Elsevier Launches Geofacets, a New Tool to Help Geoscientists Analyse and Interpret Data to Deliver Accurate Geological Assessments

Provides Access to a Web-based, Searchable Collection of More Than 100,000 Geological Maps and 65,000 Articles From Elsevier's 31 Earth Sciences Journals

NEW YORK, September 13, 2010 - Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services, today announced the launch of
Geofacets (www.info.geofacets.com), a search and discovery tool which
delivers relevant content from Elsevier's market-leading earth sciences
journals. Geofacets will help geoscientists in the oil and gas industry spend
less time searching and formatting content and more time on analysis and
interpretation to identify and characterize potential sources of hydrocarbon
resources.

The tool offers direct desktop access to reliable georeferenced maps and
the trusted geologic content embedded in Elsevier's journal articles. It
allows geoscientists to:

    - Search geographically via an interactive map
    - Search textually for relevant content by keyword, geographic location,
      author, etc.
    - View results geographically
    - Refine a large number of search results, enabling the user to sort the
      results according to map type, geographic location, keyword, author,
      etc.
    - Download relevant content as georeferenced maps (GeoTIFF) and other
      image formats (JPEG or TIFF), facilitating easy integration with the
      geoscientist's workflow and software
    - Access the full-text article, which provides contextual information
      that leads to better analysis and interpretation

"We fully recognize the pressure placed on geoscientists to make high
stake recommendations in a limited period of time," explains Phoebe McMellon,
geologist and Product Manager at Elsevier. "Geofacets complements the way
geoscientists already work and enables them to focus on analyzing and
interpreting the data needed to make informed decisions."

Geofacets satisfies the geoscientist's heavy reliance on maps and
geographically relevant data in the early stages of exploration by
automatically pulling in all of the georeferenced maps and content related to
specific geographic areas of interest or subject matter (i.e., gas hydrates,
salt dome). Nearly half of the maps are georeferenced and indexed according
to geologic basins, enabling geoscientists to use the unique geographic
search interface to quickly find maps associated with specific basins and
countries.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. The company works in partnership
with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000
journals, including The Lancet (www.thelancet.com) and Cell
(www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (www.scopus.com),
Reaxys (www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com) and
Nursing Consult (www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the
productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite
(www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (www.medai.com),
which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more
cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier (
www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part
of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leading
publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier
PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),
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    Vice President, Corporate Relations, Elsevier
    T.Reller@elsevier.com
    +1-215-239-3508

Media Contact: Tom Reller, Vice President, Corporate Relations, Elsevier, T.Reller at elsevier.com, +1-215-239-3508