US antitrust watchdog launches probe on Google’s market practices - June 27, 2011
The US' Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reportedly launched an investigation of Google, Inc.'s dominance of the Internet search industry. The nation's antitrust regulators are investigating into whether Google abuses its market power by favouring its own services… Read More
Elsevier announces expansion of SciVal Funding to regions outside the US - June 27, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the expansion of SciVal Funding to regions outside of the US, enabling institutions to identify international funding opportunities. Through the international expansion of SciVal Funding, researchers, research administrators and research development professionals in Canada, the UK and the European… Read More
ProQuest and American Economic Association announce distribution agreement - June 27, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has signed an agreement with the American Economic Association (AEA) to distribute its journals to libraries around the world. The addition of the seven journals, including the historic American Economic Review, is part of major content expansion by ProQuest.… Read More
EBSCO Publishing announces unlimited usage options and free upgrades for H.W. Wilson Retro Index customers - June 27, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has lifted the simultaneous user restriction and provided a free upgrade to unlimited access for all Wilson Retro Index customers. Customers with simultaneous user access to the 15 Retro Indexes available from H.W. Wilson will now have unlimited… Read More
American Chemical Society emphasises need to pass patent reform bill - June 27, 2011
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has said that for a nation facing a looming deficit and difficult cuts to entitlements, passing H.R. 1249 and streamlining America's patent application process is one of the single-most productive steps Congress can take to improve the economy. H.R. 1249,… Read More
South Africa’s National Research Foundation selects InCites to analyse institutional productivity - June 27, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the National Research Foundation (NRF), an independent government agency supporting research in South Africa, has selected InCites to analyse institutional productivity and benchmark its research output versus peers worldwide. InCites is a citation-based research evaluation tool… Read More
