Swets and JSTOR in deal to add JSTOR e-Book content into SwetsWise catalogue - July 25, 2013
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has signed a deal with JSTOR, the digital library of journals, books and primary sources, to make all of their eBook titles available to order directly through its SwetsWise platform. With over 20,000 current and backlist books available in the Books… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health adds multimedia enhancement to OvidSP’s search and discovery technology - July 25, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced a multimedia enhancement to the OvidSP medical research platform to aid in clinical research, practice and learning. Now researchers and healthcare practitioners using Ovid will have improved functionality to discover, download and export more than two million… Read More
Bloomberg BNA announces new edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws - July 23, 2013
Bloomberg BNA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bloomberg, has published the June 2013 Edition to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, which contains all the changes enacted into law through May 1, 2013. The latest edition fully integrates the provisions of the Act into the U.S. Code… Read More
Springer and CAPES in deal to provide over 400 institutions in Brazil with access to Springer content - July 23, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) in Brazil have entered into a new five-year agreement. The deal provides students, researchers and professionals at more than 400 institutions access to Springer's content. CAPES is made up of both academic… Read More
Thomson Reuters CompuMark unveils Trademark Analysis for iPad - July 23, 2013
Trademark searching and brand protection solutions provider Thomson Reuters CompuMark has announced the launch of Trademark Analysis, a software application (app) for the iPad. Trademark Analysis allows Thomson Reuters CompuMark SERION users to easily review, analyse, annotate and share Full Trademark Report search results from their… Read More
Assessing library value explored at ACRL Conference 2013 - July 23, 2013
Several papers and posters on library value assessment were presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference in Indianapolis this spring, as noted in the ACRL Value of Academic Libraries blog. In 'Demonstrating Value through Assessment and Surveys,' Terri Fishel discusses a… Read More