Sense About Science releases guide for public to comprehend peer review - March 4, 2013
Sense About Science, a partner of Taylor & Francis, has released a new guide to peer review to help the public make sense of research claims. The guide is titled I Don't Know What to Believe: Making Sense of Science Stories. The guide addresses questions… Read More
Sheridan announces enhancements to full-text mobile journal apps - March 4, 2013
The Sheridan Technology Lab has announced significant enhancements to existing features for their Full-Text Mobile App offering, as well as several proprietary new features. Working closely with a number of scientific, technical, and medical publishers on current app development, The Technology Lab identified unique revenue and… Read More
OCUL, ACUP/APUC and eBOUND partner to promote Canadian e-book scholarship - March 4, 2013
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and 12 members of the Association of Canadian University Presses/Association Des Presses Universitaires Canadiennes (ACUP/APUC), in conjunction with eBOUND Canada, have partnered to promote and support the availability of Canadian scholarship in e-book format throughout Ontario's universities. Stated… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 4, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is — Is Gold OA Just a New Frontier for Nature?); Karen Coyle (Metadata and Copyright | Peer to Peer Review); Joe Wikert (Beyond quick-and-dirty conversions); Alice Meadows (Are Scholarly Societies Still… Read More
Elsevier aligns CDS and clinical reference solutions; to showcase products at HIMSS13 event - March 1, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has aligned its clinical decision support (CDS) and clinical reference solutions to help healthcare providers and payers achieve clinical, operational and financial excellence. The latest example of this alignment is InOrder by Elsevier, an intuitive, cloud-based order set solution that enables clinicians… Read More
History of Science, Technology and Medicine database available via EBSCOhost - March 1, 2013
EBSCO Publishing has announced that History of Science, Technology and Medicine, an international database for the history of science, technology and medicine, is now available on its EBSCOhost platform. The database is said to reflect the influences of the fields of science, technology and medicine on… Read More