Elsevier to provide 25 ROSATOM affiliated research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus - July 16, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has extended its collaboration with Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) by providing 25 research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus as part of its Knowledge Management Program. Launched in 2011, ROSATOM's Knowledge Management Program offers its researchers an infrastructure to… Read More
Springer and Bookshare in deal to make content available globally to people with print disabilities - July 16, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed an agreement to provide Bookshare with world rights to its titles. Bookshare provides people with visual impairments, physical disabilities and/or learning disabilities access to copyrighted digital accessible books. Springer published more than 7,500 book titles in 2012, and it is home… Read More
EBSCO augments multilingual search functionality, enhances Arabic content search - July 16, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that it has improved upon its already superior platforms for Middle Eastern Studies. By enhancing multilingual content search technology, EBSCO will make the Arabic-language content in EBSCOhost databases and EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) more discoverable. EBSCO… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health announces Impact Factor gains across its LWW journal portfolio and Medknow OA titles - July 16, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced impact factor gains across its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journal portfolio and Medknow open access titles with the release of the latest Impact Factor (IF) scores and specialty rankings, based on the 2012 Journal Citation Reports®… Read More
LexisNexis merges MEDai into healthcare business - July 16, 2013
LexisNexis Risk Solutions recently completed an agreement with its sister company Elsevier to transfer MEDai, its clinical-analytics-focused business unit, to the LexisNexis healthcare business. LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Elsevier are both part of Reed Elsevier Group plc. The combined organisation will allow LexisNexis to offer… Read More
Chemistry-based industry is vital to Britain’s recovery prospects, says RSC chief - July 16, 2013
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institution of Chemical Engineers echoed the main messages conveyed in a new report from the Chemistry Growth Strategy Group. Commenting on Strategy for Delivering Chemistry-Fuelled Growth of the UK Economy, Dr Robert Parker, chief executive of the Royal… Read More
