EBSCO Publishing acquires two SAGE databases - July 16, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has acquired two databases from academic publisher SAGE. These are: Criminal Justice Abstracts and Communication Abstracts. The deal will bring two leading databases in their fields to users through the EBSCOhost platform. Criminal Justice Abstracts and Communication Abstracts… Read More
National Technical Information Service to be official distributor of Death Master File - July 16, 2010
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), an agency of the US Department of Commerce, has announced that it has been named the authorised official distributor of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Death Master File (DMF). The DMF is used by leading government, financial, investigative, credit reporting… Read More
The National Library of Netherlands signs book digitisation agreement with Google - July 15, 2010
The National Library of Netherlands, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), has announced an agreement with Internet search services provider Google. Under the deal, Google will digitise more than 160,000 out-of-copyright (public domain) books from the library's collection. The books will be fully searchable and accessible for free via… Read More
University of Chicago Press joins F1000 Affiliate Program - July 15, 2010
Article evaluation services provider Faculty of 1000 (F1000), UK, has announced that the University of Chicago Press has joined the F1000 Affiliate Program. As an F1000 Affiliate Publisher, the University of Chicago Press will offer their readers free access to a selection of F1000 evaluations of… Read More
McGraw-Hill Higher Education and Blackboard announce business partnership - July 15, 2010
Learning management systems provider Blackboard, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Both parties will introduce a new, best of class learning management offering that joins McGraw-Hill's media-rich content, assessment engines, and industry leading adaptive learning tools… Read More
Cambridge University Press and Harvard Business School announce new publishing partnership - July 15, 2010
The Harvard Business School has announced a partnership with Cambridge University Press to publish the journal Business History Review (BHR) from 2011. Claimed to be the oldest journal in its field, Business History Review began publication in 1926 as the Bulletin of the Business Historical Society… Read More
EBSCO, Thomson Reuters deal to enable mutual customers access to Web of Science - July 14, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and information services provider Thomson Reuters have announced an agreement allowing mutual customers to access Web of Science within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Institutions subscribing to both EDS and Web of Science may conduct their search via the… Read More
SAE forms partnership programme with publishers and industry experts - July 14, 2010
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US, has announced a new Content Partnership Program that seeks to expand SAE's publishing programme via partnerships with book publishers, industry experts, multimedia producers and other technical knowledge providers. Traditional and non-traditional developers and publishers of engineering information can… Read More
ASM International content now available on Knovel - July 13, 2010
Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that content from ASM International, The Materials Information Society, is now available on Knovel. With a network of over 36,000 members worldwide, ASM provides materials science and engineering professionals with a range… Read More
Wiley-VCH to publish Israel Journal of Chemistry - July 9, 2010
Wiley-VCH, the German subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, US, has announced that the Israel Journal of Chemistry has become part of its chemical society portfolio, effective from 2010. Wiley-VCH acquired the journal in late 2009, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the start of official… Read More
