Cengage Learning and California State University sign agreement to provide discounted eTextbooks - February 23, 2012
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has announced an agreement with California State University (CSU) to provide discounted eTextbooks to students as part of the Affordable Learning Solutions campaign. One of the largest digital resources contracts signed by a university system, this three-year… Read More
Dragonfly to represent GeoScienceWorld in key global markets - February 23, 2012
Sales and marketing services provider Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting, US, has announced a new partnership with GeoScienceWorld to extend sales and marketing services to academic consortia in Australia and New Zealand, Canada and Korea. GeoScienceWorld is a comprehensive Internet resource… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with PatientKeeper to integrate CDS and analytics resources into PatientKeeper’s CPOE - February 22, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and PatientKeeper, a provider of physician healthcare information systems, have announced a collaboration in which Elsevier will integrate its clinical decision support (CDS) and analytics resources into PatientKeeper's CPOE software product. The collaboration brings evidence-based clinical content into the physician's workflow through… Read More
EBSCO Publishing’s Patient Education Reference Center content now available in additional EMR systems - February 22, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that hospitals and healthcare systems using Epic as their electronic medical record (EMR) system will now be able to easily integrate patient information content from Patient Education Reference Center (PERC) from EBSCO. The integration will allow… Read More
New experimental procedures for chemical reactions from three Taylor & Francis journals now available in SciFinder - February 20, 2012
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, and scientific publisher Taylor & Francis have announced that thousands of new experimental procedures for chemical reactions from three Taylor & Francis journals are now available in SciFinder. These experimental procedures,… Read More
Wiley acquires Inscape Holdings Inc. - February 20, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has acquired Inscape Holdings Inc., a provider of DiSC-based assessments and training products that develop critical interpersonal business skills. Wiley paid $85 million to purchase all of the stock of Inscape, the majority of which are held by investment… Read More
Wageningen Academic Publishers to publish ‘Comparative Exercise Physiology’ - February 17, 2012
Independent publishing company Wageningen Academic Publishers has announced the acquisition of the journal 'Comparative Exercise Physiology'. This international journal of exercise physiology, biomechanics and nutrition was previously published by Cambridge University Press. The journal will be published by Wageningen Academic Publishers starting in 2012 with Volume… Read More
Ovid to provide access to current, non-embargoed New England Journal of Medicine content - February 16, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has entered into an expanded distribution agreement with the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Under the deal, Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, will be the only medical research aggregator to distribute current, non-embargoed NEJM content… Read More
Radboud University Nijmegen partners with Thomson Reuters to gain access to the InCites platform - February 16, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a two-year agreement with Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, to provide access to the InCites platform, a customised, web-based research evaluation tool. The institutional performance analysis and benchmarking tools available through InCites will help the university… Read More
ed2go, iLearn partner to offer learning solution for college level math - February 16, 2012
US-based Education to Go (ed2go) and iLearn, Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to help young adults and non-traditional students prepare for college level math utilising a technology-driven learning platform. iLearn’s programme will be offered as an online solution under the brand name ReadyMATH within ed2go’s… Read More
