STN redesigned to offer better search and analysis capabilities - October 25, 2011
The STN partners - Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in the US and FIZ Karlsruhe in Germany - have announced that a completely new STN will be phased into the market beginning in 2012. STN is an online database service that provides global… Read More
Elsevier / CPM Resource Center announces availability of CPM CarePoints Emergency - October 25, 2011
Elsevier / CPM Resource Center (CPM), a firm developing clinical decision support tools for healthcare, has announced the availability of CPM CarePoints Emergency. The product is a new component of the CPM CarePoints collection, a pre-built, implementation-ready solution that provides a framework for evidence-based care and… Read More
Amazon brings HTML5 support to Kindle with Format 8 - October 24, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has launched its next-generation file-format for Kindle books. Kindle Format 8 (KF8) will reportedly replace Mobi 7, and it brings support for HTML5 and CSS3. According to Amazon, this will enable publishers to create better-looking books… Read More
Oxford University Press to publish IMA’s new mathematics journal - October 21, 2011
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) is set to launch a new journal, Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA, with Oxford University Press (OUP). The first issue of Information and Inference will be published by OUP in Spring 2012. The new… Read More
TechTarget launches SearchCloudProvider.com - October 21, 2011
Technology media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the launch of SearchCloudProvider.com. This new site is dedicated to helping cloud service providers such as Amazon and Rackspace, telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, managed service providers (MSPs) and information technology (IT) resellers develop, deliver and… Read More
Thomson Reuters Micromedex releases National Drug Information for the UK and Italy - October 20, 2011
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for healthcare professionals, has announced that drug information for clinicians in the UK and Italy is now available in its Micromedex clinical reference solution. The comprehensive content of Micromedex 2.0 is now coupled with the UK's Electronic Medicines… Read More
Google previewing ‘infinite bookcase’ to organise digital books - October 19, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is previewing an 'infinite digital bookcase' concept that seeks to organise vast libraries of digital titles. Instead of placing the books on a traditional bookcase, covers are placed on an infinite 3D helix. The books are organised into 28… Read More
Cengage Learning’ new mathematical publication designed for student success - October 18, 2011
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has announced a landmark mathematical publication - Brief Applied Calculus - by renowned author and mathematician James Stewart and Daniel Clegg. Published under the Brooks/Cole imprint from Cengage Learning, James Stewart's calculus and precalculus textbooks have educated… Read More
Informa Healthcare launches new online CME podcast service for physicians - October 18, 2011
Medical and scientific publisher Informa Healthcare, UK, has announced that CMEcast, a new audio podcast-based platform for delivering global unaccredited and accredited continuing medical education, is now open to physicians worldwide at http://www.informacmecast.org. The new service allows users to track all… Read More
Gulf Organization for R&D launches new journal on sustainable built environment - October 17, 2011
The Gulf Organization for Research and Development, a Qatar-based research, consultancy and training institute and the developer of the Qatar Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS), has released a journal titled The International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment. The journal was recently launched in the UK during a… Read More
