Inderscience Publishers announces four new titles - May 14, 2010
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: International Journal of Business Competition and Growth; International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development Mining; International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining; and International Journal of Metaheuristics. Edited by… Read More
ACM launches new librarian resource site - May 13, 2010
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced the launch of the new ACM Digital Library Resource site at http://librarians.acm.org. The new site is expected to serve as a valuable tool for librarians, consortium administrators, subscription agents, and end users interested in… Read More
SAGE expands its suite of Therapeutic Advances journals with two new titles - May 13, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has extended its suite of Therapeutic Advances journals with the launch of a further two titles - Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease and Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease covers the drug treatment of all major chronic diseases… Read More
LexisNexis adds full-text patent records from ‘BRIC’ countries - May 12, 2010
Information solutions provider LexisNexis, US, has added full-text patent records from 'BRIC' countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) to its TotalPatent research service. Patent law professionals will now gain access to full-text patent collections from patent authorities worldwide. This advantage is expected to help customers make… Read More
BioMed Central publishes thematic series to mark 10th anniversary of the Ensembl project - May 12, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, is publishing a thematic series of articles describing the construction, content and current use of Ensembl's resources, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Ensembl project’s launch. The Ensembl project is a joint venture between the European Bioinformatics Institute and… Read More
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