ProQuest Collections now indexed and discoverable via Ex Libris Primo Central Index - September 30, 2014
Information industry leaders ProQuest and Ex Libris® Group have announced that over 200 of ProQuest's most widely used databases have been indexed in the Ex Libris Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic resources, making the content easily discoverable via the Ex Libris… Read More
Lippincott Procedures online software updated, nearly 400 AMSN-endorsed medical-surgical procedures to go online by mid-2015 - September 30, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has updated the Lippincott Procedures online software with a set of medical-surgical nursing procedures that underwent extensive review by the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN), which claims to be the largest nursing organisation dedicated to the medical-surgical specialty. One-quarter of… Read More
Daisaku & Kaneko Ikeda Library of Soka University of America selects EBSCO Discovery Service - September 30, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that Daisaku & Kaneko Ikeda Library of Soka University of America (SUA) recently selected the EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) as its new custom discovery solution for the library's databases. SUA chose EDS to enhance its community's research experience and the… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center partners with Frankfurt Book Fair for series of international events in 2014-15 - September 30, 2014
Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has been named the Rights Licensing Partner of the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair. The Rights Licensing Partnership includes sponsorship of the International Rights Directors Meeting, CONTEC Frankfurt, and various Business Breakfasts.… Read More
Pearson’s new digital learning tool, REVEL, to improve learner outcomes in higher education - September 30, 2014
Learning company Pearson has announced the launch of REVEL – an immersive digital learning tool that replaces both the printed textbook and existing online learning tools for General Studies courses. REVEL is designed for the way today's students learn, think and consume content. It aims to… Read More
Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi named founding editor-in-chief of ACS Central Science journal - September 29, 2014
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that internationally renowned chemist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi will take the helm as editor-in-chief of its first fully open access journal, ACS Central Science, which is set to launch in early 2015. Currently a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator… Read More