-sales & Marketing, APAC Health Sciences Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd +65-6349-0252 [email protected]
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