SwetsWise adds Edward Elgar eBook content to its catalogue - July 19, 2013
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that Edward Elgar Publishing has signed an agreement to make all of its 2300 eBooks on Elgaronline available to order directly via SwetsWise. Edward Elgar Publishing is an international publisher of academic books and journals in economics, finance, business… Read More
Elsevier publishes second edition of Molecular Biology as enhanced ePub3 book - July 18, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the publication of the second edition of Molecular Biology as an enhanced ePub3 book, available from Apple’s iBooks and VitalSource. Written by David Clark and Nanette Pazdernik and originally published in 2012, the new version of Molecular Biology is a… Read More
LexisNexis merges MEDai into healthcare business - July 16, 2013
LexisNexis Risk Solutions recently completed an agreement with its sister company Elsevier to transfer MEDai, its clinical-analytics-focused business unit, to the LexisNexis healthcare business. LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Elsevier are both part of Reed Elsevier Group plc. The combined organisation will allow LexisNexis to offer… Read More
Three new publishers participate in the CLOCKSS digital preservation archive - July 15, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of the Philosophy Documentation Center; Reveal Digital; and the Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care. CLOCKSS will preserve their collections in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around… Read More
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office launches Global Patent Search Network - July 15, 2013
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched the Global Patent Search Network, a free service that will eventually provide translations of patents granted in multiple countries and languages. The agency hopes to make patent research easier and more comprehensive with this move. The Global… Read More
Ukrainian research institutions to benefit from broader access to Elsevier content and solutions - July 12, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its cooperation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science in order to provide access to Elsevier's scientific databases for sixty Ukrainian research institutions. A Declaration of Intent for Cooperation has been signed by the Ministry of Education and Science… Read More
