ProQuest’s new platform to provide single-point access to ProQuest content - July 8, 2009
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is leveraging its extensive research of end-users, librarians and faculty search behaviours to drive the creation of an all-new platform that will redefine search experience for library users worldwide. To be available in 2010, the new platform will facilitate… Read More
Gale launches PowerSearch 2.0 - June 26, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced the launch of PowerSearch 2.0, an enhanced version of the original PowerSearch platform which provides the library community comprehensive access to authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information. PowerSearch 2.0 simplifies browsing through Gale's… Read More
Digital library developed by Penn State researchers hits 1 million articles mark - June 10, 2009
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has announced that a new digital library and search engine created by its researchers now holds more than 1 million journal articles and other scholarly works that can be easily accessed by anyone. CiteSeerX (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu), based in Penn State's College of… Read More
DeepDyve unveils free search tools for websites, bloggers - May 29, 2009
DeepDyve, a US-based provider of research engine for the deep web, has released a trio of free tools that allows websites to incorporate powerful search capabilities for a more compelling user experience. These tools complement the company's recently announced suite of publisher tools which utilise DeepDyve's… Read More
Serials Solutions announces new XML federated search connection to Infobase eBooks - May 21, 2009
E-resource access and management services provider Serials Solutions, US, has announced that it is building a new XML federated search connection to Infobase eBooks, which span a wide range of core, curriculum-oriented subject areas from history, science and literature to geography, social issues, the arts, biographies,… Read More
DeepDyve launches tools for publishers to enhance search capabilities - April 30, 2009
DeepDyve, a US-based provider of research engine for the deep web, has launched a suite of tools for publishers and scientific societies to enhance the search capabilities on their websites. The suite seeks to leverage DeepDyve's KeyPhrase algorithm, which allows users to input whole sentences, paragraphs… Read More
Bioalma adds over 140,000 new full-text research articles to novo|seek - April 29, 2009
Biomedical IT/text-mining Company Bioalma, Spain, has announced that novo|seek is now capable of executing full-text searches in all Open Access journals housed in PubMed Central. Novo|seek is an information extraction system for searching the published knowledge in biomedical literature. Leveraging Bioalma's text mining capabilities, users can… Read More
NetBase launches Content Intelligence platform - April 24, 2009
NetBase, a US-based provider of research software solutions that enable knowledge workers to mine the Internet and other online data to accelerate research, has announced the launch of the Content Intelligence platform. The platform is projected as a comprehensive intelligent search solution designed to harness additional… Read More
Healthline Networks launches two online healthcare tools - April 23, 2009
Health information services provider Healthline Networks, US, has announced two new decision-support platforms for online healthcare. These are Healthline TreatmentSearch, a treatment search application for the web; and Healthline DocSearch, a searchable doctor database featuring semantically-suggested specialists based on the consumer's health condition or symptoms. These… Read More
Serials Solutions offers new features for federated search services - April 16, 2009
Serials Solutions, the e-resource access and management services arm of ProQuest, US, has announced the release of enhanced Full-Text and Peer Review features for the Serials Solutions 360 Search federated search service. Using a combination of data supplied by the Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks knowledgebase and Ulrich's… Read More
