China/Asia on Demand metadata now accessible via EBSCO Discovery Service - February 15, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced a new partnership with Oriprobe Information Services Inc, Canada, a supplier of information solutions and China/Asia electronic resources. The deal will allow content from China/Asia On Demand (CAOD) to be accessible within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS).… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health releases Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Mobile for smartphone users - February 15, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has released Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Mobile to provide smartphone users with authoritative answers to drug information questions. The app, which combines industry leading content from Facts & Comparisons eAnswers and Lexicomp, is available for iPhone and… Read More
Ingram’s Vital Source now offers access e-textbook platform through Blackboard Learn - February 15, 2012
Ingram’s Vital Source is now providing access to its leading e-textbook platform through Blackboard Learn, which claims to be one of the most used learning management systems. The Blackboard Building Block for VitalSource gives institutions a comprehensive tool to implement digital textbooks for students in mobile,… Read More
Elsevier’s new expert discovery application enables collaboration by connecting SciVerse Hub to DIRECT2Experts - February 15, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of an expert identification and discovery application that connects SciVerse Hub, a platform for search, analysis and research synthesis, with the DIRECT2Experts online network of scientific researchers. The Direct2Experts Expert Discovery Application enables researchers to find potential collaborators… Read More
OCLC’s Website for Small Libraries project now available as a beta service - February 15, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that the Website for Small Libraries project, which began as an OCLC Innovation Lab experiment in 2011, is now available as a beta service for any library wishing to set up its own website. By participating in the… Read More
SAGE opts for Ingram Content’s CoreSource for digital assets management - February 14, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE, US, has selected Ingram Content Group’s CoreSource for the distribution and management of its e-book and print-book files. SAGE publishes titles in the humanities and social sciences and the scientific, technical and medical fields. Ingram’s CoreSource is projected as an easy–to-use,… Read More
