McGraw-Hill announces enhancements to engineering platform AccessEngineering - January 31, 2012
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced enhancements to AccessEngineering platform, featuring technological and user interface improvements. Redesigned to meet the needs of engineering professionals, students and faculty, the online reference features a completely new user interface. The aim is to… Read More
American Society of Plant Biologists not for Research Works Act - January 31, 2012
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) has stated that it does not endorse the Research Works Act (RWA; H.R. 3699), which was introduced into the US Congress late last year. If the RWA were to become law, it would essentially repeal the National Institutes of… Read More
Laerdal Medical and Wolters Kluwer Health partnership integrates EHR Tools and Health Curriculum with Simulated Learning - January 31, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and Laerdal Medical have announced a product and distribution alliance. The 'Learning for Saving Lives' alliance will initially target undergraduate programmes of nursing, medicine and the health professions, and will seamlessly integrate curriculum offerings from Lippincott Williams… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry launches online learning initiative, Learn Chemistry - January 30, 2012
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry recently launched a new section - Learn Chemistry - on the RSC website designed to support chemistry teachers and students worldwide. Learn Chemistry is designed to bring the RSC's huge range of educational resources into one place. It makes… Read More
Questia’s online library and research tools now accessible on all iOS devices - January 30, 2012
Questia, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced that the Questia Library app is now compatible with the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. On the heels of its successful free iPhone and iPod touch app that helps college students write better research papers faster, Questia has… Read More
ScienceIndex.com adds Anatomy and Biotechnology Sciences categories - January 30, 2012
ScienceIndex.com, a Web 2.0 sciences social network established in 1998, has announced that it has added Anatomy and Biotechnology Sciences to the categories it covers. The users of the website monitor nearly 190 scientific journals publishing in these two disciplines. ScienceIndex.com… Read More
