Ringgold launches ProtoView - April 12, 2013
Journal supply chain support provider Ringgold Inc. has announced a new service for publishers which simplifies the process of creating and disseminating comprehensive metadata for web-scale discovery and Demand-Driven Acquisition. ProtoView puts quality book, e-book and database information in the hands of end-users at the point… Read More
The Virtual Library of Virginia and the Washington Research Library Consortium sign eBook deal with Springer - April 11, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed a major deal with the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). The agreement gives students and researchers from across more than 80 campuses access to Springer eBook content. With the completion of this deal,… Read More
Thomson Reuters’ Data Citation Index helps universities worldwide improve discoverability of research - April 9, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that numerous institutions worldwide are using its Data Citation Index solution to aid in the discovery of global data sets that connect researchers to data repositories. Australia's University of Queensland, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial… Read More
Dissertations from European universities to be available via ProQuest’s PQDT Global - April 9, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it is digitising more than 15,000 dissertations from premier European universities, providing broad, online access to these works for the first time. Digital discovery of the works from University College London, University of Aberdeen, Cardiff… Read More
Newly established Ural Regional Universities Consortium in Russia gains access to ScienceDirect and Scopus - April 4, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its official collaboration with the Ural Regional Universities Consortium by providing 11 universities in Russia's Ural region with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus throughout 2013. Led by the Ural Federal University, the Ural Regional University Consortium was newly established… Read More
SAGE launches SAGE Navigator, a resource to simplify the literature search and review process - April 4, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of SAGE Navigator: the essential social sciences literature review tool. Hosted on the SAGE Knowledge platform, SAGE Navigator provides students, faculty and researchers with access to the resources they need to kick start their literature search and review. … Read More
