New eBooks deal between Springer and Universidad de Costa Rica includes more than 50,000 titles - June 20, 2014
STM publisher Springer and the Universidad de Costa Rica in San Jose has announced a major deal that amounts to tens of thousands of eBook titles for researchers, students, faculty and library patrons of the university. The agreement is for five years, and consists of both… Read More
SAGE unveils new Open Access journal – Digital Health - June 20, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new, interdisciplinary Open Access (OA) journal, Digital Health. A fully peer-reviewed journal, Digital Health will present universally accessible and digestible content on the latest developments in the rapidly emerging field of digital health practices. A unique… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health’s UpToDate helps Kurashiki Central Hospital deliver world-class healthcare, medical training - June 20, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that UpToDate® figures prominently in Kurashiki Central Hospital's efforts to provide patients with world-class healthcare. The teaching hospital, which cares for 800,000 people in Japan's western Okayama Prefecture district, also uses the evidence-based clinical decision support resource to… Read More
CAS and PerkinElmer officially release shared research solution, pairs SciFinder with ChemDraw software - June 19, 2014
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, and PerkinElmer, have officially released their shared research solution, pairing SciFinder®, the choice for chemistry research™, with ChemDraw® software, the drawing tool of choice for chemists. The ChemDraw platform is a digital drawing tool for… Read More
Thomson Reuters’ new citation analyses reveals who’s who of the most impactful scientific researchers - June 19, 2014
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has released its analysis announcing 'The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014,' listing the top researchers in science around the globe. Those named have earned their distinction by publishing the highest number of articles that rank among… Read More
Apple agrees to settle ebook antitrust case with US states, others - June 19, 2014
Computer and software firm Apple Inc., US, has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement to lay an antitrust lawsuit regarding ebook price fixing to rest. The class-action lawsuit, brought forward by 33 U.S. states, alleged that Apple was a dominant figure in an ebook price-fixing conspiracy designed… Read More
