RSNA launches new Librarian Guide website - May 10, 2010
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has created an updated Librarian Guide website, RSNA.org/librarians. The website seeks to build awareness and provide information regarding its two leading medical journals - Radiology and RadioGraphics. The site caters to corporate, academic and hospital librarians and includes features… Read More
SirsiDynix announces customer training through SirsiDynix Mentor - May 10, 2010
Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that customer training will now be available through SirsiDynix Mentor, an online learning management tool for the benefit of customer libraries and their staff. The tool will help library managers and staff access, track, and report on training… Read More
EBSCO Publishing launches new resource for its Spanish-speaking users - May 7, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has released a new resource for its Spanish-speaking users. Referencia Latina is the definitive general reference resource for the rapidly growing native Spanish-speaking population in the US covering issues in Latin America and Spain, as well as US and… Read More
OUP launches Oxford Textbook of Medicine online for the first time - May 6, 2010
Academic and reference books publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that it has launched, for the first time online, the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Generations of consultants, trainees, and medical students have relied on this textbook for practical guidance on clinical management and the prevention… Read More
Annual Reviews launches first in-depth critical review of Food Science and Technology - May 6, 2010
Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews, US, has announced a new Annual Review of Food Science and Technology. The journal is the first to offer in-depth critical reviews focused exclusively on current and significant developments in the multidisciplinary field of food science and technology. Food scientists and engineers,… Read More
Genome Biology celebrates 10th anniversary with special issue - May 6, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal Genome Biology is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark this, a series of reviews from areas of particular interest in the genomics field and from scientists who have helped shape these fields over the last… Read More
Google readying sales strategies for new e-books retail service - May 5, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is planning to enter the digital books sales market by July 2010, media reports indicate. Such a move would pitch the company against existing players in the market such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple. The online sale… Read More
EPA’ new database on chemical hazard, exposure and toxicity data now available - April 30, 2010
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new database, called ToxRefDB, which allows scientists and the interested public to search and download thousands of toxicity testing results on hundreds of chemicals. ToxRefDB captures 30 years and $2 billion of testing results. ToxRefDB provides detailed… Read More
Emerald to exhibit EducationPlus at AERA Annual Conference - April 30, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it will be exhibiting at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, from April 30-May 4, in Denver. Delegates are invited to visit Stand # 521-523 to discover EducationPlus. EducationPlus… Read More
Elsevier announces new addition to the Clinics of North America series - April 28, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a new addition to the Clinics of North America series – Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics. Under the guidance of Consulting Editors Dr. Ranjan Thakur and Dr. Andrea Natale, each issue is devoted to a single topic that covers the most significant… Read More
