British Library to make Elsevier Business Intelligence content now available via Document Supply service - October 19, 2012
The British Library has announced that latest news and analysis from Elsevier Business Intelligence (EBI), a global leader in the field of healthcare industry information, is now available from the Library's Document Supply service. EBI provides business intelligence on regulatory, business and reimbursement issues that are… Read More
Portico and B-on Consortium announce agreement to expand digital preservation services to libraries in Portugal - October 19, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, and the B-on Consortium are pleased to announce an agreement to expand Portico's digital preservation services to research and academic libraries in Portugal. The B-on Consortium represents about 70 higher education institutions, research institutions, and other public bodies. … Read More
Thomson Reuters adds oil refinery alerts from Genscape to desktop product Eikon - October 19, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the addition of oil refinery data to Thomson Reuters Eikon, its desktop product for financial traders, through an exclusive agreement with Genscape. The agreement will purportedly enable Thomson Reuters Eikon customers to gain significant… Read More
ProQuest and SSRN to dramatically increase working papers available in ABI/INFORM, ProQuest Central and more - October 19, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) have announced an initiative to dramatically increase the organisation's working papers available through ProQuest's popular ABI/INFORM business information product as well as ProQuest Central and a variety of niche databases. Working papers… Read More
ARL webcast to discuss Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision and the implications for research libraries - October 19, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will host a webcast on October 24, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET, to discuss the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision and the implications of this victory for research libraries. The webcast will be moderated by Brandon Butler,… Read More
CAB Abstracts is critical to search of veterinary literature, says study - October 19, 2012
A new study of the coverage of veterinary journals in bibliographic databases has reportedly shown that no search of veterinary literature is complete without reference to applied life sciences database CAB Abstracts. The study, "Searching the Veterinary Literature: A Comparison of the Coverage of Veterinary Journals by Nine Bibliographic… Read More
