Touch Group launches new clinical portal, touchobgyn.com - June 3, 2011
Medical and health sciences media and communications firm Touch Group plc, UK, has announced the launch of a new clinical portal, touchobgyn.com. touchobgyn.com is driven by content from leading review journals European Obstetrics & Gynaecology and US Obstetrics & Gynaecology, alongside… Read More
ProQuest acquires BNI - June 1, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has acquired BNI, a database for nursing and midwifery in the UK. BNI - shortened from British Nursing Index - has been compiled through a partnership of the libraries at Bournemouth University, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal… Read More
Oxford Medicine Online launches new online resource – Oxford Medical Libraries Online - June 1, 2011
Oxford Medicine Online has announced the launch of Oxford Medical Libraries Online, a new resource that offers a collection of subject-based libraries containing over 50 invaluable short guides. It covers a wide range of therapy areas and delivers relevant advice that is designed to meet the… Read More
Thirteen more scholarly publishers to participate in the UPCC eBook Collections - June 1, 2011
Project MUSE has announced that 13 more scholarly publishers have signed contracts to participate in the UPCC eBook Collections, coming to the MUSE platform on January 1, 2012. To date, a total of 64 university and scholarly presses have contracted to include their ebooks in the… Read More
WorldCat Local adds more databases and collections from publishers and information providers - June 1, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that WorldCat Local has added more databases and collections from leading publishers and other information providers to make content more accessible to library users through the Web. WorldCat Local is OCLC's discovery service that offers users… Read More
Trinity Western University’s Norma Marion Alloway Library selects SirsiDynix Symphony - May 31, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that Trinity Western University's Norma Marion Alloway Library has begun the upgrade of their system to the Symphony ILS along with 17 other libraries around the globe. Alloway Library plans to go live with the new system… Read More