Information solutions provider Thomson Scientific, part of Thomson Corporation, US, has announced that Peking University in China has purchased Century of Science. Century of Science expands Web of Science with the most important scientific bibliographic and cited reference data covering the period from 1900 to 1944.
Web of Science is a carefully selected and maintained collection of the world's most influential journals across all disciplines. Coverage is multidisciplinary with emphasis on quality and superior collection development and can be accessed via the ISI Web of Knowledge, a premier research platform that offers an extensive collection of backfiles to 1945. Launched in January 2005, the Century of Science initiative made available nearly 850,000 articles from over 200 journals carefully selected from the published research in the first half of the 20th century.
Peking University now joins the growing list of the top research organiations around the globe that invest in Century of Science to support world class research efforts. While more than 200 universities throughout the world have Century of Science, Peking University is the first academic institution in China to acquire it.
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