Elsevier launches new journal on environmental sustainability - September 11, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the October 2009 launch of a new journal, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Professor Rik Leemans from Wageningen University and Professor Anand Patwardhan from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay will serve as Editors-in-Chief. More than forty internationally-recognised experts will… Read More
American Institute of Physics launches new web-based tool for Physicists - September 10, 2009
American Institute of Physics (AIP) and knowledge discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, have announced the launch of a new web-based tool for the physics community - AIP UniPHY. The new networking site can be viewed at http://www.aipuniphy.org. AIP UniPHY is… Read More
Elsevier to make 250 Health Sciences eBook titles available via ScienceDirect - September 9, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that nearly 250 health sciences titles published and/or publishing in 2009 and 2010 will be launched in October. These new eBook collections cover clinical content in clinical medicine, veterinary medicine, and health professions. Elsevier will make these titles available electronically… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry launches new book series on Green Chemistry - September 9, 2009
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the launch of a new book series on Green Chemistry. Green Chemistry is one of the rapidly growing concepts in modern chemistry. Through national awards and funding programmes, national and international course, networks and conferences, and a dedicated RSC… Read More
EBSCO Publishing unveils new resource addressing health policy - September 8, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released a new resource addressing health policy, an area seen to be of critical significance. Health Policy Reference Center provides extensive coverage of all aspects of health policy and related issues. Designed to assist those involved in… Read More
JISC Advance brings together eight JISC services - September 8, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) will launch a new organisation called JISC Advance later this week. JISC Advance will bring together eight established JISC services as part of JISC’s ongoing strategy to deliver world-class support to colleges and universities. The organisation will be led… Read More
Harvard University Library launches open-access repository – DASH - September 7, 2009
The Harvard University Library has announced the launch of a University-wide, open-access repository, DASH — Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (http://dash.harvard.edu). More than 350 members of the Harvard research community, including over a third of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences,… Read More
APA set to publish Asian American Journal of Psychology - September 7, 2009
The American Psychological Association has announced that it will soon begin publishing the Asian American Journal of Psychology, the official publication of the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA). The journal will be edited by Dr Frederick T.L. Leong, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center… Read More
Research and Markets adds Woodhead Publishing’s The Future of The Academic Journal report to their offering - September 4, 2009
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new report ‘The Future of the Academic Journal’ to their offering. The report contains contributions from leading international figures from universities and publishers. It… Read More
NetBase launches healthBase, a semantic search showcase for health - September 4, 2009
NetBase, Inc., a US-based provider of research software solutions that enable knowledge workers to mine the Internet and other online data to accelerate research, has announced the launch of healthBase (healthbase.netbase.com), a semantic search tool. healthBase is projected as a public showcase… Read More
