SPARC releases guide and web community on campus-based publishing partnerships - January 26, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a guide titled Campus-based Publishing Partnerships: A guide to critical issues, by Raym Crow. The guide is the core of a new website, the Campus-based Publishing Resource Center, designed by a panel of advisors from the… Read More
Elsevier launches expert-generated knowledge sharing web resource - January 23, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of SciTopics, a free online expert-generated knowledge sharing service for the research community. Designed as a starting point for scientific research, the website integrates a content publishing platform with search functionalities and community features. The service includes a… Read More
Swets to pre-launch SwetsWise Selection Support at Denver event - January 22, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, will pre-launch the new SwetsWise Selection Support module at the forthcoming ALA Midwinter Conference in Denver, US, January 23-26, 2009. SwetsWise Selection Support offers a decision support service made available by combining the customer's usage statistics matched to their subscription holdings… Read More
Graham & Whiteside titles now available on Gale Directory Library - January 22, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced that the Gale Directory Library now offers 22 Graham & Whiteside titles from its Major Companies of the World Series. Gale Directory Library lets customers build an online directory library where users can cross-search… Read More
Improved functionality online for AOSSM journals - January 20, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the online versions of the journals of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM) have been launched with new features and improved functionality. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, now in volume 37, and Sports Health: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach,… Read More
Harvard Health Publications launches new enhanced website - January 20, 2009
Harvard Health Publications, a publishing division of Harvard Medical School, has announced the launch of its redesigned and enhanced website to serve the needs of health-conscious consumers in search of trusted health care information. The new http://www.health.harvard.edu offers easy accessibility to the… Read More
Petroleum Abstracts TULSA Database now available from EBSCO Publishing - January 19, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., US, has added the leading petroleum industry resource to its collection of databases. The Petroleum Abstracts TULSA Database is a comprehensive source of information about oil and gas exploration and production with more than… Read More
Thomson Reuters unveils Calais 4.0 web service and open API for publishers - January 16, 2009
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the launch of Calais 4.0, a free web service and open application programming interface (API). The tool is projected to make it easy for publishers to enhance the value of their content, improve the reader experience and connect… Read More
Springer set to launch new journal – Biophysical Reviews - January 16, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, and the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) have announced the spring 2009 launch of the journal Biophysical Reviews. The journal will be the new official publication of the IUPAB. The entire IUPAB Council will form the editorial board of… Read More
RSC Publishing announces online publication of the first issue of new journal, Metallomics - January 16, 2009
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, UK, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has announced the online publication of the first issue of a new interdisciplinary journal - Metallomics: Integrated biometal science. The journal will appeal to chemical scientists, bio-scientists and environmental scientists from across… Read More
