SAGE launches new OA journal – Big Data & Society - July 16, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has launched Big Data & Society, an open access (OA), peer reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to exploring the implications of Big Data for societies. Big Data & Society aims to move beyond the usual notions of Big Data and provide a platform for… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry’s flagship journal Chemical Science goes Gold open access - July 16, 2014
The Royal Society of Chemistry's flagship journal, Chemical Science, is going Gold open access from 2015 - making it the world's first high-quality open access chemistry journal. Outgoing UK Science Minister, David Willetts, has applauded the move as a 'bold step.' With an Impact Factor… Read More
ECSSR titles to be available for purchase via the EBSCO eBooks platform - July 16, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) have partnered to make ECSSR titles more accessible for academic users as well as public library users looking for Arabic and English publications covering various political, economic, social and informational fields. The… Read More
Swets in deal to represent next generation clinical information solution – Read by QxMD Enterprise Edition - July 16, 2014
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced an agreement to represent the next generation clinical information solution, Read by QxMD Enterprise Edition. Read Enterprise Edition brings new power to medical facilities, enabling them to drive content to medical staff in order to improve quality of care… Read More
Elsevier publishes 20th edition of The Harriet Lane Handbook - July 15, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the availability of the 20th edition of The Harriet Lane Handbook, the first medical reference book on paediatric diagnosis and therapy written by paediatric residents with guidance from faculty advisers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Since 1951, the… Read More
Lund University in Sweden in deal with EBSCO for subscription services besides databases and EBSCO Discovery Service - July 15, 2014
Lund University Library in Sweden and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have extended their collaboration following a recent tender for subscription services and the subsequent award of a contract to EBSCO. The two organisations have committed to work together for up to four… Read More
