Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has expanded its long-standing relationship with the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Now, in addition to integration of the full-text of NEJM in its information products, plus a collection of classic images and deep index images, ProQuest will provide access to Journal Watch, the medical literature surveillance newsletter series. The aim is to make the content easy to discover and use.
The new expanded agreement between ProQuest and NEJM extends aggregation and distribution rights to ProQuest for multiple years, marking a deepened, long-term relationship. For example, ProQuest now has image rights, paving the way for the company to employ its patented deep indexing process, which will enable researchers to easily search and discover content such as raw data within illustrations. Further, the NEJM backfile now dates from 1990, rather that its previous 1993 beginning.
The new agreement is seen to be far-reaching. ProQuest will additionally provide access to content from Journal Watch, a clinical series covering 13 specialties, such as cardiology, hospital medicine, pediatrics and women's health. Journal Watch's physician editorial boards survey the medical literature, select the most important research and guidelines, distill them into focused summaries, and frame them in a clinical context. In addition, they cover the most important medical news, drug information and public health alerts. New articles will be available 90 days after their original publication date.
ProQuest medical and health collections are accessible through an all-new research environment that seeks to support users at every point of their information journey, from discovery to collaboration to output. It is projected as an integral piece of ProQuest's technology framework that allows fast adaptation to changing market and user demands. In the past three years, ProQuest has reportedly invented new platforms for discovery, content management, research collaboration and resource management, creating the industry's most comprehensive and flexible research structure.
