Data Agreements

The following are Chest-negotiated Data Agreements. Each agreement listed contains a brief summary, as well as a full description in the Overview.  The listing also contains links through to the suppliers Website where applicable.

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• Expired /Terminated Agreements and offers
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• JISC data products - JISC Collections and JISC Ongoing Negotiations
• JIBS - The JIBS User Group represents users of bibliographic databases and related products available to the UK HE & FE communities via national site-licence arrangements, as well as providing important feedback.

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Agreement / Offer	Supplier	Start-date	End-date	Available to*
APA 2005 Agreement Full-text databases, PsycBOOKS, PsycExtra and PsycINFO from the Amercian Psychological Association. See seperate agreement for PsycARTICLES	APA	01/08/2005	31/07/2008	HE
APA 2008 Full text, abstract and review databases, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA, PsycINFO and PsycCRITIQUES from the Amercian Psychological Association.	APA	01/08/2008	31/07/2011	HE FE RC IR
Arts and Humanities Database Collection ABM - ArtBibliographies Modern, BHI - British Humanities Index, DAAI - Design and Applied Arts Index and LLBA - Linguistics and Language Behavious Abstracts	CSA	01/09/2005	31/08/2008	HE IR A
ASTM Digital Library & Standards Package These pages are restricted - if you are a site to whom this information should be available (see Available to) and you cannot access please contact the Chest Helpdesk chesthelp@eduserv.org.uk	Content Online & ASTM	01/06/2008	31/05/2009	HE RC FE IR A
BestofBiz Agreement BestofBiz is a unique online service providing exclusive access to authoritative business and career-related guidance.	Emerald	01/01/2007	31/12/2008	HE RC FE A
Brill Major Reference Works Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān Online, Brill's New Pauly and the Encyclopaedia of Islam Online.	Brill Academic Publishers	01/10/2006	30/09/2009	HE RC FE IR
ChildData Access to a catalogue of books, reports and journal articles; press coverage of issues; directory of child care organizations; details of forthcoming major conferences and events.	National Children’s Bureau	01/11/2005	31/10/2008	HE RC FE IR
Collins Bartholomew Digital Map Data Coverages including London, Great Britain, Ireland, Europe and the World at various scales.	Collins Bartholomew	20/03/2000	19/03/2010	HE RC FE IR A (some)
EBSCO Biomedical Databases (Non Full Text) Agreement for subscription to any of the following databases: AMED; British Nursing Index; CINAHL; CINAHL Plus; Cochrane Collection; Global Health; Health Library; Medline; SPORTDiscus.	EBSCO	01/03/2006	30/09/2009	HE RC FE IR
EBSCO Biomedical Databases (Full Text) Agreement for subscription to any of the following databases: AMED; British Nursing Index; CINAHL; CINAHL Plus; Cochrane Collection; Global Health; Health Library; Medline; SPORTDiscus.	EBSCO	01/10/2006	30/09/2009	HE RC FE IR
EBSCO Databases Agreement for subscription to any of the following databases: Academic Search Elite; Business Source Elite; Business Source Premier; Academic Search Premier; Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic; UK & Eire Reference Centre; Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; Hospitality and Tourism Index.	EBSCO	01/10/1999	30/09/2008	HE RC FE IR
EBSCO Databases for Further Education Agreement for subscription to any of a number of databases specifically selected with Further Education sites in mind.	EBSCO	01/10/1999	30/09/2008	FE
Ei Databases - HE Subscriptions Engineering Village 2 with Compendex - Abstracts of Engineering Literature.	Elsevier Engineering Information	08/12/2003	07/12/2008	HE RC FE IR A O
Emerald Abstracts: Computer Abstracts International Database Emerald Abstracts: Computer Abstracts International Database.	Emerald	01/01/2004	31/12/2008	HE RC FE IR A IA
Emerald Abstracts: International Civil Engineering Abstracts Database of international civil engineering abstracts.	Emerald	01/01/2004	31/12/2008	HE RC FE IR A N O IA
