New EBSCOhost app for Android devices allows library users to search premium EBSCOhost content - November 30, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released an EBSCOhost Android app ensuring that Android device users can quickly and easily take full advantage of their premium EBSCOhost database content from wherever they happen to be. The Android app is the latest option in… Read More
ProQuest signs French national agreement for access to Early English Books Online - November 30, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and the Bibliographic Agency for Higher Education (ABES) in France have signed a new national licence agreement. The deal will enable all research and educational institutions throughout France and French territories to access Early English Books Online (EEBO). … Read More
AIP Publishing partners with MathJax - November 29, 2011
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has become a MathJax partner by providing major funding to the MathJax initiative. It now offers MathJax to render mathematics in its online journals. MathJax is an open-source JavaScript display engine that produces high-quality math… Read More
BioOne launches BioOne Mobile - November 29, 2011
BioOne, US, a web-based aggregator of research in biological, ecological and environmental sciences, has announced the official launch of BioOne Mobile, an optimised website now available to smartphone users at www.bioone.org. With this new mobile interface, all content from BioOne's 167 journals… Read More
Metadata helps increase books sales, says Nielsen research - November 29, 2011
Global information and media group Nielsen, US, has announced initial findings of research into the effectiveness of high quality and appropriate metadata on the sales of books. Nielsen's Metadata Research seeks to leverage its bibliographic data and Nielsen BookScan sales data to look at three… Read More
Tom Zajac joins Elsevier / MEDai as new president - November 29, 2011
Clinical analytic healthcare solutions provider Elsevier / MEDai has announced the appointment of Thomas H. Zajac as the company's new President. Elsevier / MEDai provides solutions for providers, health plans and healthcare organisations focused on population management, physician profiling, regulatory compliance and clinical surveillance to improve… Read More
