FIZ Karlsruhe’s Inorganic Crystal Structure Database expands offer of evaluated records - April 25, 2012
The Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD), which claims to be the world's largest database of fully determined inorganic crystal structures, now offers more than 150,000 evaluated records. The database is produced by FIZ Karlsruhe in Germany and the National Institute for Standards and Technology in the… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches new oncology application for tablet devices for R&D Pharmaceutical leaders - April 25, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters has announced its commitment to support R&D pharmaceutical leaders with a new oncology application for mobile tablet devices, already in use by AstraZeneca executives. The rich visualisation dashboard leverages content from Thomson Reuters Cortellis, the company's flagship… Read More
More than 20,000 individual Springer titles now available on Apple’s iBookstore - April 24, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media has announced one of the largest scientific, technical and medical (STM) book collections on the iBookstore with more than 20,000 individual Springer titles. Cornerstone works in disciplines like mathematics, medicine and engineering are now available, along with selections in other fields… Read More
OCLC and Credo Reference extend partnership to add local library materials in WorldCat to Credo Topic Pages - April 20, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, have announced a special collaboration project aimed to increase collection visibility and usage with library users. Credo Topic Pages will now be enhanced with WorldCat results to show local library materials alongside other timely,… Read More
Nature Publishing Group announces mobile-optimisation for its journals on nature.com - April 19, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced mobile-optimisation for a number of its journals on nature.com. Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports now offer complete mobile-optimised versions of their websites, designed for use in web browsers on 'small screen' devices like… Read More
MetaPress announces three new levels of service for publishers - April 18, 2012
MetaPress, a web hosting platform service for STM content, has announced three targeted product offerings to meet the needs of publishers, regardless of size. The three levels of service - Tailor-Made, Standard, and Essential - target the particular needs of large and small publishers. … Read More
