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CAS strengthens customer support and marketing with representation in new ACS International office in Beijing -

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the world's authority for chemical information, has announced the addition of dedicated ACS International, Ltd. (ACSI) representatives, located in the new Beijing office, to serve the needs of customers in China. ACSI representatives… Read More

Elsevier publishes seven new books on renewable energy -

STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of seven new books on renewable energy, including Renewable Energy Systems: A Smart Energy Systems Approach to the Choice and Modeling of 100 percent Renewable Solutions by Henrik Lund and Renewable Energy Integration: Practical Management of Variability, Uncertainty, and… Read More

APA announces significant content additions to its full-text book database PsycBOOKS -

The American Psychological Association has announced significant content additions to its full-text book database PsycBOOKS. Thirty-three new books from the 2014 copyright year have been added as the result of APA eliminating the 12-month embargo previously in place on current titles, plus all current volumes of… Read More

Dr. Sally Solomon Cohen named Editor-in-Chief of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice -

Academic publisher SAGE recently announced the appointment of Dr. Sally Solomon Cohen as Editor-in-Chief of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice (PPNP), a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal focusing on nursing and health policy. Cohen succeeds Dr. David M. Keepnews, who served as Editor-in-Chief since 2004. Keepnews will serve… Read More

Library Copyright Alliance files amici brief in Authors Guild v. Google -

The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) - the American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) – recently filed an amici brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Authors Guild v. Google in… Read More

Human Genome Variation database launches -

Figshare, an online repository which enables researchers to securely host, will provide the technology to power the newly launched Human Genome Variation Database managed by Nature Publishing Group. The data accompanies Data Reports (a new article type) published in the open… Read More


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