Thomson Reuters launches new oncology application for tablet devices for R&D Pharmaceutical leaders - April 25, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters has announced its commitment to support R&D pharmaceutical leaders with a new oncology application for mobile tablet devices, already in use by AstraZeneca executives. The rich visualisation dashboard leverages content from Thomson Reuters Cortellis, the company's flagship… Read More
ARL calls for proposals for 2013 SPEC survey topics - April 25, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2013 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey programme to assist libraries in the continuous improvement of their management systems. Proposals for topics for the 2013 SPEC… Read More
HeBIS-Verbund of the Hessian Library Information System in Germany selects EBSCO Discovery Service from EBSCO Publishing - April 25, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that HeBIS-Verbund in Germany has selected its EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to provide fast and simple access to more content. HeBIS-Verbund created and runs the Hessian library information system (HeBIS) - an electronic information and service network… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe’s Inorganic Crystal Structure Database expands offer of evaluated records - April 25, 2012
The Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD), which claims to be the world's largest database of fully determined inorganic crystal structures, now offers more than 150,000 evaluated records. The database is produced by FIZ Karlsruhe in Germany and the National Institute for Standards and Technology in the… Read More
The European Library Collections and Europeana now discoverable via the Summon Service - April 24, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that its Summon Web-scale Discovery service, in cooperation with the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL), will make the vast collections of The European Library and Europeana discoverable in the Summon unified index. … Read More
Thomson Reuters announces definitive agreement to sell Healthcare Business to Veritas Capital - April 24, 2012
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Healthcare business to an affiliate of Veritas Capital for $1.25 billion in cash. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions, including the… Read More
