Elsevier and Pharmaron sign multi-year contract for access to Reaxys - August 30, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Pharmaron, a premier drug R&D service provider for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, have signed a multi-year contract. Under the deal, Elsevier will provide access to Reaxys to all Pharmaron researchers. Reaxys will enable Pharmaron to continue to consolidate its… Read More
ACS report calls for reforming federal policies to support chemical entrepreneurs, create jobs, and stimulate national, economic growth - August 30, 2011
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has issued a report that maps critical steps to pioneer new economic growth among deepening concerns about the US job situation. Innovation, Chemistry, and Jobs details how one of US’s most valuable economic sectors – the chemical enterprise – can shift… Read More
Blackboard and Wiley partner to provide institutions access to Wiley’s content and WileyPLUS within Blackboard Learn - August 30, 2011
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc, US, have announced a new global partnership. The deal will enable institutions running the Blackboard Learn platform to seamlessly access Wiley’s rich collection of learning content and… Read More
Canadian universities not to renew licences with Access Copyright - August 30, 2011
Over a dozen high-profile Canadian research universities have reportedly said that they will not renew their agreements with Access Copyright, a government-run non-profit that sells licences to its library of copyright-cleared content. The institutions include the University of Calgary, the University of British Columbia and York… Read More
New iThenticate whitepaper examines ethics of self-plagiarism - August 30, 2011
Plagiarism prevention software provider iParadigms has announced a new study titled ‘The Ethics of Self-Plagiarism,’ an area of growing concern in the world of scholarly research. The study offers a definition of self-plagiarism and how the reuse and repurposing of research by its originator can run… Read More
Journal of Addiction Medicine selected for indexing in MEDLINE - August 30, 2011
The Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAM), the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, has been selected for indexing in MEDLINE, the US National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters… Read More
