Springer and The American Meteorological Society partner for electronic distribution of book titles - March 14, 2013
STM publisher Springer has entered into a partnership with The American Meteorological Society (AMS) for the electronic distribution of their book titles for the next three years on SpringerLink. The agreement includes the distribution of monographs, textbooks and popular science titles as… Read More
British Columbia’s Divisions of Family Practice selects UpToDate as its evidence-based clinical decision support system - March 14, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that British Columbia's Divisions of Family Practice has selected UpToDate as its evidence-based clinical decision support system. By integrating UpToDate into its member portal, the organisation's 4,000 practitioners can access the latest evidence-based information at… Read More
Wiley, OpenStax College team up to create product for college biology - March 13, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with Rice University-based OpenStax College, which is considered a newcomer from the 'open education resources' (OER) movement. The partnership calls for Wiley to deliver content from OpenStax College's two new biology textbooks via WileyPLUS with… Read More
University of Auckland selects Thomson Reuters Cortellis for Competitive Intelligence to advance biomedical research capabilities - March 13, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that the University of Auckland (UoA), New Zealand, has selected Thomson Reuters Cortellis for Competitive Intelligence. With this initiative, the University seeks to grow its biomedical research programme and ensure future science and business professionals… Read More
EBSCO Publishing launches Arabic language full text database – Arab e-Marefa - March 13, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released Arab e-Marefa, an Arabic language full text database that offers hundreds of journals published by many of the Arab world's prestigious academic publishers. Arab e-Marefa is produced by Marefa World Company for Digital Content in Jordan.… Read More
ebrary unveils German language e-book database covering multiple disciplines - March 13, 2013
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced a new German-language e-book subscription database for academic libraries. The ebrary Deutsche Sammlung collection includes STM, humanities and arts disciplines. It features more than 4,500 titles from publishers such as De Gruyter, Aarhus University Press, International Monetary Fund, Ohne Verlag… Read More
