Pearson announces Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based content service - November 7, 2012
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has announced Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based, content service that provides instructors with easy access to Open Educational Resources (OER). Pearson is partnering with Silicon Valley non-profit Gooru, a search engine for learning materials, and will leverage… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases Humanities Source - November 7, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released Humanities Source, a comprehensive resource for the Humanities field. The bibliographic and full-text database was developed from a merger of high-quality databases from EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson, and includes many unique sources that were never… Read More
LWW launches new online test-prep programme – Bratton’s Family Medicine Board Review Powered By PrepU - November 7, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has launched Bratton's Family Medicine Board Review Powered by PrepU, an innovative new way for residents and physicians to study for the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) certification exam. This new, online… Read More
IET and Minesoft launch Minesoft Inspec platform - November 7, 2012
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and global information solutions provider, Minesoft, have announced the launch of their Minesoft Inspec platform. The service will provide fast, easy access to high quality science and engineering research intelligence. The new platform is designed to benefit patent… Read More
ProQuest project with TAMU Scholars to train OCR tech to read early modern fonts - November 7, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has participated in a project that is expected to vastly accelerate research of 15th through 17th Century cultural history. The company will provide access to page images from the veritable Early English Books Online and newcomer Early European Books… Read More
National Library of Poland and OCLC in deal to add 1.3 million records to WorldCat - November 7, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, and the National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa) have signed an agreement to add 1.3 million Polish library records to WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be the world's largest resource for discovery of library materials and increasing the visibility of these collections… Read More
