EBSCO, Elsevier agreement allows mutual customers to access Scopus within EBSCO Discovery Service - October 5, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and STM publisher Elsevier have announced an agreement to allow mutual customers to access Scopus within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Scopus is a bibliographic, abstract and citation database provided by Elsevier. The agreement… Read More
WK Health and Joanna Briggs Institute expand partnership to provide full suite of JBI resources on OvidSP - October 5, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced an expanded partnership with the University of Adelaide's Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). JBI is an international producer of evidence-based practice (EBP) resources and tools. Ovid, part of WK Health, will be the exclusive channel… Read More
Publishers, CNRS in framework licence agreement for document delivery - October 5, 2012
The Laboratoire INIST of the CNRS, France, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) have agreed a framework licence agreement to be entered into directly by the individual publishers and the CNRS. The framework licence agreement will start from January 1,… Read More
Elsevier expands DirectCourse’s web-based learning Curricula - October 4, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Elsevier's DirectCourse has expanded, adding a new curriculum, College of Personal Assistance and Caregiving (CPAC). This interactive, web-based curriculum is designed to train and educate personal care assistants, home care providers and family caregivers caring for people with physical… Read More
DynaMed ranks highest among ten online clinical resources in fourth independent report - October 4, 2012
DynaMed, a clinical reference tool designed for use primarily at the point of care, has ranked highest among ten online clinical resources in a new study in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. The resources were evaluated in three areas - timeliness of content updating, breadth of… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education in deal with Vibal Publishing to expand reach into international markets - October 4, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced a new agreement with Vibal Publishing, a Philippines-based provider of educational tools and resources for education, to adapt the company's McGraw-Hill My Math and Glencoe Math programs for use in the country's private schools.… Read More
Wiley collaborates with the American Dental Association to publish new practical guide - October 3, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, recently announced a collaboration with the American Dental Association (ADA) to publish the latest book in their 'Practical Guide Series,' The ADA Practical Guide to Patients with Medical Conditions. The book is designed to help dentists deliver safe and… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with Roche to integrate proprietary Chemistry data in Reaxys - October 2, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the integration of Roche propriety reaction information within Reaxys, which will run on Roche’s infrastructure and inside the Roche firewall to provide high performance and security. Roche chemistry information will now be securely searchable and discoverable by Roche scientists… Read More
Georgia Department of Education approves Carnegie Learning Math textbooks and software - October 1, 2012
Carnegie Learning, a publisher of K-12 mathematics curricula and professional development services, has announced that the Georgia Department of Education has approved Carnegie Learning's vertically aligned sequence of middle school and high school textbooks and personalised instructional software as adopted curricula through 2018. This is… Read More
Elsevier and Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China launch ISTIC-Elsevier Journal Assessment Research Center - September 28, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) have announced the establishment and opening of the ISTIC-Elsevier Journal Assessment Research Center. Based in Beijing, the mission of the ISTIC-Elsevier Journal Assessment Research Center is to enhance China's opportunities in bibliometric… Read More