UK universities to launch Internet search engine rivalling Google - January 22, 2008
The University of Manchester's national data centre Mimas is set to launch an Internet search engine rivalling Google at the end of January. The free service will add thousands of documents to the 'Intute' service which already allows academics, teachers, researchers and students to search for… Read More
Guilford Publications’ medical journals content to be accessible via SIMID SMILE - January 22, 2008
Healthcare information provider Guilford Publications, US, has announced a partnership with SIMID, S.M.I.L.E. (Scientific Medical Information Library Europe), a combination database and library of medical journals and books covering forty medical disciplines. Under the deal, Guilford Publications will provide metadata and full-text… Read More
ProQuest acquires RefWorks LLC - January 22, 2008
ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, has announced that it has acquired RefWorks LLC, a leading provider of web-based research management, writing and collaboration services for the academic and research communities. Cambridge Information Group has had an ownership position in RefWorks since May 2001. Complete ownership… Read More
SwetsWise releases SwetsWise 5.0 - January 22, 2008
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, recently announced the release of SwetsWise 5.0, the latest technical update to the comprehensive and sophisticated subscriptions management tool currently available. SwetsWise 5.0 adds a host of additional functionalities to SwetsWise Subscriptions, the central focus of the SwetsWise platform. The most… Read More
SeaZone launches online resource on marine and coastal zone digital data - January 22, 2008
SeaZone Solutions Ltd. has launched Marine Digimap, an online resource which makes available marine and coastal zone digital data. The maps and data delivered by Marine Digimap are seen to provide a fascinating insight into the broad range of factors that make up the marine and… Read More
Krames acquires video health education content provider, wired.MD, Inc. - January 22, 2008
US-based patient education publisher Krames, part of MediMedia, has announced that it has acquired wired.MD, a leading provider of video health education content. Content is delivered via the latter's proprietary streaMed system to hospitals, health plans, universities, resource libraries, and technology companies producing video on-demand and… Read More
