NetAdvance and OCLC to add metadata from JapanKnowledge and JK Books collections to WorldCat - March 31, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, and NetAdvance are working together to add metadata from the JapanKnowledge and JK Books collections to WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be the world's most comprehensive online catalogue of library resources, increasing discovery and access to these rich… Read More
Scopus launches Cited References Expansion Program for archival content - March 28, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Scopus has launched its Cited References Expansion Program to include cited references in its database going back to 1970 for pre-1996 content. In addition to increasing the depth of Scopus' scholarly content, including cited references for pre-1996 content will… Read More
Spain’s Health Ministry launches UpToDate clinical decision support for doctors nationwide - March 28, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that Spain's Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality has launched UpToDate, providing more than 260,000 healthcare professionals in the Sistema Nacional de Salud (SNS), Spain's national health system, with access to its clinical decision support resource.… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health releases significant enhancements to its UpToDate app - March 27, 2014
Global healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the release of significant enhancements to its UpToDate® App for the Android™ mobile platform. The new release delivers an upgraded experience for users worldwide who access the evidence-based clinical decision support resource via the award-winning UpToDate mobile… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional in deal with Atypon to power McGraw-Hill Education eBook library - March 26, 2014
McGraw-Hill Professional, a division of McGraw-Hill Education, has signed an agreement with Atypon for Literatum to power the McGraw-Hill Education eBook Library. McGraw-Hill Professional chose the Literatum platform to manage, deliver and monetise their content and provide more valuable features to librarians and readers. The… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health’s UpToDate helps JADECOM improve quality of community medical care in Japan - March 25, 2014
Global healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that UpToDate, its leading clinical decision support resource, is helping the prominent Japanese healthcare association, JADECOM (Japan Association for Development of Community Medicine), meet the diverse needs of nearly 2,000 medical professionals delivering medical care in communities… Read More
