Credo Reference content now available from Serials Solutions Summon service - January 10, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, and Credo Reference, an online reference library, have announced that researchers will soon be able to discover content from Credo's General Reference, Publisher and… Read More
Financial conflicts rampant among researchers, says ‘Trials’ Canadian study - January 10, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal Trials recently polled 844 researchers based in Canada about their experiences of conflicts, finding that 269 had personally experienced or witnessed such an event. Financial conflicts of interest are seen to be common in research,… Read More
Research Libraries UK selects EBSCO Discovery Service for top research libraries in the UK - January 10, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and Research Libraries UK (RLUK) have announced a new agreement to facilitate the cost-effective provision of the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to RLUK members. RLUK is a consortium of 29 of the largest research… Read More
IOP Publishing releases latest versions of its iPhone applications - January 10, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has released the latest versions of its iPhone applications - IOPscience express and physicsworld.com newsflash. The two apps have been designed to allow users to keep up-to-date with IOP's flagship publications in the physical sciences. Significant… Read More
Emerging devices to revolutionise consumer tech use, says CES panel - January 10, 2011
A panel of high-tech experts at the recently concluded International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) shared their views on some bigger developments leading toward computer and television. During a session, called 'Big Thinkers, Disruptive Technologies', experts revealed some of the emerging devices and… Read More
Pioneering social networks model new way for ProQuest to engage scholars and enhance collaboration in research - January 10, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, UK, is expanding the features and engagement opportunities available in AtmosPeer, a social community designed for atmospheric scientists, and EEBO Interactions, a companion site to ProQuest's flagship database Early English Books Online. With steady growth in the number of registered… Read More
