Content from Institution of Engineering and Technology added to InnovationQ Plus - January 23, 2018
Technical professional organisation IEEE and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) have announced that the latter's full-text journals and conference papers are now fully discoverable on InnovationQ Plus, a patent discovery and analytics platform from IEEE and IP.com, a global leader… Read More
Digital Science launches Dimensions, a next-generation research and discovery platform linking publications, grants, policy, data and metrics for the first time - January 16, 2018
Global technology company Digital Science has announced the launch of Dimensions, a new platform that aims to democratise and transform scholarly search. A collaboration between six Digital Science portfolio companies (Altmetric, Digital Science Consultancy, Figshare, Readcube, Symplectic and ÜberResearch) and more than 100 research funders and… Read More
Global engineering and technology TV platform unveils video search functionality - January 8, 2018
IET.tv has launched Engineering Video Intelligence (EVI), a powerful, new video transcript search function, which allows users to keyword search within its entire video database to find exact and relevant time stamped content at the click of a button. The online platform, run by the… Read More
EBSCO information Services partners with BiblioLabs to support open access discovery of electronic theses and dissertations - November 7, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and BiblioLabs have announced the launch of a collaborative open access initiative dedicated to advancing library and industry innovation related to electronic theses and dissertations (ETD). OpenDissertations.org is committed to facilitating open and free access to ETD metadata… Read More
Global medical information provider selects Scope e-Knowledge Center to enhance search and user experience of medical education content - August 23, 2017
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, recently completed a major content enhancement initiative for one of the world's largest health information providers. The extensive project involved the creation of 34 medical topic lists (taxonomies) which… Read More
Ex Libris announces new release of the Summon® discovery service - August 16, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced a new release of the Summon® discovery service. This release helps libraries further address researcher and student needs and improve their users' experience. Patrons will benefit from interface and system enhancements, increased opportunities for discovering content through subject-specific searches,… Read More
CAB Thesaurus receives major update for 2017 edition - August 2, 2017
The widely acclaimed CAB Thesaurus has received a major update for the 2017 edition, making it easier to access the world's largest source of terminology covering the applied life sciences. The search tool now provides a controlled vocabulary resource approaching 2.7 million descriptive terms. CAB… Read More
American Psychological Association upgrades APA PsycNET content delivery platform - July 18, 2017
The American Psychological Association has upgraded APA PsycNET, its content delivery platform, to strengthen overall search and to help researchers find the most relevant psychology-related content with greater ease and precision. The improvements include responsive web design, enhanced functionality and a powerful technology upgrade. In addition,… Read More
Improved functionality on Taylor & Francis Online makes research more discoverable - July 10, 2017
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has announced several new updates to the Taylor & Francis Online journals platform. It is the first significant refresh to the platform since its relaunch in August 2016, with the Group continuing to incorporate customer feedback to improve the user… Read More
Ex Libris launches new release of the Ex Libris Summon discovery service - May 11, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has launched a new release of the Ex Libris Summon® discovery service to help libraries further address researcher and student needs and streamline operations. The release includes integration with the Ex Libris bX® Recommender service and ProQuest Syndetics Unbound catalogue enrichment… Read More