Cengage Learning unveils customised digital collection for the classroom - October 15, 2010
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has introduced CourseReader, a customised, digital collection of content assets for the classroom. The collection is projected to strengthen the company's CengageCourse suite of digital learning products and services. CourseReader leverages Cengage Learning's Gale databases, including its… Read More
US Health and Human Services ASPE selects Thomson Reuters to build tool that streamlines CER - October 15, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it has been selected by the US Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) to develop a secure, interactive tool that will enable researchers to perform comparative effectiveness studies without the need for… Read More
New reference work presents comprehensive view of cloud computing trend - October 15, 2010
STM publisher Springer has published a new reference work, Handbook of Cloud Computing, featuring contributions from world experts in the field of cloud computing from academia, research laboratories and private industry. Handbook of Cloud Computing provides a comprehensive view into the cloud computing trend, presenting the… Read More
Knowledgespeak’s exclusive: An interview with Stella Dutton, CEO, The BMJ Group - October 14, 2010
An interview with Stella Dutton, CEO, The BMJ Group, is now available on the Interviews section of Knowledgespeak. Search for more Web-based Information services To access our daily STM news feed through your iPhone, iPad, or other smartphones,… Read More
LexisNexis’ new PatentOptimizer Analytics tool uncovers insights across patent portfolios - October 14, 2010
Content-enabled workflow solutions provider LexisNexis, US, has announced the introduction of an innovative new capability to its LexisNexis PatentOptimizer product. The new PatentOptimizer Analytics tool allows customers to rapidly identify detailed aspects of entire patent portfolios to uncover critical data intersections, hidden trends, aggregate parts and… Read More
Environmental Science & Technology special issue on environmental policy - October 14, 2010
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that key articles in a special print edition of the ACS journal, Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), are now available online. The articles will appear January 1, 2011, in an ES&T issue on environmental policy. The topics range from… Read More
RSC Publishing announces inaugural issue for Food & Function - October 12, 2010
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, has announced the inaugural issue of the journal Food & Function. The journal will publish quality research linking the physics and chemistry of food with health and nutrition. The new peer-reviewed journal… Read More
Co-Action Publishing and Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books launch new OA title - October 12, 2010
Open access (OA) scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, and the Norwegian Institute for Children's Books have announced the launch of a new peer reviewed Open Access title, Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics (BLFT. Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift, in Norwegian). The journal will be free to read and free… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education launches custom publishing platform for instructors - October 11, 2010
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced the launch of McGraw-Hill Create, a platform that seeks to give instructors control over and customisation of higher education classroom content. With Create, instructors can expect to produce their own e-books or printed texts… Read More
International Medical News Group re-launches websites for Internal Medicine News and Hospitalist News - October 11, 2010
International Medical News Group (IMNG), US, an Elsevier company, has announced the relaunch of its websites for Internal Medicine News and Hospitalist News. Internal Medicine News Digital Network is the online destination and multimedia properties of Internal Medicine… Read More
