CQ Researcher and CQ Global Researcher announce new Facebook application and expanded website - August 9, 2011
CQ Press, a division of academic publisher SAGE, has announced that its CQ Researcher and CQ Global Researcher have developed a Facebook application and expanded website to make their content more discoverable by students, faculty and other researchers. The Facebook application allows users to search… Read More
RSC Publishing announces inaugural issue of RSC Advances, introduces topic modelling - August 9, 2011
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, has announced that the first issue of its new journal - RSC Advances - is now online. The journal is freely accessible throughout 2011 and 2012 and covers the breadth of the… Read More
Taylor & Francis reports strong performance in the Social Science Edition of 2010 Journal Citation Reports - August 9, 2011
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group, a division of Informa plc, has announced that it is now the largest global publisher of ranked Social Science journals. According to the publisher, it has seen more titles newly listed in the Social Science Edition of the 2010 Thomson… Read More
Amazon unveils networking site for Kindle users - August 9, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has reportedly launched a social networking site for Kindle users to discuss and share notes on e-books. The site, kindle.amazon.com, allows users to set up profile pages, make notes on the e-books they read and share… Read More
Royal Society supports Vorderman report on mathematics education - August 9, 2011
Prof. Dame Athene Donald FRS, Chair of the Royal Society Education Committee, has commented on the new report, "A world-class mathematics education for all our young people", chaired by Carol Vorderman. According to Prof. Donald, mathematics is a fundamental part of everyday life and is… Read More
ProQuest acquires UK-based Expert Information - August 8, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has acquired UK-based Expert Information, publishers of Index to Theses and Theses.com, premier sources of hundreds of thousands of citations and abstracts for British and Irish dissertations and master's theses. The addition of Expert Information will continue expanding the… Read More
