Elsevier’s Gold Standard launches MEDalternatives, a new comprehensive resource for drug therapy options and costs - February 8, 2013
Elsevier's Gold Standard, a drug information provider, has announced the launch of the MEDalternatives database, a comprehensive resource for drug therapy options designed to give health plans and their members additional drug cost savings options through access to information on alternative therapies. MEDalternatives uses only evidence-based… Read More
John Wiley & Sons launch Labtiva’s ReadCube Web Reader on Wiley Online Library - February 8, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has launched Labtiva's ReadCube Web Reader on Wiley Online Library. PDFs read using the ReadCube Web Reader feature hyperlinked in-line citations, annotations, clickable author names, and direct access to supplemental content, making it easier for researchers to discover, access… Read More
NISO unveils project to develop standards for open access metadata and indicators - February 8, 2013
The voting members of the US' National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved a new project to develop standardised bibliographic metadata and visual indicators to describe the accessibility of journal articles with respect to how 'open' they are. It has been observed that many offerings… Read More
John Wiley & Sons selects Scope’s ConSCIseTM for book chapter abstracts and keywords - February 7, 2013
Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has announced that publisher John Wiley & Sons will partner with Scope to significantly enhance the chapter-level metadata for its frontlist books. ConSCIseTM, Scope's unique content abstraction solution, will be utilised to create… Read More
Elsevier announces First International Conference on Global Food Security - February 7, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the First International Conference on Global Food Security, scheduled for September 29 – October 2, 2013 in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands. Organized by Elsevier and an International Scientific Committee, the conference will address food security at local and global levels… Read More
LWW to sponsor Nursing2013 Symposium for direct care nurses - February 7, 2013
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, is sponsoring the conference Nursing2013 Symposium: The Conference for Clinical Excellence, which will be held March 19-22, 2013, at the Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The goal of the conference… Read More
