OCLC adds more databases and collections to WorldCat Local discovery service - July 13, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has signed agreements with leading publishers and other content providers from around the world to add more databases and collections to WorldCat Local, its OCLC discovery service. WorldCat Local offers users integrated access to more than 800 million… Read More
Selection from papers of Dr. Clarence Dennis added to Profiles in Science website - July 11, 2011
The US' National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the release of an extensive selection from the papers of surgeon Dr. Clarence Dennis on the Library's Profiles in Science website. Dr. Dennis (1909-2005) had developed… Read More
Touch Group launches new clinical portal, touchinfectiousdisease.com - July 8, 2011
Medical and health sciences media and communications firm Touch Group plc, UK, has announced the launch of a new clinical portal, touchinfectiousdisease.com The new portal is driven by the content from leading review journal European Infectious Disease. It will serve as an authoritative free-to-access resource that… Read More
American Public Health Association selects Atypon Literatum as new publishing platform - July 6, 2011
Atypon, a provider of software to the publishing and media industry, has announced that the American Public Health Association (APHA) has selected Literatum as its new publishing platform. APHA is the publisher of the American Journal of Public Health. The American Public Health Association claims… Read More
Elsevier launches online catalogue of Elsevier Heritage Collection - July 6, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of an online catalogue of the Elsevier Heritage Collection, comprising over 2,000 rare books with more than 1,000 distinct titles published by the original Elzevier publishing house from 1580 to 1712. Based in the Netherlands and closely… Read More
‘Science News Prime’ weekly publication launched for access via iPad - July 5, 2011
The Society for Science & the Public (SSP), the US-based publisher of Science News magazine, has launched a new weekly publication, Science News Prime (SN Prime), available only on the iPad. SN Prime, like Science News, seeks to offer readers concise, current and comprehensive coverage of… Read More
