Wiley, Blackboard launch combined digital learning integration - June 14, 2012
A new integration for using digital learning content from John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, with the learning management system (LMS) from Blackboard Inc., US, is now available to students and faculty worldwide, the companies announced. The solution gives students and… Read More
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy selects EBSCO Discovery Service - June 14, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its discovery tool. The library had been looking to increase the usage of electronic resources among researchers and students… Read More
Elsevier announces new enhancement to SciVal Strata - June 14, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has added a new enhancement to SciVal Strata, a web-based performance evaluation tool that allows users to conduct highly customised performance assessments of research teams and individual researchers. The new functionality provides the capacity for objective assessment of a specific selection… Read More
CLIR presents report on Digging into Data Challenge project - June 13, 2012
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) issued the first public appraisal of the Digging into Data Challenge, an international grant programme first funded by JISC, the US National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the US National Science Foundation and the… Read More
Three new medical e-book collections now available on eBooks on EBSCOhost - June 13, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released three new medical e-book collections featuring Doody’s recommended content. Doody’s is an authoritative medical book review service designed to assist medical libraries and institutions with their purchasing decisions. Librarians can select titles and build a collection… Read More
CQ Press in deal with Credo Reference to include 40 titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections - June 13, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that CQ Press is the latest publisher to join Credo Reference with an agreement to include 40 of their most sought-after titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections. According to the company, apart from attracting new publishers… Read More
