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Premium eBooks in medicine, nursing, and health sciences from the imprints of Wolters Kluwer.
Available to purchase until 31 December 2018
Agreement start: 1 April 2017
Agreement end: 31 December 2018
Licences are perpetual with no ongoing access fees.
Site licence
This agreement is of 10 months duration and will be extended on an annual basis. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period.
A free 30 trial is available on application to help@chest.ac.uk with your IP address range
Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, and to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland.
Other organisations aligned with Eduserv’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Eduserv will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.
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Licensor: Wolters Kluwer Health (Medical Research) Ltd, registered in England and Wales (company number1776213), whose principal place of business is at Citi Building, Floor 41, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LQ.
Service Provider: Ovid Platform
| eBook Collections | Notes |
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| LWW Classic Book Collection | Over 1000 LWW titles - Most are the edition before the current one but this is a cost effective way of building a large collection of highly rated titles. Usage can dictate which titles you may wish to upgrade to new editions in the future. |
| LWW Doody's Core Collection | More than 200 premium books published by LWW in medicine, nursing, and health sciences that have been designated as Doody’s Core Titles™ by healthcare professionals and medical librarians. |
| LWW Doody's Essential Collection | All titles in this collection are Doody’s Core Titles that have been recommended as ESSENTIAL purchases for institutions — especially those with limited budgets — seeking to expand their medical resource portfolio. |
| Doody's Core Titles - LWW Pediatrics | 8 premium books from LWW that have been designated as Doody’s Core Titles™ by healthcare professionals and medical librarians in the field of Pediatrics. |
| Doody's Core Titles - Nursing Practice | 40 premium Nursing Practice books that have been designated as Doody’s Core Titles. |
| Doody's Core Titles - LWW Obstetrics and Gynecology | 10 premium OBGYN eBooks from LWW that have been designated as Doody’s Core Titles. |
| LWW Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery Book Collection | Integrated access to a cost-effective package of 15 ebooks in the Master Techniques in orthopedic Surgery series from LWW - This package includes one-click access to comprehensive principles and practice guides as well as focused quick-reference materials on surgical techniques and best practice procedures. |
| LWW Pediatrics Book Collection | Over 50 resources from LWW - Whether it’s tried-and-true resources like Lovell & Winter's Pediatric Orthopedics or more recent titles sure to become classics, this collection consists of must-have references to meet your institution's needs. |
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| OpenAthens | Yes |
| IP Address range | Yes |
| Shibboleth | Yes |
| Username / Password | Yes |
| EZProxy | Yes |
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Full text linking |
Yes |
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Federated searching |
Yes |
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Harvesting |
SRW/SRU |
No |
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No |
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No |
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Metadata standards |
Dublin Core |
No |
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Months embargo period |
N/A |
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Digital preservation |
Lockss |
No |
| Clockss |
No |
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| Portico |
No |
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Usage statistics |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Accessibility |
Yes |
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Personalisation features |
No |
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Service levels |
No |
The ebooks are a static collection – there will be no further updates.
New platform functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge.
A free 30 trial is available on application to Chest Help with your IP address range.
Supplier: http://aclandanatomy.com/
Support will be provided via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources.
Licences are perpetual with no ongoing access fees.
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Keep a local cached copy for Educational Purposes |
Yes |
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Incorporation of parts of the Licensed Material |
Yes |
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Deposit learning and teaching objects in repositories |
Yes |
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Interlibrary loan |
Yes |
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User |
On site |
Remote access |
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Students |
Yes |
Yes |
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Staff |
Yes |
Yes |
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Walk-in users |
Yes |
No |
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Alumni members |
Yes |
No |
The resources can be used for Educational Purposes – defined as:
Exclusions:
The licence is perpetual access is granted without further ongoing charges.
Personal licences are not available.
Available to purchase in perpetuity
Nearly 330 videos of real human anatomic specimens from Wolters Kluwer. The Video Atlas was originally intended to be used by individual medical and dental students. Because of its realism, ...
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Video guides to Physical Examination and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations from Wolters Kluwer.
Available to purchase in perpetuity
12 month subscription to Ovid’s EBMR uniquely combines seven of the most trusted evidence-based medicine resources in a single, fully searchable database.
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Evidence-rich healthcare content plus a set of 4 online evidence-based practice appraisal, implementation, and management tools via Wolters Kluwer Subscribe to this unique combination of ...
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Premium nursing and allied health database, full-text journals and bibliographic database. Ovid Emcare is a premium nursing and allied health database ideal for practice, research, or ...
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From Wolters Kluwer the Visible Body database of 3D models is used to see inside the human body. All the models can be dissected, zoomed into, and rotated. Animations can be used to quickly ...
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