Summon Suggestions to enrich Summon discovery service with automated and contextual research assistance - November 1, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has launched Summon Suggestions, a suite of features designed to enrich the Summon discovery service with automated and contextual research assistance that will lead users to better research outcomes. These features bring together a unique blend of librarian knowledge, community collaboration… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with the OSTI at the US Department of Energy to enhance access to and visibility of research - October 31, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has incorporated 300,000 full-text technical reports from the Office of Scientific Technical Information (OSTI) at the US Department of Energy (DOE) into its free scientific search tools, SciVerse Hub and Scirus. This addition will enable the global research community to search full-text… Read More
Serials Solutions Summon Service expands Japanese-language content with Japan Medical Abstracts Society - October 30, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, and the Japan Medical Abstracts Society (JAMAS) have improved access to Japanese-language article abstracts in Ichushi-Web through the Summon web-scale discovery service. The inclusion of metadata from the JAMAS abstracting and indexing database for more than 5,800 journals covering medicine, dentistry… Read More
IOP Publishing launches article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience - October 30, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience. Article level metrics are increasingly being used by authors and readers to view the wider impact of an article beyond traditional citations. The… Read More
Springer adds 100th title to SpringerOpen family of OA journals - October 26, 2012
STM publisher Springer recently celebrated the addition of its 100th title to the SpringerOpen family of open access (OA) journals, in addition to its existing BioMed Central portfolio. The launch of the Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development not only secures Springer’s position at the… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and Digitalia partner to brings wide spectrum of Spanish titles to EDS - October 26, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, recently announced an agreement with content partner Digitalia to enable Spanish content, serving a vast range of interest and needs, to be discoverable within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Digitalia is a global leader in quality content with thousands… Read More
