CABI re-index improves searching and retrieval for database products - April 20, 2012
Not-for-profit life sciences publisher CABI has announced that more than 9 million records on CAB Direct have been re-indexed to bring them into line with the controlled vocabulary of the updated 2011 CAB Thesaurus. This has standardised indexing and searching across all database records from 1910… Read More
Wrong OA policy may hurt UK’s publishing industry, says RSC chief - April 20, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has responded to the Research Councils UK (RCUK)’s Proposed Policy on Access to Research Outputs to help inform RCUK on enhancing scientific communications in a sustainable manner. Adopting the wrong open access (OA) model would ‘destroy scientific communications’, RSC chief… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications sign agreement to bring academic video database to EDS - April 20, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, recently announced an agreement with INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications. Mutual customers of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and the INTELECOM Online Resources Network will benefit from this deal. The agreement adds metadata for all videos from INTELECOM’s academic video database… Read More
American Society of Hematology releases Blood journal app for iPhone and iPad - April 20, 2012
The American Society of Hematology (ASH), an organisation concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, has released the Blood journal app for iPhone and iPad. Blood is the official journal of the Society and the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field. By… Read More
BioMed Central launches new OA journal – Agriculture & Food Security - April 20, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new open access journal Agriculture & Food Security. The journal recently launched as a venue for research addressing the challenge of global food security, with a particular focus on sustainable agriculture and food systems… Read More
OCLC and Credo Reference extend partnership to add local library materials in WorldCat to Credo Topic Pages - April 20, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, have announced a special collaboration project aimed to increase collection visibility and usage with library users. Credo Topic Pages will now be enhanced with WorldCat results to show local library materials alongside other timely,… Read More
