Elsevier’s Policing in America: Exam Cram app now available exclusively on the App Store - September 10, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the release of Policing in America: Exam Cram, the third in a new series of apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad based on Elsevier books. The first two apps, NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White Matter and ChemApps:… Read More
Elsevier’s new Ethics in Research & Publication programme to educate young researchers about the importance of research integrity - September 7, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new Ethics in Research & Publication programme, an initiative designed to help educate early career researchers on the importance of research integrity. The Ethics in Research & Publication programme has come about through a collaboration… Read More
EBSCO adds three new anthropology databases to EBSCOhost platform - September 7, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has added three new anthropology databases to the EBSCOhost platform. Formerly available via First Search from OCLC, the three databases: Anthropological Index, Anthropological Literature and Anthropology Plus, cover the fields of anthropology, archaeology and related interdisciplinary research. … Read More
IOP Publishing launches new journal, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence - September 7, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. This brings IOP’s existing journals portfolio to 69 titles. An electronic-only journal, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence will cover developments in fluorescence spectroscopy,… Read More
Oxford University Press expands digital publishing programme, launches Oxford Scholarly Editions Online - September 7, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the launch of a new, ground breaking resource Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO) and the re-launch of the Oxford Handbooks Online and Oxford Reference. OSEO is an important new initiative that will bring the famous and… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announces updates to Lippincott’s Professional Development Programs - September 6, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has completed several updates to Lippincott's Professional Development Programs, a series of online continuing education solutions for nurses in hospitals and other health institutions. Two new categories of e-courses are… Read More
BioMed journals publish articles from ENCODE genomics project - September 6, 2012
Genome Biology, one of BioMed Central's flagship journals, has published six articles from the ENCODE consortium project. A further article is published in BMC Genetics. These are from a series of over 30 articles published in a multi-publisher collaboration between BioMed Central, Nature and Genome Research.… Read More
IEEE 802.3-2012 Standard for Ethernet expands to address new markets - September 6, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE, US, has announced the approval of IEEE 802.3 2012 "Standard for Ethernet." IEEE 802.3 defines wired connectivity for Ethernet local area, access and metropolitan area networks around the world. It defines the physical (PHY) and media access control (MAC) layers of Ethernet… Read More
Cambridge Dictionaries Online launches new API and free demo site for developers - September 4, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has announced that a new Cambridge Dictionaries Online API (Application Programming Interface) will make it easy for web developers to embed data from Cambridge Dictionaries onto their website or into their mobile apps. In addition, the Press has made available… Read More
Access to state-specific and Canadian educational requirements via EBSCO Publishing’s K-8 electronic databases - August 31, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, continues its commitment as a partner for schools and school libraries by announcing the enhancement of the Curriculum Standards feature available through many of its popular K-8 interfaces and databases. EBSCO’s Curriculum Standards module, powered by Academic Benchmarks,… Read More
