THE THAI LIBRARY INTEGRATED SYSTEM CONSORTIUM ACQUIRES WEB OF SCIENCE
First Asia Pacific national license for Thomson Scientific
Philadelphia, PA USA-London UK - Aug. 22, 2005 —
Today, Thomson Scientific announced that the Thai Library Integrated System Consortium (ThaiLIS), comprising Thailand’s 24 public universities, has purchased Web of Science®. Web of Science is the powerful Web-based information resource that enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from the world’s most prestigious scholarly journals. This is the first national license agreement for Thomson Scientific in the Asia-Pacific region.“ThaiLIS is proud to provide a world-class tool for research and evaluation to the 24 public universities in Thailand,” according to one ThaiLIS official. “We believe that providing Web of Science is an investment in the future of excellence in scientific research in Thailand. We look forward to continuing to work with Thomson Scientific to further advance our research infrastructure.”
Web of Science is a key component of ISI Web of KnowledgeSM. With multidisciplinary content back to 1900 from more than 8,700 of the most prestigious journals and the Thomson Scientific-pioneered, ‘cited reference searching,’ Web of Science is the leading scientific information resource of choice for information professionals and researchers worldwide.
ThaiLIS’s 24 universities will have access to all three Web of Science indices: Science Citation Index Expanded™, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index®.
About ThaiLIS
The Thai Library Integrated System is a consortium of 24 public universities
initiated by the Commission of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Thailand.
The consortium was created after Thailand’s two consortiums, Provincial
University Library Network and Thai Academic Libraries Network, joined. The
consortium’s universities are Chulalongkorn University; Mahidol University;
Kasetsart University; Khon Kaen University; Chiang Mai University; Thanmmast
University; Ramkhamhaeng University; Silpakorn University; Srinakharinwirot
University; Prince of Songkhla University; Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University;
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi; King Mongkut’s
Institute of Technology North Bangkok; King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology
Ladkrabang; National Institute of Development Administration; Maejo University;
Ubon Ratchathani University; Burapha University; Naresuan University; Thaksin
University; Suranaree University; Maefaluang University; Mahasarakham University;
and Walailuk University.
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