Ex Libris and NewsBank in deal to add Readex content to the Primo Central Index - October 8, 2013
Library technology solutions provider Ex Libris Group has signed an agreement with NewsBank to include a number of the Readex Archive of Americana collections in the Primo Central Index. Offered as a cloud-based service to institutions around the globe, the Primo Central Index gives users… Read More
Two-day conference highlights growing interest in using art to train physicians - October 8, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the Art + Medicine: How Art Can Make Better Doctors conference. Co-sponsored by Jefferson Medical College and Elsevier, the conference is scheduled to be held from November 2-3, 2013, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. It coincides with the annual meeting… Read More
Wiley and The Cochrane Collaboration launch new health professional development resource – Cochrane Learning - October 8, 2013
The Cochrane Collaboration and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the publisher of The Cochrane Library and Wiley Health Learning activities, have extended their partnership by launching a new health professional development resource called Cochrane Learning. Under the Cochrane Learning umbrella, The Cochrane Collaboration and… Read More
Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor enhanced for use in long-term care - October 8, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it is customising Lippincott's Nursing Advisor to support nurses who work with patients in long-term care (LTC). The new content addresses the nuanced differences between traditional patients in acute care and those in… Read More
New web-based visualisation tool enables academic institutions to explore, analyse and understand international research funding - October 7, 2013
Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific research, and Symplectic, a developer of research information management systems, has announced the launch of Symplectic Dimensions at THE World Academic Summit in Singapore. Dimensions is a new web-based visualisation tool that enables academic research institutions… Read More
Serials Solutions Summon Service to index educational content from Flooved.com - October 7, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with new platform Flooved to make their growing collection of textbooks discoverable in the Summon service. With the inclusion of these educational course materials, students will now be able to discover mathematics and physics content contributed by professors from… Read More
