EBSCO’ new iPhone application provides easy access to EBSCOhost content - May 13, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released a new iPhone application to provide easy access to EBSCOhost content. Building on the success of EBSCOhost Mobile, a website application designed for Internet capable mobile devices including smartphones, the new iPhone application (app) provides a… Read More
McGraw-Hill launches McGraw-Hill eBook Library - May 13, 2011
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced the launch of the McGraw-Hill eBook Library. The move is in response to librarians' and patrons' evolving digital information needs. With this initiative, the company seeks to provide unlimited concurrent usage… Read More
‘Nature China’ re-launched with expanded content and new design - May 13, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has re-launched Nature China to celebrate the publication of the Nature Publishing Index 2010 China. Nature China will seek to highlight the best research from Hong Kong and mainland China in science and clinical medicine. The re-launch includes a… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and Australian Human Resources Institute announce publishing partnership - May 13, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and Scholarly (STMS) publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI). Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the AHRI journal Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources from 2012. Fully peer-reviewed and… Read More
STN offers numeric property search of research and patent information - May 13, 2011
Scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, has developed a new search feature for STN which is said to offer not only improved identification of claims and detailed descriptions of the patent applications, but also allow for numeric property searches. FIZ Karlsruhe operates STN, an online… Read More
NISO makes revised Recommended Practice for RFID in U.S. Libraries available for public comments - May 13, 2011
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the availability of RFID in U.S. Libraries (NISO RP-6-201x) for a thirty day public comment period, beginning immediately and ending on June 9, 2011. This revision of the 2008 Recommended Practice recommends a set of practices and procedures… Read More
