Autism Speaks to use PlumX to track research impact - June 18, 2014
Autism Speaks, an autism science and advocacy organisation, has purchased PlumX™ to track the metrics on the research outputs that its funding has helped create. PlumX from Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company, will give Autism Speaks powerful and… Read More
Portico and the Library of Congress announce digital preservation agreement - June 18, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the Library of Congress (LOC) has joined its e-journal and e-book digital preservation services. LOC joins hundreds of libraries and publishers around the world who support Portico's work. Portico and the Library of Congress have been working together… Read More
ProQuest adds over 1,650 ebook titles from Wiley and Wolters Kluwer Health to Academic Complete - June 17, 2014
ProQuest has added more than 1,650 ebook titles from publishers Wiley and Wolters Kluwer Health to Academic Complete, the flagship ebook database from ebrary. The new content will improve research outcomes, while a new enhancement for the database - the popular LibraryThing for Libraries™ Book Display… Read More
APA’s PsycTESTS surpasses 20,000 test records - June 10, 2014
The American Psychological Association has announced that PsycTESTS, its ground breaking database of psychology tests and measures, recently surpassed 20,000 test records. PsycTESTS has experienced tremendous growth since its launch in 2011. Over the years, the database has become a go-to resource for psychology students, faculty… Read More
HathiTrust Research Center announces alpha release of extracted features dataset - June 5, 2014
The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) has announced the alpha release of a new dataset, consisting of page-level features extracted from a quarter-million text volumes. Features are data attributes defined in such a way that they can be identified by a computer and analysed at scale.… Read More
EBSCO Health unveils Pediatric clinical information mobile app - June 4, 2014
EBSCO Health, part of EBSCO Information Services, has announced the availability of a mobile app designed specifically for pediatricians, emergency department physicians, physicians-in-training and other medical providers caring for children with acute illnesses and injury. The PEMSoft Mobile app gives doctors access to vital evidence-based pediatric… Read More
