Gale offers free access to resources from Virtual Reference Library - May 12, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced that it is providing free access to Global Issues in Context and health and medical related e-books from the Gale Virtual Reference Library. With this move, Gale seeks to make reliable, expert information regarding… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert offers free online access of Journal of Women’ s Health - May 12, 2009
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced complimentary online access to all issues of its peer-reviewed publication, Journal of Women's Health, in recognition of National Women's Health Week (May 10-16, 2009). The offer can be availed of for the entire month of May at… Read More
Ovid provides free access to the Ovid MEDLINE and CABI’s Global Heath databases - May 8, 2009
Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it is providing hospitals and healthcare centers around the world with free 30-day access to the Ovid MEDLINE's database and CABI's Global Health database on the OvidSP platform. The move is projected to help physicians, pediatricians,… Read More
Molecular Autism calls for submissions - May 8, 2009
Molecular Autism, a new journal published by open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, is now accepting submissions. The journal is edited by Professors Joseph D Buxbaum of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Simon Baron-Cohen of University of Cambridge. They will be supported by an… Read More
Pfizer signs deal to cover OA publication costs for the results of its research - May 6, 2009
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, US, has announced details of a membership agreement with open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, to cover publication costs for research articles published by its researchers. Under this membership arrangement, Pfizer will centrally cover the publication fees for any researcher employed or funded… Read More
EBSCO to host 30 Open Days across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia - May 6, 2009
Journal subscription services provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), US, has announced that following the recent success of its first wave of Open Days during the last two months, it will continue the 30-event series through November 2009, in major cities across Europe, Middle East, Africa and… Read More
BMJ articles dating back to 169 years made available for free online - May 5, 2009
The BMJ Group, UK, has announced that every article published since the British Medical Journal's first issue in October 1840 is now freely available online from bmj.com. Eighteen of the BMJ Group's specialist journals - including Heart, Gut and Thorax - are also available. The archive… Read More
EBSCO Publishing offers free access to information on Swine Influenza - May 5, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, and editors of its clinical reference tool, DynaMed, are making DynaMed's latest information about Swine Influenza freely available to health care providers and institutions throughout the world. The DynaMed topic on Swine Influenza consolidates information from multiple sources for… Read More
APA to deposit Wellcome-Trust funded articles into PubMed Central - May 1, 2009
The American Psychological Association (APA), publisher of titles such as Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Psychological Bulletin, has developed a Wellcome-Trust compliant author-pays model. In return for paying an OA fee ($4000), APA will now deposit on behalf of the author, the final, published version directly… Read More
‘PLoS Medicine’ espouses holistic approach to health research - April 30, 2009
A recently published editorial in PLoS Medicine looks back over the five years since the journal made its first call for papers and describes a new evidence-based approach to the aims and scope of the journal. This approach emphasises the focus of PLoS Medicine on the… Read More
