GE Healthcare, Thomson Reuters develop new data and analytics solution - May 27, 2011
US-based GE Healthcare and Thomson Reuters have developed a new data and analytics solution. This is expected to help pharmaceutical firms and other healthcare organisations to conduct evidence-based research on data that enables them to better quantify the effectiveness of medical treatments… Read More
Summon discovery service wins top honours at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony - May 27, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the Summon discovery service took top honours at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony. It was named the Best Enterprise Search Solution. Claimed to be… Read More
ProQuest and Library and Archives Canada announce new agreement for dissertations and theses processing - May 27, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and Library and Archives Canada (LAC), the source of enduring knowledge for the government of Canada, its people, and institutions, have signed a new three-year agreement for dissertations and theses processing for the more than sixty universities that participate… Read More
‘BMJ Open’ authors allowed to share original raw data - May 27, 2011
Medical information provider BMJ Group, UK, has announced that authors whose research is accepted for publication in one of its most recent online-only titles, BMJ Open, can now share the original raw data for their study. They can do so on or after publication. BMJ… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and CECity, Inc announce strategic alliance - May 27, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and Scholarly (STMS) publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a strategic alliance with CECity, Inc. to provide physicians and other healthcare professionals with new, customised quality and learning solutions. CECity is a provider of cloud-based healthcare information technology… Read More
EBSCO and National Library of the Czech Republic partner to bring metadata from Manuscriptorium Project to EDS users - May 27, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced an agreement with the National Library of the Czech Republic to bring metadata from the Manuscriptorium project to EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The goal of the Manuscriptorium project is to create virtual research access to all… Read More