Auf http://www.scirus.com findet man den Hinweis:
We are sad to say goodbye
Scirus is set to retire in early 2014. An official retirement date will be posted here as soon as it is determined.
To ensure a smooth transition, we are informing you now so that you have sufficient time to find an alternative search solution for science-specific content.Thank you for being a devoted user of Scirus. We have enjoyed serving you.
Und in Inetbib wird ein Schreiben des Konzerns zitiert:
„We realize that this decision may disappoint you. The reality is that Scirus has lost its competitive edge to other platforms and services. Rather than attempt to catch up, Elsevier has instead made the difficult decision to retire Scirus and redirect even more attention to the continuous improvement of our core products. Our company fully expects that these efforts will yield more impact and therefore be of greater benefit to our customers and their research communities, allowing us to serve our content partners more effectively.
Effectively immediately, Elsevier has stopped adding new content sources for indexing on Scirus and we are no longer adding or supporting any new Open URL library partners.“
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