US DoE expands global science gateway - June 18, 2008
The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information has announced that international science portal WorldWideScience.org has expanded its scope to include connections to databases and scientific web sites from over 44 nations. WorldWideScience.org allows users to question over 200 million science and… Read More
American Heart Association set to launch 3rd title under Circulation banner - June 18, 2008
The American Heart Association has announced the forthcoming launch of a new title - Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. The journal is the latest in a series of six new titles to be published under the banner of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Dr. Marcelo F.… Read More
CIG Media Group launches new medical oncology journal - June 18, 2008
Publisher CIG Media Group, LP, US, a subsidiary of Medical Media Holdings, LLC, has announced the launch of its latest medical oncology journal, Clinical Ovarian Cancer. Now in its initial stages, the journal will be published on a twice-yearly basis, with potential to expand to quarterly… Read More
Safari offers COUNTER compliance and more video formats in latest upgrade - June 18, 2008
Safari Books Online, a US-based e-reference joint venture between publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced enhancements to its services with the release of Safari 5.8. The latest version of Safari includes COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) compliance and the… Read More
Texterity announces beta launch of new magazine service - June 18, 2008
Digital publishing solutions provider Texterity, Inc., US, has announced the beta launch of a new magazine service, Coverleaf (http://www.coverleaf.com). The service makes companion digital magazines available free to paid print subscribers for the first time. It combines the best of companion digital… Read More
German research organisations set to launch digital information initiative - June 17, 2008
An alliance of German research organisations have agreed to launch a digital information initiative, which includes support for green OA, gold OA, and open data. The OA projects within the larger initiative will include new institutional and disciplinary repositories, the development of business models and financing for OA journals, pilot… Read More
EPSRC launches Digital Repositories e-Science Network - June 17, 2008
The UK's Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has launched the Digital Repositories e-Science Network (DReSNet). The network is expected to leverage the synergy between two fields of technology and technique, e-science and digital repositories. The digital material generated from and used by academic and… Read More
Thomson Reuters upgrades bibliographic management software EndNote for Windows - June 17, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters has announced a major upgrade to EndNote for Windows, its bibliographic management software catering to researchers, librarians and students. Latest additions include a full text locator for references, Smart Groups for instant reference sorting, and an expanded "Groups" panel to… Read More
More than 5 lakh eBooks added to Serials Solutions’ KnowledgeWorks knowledgebase - June 17, 2008
Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest, US, has announced that it has added over 500,000 eBooks from more than twenty providers to Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks, the e-resource knowledgebase. KnowledgeWorks provides the foundation for Serials Solutions 360 by integrating reliable metadata with all of the Serials… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional publishes latest edition of pharmacotherapy resource - June 16, 2008
McGraw-Hill Professional, part of education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, has published the latest edition of Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. Now in its seventh edition, the reference is projected to set the standard in therapeutics courses in North American schools of pharmacy and act as a trusted… Read More
