CourseSmart unveils mobile web app for e-textbooks - November 22, 2011
Digital course materials supplier CourseSmart LLC, US, has announced the launch of a new mobile web app. The app provides students and faculty with access to a catalogue of more than 20,000 e-textbooks and other digital course materials on a variety of mobile devices including the… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases Nursing Reference Center iPhone app - November 21, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced the release of an iPhone application for Nursing Reference Center. This new app from EBSCO represents the only evidence-based, point-of-care nursing mobile application available. The Nursing Reference Center iPhone app allows nurses to access point-of-care… Read More
Company of Biologists announce mobile-optimised web interface for its journals - November 21, 2011
The Company of Biologists, a non-profit organisation whose objectives are the advancement and promotion of research in, and the study of, all branches of biology, has announced a mobile-optimised web interface for its journals Development, Journal of Cell Science, The Journal of Experimental Biology and Disease… Read More
Informascope apps to enhance searching in Elsevier’s SciVerse suite - November 16, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of the Izmir Institute of Technology Catalog Viewer, the Bilkent University Catalog Viewer and Citationer. Both Catalog Viewer applications allow users to search within Elsevier's SciVerse suite and the two universities' online catalogues simultaneously. Citationer inserts citation counts… Read More
Campden launches medical communications unit, opts for Aurasma tech - November 11, 2011
Campden Publishing Ltd., a division of Campden Media, a UK-based specialist business-to-business information provider, has announced the launch of its medical and educational communications division, Campden Health Communications. To coincide with the launch, Campden Health Communications has separately announced that it has secured a high-tech… Read More
Kindle Cloud Reader made available on Mozilla Firefox - November 9, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced that Kindle Cloud Reader, the HTML5-based web app that lets customers read their Kindle books in their web browser, is now available for Mozilla Firefox. Firefox users can now start reading their Kindle books instantly, simply by opening… Read More
Google’s eBookstore made available in Australia - November 8, 2011
Internet search services provider Google has reportedly announced the availability of eBookstore, its e-books platform, in Australia. The platform allows locals the ability to purchase e-books across a range of Internet-enabled devices. The move comes as the company kicks off its… Read More
Alexander Street Press unveils new video package for academic and public libraries - November 7, 2011
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press, US, has introduced VAST, a new streaming video package for academic and public libraries. VAST contains all the videos from 21 of Alexander Street's individual collections, all cross-searchable, making it a one-stop, multidisciplinary solution for libraries. With more than 10,000… Read More
Rockefeller University Press journals to go mobile via Sheridan’s full-text apps - November 4, 2011
The Sheridan Technology Group and Dartmouth Journal Services (DJS) have developed iPhone and iPad apps for the Journal of Cell Biology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, and The Journal of General Physiology. These journals will soon be available in the iTunes App Store as downloadable, full-text,… Read More
Elsevier launches SciVal Funding App for SciVerse - November 4, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the SciVal Funding App for SciVerse. The app links content from SciVerse ScienceDirect and SciVerse Scopus with SciVal Funding. SciVal Funding is Elsevier's online solution that provides targeted recommendations on grants, making it easier for researchers to… Read More
