Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 22, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Todd A Carpenter (Does All Science Need to be Preserved? Do We Need to Save Every Last Data Point?); Joe Wikert (Publishing's "open" future); Kent Anderson (Recuse, Refuse, or Excuse — The Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of Funder-Backed… Read More
Elsevier launches Core Measures in Quality and Safety section of Mosby’s Nursing Consult - October 19, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Core Measures in the Quality and Safety section of Mosby's Nursing Consult. Core Measures is in addition to content on CMS Never Events and Medication Safety already available in Nursing Consult. The Quality and Safety section of… Read More
CAB Abstracts is critical to search of veterinary literature, says study - October 19, 2012
A new study of the coverage of veterinary journals in bibliographic databases has reportedly shown that no search of veterinary literature is complete without reference to applied life sciences database CAB Abstracts. The study, "Searching the Veterinary Literature: A Comparison of the Coverage of Veterinary Journals by Nine Bibliographic… Read More
Thomson Reuters adds oil refinery alerts from Genscape to desktop product Eikon - October 19, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the addition of oil refinery data to Thomson Reuters Eikon, its desktop product for financial traders, through an exclusive agreement with Genscape. The agreement will purportedly enable Thomson Reuters Eikon customers to gain significant… Read More
ProQuest and SSRN to dramatically increase working papers available in ABI/INFORM, ProQuest Central and more - October 19, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) have announced an initiative to dramatically increase the organisation's working papers available through ProQuest's popular ABI/INFORM business information product as well as ProQuest Central and a variety of niche databases. Working papers… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Doctors in Training partner to enhance online USMLE Step 1 review course - October 19, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced plans to offer the latest edition of its USMLE training guide as part of Doctors in Training's popular online review course for medical students preparing for the USMLE Step 1 exam.… Read More
