The Concept
Each Foundations and Trends® covers a major branch
of a scientific discipline and offers current,
state-of-the-art review articles by opinion/research leaders
in their field. Authors are allowed 50-100 pages for a
complete review of the subject and articles are published
upon acceptance in electronic form with the references
linked to the original source. Each article is intended to
put primary research into context, improving researchers' and
students' understanding of the original literature. As a
result, and guided by the links to source material, users
have access to primary and secondary data - enriching
their comprehension, retention and utilization of the
content.
The Benefits
- Identifies the most important work in a field
- Puts published work into context
- Provides a trusted starting point to a subject for
students and faculty
- References hyperlinked to the original work
- Simple unlimited site licence agreement with choice of
purchasing options
- Campus-wide access for all students and faculty
- Copyright retained by author
- Self-archiving by author permitted
- Unlimited course pack use at subscribing institutions
permitted
Modern Publishing
Quality Gateway to Research - Each article
includes a complete bibliography. Journal references are
linked to the original source via CrossRef, allowing the
scientist or student to "drill down" to the primary content.
The combination of these hyperlinked references and
accompanying authoritative text puts published work into
context and gives a quality stamp, forming the gateway to the
subject.
Time-to-market - The submission, review and
production process are web-based with strict deadlines.
The review process focuses on quality, completeness, and
timeliness. This insures that the content is "fresh" upon
publication.
Updating - An online updating procedure enables
subsequent important new work to be identified and
contextualized in real time. This includes the updating
of the references, adding new data, and addressing comments.
Periodically, the intermediary updates will be consolidated
into a new version of an article.
Copyright - Authors retain copyright, allowing
them to self-archive their article and use for their own
non-commercial purposes.
Subscription
Options
now is committed to making the entire experience with
the library and end-user community easy, straightforward, and
positive.
All Foundations and Trends® journals are easy to
subscribe to, with a simple, straightforward usage agreement
for online institutional subscriptions. This fast-track to
access ensures that everyone at your university or company
can quickly tap into the most up-to-date overviews of the
subject.The standard subscription package includes both the
enhanced online version and an archival paper version. You
can choose, however, to subscribe to the electronic only or
paper only editions at significant discounts. Access can also
be set up directly with now or through your library
supplier.
Archiving
now realises the importance of ensuring
our content is available to subscribers perpetually. We have therefore
made agreements with both Portico and LOCKSS to archive our content.
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