ProQuest’s new platform to provide single-point access to ProQuest content - July 8, 2009
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is leveraging its extensive research of end-users, librarians and faculty search behaviours to drive the creation of an all-new platform that will redefine search experience for library users worldwide. To be available in 2010, the new platform will facilitate… Read More
SAGE and American Sociological Association announce publishing deal - July 8, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a publishing partnership with the American Sociological Association (ASA). Under the deal, the global publisher will publish eight of ASA's journals beginning in 2010 and 2012. The journals are American Sociological Review, ASA's flagship journal and the number-one-ranked journal in sociology,… Read More
NRC-CISTI, CIHR and the US National Library of Medicine announce three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada - July 8, 2009
The National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) have announced a three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). PMC Canada will be a national digital… Read More
Society for Vascular Nursing releases patient care guideline via Elsevier journal - July 8, 2009
The Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) has released the first in a series of guidelines being developed that will focus on the nursing care of patients with vascular disease. Working as a collective group of experts, members of SVN have developed guidelines based on the latest… Read More
American Chemical Society to launch new journal – ACS Chemical Neuroscience - July 8, 2009
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced plans to launch a new journal, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, focusing on the molecular basis of neurological disease. Slated for launch in January 2010, the journal targets a growing demand for publication of neuroscience research and represents an expansion of… Read More
Thieme Publishers announce journal price freeze for 2010 - July 8, 2009
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that it is freezing journal prices for 2010. The move is in response to the current recession and assist libraries during their budgetary difficulties. The new pricing policy applies to journals with electronic subscriptions… Read More
