Elsevier relaunches biomedical database ‘Embase’ - December 1, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a re-launch of Embase, its biomedical database which holds over 20 million indexed records from more than 7,000 active, peer-reviewed journals. Embase claims to have played a key role in the advancement of new biomedical and pharmaceutical insights. New… Read More
The JAMA & Archives Backfiles collection now available - November 30, 2009
The American Medical Association has announced that it has digitised the entire archive of JAMA & Archives journals. The JAMA & Archives Backfiles include every issue of JAMA and the specialty Archives Journals dating back to the first issue of JAMA, published in July 1883. Fully… Read More
ProQuest adds Deep Indexing technology to select Natural Science and Technology databases - November 26, 2009
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it has incorporated its patent-pending Deep Indexing technology, pioneered with the company’s Illustrata offerings, into selected natural science, technology, and engineering subject-oriented databases. Deep Indexing will surface data from more than seven million tables and figures… Read More
DataONE global data access network for environmental research launched - November 20, 2009
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and partners have launched DataONE (http://dataone.org), a global data access and preservation network projected to make vast amounts of information related to environmental research readily available. The network, which has received a $20 million grant through the… Read More
Ex Libris and Bavarian State Library announce strategic partnership for long term preservation - November 19, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Germany, has announced that the Bavarian State Library has selected the Rosetta digital preservation system, which will preserve and provide access to the extensive and rapidly growing digital collections of the Bavarian State Library. The Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation… Read More
ACM partners with CLOCKSS, Portico to offer electronic archiving services - November 9, 2009
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced that it is providing its institutional library customers with advanced electronic archiving services to preserve their electronic resources. These services, provided by Portico and CLOCKSS, are aimed to help the scholarly community obtain reliable, secure, deliverable access to… Read More
CSHL Press releases the Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive - November 2, 2009
Laboratory manuals publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL Press), US, has released the Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive, a complete online collection of its scholarly monographs. The 59-volume archive includes all monographs published by CSHL Press from 1970 to 2009. It spans a range of… Read More
CRC unveils significant upgrades to RoMEO service for publishers and authors - October 27, 2009
The UK’s Centre for Research Communications (CRC) has announced significant upgrades and additions to the SHERPA service, RoMEO. The RoMEO service – targeted at publishers and authors - is provided by the Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access (SHERPA) team at CRC. Previous… Read More
Thieme makes primary data for chemistry available via alliance with TIB - October 26, 2009
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced a collaboration with the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) to make primary chemistry data accessible worldwide. Thieme claims to be the first publisher to offer worldwide access to primary chemistry data. Analytical data, from various… Read More
Informa journal Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE - October 21, 2009
Medical scientific publisher Informa Healthcare, UK, has announced the inclusion of the journal Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods in the US National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE Index. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a premier bibliographic… Read More
