WHO to develop information standards for traditional medicine - December 8, 2010
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it will develop, for the first time, a classification of traditional medicine, paving the way for the objective evaluation of its benefits. The classification will initially focus on traditional medicine practices from China, Japan and the Republic of… Read More
Amazon expands ‘Kindle for the Web’, enables customers to read full text of Kindle books in their web browser - December 8, 2010
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced that it has expanded its Kindle for the Web service to enable anyone with access to a web browser to buy and read full Kindle books - no download or installation required. Bookstores, other retailers, authors, bloggers and… Read More
E-book reader market to grow exponentially from 2013, says ABI Research report - December 8, 2010
It has been observed that the market for e-book readers has until now been largely restricted to the US, led by Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook and Sony's Reader. But, according to ABI Research, e-book reader markets will start to expand globally from 2013 onwards.… Read More
ECONIS content now searchable via in EBSCO Discovery Service - December 8, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that metadata from ECONIS - the online catalogue for the German National Library of Economics - will now be searchable through the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The German National Library of Economics - Leibniz Information Centre… Read More
ProQuest reference source now available on the Credo Reference platform - December 8, 2010
Online reference library Credo Reference has signed an agreement with information resources and technologies provider ProQuest to integrate The Annual Register into the Credo General Reference service. This will be the first ProQuest reference source available on the Credo Reference platform. … Read More
Knovel announces four new content partnerships - December 8, 2010
Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced new content partnerships with four publishers and societies. These new partners, in addition to the six others announced earlier this year, further position Knovel as the go-to, interactive reference for engineers. … Read More
