Serials Solutions Summon Service expands Japanese-language content with Japan Medical Abstracts Society - October 30, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, and the Japan Medical Abstracts Society (JAMAS) have improved access to Japanese-language article abstracts in Ichushi-Web through the Summon web-scale discovery service. The inclusion of metadata from the JAMAS abstracting and indexing database for more than 5,800 journals covering medicine, dentistry… Read More
IOP Publishing launches article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience - October 30, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience. Article level metrics are increasingly being used by authors and readers to view the wider impact of an article beyond traditional citations. The… Read More
Credo adds Mosio-powered Librarian Connect service to Literati solution - October 29, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that it has added 'Librarian Connect' to its Literati solution. The new service offers texting capabilities along with chat and e-mail. It is powered by Mosio, Inc., a mobile software and solutions company providing text messaging and web… Read More
Springer adds 100th title to SpringerOpen family of OA journals - October 26, 2012
STM publisher Springer recently celebrated the addition of its 100th title to the SpringerOpen family of open access (OA) journals, in addition to its existing BioMed Central portfolio. The launch of the Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development not only secures Springer’s position at the… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and Digitalia partner to brings wide spectrum of Spanish titles to EDS - October 26, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, recently announced an agreement with content partner Digitalia to enable Spanish content, serving a vast range of interest and needs, to be discoverable within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Digitalia is a global leader in quality content with thousands… Read More
OCLC Research announces new prototype service for efficient FAST Subject Assignment using Autosuggest - October 25, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced the availability of assignFAST, a new web service that automates the manual selection of FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Subjects (the Authorized and Use For headings) based on autosuggest technology. Subject assignment is a two-phase task.… Read More
