RIN-OCLC study examines information support services for researchers - November 15, 2010
The UK's Research Information Network (RIN) and library information provider OCLC Research, US, have undertaken a comparative study to investigate information-related support services for researchers in the UK and the US. The collaborative research project is composed of two separate, but linked,… Read More
Elsevier introduces Image Search feature on SciVerse ScienceDirect - November 15, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of Image Search, a new SciVerse ScienceDirect feature that enables users to quickly and efficiently find images and figures relevant to their specific research objectives. The new feature allows researchers to search across more… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert provides free online access to diabetes-related journals - November 15, 2010
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, will provide complimentary online access to the fully searchable legacy content of the company's diabetes-related journals through the end of November in honour of World Diabetes Day on November 14, 2010. Free online access is currently available for
LWW announces fifth edition of Greenfield’s Surgery: Scientific Principles & Practice - November 15, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), US, has announced the publication of Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles & Practice, Fifth Edition. The latest edition is projected as a completely updated general surgery reference that provides a thorough review of disease processes, epidemiology, diagnosis, new surgical recommendations,… Read More
Jouve Group offers direct online e-book conversion for iBookstore - November 15, 2010
XML and e-book conversion services provider Jouve Group, France, has developed an online client platform for Apple's iBookstore, making its industrial conversion solutions available to publishers of all sizes. Jouve now claims to offer publishers an easy way to directly convert their… Read More
Latest issue of Research Library Issues focuses on developing 21st-century research library workforce - November 15, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that issue 272 of Research Library Issues (RLI) focuses on developing the 21st-century research library workforce. This issue of RLI features articles on new imperatives for developing a vital workforce, changing roles for academic librarians, recent administrative restructuring… Read More
