Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that 60 ebooks from Clinical Publishing, an independent medical publisher based in the UK, are scheduled to be available on OvidSP in 2009. Many of the titles are already for sale and accessible via Books@Ovid, OvidSP's ebook platform. All titles will be available to Ovid's global customer base as an annual subscription or for one-time purchase.
An imprint of Atlas Medical Publishing, Ltd, Clinical Publishing specialises in medical colour atlases and medical reference texts for doctors, specialists, and trainees worldwide.
Key titles scheduled for availability on Books@Ovid include several titles from the Therapeutic Strategies series, including Therapeutic Strategies in Epilepsy and Therapeutic Strategies in Thrombosis; volumes in the Problem Solving series, such as Problem Solving in Cardiology and Problem Solving in Oncology; and others in the series, including Hypertension: Atlas of Investigation & Management, Ischemic Stroke: Atlas of Investigation & Management, and more.
First launched in 2004, Books@Ovid offers a streamlined, efficient search experience to a wide range of novice and advanced user types. Natural language searching makes queries quick and easy. Users can search ebooks simultaneously with ejournals and bibliographic databases, and can link directly to any other content resource referenced in a book. Important features include flexible search, browse, and results management features; inline abstracts; a variety of search limits; and downloadable MARC records to help librarians manage their online catalogue.
With the addition of Clinical Publishing, Ovid's portfolio of ebooks publishing partners now totals ten. Other partners include Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Ovid's sister company within Wolters Kluwer Health), Oxford University Press, Springer Science + Business Media, McGraw-Hill, and Jones & Bartlett.
