Time-limited try before you buy offer for online information service means no sign-up fee for new users, free search couplon, and discounts on search software
Fiz Karlsruhe, the European service centre of STN International, the online service specialising in sci-tech information, is pleased to announce that between 1 March and 31 August 2002, new users can sign up to the STN service without incurring the normal registration fee - a saving up to £163.
New users will receive a free search coupon to the value of £34, and will be eligible to buy the popular STN Express 6.0 with Discover software at the heavily discounted price of £40 (normal price £150).
STN on the web - the interface for professional searching - brings to the internet an unrivalled collection of specialist databases covering all aspects of science and technology, including chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology data, a comprehensive range of unique physical and chemical property databases, a cluster of the world's most prestigious patent databases, a wide range of engineering information, and a large library of general sci-tech and related business information.
In total there are over 210 specialist databases, comprising 400 million records of valued-added sci-tech information.
Among the many unique features of the STN service is the free search preview option, allowing users to identify the specific databases that contain answers relevant to their search enquiry.
Using the powerful STNindex database scanning feature, this enables users to display the number of answers - by database - that the proposed search would retrieve, prior to incurring any database access charges. In addition, where the full text of a retrieved record is not available electronically, the STN full-text solution enables users to immediately, and seamlessly, place online orders with appropriate document delivery suppliers, using the Fiz AutoDoc service.
Those wishing to access the service using the traditional dialup route can do so with STN's value-added software package, STN Express 6.0 with Discover.
This consists of a browser-like interface containing powerful additional functionality, including the ability to conduct sophisticated post-search analysis of retrieved data.
Users can, for instance, create tables of data, graphics, and/or chemical structures for simple analysis, as well as professional, customised reports for presentational purposes.
To access STN International users will need an ID and a password, obtainable from STN Europe (contact details above).
