Website for new open-access journal, eLife, launched - December 17, 2012
eLife, a new open-access journal for outstanding advances in life science and biomedicine, reveals a fresh approach to presenting and using scientific content on its new website. In June 2011, three leading research funders came together in a unique collaboration to inspire change in science… Read More
Version One of new STN available in beta for fixed fee customers - December 14, 2012
The STN partners - Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and FIZ Karlsruhe - have announced that Version One of the new STN platform is now available in beta for fixed fee customers. This is stated to be the first major milestone in a… Read More
Thomson Reuters re-launches ScienceWatch.com - December 14, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the re-launch of ScienceWatch.com, an open, web-based resource dedicated to scientific metrics and research performance analysis. Since 1989, ScienceWatch has provided the scientific community and media professionals with data and commentary on the people, places and… Read More
Serials Solutions in deal with five German publishers to index their scholarly content in Summon discovery service - December 14, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the company is working with several eminent German publishers to index their scholarly content in the Summon discovery service. This German-language content is among the most widely subscribed to by academic institutions in Germany, as well as… Read More
EBSCO offers scholarships for librarians to attend 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting - December 14, 2012
Information services provider EBSCO, US, in co-sponsorship with the American Library Association (ALA) has awarded five librarians $1,500 scholarships to attend the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle from January 25–29, 2013. As part of the application process, librarians were asked to write an essay on the… Read More
UpToDate releases MobileComplete for Android users - December 14, 2012
Healthcare information service provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that UpToDate, part of WK Health, has released MobileComplete for Android users. A downloadable local version of its free app, UpToDate MobileComplete, is the fastest mobile version of UpToDate, providing clinicians with access to… Read More