Emerald Backfile Backfile of Emerald business and management journals and databases	Emerald	07/02/2008	31/03/2010	HE FE RC IR A IA
Emerald EMX Database of Management Journals.	Emerald	01/01/2007	31/12/2008	HE RC FE IR A N O IA
Emerald EMX111 for FE Colleges Database of Management Journals chosen expecially for the FE sector	Emerald	01/02/2008	31/12/2008	FE
Emerald Engineering Database and Computer & Communications Security Abstracts Emerald Engineering Database and Computer & Communications Security Abstracts.	Emerald	01/07/2006	31/12/2008	HE RC A
Emerald Management Xtra College Designed specifically for FE, bringing together over 9,000 practical management articles from 30 Emerald journals.	Emerald	01/04/2006	31/12/2008	FE
ESDU Engineering Validated Data Continuously updated engineering validated data to the aerospace, mechanical, structural and process industries. Available to UK and Irish Institutions only.	ESDU	01/11/1999	31/10/2009	HE RC FE IR A IA
GMID (Global Market Information Database) An integrated international market research database.	Euromonitor Plc	01/04/2007	31/03/2010	HE RC FE IR A
IET Online Publications Provides unlimited access to IET publications, including leading peer-reviewed journals, professional magazines, conference publications and more.	IET	01/09/2003	31/08/2008	HE RC FE IR some: A IA N S D F
InfoSci-Online Premium Pilot full-text database of literature available in the fields of information science, technology and management.	IGI Global	20/08/2007	30/09/2008	HE FE
Inspec Database of abstracts indexing literature in physics, electrical & control engineering, communications & computing.	IET	01/09/2003	31/08/2008	HE RC FE IR some: A IA N S D F
Inspec 2008 Details coming soon	IET			tbc
Inspec Archive The Inspec backfile 1898-1968.	IET	01/09/2004	31/08/2008	HE RC FE IR some: A IA N S D F
Isle of Man Survey Digital Map Data Digital maps and geographic information including gazetteers, etc.	IOM	01/01/1998		HE RC FE IR A Isle of Man
Key Note Market Information Key Note Market Information offers 140 individual reports covering various market sectors. Valuable aids of use in particular in the fields of Marketing, Business, Accountancy, Tourism and Leisure and Finance.	Key Note	01/01/2008	31/12/2008	FE only
Landolt-Börnstein A descriptive collection of critically assessed data in all fields of physical chemistry.	Springer	01/08/2007	31/07/2010	HE RC FE IR D F S NO IC
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) A computer science and IT research, development and education book series from Springer.	Springer	01/08/2007	31/07/2010	HE RC FE IR NO
Maney Journals Agreement A Site Licence Agreement for four subject specific journal collections from Maney Publishing: Materials Science & Technology, Health, History & Humanities and Botanical & Environment.	Maney Publishing	01/07/2006	31/12/2009	HE RC FE IR A
MathSciNet A comprehensive database from the American Mathematical Society.	AMS	01/01/2008	31/12/2010	HE RC FE IR A IA PL
Natural Science Database Collection Aqualine, Biology Digest, Biological Sciences, Conference Papers Index, ESPM - Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, ASFA - Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Virology and AIDS, Microbiology, Oceanic and Water Resources Abstracts and Physical Education Index	CSA	01/09/2005	31/08/2008	HE IR A
New Scientist Archive Online Online access to the current magazine plus archived editions going back to April 1989, and the specialist sites - Space, Tech and Environment.	Reed Business Information	01/10/2007	30/09/2010	HE FE RC IR N
NewsBank Newspapers Collection Access to the UK National Package comprising UK National and Regional Newspapers. Also includes an option for non-UK International titles (15% discount on International titles if taken with UK Package).	Newsbank	01/01/2002	31/12/2008	HE FE IR
NewsBank Newspapers 2008 Collection Access to the UK & Ireland national and regional, and international newspapers.	Newsbank	01/01/2008		HE FE IR
