CAS Registry registers 70 millionth substance - December 7, 2012
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced a major milestone for the CAS Registry, the largest collection of publicly disclosed chemical substance information. CAS scientists registered the 70 millionth substance from a patent application submitted to the… Read More
WK Health partners with FX Conferences to offer audio recordings of conference presentations and webinars via OvidSP - December 4, 2012
Healthcare information service provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced a partnership with FX Conferences to provide easy access to thousands of hours of FX Conferences expert audio recordings designed for pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology and other healthcare related industries. Through the partnership, FX… Read More
American Chemical Society in deal with Portico to preserve e-books - December 3, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that American Chemical Society (ACS) has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-books. Through this agreement, ACS extends its relationship with Portico, which began in 2007 with the publisher's commitment to deposit its entire… Read More
ExPub releases R2 to provide access to ECHA REACH registrations database - November 28, 2012
EBSCO Publishing's Expert Publishing (EXPub) has unveiled R2, a tool for companies impacted by the EU's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulations. R2, a search engine, seeks to provide integrated access to the Official ECHA REACH Registration Database leveraging the EXPERTIndex to provide… Read More
ACRL seeks new presenters for ‘Standards for Libraries in Higher Education’ workshop - November 28, 2012
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is accepting applications from prospective new presenters for the workshop 'Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact: Putting the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education into Action.' The day-long workshop is led by one or two expert presenters at… Read More
Manchester University Press to preserve e-journals with Portico - November 21, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that Manchester University Press (MUP) has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journals. Through this agreement, MUP seeks to ensure that its e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students.… Read More
