Knovel survey results indicate engineers struggle to find equations that fit a specific situation - February 12, 2014
Engineers conduct more searches for equations online, but they are dissatisfied with the results. This is according to a 2013 survey conducted on behalf of Knovel. A majority of engineers surveyed look for equations at least once a week, and increasingly they search via the Internet first, rather than references,… Read More
Richland Library in South Carolina implements EBSCO Discovery Service API - February 12, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that Richland Library in South Carolina has created a unique user experience for its library customers, with the help of EBSCO Discovery Service™ API (EDS API). By implementing EDS API, Richland Library was able to use their… Read More
American Medical Association partners with ACCUCOMS for shared representation in India - February 12, 2014
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, and the American Medical Association (AMA) have announced a new sales representation agreement for the promotion of JAMA Network publications in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Under the deal, ACCUCOMS will… Read More
World Bank unveils new eLibrary website powered by Atypon’s Literatum - February 11, 2014
Atypon, a provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, announced the recent launch of the World Bank's new and redesigned eLibrary website. Driven by Atypon's Literatum, the new eLibrary website delivers enhanced online services so researchers can more easily discover and engage with… Read More
Over 600 public research and higher education institutions in France gain access to ScienceDirect Freedom Collection - February 11, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Couperin Consortium have come to a new agreement that provides researchers at over 600 public research and higher education institutions in France access to the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection content for five years. ScienceDirect is Elsevier' full-text database of more than… Read More
The Max Planck Society secures access to 110,000 books from almost 170 years of publishing history for its researchers - February 11, 2014
STM publisher Springer has announced that the Max Planck Society has bought the entire Springer Book Archives (SBA) consisting of 110,000 individual titles. The purchase gives staff in 82 Max Planck institutes in Germany direct online access to the retro-digitised books via the SpringerLink platform (
