Gale’s new InterLink technology enables users to make real-world discoveries - May 2, 2014
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the launch of InterLink, a new technology that connects current articles from newspapers, magazines and journals with contextual reference content found within e-books on Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), Gale's e-book platform. InterLink document-level hyperlinking is available free… Read More
New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation selects UpToDate Anywhere for mobile-enabled clinical decision support - May 1, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, have announced that New York Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) has chosen UpToDate® Anywhere, its mobile-enabled clinical decision support resource. The five-year contract provides HHC clinicians with anytime/anywhere access… Read More
Academic institutions in Korea now have full-text access to ProQuest’s Periodicals Archive Online - May 1, 2014
Korean Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), a consortium with 300 members, has expanded its holdings of scholarly periodicals from ProQuest. Periodicals Archive Online connects researchers to a rich digital archive of leading historical periodicals, spanning more than two centuries of scholarship in the humanities and… Read More
edX selects VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform to distribute publisher content for its massive open online learning courses - May 1, 2014
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, has announced that edX, the non-profit online learning initiative, has selected the VitalSource Bookshelf® e-textbook platform to distribute publisher content for its massive open online learning courses (MOOCs). Vital Source will distribute e-textbook content from leading… Read More
UK Research Council funding data comes to life in two new visualisations - May 1, 2014
A competition run by British Library, BBRSC and AHRC challenged the public to create a visualisation showing how £3 billion of funding is apportioned across the UK. The winners of the Visualising Research competition were announced by a panel of judges from BBRSC, AHRC, Indiana… Read More
Rivisteweb journals now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - April 30, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that top humanities and social sciences journals via Rivisteweb are now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS). Il Mulino, an academic publisher in Italy, offers the prominent journals for both Carocci Editore and Il Mulino via its… Read More