Prague Consortium researchers secure access for SciFinder - April 21, 2014
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, has announced a five-year agreement for SciFinder®, the choice for chemistry research, with the Prague Consortium, a consortium of schools in Prague, and the Czech Academy of Science institutes. The long-term agreement guarantees that faculty, staff,… Read More
Research and Markets adds Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014 report to their offering - April 21, 2014
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the "Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014" report to their offering. The Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014 report provides detailed market information for scientific and… Read More
ARL, SPARC and other organisations oppose FIRST Act - April 21, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), SPARC, and 14 other organisations have sent a letter to Chairman Smith (R-TX) and Representative Johnson (D-TX) urging them to modify the Frontiers in Innovation Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act of 2014 (H.R. 4186), which… Read More
EBSCO Information Services releases new policy on metadata sharing and technology collaboration - April 21, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), a provider of aggregated content resources for libraries, has released its new policy on metadata sharing and technology collaboration. EBSCO will make all metadata (and full text when contractually allowed) available for more than 120 full-text databases and over 500,000 e-books, as… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health launches enhanced dental drug interactions screening tool with new Medication Safety Check feature - April 21, 2014
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has launched an enhanced dental drug interactions screening tool with a new Medication Safety Check feature, allowing professionals to screen for drug-drug, drug-allergy, and duplicate therapy interactions and review safe medication options. Available within Lexicomp® Online™… Read More
SAGE launches new OA journal – Global Qualitative Nursing Research - April 21, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new, international open access journal for the qualitative study of nursing, Global Qualitative Nursing Research (GQNR). GQNR is a rigorously peer-reviewed open access journal that will publish qualitative research on topics important to nurses including nursing,… Read More