St. Petersburg State University gains access to Elsevier’s key information products and solutions - December 20, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a three-year agreement with St. Petersburg State University providing access to Elsevier’s SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus, SciVal Spotlight and Reaxys. The SciVerse suite of search and discovery offerings provides the global research community access to a constantly expanding universe of… Read More
Smartphones seen increasing the risk of health data breaches - December 20, 2011
The American Medical Association’s American Medical News has noted that the number of physicians using smartphones has reached a near-saturation point and, in parallel, the number of data breaches is going up. Recent reports by Manhattan Research have found more than 81 percent of physicians use… Read More
US Senators seek investigation into Google’s search results - December 20, 2011
US Senators Herb Kohl and Mike Lee are reportedly urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, unfairly favours its own properties in search results. Kohl and Lee, both members of the Senate’s… Read More
Knovel announces series of new offerings in the Critical Content line - December 20, 2011
Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has introduced Knovel Databases, a series of new offerings in the company’s growing Critical Content line addressing gaps in convenient access to authoritative engineering data. Knovel aims to deliver content that allows engineers to find answers dramatically faster than they… Read More
Journal Spine releases special supplement on the Whiplash Injury - December 20, 2011
Journal Spine, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has released a special supplement focusing on the Whiplash Injury. The special ‘Roundtable’ article highlights the need for effective, research-proven approaches to early management of whiplash injuries. Whiplash is a very… Read More
MIT launches online learning initiative, MITx - December 20, 2011
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced the launch of an online learning initiative internally called ‘MITx.’ MITx will offer a portfolio of MIT courses through an online interactive learning platform that will organise and present course material to enable students to learn at… Read More
