Thomson Reuters launches new Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research - February 2, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it has launched The Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research to help advance the quality and effective use of comparative effectiveness research (CER) in the US healthcare system. Comparative effectiveness research evaluates medical treatments to determine which… Read More
Credo Reference announces 2011 Publisher Collections - February 2, 2011
Online reference library Credo Reference has announced that it is offering libraries 28 Publisher Collections from 11 key reference publishers, with additional Publisher Collections planned for 2011. The move comes just over a year after the launch of the Publisher Collections offering. Publisher Collections are… Read More
Texas A&M University-San Antonio selects Ingram’s VitalSource for integrated e-Textbook delivery - February 2, 2011
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., part of Ingram Content Group Inc, US, has announced an agreement with Texas A&M University-San Antonio (TAMU-SA). TAMU-SA has selected VitalSource Bookshelf as its format of choice for e-textbook delivery for students. TAMU-SA, one of the latest institutions in The Texas… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - February 2, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
Wiley launches new programme of Open Access journals - February 2, 2011
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, US, has announced the launch of Wiley Open Access, a new publishing programme of open access journals. The first journals will launch shortly, publishing primary peer-reviewed research in a range of broad-based subject disciplines in the life and biomedical sciences, including… Read More
Android overtakes Symbian as leading smart phone platform, says Canalys report - February 2, 2011
Research firm Canalys, UK, recently published its final fourth quarter 2010 global country-level smart phone market data, which reportedly says that Google's Android has become the leading platform. Shipments of Android-based smart phones reached 32.9 million, while devices running Nokia's Symbian platform trailed slightly at 31.0… Read More
