Universities Australia (UA) Provides Scopus Access to 39 Local Institutions

AMSTERDAM, May 18, 2010 - Elsevier and Universities Australia (UA) have reached a three-year
agreement that will provide researchers in 39 Australian universities with
access to Scopus, the company's flagship product and the world's largest
abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.

The agreement further strengthens the relationship between Elsevier and
UA, who together presented the inaugural Scopus Young Researcher of the Year
Awards earlier this year. Hosted at the Parliament House of Australia, awards
were presented to dedicated researchers under age 40 in various fields.

"We are proud to expand access to Scopus, a key solution for scholars to
address their day-to-day challenges and improve productivity. This allows
Australia to continue to position itself to contribute with an increasing
proportion of leading research and innovation in a global market," said Dr.
Glenn Withers, Chief Executive Officer of Universities Australia.

"Australia's national commitment to increasing research excellence is
admirable. Elsevier is proud to extend our partnership with Universities
Australia and excited that the organization has decided to make Scopus
available to each of its 39 member institutions. We will continue to work
alongside Universities Australia to proactively support and uncover
innovative solutions for Australia's research community," added YS Chi, Chief
Executive Officer of Elsevier Science & Technology.

Built in collaboration with scientists and librarians from around the
world and launched commercially in 2004, Scopus has since been endorsed and
adopted by researchers in the world's top universities as well as
international research assessment agencies."

"Scopus is an indispensable, multi-disciplinary databases underpinning
research and research performance analysis in Australian universities. CAUL
welcomes their wide availability arising from these negotiations," said Ms
Cathrine Harboe-Ree, President of the Council of Australian University
Librarians (CAUL) and University Librarian of Monash University.

About Universities Australia (UA)

Universities Australia (UA) is the industry peak body representing the
university sector, established on 22 May 2007. Universities Australia
represents Australia's 39 universities in the public interest, both
nationally and internationally. Members of Universities Australia are the
universities, represented by their Chief Executive Officer - the
Vice-Chancellor. Universities Australia strives to advance and promote the
benefits of Australian Universities to the nation and support Australian
Universities in the performance of their roles.
www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au

About Scopus

Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources
with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus was
designed and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally.
Its unique database contains abstracts and references from over 15,000
peer-reviewed journals from 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad
interdisciplinary coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users
citation information about the articles covered, but also directly
integrates Web and patent searches. Direct links to full-text articles,
library resources and other applications like reference management software,
make Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use than any other
literature research tool. For more information about Scopus please visit
www.info.scopus.com.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services. Working in partnership with the global
science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70 offices
worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in
addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as
ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult (
www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.

Elsevier (www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of
Reed Elsevier Group plc (www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing
emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker
symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

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