ebrary launches free natural disaster and extreme weather searchable information center - March 17, 2010
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has created a publicly available research center featuring hundreds of important government documents related to natural disasters and extreme weather. The site is available at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/disaster/home.action. The new site is one of a series… Read More
AIP transfers 12 archival journals to Scitation C³ next-generation hosting platform - March 16, 2010
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced the migration of its 12 archival journals to its Scitation C³ next-generation hosting platform. All Scitation publications will migrate to the C³ platform in the coming months. Central to the implementation is an agile development environment utilising a… Read More
MedicineWorks launches new web application and online database – InteractionsGuide - March 16, 2010
Medical reference and health education tools provider MedicineWorks, US, has announced the launch of InteractionsGuide.com, a web application and online database. InteractionsGuide.com is designed to support physicians and pharmacists in evaluating and managing interactions between prescription drugs and herbs, vitamins, minerals and other supplements. Through search… Read More
Potomac Institute Press launches online scientific publication – Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy - March 15, 2010
Potomac Institute Press, a subsidiary of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, US, has launched a new online publication - Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy (www.synesisjournal.com). Prof. James Giordano, Chair of Academic Programs and Director of the Center… Read More
American Nurses Association launches new customised edition of Mosby’s Nursing Consult - March 15, 2010
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has launched a new online tool available exclusively to ANA members. Developed jointly with STM publisher Elsevier, the customised ANA Edition of Mosby’s Nursing Consult delivers robust clinical information to ANA members in an organised, easy-to-use format. The ANA Edition of… Read More
Cambridge Publishing Society launched, various publishers enroll - March 15, 2010
Cambridge University Press (CUP), Lightning Source, Salt and HarperCollins have joined the recently launched Cambridge Publishing Society (CAMPUS). The organisation is a counter to the Oxford Publishing Society, OPUS, and has been given initial sponsorship money by CUP. CAMPUS is for anyone… Read More
Thieme Publishing announces second edition of Color Atlas of Pathophysiology - March 15, 2010
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that the second edition of the Color Atlas of Pathophysiology includes the latest scientific information on molecular and genetic causes of disease as well as promising therapies. Additions to this fully updated edition include current information on acute… Read More
Elsevier’ new journal to focus on family business strategic issues - March 12, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new quarterly journal, Journal of Family Business Strategy (JFBS). The journal aims to be a primary publication outlet for academics and scholars in the field of family business strategic issues. The first issue is now available… Read More
EBSCO Publishing unveils two new databases related to aquatic environment - March 12, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the release of two new databases - Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide (FFAB) and Waters & Oceans Worldwide (WOW). The new products are claimed to represent database combinations which have never been attempted. Each database is… Read More
Research Information Network publishes new guide on peer review - March 11, 2010
The UK’s Research Information Network (RIN) has released a guide, Peer review: a guide for researchers (www.rin.ac.uk/peer-review-guide), that sets out the processes involved in peer review for both grant applications and publications. It also looks at the issues that have been raised… Read More