Nielsen BookData Search & Discovery Tools Agreement Bibliographic database of in-print ISBNs.	BookData Online	01/08/2006	31/07/2009	HE RC FE IR A NHS N
ProQuest CSA Collections Agreement Collection of Databases in Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Technology and Natural Sciences as well as all ProQuest CSA Proprietary Databases.	ProQuest CSA	01/09/2005	31/08/2008	HE IR A
ProQuest CSA Collections Agreement for UK FE Special pricing for UK FE for this collection of Databases in Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Technology and Natural Sciences, as well as all ProQuest CSA Proprietary Databases.	ProQuest CSA	01/09/2005	31/08/2008	FE
ProQuest CSA: ARTBibliographies Modern (ABM) / Design & Applied Arts Index (DAAI) Full abstract databses of modern, contemporary, design and applied arts.	ProQuest CSA	01/10/2004	30/09/2007	HE RC FE IR A
PsycARTICLES A database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association and others.	APA	01/08/2008	31/07/2011	HE FE RC IR
PsycARTICLES 2006 A database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association and others.	APA	01/08/2006	31/07/2008	HE FE RC IR A
PsycBOOKS Full-text database of books and chapters in the American Psychological Association’s array of quality electronic databases.	APA	01/08/2008	31/07/2011	HE FE RC IR
PsycCRITIQUES Combines a weekly release of book and film reviews with a searchable database with entries dating back to 1956	APA	01/08/2008	31/07/2011	HE FE RC IR
PsycEXTRA A gray literature database and companion to the scholarly PsycINFO database.	APA	01/08/2008	31/07/2011	HE FE RC IR
PsycINFO Abstract (not full-text) database of psychological literature form the 1800s to the present.	APA	01/08/2008	31/07/2011	HE FE RC IR
Rapra Abstracts Database Database on aspects of the rubber and plastics industries.	Rapra	01/01/2003	31/12/2007	HE RC FE IR
RefWorks A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases.	RefWorks (CSA)	01/11/2004	31/10/2007	HE FE IR A
Research for Libraries Access to all Business Insights strategic management reports, Marketline, Access Asia and Verdict Research.	Research for Libraries	01/08/2007	31/07/2010	HE FE IR A IA N (some RC)
SciFinder Scholar™ Agreement  A desktop research tool allowing access to chemical information within CAS databases.	CAS	01/10/2006	30/09/2009	HE IR
Social Sciences Database Collection ASSIA - Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts	CSA	01/09/2005	31/08/2008	HE IR A
Springer Book Series For researchers in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science.	Springer	01/08/2007	31/07/2010	HE RC FE IR D F S NO IC
Springer Major Reference Works Electronic versions of key reference works covering Biomedical and Life Sciences, Business and Economics, Chemistry and Material Science, Computer Science and many more.	Springer Science+Business Media Deutschland GmbH	01/08/2007	31/07/2010	HE, FE, IR, NO
Technology Database Collection Technology Research  and Engineering Research Databases, ANTE - Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering, Aluminium Industry, Advanced Polymers, Ceramic, Civil Engineering, Composite Industry, Computer and Information Systems, Earthquake Engineering, Electronics and Communications, Engineered Materials, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Transportation Engineering, Oceanic, Solid State and Superconductivity and World Ceramics abstracts, High Technology Research Database with Aerospace, Materials Business File and Information Technology Case Studies	CSA	01/09/2005	31/08/2008	HE IR A
The Times and Sunday Times The Times and Sunday Times Newspapers may be licensed as a stand-alone package from NewsBank. The Backfile from 1985-1997 is also available	Newsbank	01/01/2002	31/12/2008	HE FE IR
WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey The Dewey Decimal Classification (DCC), full or abridged edition, updated electronically through WebDewey or Abridged WebDewey. DCC is used to organise and provide access to library collections.	OCLC PICA	01/03/2007	28/02/2010	HE, RC, FE, IR, A, N, IA (Europe and Africa)