Ovid Expands Publishing Partnership with CABI to Offer New Book Collections

Ovid Now Offers 7 Collections of Over 420 Ebooks from CABI, a Leading International Source for Full-Text and Bibliographic Information in Agriculture, Food Science, Environmental Science, and Related Disciplines.

New York, NY (July 22, 2009) – Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, and a global leader in the development and delivery of customizable electronic research information for the scientific, including agriculture and food sciences, medical, healthcare, and academic markets, is pleased to announce that it has expanded its publishing agreement with CABI to offer its global customer base more than 420 ebooks in agriculture, food science, environmental science, veterinary science, and related disciplines. The books will be available on the Books@Ovid platform as part of seven collections.

“As a leading aggregator of scholarly content, it is our mission to provide researchers, educators and practitioners worldwide with breadth of quality content accessible from a single destination for all of their electronic research needs. The addition of hundreds of high-quality resources from CABI, recognized the world over for premium information in agriculture, environmental sciences, and food sciences, on OvidSP further strengthens our mission," said Andrew L. Popper, Vice President of Global Products for Ovid. “And, we’re pleased to offer CABI books with the flexibility in regard to pricing models and the access that institutions across the globe have come to expect from Ovid: one of the collections is available on a perpetual access basis; the other six will be available as annual subscriptions."

“The inclusion of our ebook content onto OvidSP is great news for the research community around the world. It means that customers can now access the full suite of CABI databases and full-text products on a single platform,” added Carol McNamara, Executive Director, Commercial of CABI.

Of the seven collections, the CABI Books Archive Collection, which consists of over 230 books published between 2000 and 2004, is already live on OvidSP and available as a one-time only purchase, providing users with unlimited, perpetual access. The other six collections are organized with a subject focus and will be available as annual subscriptions later this summer. They include:

• CABI Books Archive Collection
• CABI Agriculture Book Collection
• CABI Animal and Veterinary Science Book Collection
• CABI Environmental Science Book Collection
• CABI Human & Food Science Book Collection
• CABI Leisure & Tourism Book Collection
• CABI Plant Science Book Collection

In addition to the new book collections, Ovid also offers the core applied bioscience databases CAB Abstracts and CAB Abstracts Archive, as well as Global Health and Global Health Archive, the world’s most highly regarded sources for bibliographic information in public health.

The addition of these new CABI books will bring to more than 2,400 the number of books on OvidSP via Books@Ovid. Other publishers with books available via OvidSP include Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Ovid’s sister company within Wolters Kluwer Health, Oxford University Press, Springer Science + Business Media, McGraw-Hill, and Clinical Publishing.

Books@Ovid combines premium content with powerful search and discovery technology for a comprehensive, feature-rich information search experience. Natural language searching makes queries quick and easy. Since Books@Ovid is fully integrated with an institution’s e-resources, users can link directly to any other content resource referenced in a book. Other key features include an expandable table of contents, back-of-the-book indexing, and simple navigation.

About Ovid and Wolters Kluwer Health
Ovid is a global information solutions provider offering clinicians, professionals, students, and researchers in the medical, scientific, and academic fields customizable solutions of content, tools, and services that make research smarter, faster, and more effective. Ovid is used by the world’s leading colleges and universities; medical schools; academic research libraries and library consortia; hospitals and healthcare systems; pharmaceutical, engineering and biotechnology companies; and HMOs and clinical practices. Ovid is a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. 

Wolters Kluwer Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion ($4.9 billion), employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

About CABI
CABI is a not-for-profit science-based development and information organization. Its mission and direction are influenced by member countries that help guide the activities undertaken. These include publishing; development projects and research; and microbial services. CABI produces key scientific information, including CAB Abstracts – the world-renowned bibliographic database covering agriculture and the environment. CABI also publishes multimedia compendia, books, e-books and full text internet resources aiming to further science and its application to real life. Our expertise includes animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, environmental sciences, human health, parasitology, mycology, crop protection, rural economics, rural development and leisure and tourism. For more information go to www.cabi.org