Ovid expands medical eBook offerings - May 1, 2009
Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that 60 ebooks from Clinical Publishing, an independent medical publisher based in the UK, are scheduled to be available on OvidSP in 2009. Many of the titles are already for sale and accessible via Books@Ovid, OvidSP's ebook… Read More
Bookshare partners with publishers to provide digital content for individuals with print disabilities - May 1, 2009
Bookshare, US, an online accessible library for individuals with print disabilities, has announced partnerships with leading publishers in the US. Two dozen publishers have signed agreements with Bookshare to provide digital content, which over time will add tens of thousands of books in accessible formats to… Read More
Ovid adds more modules to 3D human anatomy offerings from Primal - April 29, 2009
Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it is adding new modules to its suite of 3D interactive human anatomy offerings from Primal Pictures, a producer of multimedia products for teaching human anatomy. Human Anatomy: Systemic Edition, 3D Head & Neck Anatomy for… Read More
Reed Construction Data and CADworks partner to deliver BIM content to AEC industry - April 28, 2009
Construction information solutions provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, and CADworks have announced an agreement to partner to extend the delivery of high-quality content to building product manufacturers (BPM's) and help accelerate the adoption of building information modeling (BIM). The partnership will… Read More
Springer set to publish official journal of the Japanese Society of Biorheology - April 27, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, is set to publish the Journal of Biorheology, the official publication of the Japanese Society of Biorheology, starting May 2009. Naoki Sasaki, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, serves as Editor-in-chief of the journal. Journal of Biorheology is an international, peer-reviewed… Read More
British Psychological Society joins PERii - April 27, 2009
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) has announced that the British Psychological Society is the latest to join the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERii). Under the initiative, the Society will offer free access to its online materials to thirty… Read More
NFCR to incorporate Thomson Reuters’ NexCura Cancer Profiler Tools to its website - April 24, 2009
The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) has announced that it will incorporate NexCura Cancer Profiler Tools from Thomson Reuters into its website. The 20 online tools will provide cancer patients with critical, customised information about their treatment options. The tools were created using patented technology… Read More
McGraw-Hill Higher Education and Hands-On Labs announce strategic alliance to enhance distance Science learning - April 24, 2009
Educational material publisher McGraw-Hill Higher Education, US, has announced a strategic alliance with Hands-On Labs, Inc. (HOL), a science education company that designs and produces academically aligned collections of laboratory materials for higher education students and institutions worldwide. Under the deal, McGraw-Hill science curricula will be… Read More
Aries Systems sign multi-year distribution agreement with Japanese company - April 24, 2009
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that it has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with ATLAS Co. Ltd, Japan. Under the terms of the agreement ATLAS will market and support Aries' Editorial Manager submission and peer review system in Japan. ATLAS… Read More
Over 100,000 ebrary e-books now available through Ambassador - April 23, 2009
e-content services and technology provider ebrary, US, and Ambassador Books and Media, a premier provider of print and non-print materials to libraries of all types, has announced that more than 100,000 multi-disciplinary e-books and other titles from ebrary can now be purchased through OneSource, Ambassador's proprietary… Read More
