JISC survey studies progress of electronic doctoral theses - February 21, 2012
Doctoral theses can attract significant attention when made openly accessible in electronic form, according to the respondents of a sector-wide survey of information professionals. The JISC-funded survey seeks to give a clearer picture of progress toward electronic thesis deposit in the UK, and how universities are… Read More
ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey publicly available online - February 21, 2012
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, a ProQuest business, has announced that the social media data of its 2011 Global Student E-book Survey is now publicly available at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/surveys along with the full report. According to the report while 41… Read More
Thieme publishes new edition of the definitive how-to guide on neural therapy - February 21, 2012
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, recently published the ‘Atlas of Neural Therapy with Local Anesthetics, Third Edition.’ The publication covers the methodology, indications, and techniques for a proven therapy that involves injecting procaine or lidocaine into specific nerve and tissue sites to restore proper bioelectrical… Read More
Platts expands European forward-dated price assessments for crude oil and refined products - February 21, 2012
Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that it has significantly expanded its suite of European forward-dated price assessments for crude oil and refined products, adding more than 1,100 new data points to more than 40 forward… Read More
ScienceIndex.com adds Economics and Finance categories - February 21, 2012
ScienceIndex.com, a Web 2.0 sciences social network, has announced that it has added two new categories - Economics and Finance. While the Economics category covers the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, the Finance category covers management of money, banking, investments, credit, and other… Read More
Europeana launches animation to explain linked open data - February 21, 2012
The European Commission’s Europeana digital library project has launched an animation to explain what Linked Open Data is and why it is a good thing, both for users and for data providers. Europeana is facilitating developments in Linked Open Data by publishing data for 2.4… Read More
