Healthline unveils top 10 health searches on web and mobile - December 19, 2011
Health search and information services provider Healthline Networks, US, has released the most searched health terms across the Healthline HealthWeb in 2011. It has been revealed that people using desktops and laptops search for more serious conditions, such as diabetes and cancer. The company also found… Read More
OCLC releases FAST as Linked Data under Open Data Attribution License - December 16, 2011
FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), an enumerative, faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), is now available as an experimental Linked Data service. The service is being made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License. The FAST… Read More
Serials Solutions Ulrichsweb service among Library Journal’s Best of 2011 - December 15, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that its Ulrichsweb service has been named runner-up in the 'Greatest Usability Revamp' category in Library Journal's Best Databases 2011 list. Two years of research and development, along with the contributions of library partners… Read More
Micromedex Mobile Drug Information App makes it to WIRED App Guide listing - December 15, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that its Micromedex Mobile Drug Information App has been included in the first-ever WIRED App Guide to 400 Essential Apps in the 'My Favorite Apps, The Physician' review section. The publication, in an effort to provide mobile… Read More
Thieme Teaching Assistant now features full-colour images from Thieme’s physiology and pharmacology titles - December 15, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that 'Thieme Teaching Assistant,' a web-based platform for teachers and students, launched in 2008, now contains full-colour images from three of Thieme's bestselling physiology and pharmacology titles. 'Thieme Teaching Assistant Physiology' includes 200 full-colour images from Physiology-An… Read More
American Society for Microbiology in deal with Publishing Technology to create new digital platform - December 15, 2011
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) have announced a partnership to create a next-generation digital platform to host all of the organisation's published authoritative content online. The new custom-built site will be developed on Publishing Technology's… Read More
