Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor enhanced for use in long-term care - October 8, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it is customising Lippincott's Nursing Advisor to support nurses who work with patients in long-term care (LTC). The new content addresses the nuanced differences between traditional patients in acute care and those in… Read More
Two-day conference highlights growing interest in using art to train physicians - October 8, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the Art + Medicine: How Art Can Make Better Doctors conference. Co-sponsored by Jefferson Medical College and Elsevier, the conference is scheduled to be held from November 2-3, 2013, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. It coincides with the annual meeting… Read More
Dr Colin Bingle named new Honorary Editor of Biochemical Society Transactions - October 8, 2013
The Biochemical Society and Portland Press Limited have announced the appointment of Dr Colin Bingle (University of Sheffield, UK) as the new Honorary Editor of Biochemical Society Transactions, effective November 1, 2013. Dr Bingle will be familiar to readers of the Journal and Biochemical… Read More
Ex Libris and NewsBank in deal to add Readex content to the Primo Central Index - October 8, 2013
Library technology solutions provider Ex Libris Group has signed an agreement with NewsBank to include a number of the Readex Archive of Americana collections in the Primo Central Index. Offered as a cloud-based service to institutions around the globe, the Primo Central Index gives users… Read More
A spoof paper concocted by Science reveals little or no scrutiny at many open-access journals - October 7, 2013
Numerous online journals are willing to publish bad research in exchange for a credit card number. This is the conclusion of an elaborate sting carried out by journal Science. The result may as well trouble doctors, patients, policymakers and anyone who has a stake in the… Read More
Serials Solutions Summon Service to index educational content from Flooved.com - October 7, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with new platform Flooved to make their growing collection of textbooks discoverable in the Summon service. With the inclusion of these educational course materials, students will now be able to discover mathematics and physics content contributed by professors from… Read More
