ProQuest and American Economic Association announce distribution agreement - June 27, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has signed an agreement with the American Economic Association (AEA) to distribute its journals to libraries around the world. The addition of the seven journals, including the historic American Economic Review, is part of major content expansion by ProQuest.… Read More
EBSCO Publishing announces unlimited usage options and free upgrades for H.W. Wilson Retro Index customers - June 27, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has lifted the simultaneous user restriction and provided a free upgrade to unlimited access for all Wilson Retro Index customers. Customers with simultaneous user access to the 15 Retro Indexes available from H.W. Wilson will now have unlimited… Read More
OECD iLibrary usage statistics now available - June 27, 2011
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced that OECD iLibrary now provides usage statistics according to COUNTER standards, plus MARC records for all subscribers. OECD now provides reliable standardised usage reports for all content on OECD iLibrary. The… Read More
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
