Elsevier and InfoDesk partner to co-develop a federated drug pipeline intelligence solution - June 8, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced an agreement with US-based technology company InfoDesk to co-develop a federated drug pipeline intelligence solution for pharmaceutical and life science companies. Both companies will work together to develop a search and delivery tool that will increase productivity and improve the… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle tops Consumer Reports’ e-book reader ratings - June 8, 2010
Consumer Reports has published the report and ratings of e-book readers in its July issue and on www.ConsumerReports.org. The Amazon Kindle e-book reader has topped Consumer Reports first full ratings of these devices. Despite improvement to the rival Barnes & Noble Nook… Read More
EEBO Interactions uses Web 2.0 tech to form collaborative community for scholars - June 8, 2010
Information provider ProQuest, US, has announced that EEBO Interactions (http://eebo-interactions.chadwyck.com), a Web 2.0 community, will connect scholars working with ProQuest's database Early English Books Online (EEBO) in a single forum. Leveraging the power of social networking, EEBO Interactions is claimed to conquer… Read More
NHS Education for Scotland launches The Knowledge Network - June 8, 2010
The NHSScotland eLibrary, owned and managed by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) since 2003, has been re-launched as The Knowledge Network. Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, launched the online service at the annual NHSScotland Conference. The Knowledge Network will include a 'Google-style' search… Read More
Drugs in R&D becomes first Adis publication to provide content for free - June 8, 2010
Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific information and analytics to professionals in the pharmaceutical and biotech fields, has announced that the Adis journal Drugs in R&D has been transformed from fee-based access to open access (OA). The journal is Adis's first publication… Read More
RSC Publishing announces inaugural issue of Chemical Science - June 8, 2010
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, has announced that the inaugural issue of the journal Chemical Science is now available online. Professor David MacMillan of Princeton, USA, serves as the Editor-in-Chief. He is supported by an international team… Read More
