Universidad Científica del Sur to subscribe CAB Abstracts - June 4, 2018
The Universidad Científica del Sur has become the latest university to subscribe to CAB Abstracts, a database of more than 9 million records of applied life sciences including agriculture, environment, leisure/tourism, veterinary sciences, food science and nutrition. CAB Abstracts is the English-language bibliographic information service… Read More
Annual Reviews publishes first multidisciplinary autonomous systems review journal - June 4, 2018
Non-profit publisher Annual Reviews has announced the publication of the first volume of the Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, its 49th review journal. The new journal is the first of its kind to cover both the broad fields of control and robotics and… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 4, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Thomas Basbøll (A scientific paper shouldn't tell a good story but present a strong argument); Helen Duriez (Examining Trust and Truth in Scholarly Publishing); David Read (Structure and Description: Five Ways to Create More Accessible Articles and Papers); and Tim… Read More
Elsevier and Egyptian Knowledge Bank sign national license agreement for access to SciVal - June 1, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has signed a national license agreement with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) for access to SciVal, Elsevier's research management tool. The EKB now has quick, easy access to research data analytics of 9,400 research institutions located… Read More
Oxford University Press joins Coalition for Responsible Sharing - June 1, 2018
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has joined the Coalition for Responsible Sharing, an alliance of publishers and learned societies who are taking action against copyright infringement by ResearchGate. The Coalition for Responsible Sharing aims to prevent the illicit hosting of millions of subscription articles on the… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and ALZAD Inc. expand partnership to support its libraries using FOLIO Library Services Platform - June 1, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and ALZAD Inc. have expanded their partnership to ensure libraries adopting the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) will be able to rely on hosting and services support. The agreement confirms ALZAD's commitment to provide FOLIO implementation and support services backed by… Read More