"Meteorology is one of the most image-intensive fields of study, with researchers relying heavily on maps, isobars, climate charts, satellite photos, and much more visual data," said Matt Dunie, president of ProQuest. "The CSA Illustrata service provides a useful starting place for exciting new research in this area."
Journals published by AMS with image content now searchable through CSA Illustrata include:
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Earth Interactions
- Journal of Applied Meteorology
- Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
- Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
- Journal of Climate
- Journal of Hydrometeorology
- Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Meteorological Monographs
- Monthly Weather Review
- Weather and Forecasting
CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is the first digital resource to transform the discovery process through the Deep Indexing of charts, tables, graphs, and figures. Deep Indexing, the granular indexing and categorizing of data that is presented in tables, figures, maps, photos and charts, allows researchers to significantly enhance the precision, efficiency and recall in their search process.
Using CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences, researchers save precious time by quickly pinpointing the most relevant journal articles with their pertinent graphical objects. CSA Illustrata significantly improves upon the results of traditional article-level and full text level searching by offering subscription-sensitive linking capabilities from the retrieved illustration to the full-text of the article in which it appears.
Additional information about CSA Illustrata as well as the concept and research behind Deep Indexing is available at http://info.csa.com/csaillustrata.
About ProQuest
ProQuest combines the strengths of two leading and historic information technology firms: ProQuest Information and Learning and CSA. The company provides seamless access to and navigation of more than 125 billion digital pages of the world's scholarship, delivering it to the desktop and into the workflow of serious researchers in multiple fields, from arts, literature, and social science to science, technology, and medicine. ProQuest is part of Cambridge Information Group (www.cambridgeinformationgroup.com).
ProQuest's vast content pools are available to researchers through libraries of all types and include the world's largest digital newspaper archive, periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles and spanning more than 500 years, the preeminent dissertation collection, and various other scholarly collections. Users access the information through the ProQuest® and CSA Illumina Web-based online information systems, Chadwyck-Healey™ electronic and microform resources, UMI® microform and print reference products, eLibrary® and SIRS® educational resources, Ulrich's Serials Analysis System™, COS Scholar Universe, and Serials Solutions resource management tools. Through the expertise of business units Serials Solutions and COS, ProQuest provides technological tools that allow researchers and libraries to better manage and use their information resources. For more information, visit www.proquest.com and www.csa.com.
About the American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. Founded in 1919, AMS now has a membership of more than 11,000 professionals, professors, students, and weather enthusiasts. The organization publishes nine atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic journals, sponsors more than 12 conferences annually, and offers numerous programs and services.
