National Library of Medicine unveils MeSH on Demand, a new feature to identify relevant MeSH terms - May 6, 2014
The National Library of Medicine has announced the launch of MeSH on Demand, a new feature that uses the NLM Medical Text Indexer (MTI) to find MeSH terms. Currently, the MeSH Browser allows for searches of MeSH terms, text-word searches of the Annotation and Scope… Read More
Mendeley to support Research4Life access in developing world - May 5, 2014
Mendeley, a global research collaboration and reference manager platform, has pledged to actively support and collaborate with Research4Life on the heels of its first anniversary at Elsevier. Research 4 Life is a public-private partnership that provides free and low-cost access to peer reviewed resources. Its… Read More
eLibrary from ProQuest updated for today’s multi-tasker and mobile learner - May 5, 2014
Students using eLibrary® from ProQuest® can now benefit from several recent enhancements to this online resource, making it easier to conduct research and to complete school assignments. The new mobile web edition of eLibrary is now available and enables access from smart phones and hand-held devices,… Read More
KB/Libris-libraries join WorldCat - May 5, 2014
The National Library of Sweden (KB) has signed an agreement to join WorldCat, one of the world's largest library catalogues, operated by OCLC, after seven years of negotiation. During the entire negotiation period KB maintained that data in LIBRIS should be freely… Read More
ProQuest acquires Pi2 Solutions - May 2, 2014
ProQuest has acquired UK-based Pi2 Solutions, an industry leader in product literature databases, workflow tools and related outsourcing services for global pharmaceutical companies. The company plans to align Pi2 with its ProQuest Dialog corporate information service to create an integrated solution for pharmacovigilance and expand ProQuest's… Read More
World Health Organization joins Europe PubMed Central - May 2, 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) will become a member of the open access repository Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC), joining 25 other life sciences and biomedical research funders. The announcement is in preparation for the launch of the WHO open access policy… Read More
