Elsevier launches new web-based tool, SciVal Spotlight - July 1, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of SciVal Spotlight, a customised web-based tool that offers institutions a multidisciplinary perspective of research performance to evaluate, establish and execute more informed research strategies. SciVal Spotlight uses a visualisation technique to produce customised maps that provide graphical… Read More
WK Health launches new market research service, inThought - July 1, 2009
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has introduced a new market research service, Wolters Kluwer Health inThought. The service was developed to help financial analysts, health care suppliers and drug makers understand where developmental drugs, medical devices and therapies are positioned today… Read More
SAGE Reference Online Handbook Collection now live on the SAGE Reference Online platform - July 1, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the new SAGE Reference Online Handbook Collection, a set of 80 of its highest rated handbooks, digitised and hosted on the SAGE Reference Online platform, is now available for libraries worldwide. The first demos of the Handbook Collection will be… Read More
ebrary announces new COUNTER-compliant usage reports - July 1, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that it has developed new COUNTER-compliant usage statistics that make it easier for customers to view and analyse how e-books and other electronic materials are being used. ebrary will showcase its new granular reports at the… Read More
Coutts launches latest version of library software OASIS - July 1, 2009
Coutts Information Services, part of Ingram Content Group, Inc., US, has announced the launch of version 4 of OASIS (Online Acquisition and Selection Information Service), its library software. The customer-led OASIS Advisory Group, formed in 2006, is observed to have played a key role in… Read More
Reed upgrades SmartBuilding Index with new features and enhanced content - June 30, 2009
Building information modeling (BIM) solutions provider Reed Construction Data, US, has announced new features and enhanced content on its product, SmartBuilding Index (SBI). SBI is projected as a comprehensive directory of building product information, manufacturers, manufacturer reps, distributors, architects, engineers and contractors. New features and functionality… Read More
Stem Cell Research & Therapy is now accepting submissions - June 30, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, is now accepting submissions. An international peer-reviewed journal, Stem Cell Research & Therapy will publish open access research articles with special emphasis on translational, laboratory and clinical research into stem… Read More
EBSCO Publishing launches display and searching technology to improve user experience - June 30, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has launched a new display and searching technology designed to improve user experience. The new system supports natural language searching for scientific formulas. It provides users with the ability to store and show html markup allowing display of scientific… Read More
Open access sourcebook OASIS launched online - June 29, 2009
An open access (OA) sourcebook, called the 'Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook' (OASIS), was launched at the recent ELPUB meeting. The new web resource seeks to provide information on the 'concept, principles, advantages, approaches and means to achieving Open Access.' The site is coordinated by Alma… Read More
EBSCO Publishing adds over 500 clinical calculators to DynaMed - June 29, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has added more than 500 clinical calculators to DynaMed, an evidence-based clinical decision support resource. Licensed from MedCalc 3000, these calculators include medical equations, decision support tools, prediction tools, statistics calculators, dose conversion tools and unit conversion tools. Clinical… Read More
