Elsevier and EarthChem implement two-way linking for Earth Sciences content - October 28, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and EarthChem, a portal facilitating discovery and accessibility of a consortium of databases, have implemented two-way linking between their respective Earth Sciences content. Elsevier-published research articles from 32 journals, hosted on SciVerse ScienceDirect will be automatically linked to the corresponding research datasets… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches intelligence solution for pharmaceutical industry - October 28, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the launch of Thomson Reuters Cortellis, a competitive intelligence solution for the life sciences industry. The solution seeks to bring together the company's best-in-class drug research and development data and the latest information management technology. The aim is… Read More
BMJ Group in deal with Orion Health to support better patient care - October 28, 2011
Medical publisher BMJ Group and Orion Health have successfully completed the integration of evidence based decision support within Orion Health's clinical software. Orion Health provides clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector. The guidance, provided by Best Practice, the BMJ Evidence Centre's reference… Read More
OAPEN-UK project to explore challenges of open access scholarly monograph - October 28, 2011
JISC Collections is embarking on a new project called OAPEN-UK to explore the issues impacting the publishing of scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences. Funded by JISC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the project seeks to take a collaborative and real… Read More
CABI sponsors ORCID to improve tracking of scholarly authors - October 28, 2011
Not-for-profit life sciences publisher CABI has joined the founding sponsors of ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), the organisation set up to solve the problem of name ambiguity in scholarly research. CABI has become a Silver Sponsor of the organisation, which plans to launch its… Read More
NoveList and COMPanion partner to integrate NoveList Select to the Alexandria Library System - October 28, 2011
NoveList, a division of EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), has announced a partnership with COMPanion Corporation. COMPanion is the developer of Alexandria - best known for its power and ease of use. Alexandria offers the best cross platform library automation solution for Windows and Macintosh. The partnership… Read More