McGraw-Hill Professional announces next generation of web-based reference tool AccessEngineering - June 24, 2011
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that it has begun development on AccessEngineering 3.0, a new platform that will bring unprecedented functionality to its vast store of engineering reference content. McGraw-Hill's web-based platform includes such valuable… Read More
SciVerse ScienceDirect content now searchable via Ex Libris Primo Central Index - June 24, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group have announced their collaboration to make the full text of SciVerse ScienceDirect journal articles and ebooks searchable in the Ex Libris Primo Central Index. Primo Central is an integral part… Read More
JISC, HEFCE announce partners for national cloud services for universities - June 24, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) have confirmed the projects and partners appointed to deliver a national cloud infrastructure and supporting services. The move follows a £12.5 million fund in February that… Read More
AAP introduces new subscription model for institutional access to entire eBook collection - June 23, 2011
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a 62,000-member organisation dedicated to the health of children, has introduced a new subscription model for unlimited institutional access to the rich medical content that resides in the AAP eBook collection. The new platform, www.aapebooks.com,… Read More
Springer launches SpringerReference.com - June 23, 2011
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media has launched SpringerReference.com, a new platform for researchers and academic and corporate libraries. It offers living editions of Springer's eReferences well in advance of their print editions across every subject. Through the platform, scientists can submit updates to articles whenever they… Read More
National Library of Medicine launches MedlinePlus Connect - June 22, 2011
The US' National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched MedlinePlus Connect. MedlinePlus Connect is a free service that allows health organisations and health information technology (HIT) providers to link patient portals and electronic health record (EHR) systems… Read More
