EBSCO Publishing and Innovative Interfaces partner to create enhanced access to EDS via Encore - August 10, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced a partnership with Innovate Interfaces, Inc. In an effort to improve accessibility and usability for customers requesting various ports of entry into EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), EBSCO and Innovate Interfaces are working to develop improved access… Read More
ProQuest acquires UK-based Expert Information - August 8, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has acquired UK-based Expert Information, publishers of Index to Theses and Theses.com, premier sources of hundreds of thousands of citations and abstracts for British and Irish dissertations and master's theses. The addition of Expert Information will continue expanding the… Read More
Thomson Reuters acquires UK-based analyst firm GFMS - August 8, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has acquired UK-based analyst firm GFMS (formerly known as Gold Fields Mineral Services). GFMS is a precious metals consultancy, specialising in research into the global gold, silver, platinum and palladium markets. This acquisition enables Thomson Reuters to offer powerful… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and The Hastings Center announce publishing partnership - August 5, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new partnership with The Hastings Center. Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the Hastings Center Report, one of the leading journals in the field of bioethics. The partnership aims… Read More
De Gruyter to test patron-driven acquisition model at FernUniversität university in Hagen - August 5, 2011
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced that it will provide German distance-learning university FernUniversität in Hagen with comprehensive trial access to its specialist literature with a view to identifying demand. The test will last for a year, beginning August 1, 2011, and examine the new… Read More
Springer set to publish official journal of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society - August 4, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering (CJME), starting January 2012. CJME is the official journal of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES). The journal joins Springer's Chinese Library of Science, a collection of more than 90 China-based… Read More
BMJ Group in deal with German hospitals to support better patient care - August 4, 2011
Medical publisher the BMJ Group, UK, has announced an agreement with Asklepios Clinics Hamburg - part of the largest private hospital group in Germany – to provide fully integrated access to Best Practice from the BMJ Evidence Centre for daily use across… Read More
SAGE acquires Learning Matters - August 2, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of UK independent publisher Learning Matters. The sale was announced jointly by Learning Matters founder and Managing Director Jonathan Harris, and Ziyad Marar, Global Publishing Director, SAGE. Founded in 1999, Learning Matters is a leading publisher of market… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education’s CINCH Science programme selected by Texas State Board of Education for state-wide use - August 1, 2011
The Texas State Board of Education has voted to make McGraw-Hill Education's CINCH Science programme available state-wide for use in Grades 5-12. The decision comes as the state works to find affordable digital solutions that meet its latest educational standards and prepare students for new state… Read More
McMaster University partners with DynaMed to identify practice-changing evidence across medical disciplines - August 1, 2011
McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit and DynaMed from EBSCO Publishing have partnered to help physicians understand the scope of the medical research being published every day. As a result of the agreement, the two best systems for keeping up with medical research have come together… Read More
