ProQuest enhances Summon Services for improved resource discovery - April 22, 2015
ProQuest is improving resource discovery and enriching the user experience through enhancements made available to Summon® service customers. With this release, ProQuest continues to focus on improving discovery for the benefit of libraries, to ensure users can better discover content available at the library, and libraries… Read More
OCLC and LexisNexis work together to make LexisNexis Academic database available to mutual subscribers via OCLC WorldCat Discovery Services - March 26, 2015
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, and LexisNexis are working together to make the LexisNexis Academic database available to mutual subscribers through OCLC WorldCat Discovery Services. LexisNexis Academic features a collection over 15,000 news, legal, and business sources. The news collection offers… Read More
Oklahoma Panhandle State University selects EBSCO Discovery Service - March 24, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the Oklahoma Panhandle State University has selected EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) as its library discovery tool. The university chose EDS to increase resource usage and improve library visibility at its Marvin E. McKee Library. The university needed a… Read More
The California Institute of Technology selects EBSCO Discovery Service - March 17, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) to provide its users with the highest quality results from articles, e-books, the library catalogue, institutional repositories, and other sources. The implementation of EDS ties in with… Read More
Reed Tech announces advancement of the innovative semantic search technology used to power LexisNexis TotalPatent research and retrieval service - March 9, 2015
Reed Technology and Information Services Inc. (Reed Tech), a LexisNexis company, has announced the advancement of the innovative semantic search technology used to power the LexisNexis® TotalPatent® research and retrieval service. An evolution in patent research, true semantic search differs fundamentally from traditional keyword or synonym-building… Read More
France’s UNICANCER selects TEMIS and SWORD to accelerate clinical research by analyzing patients’ Electronic Health Records - March 9, 2015
Semantic Content Enrichment solutions provider TEMIS has announced that its solution Luxid® has been chosen by France's UNICANCER, the Federation of French Cancer Centers (CLCCs), as the semantic module for its ConSoRe (Continuum Soin-Recherche) project driven by SWORD Consulting and Services. Clinical Trials help progress… Read More
ByWater partnership allows libraries using Koha to easily adopt EBSCO Discovery Service - March 4, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and ByWater Solutions have partnered to provide more choices to its customers. ByWater Solutions is the leading US provider of support and implementation services to libraries using Koha, which claims to be the world's first free and open source ILS. Working with… Read More
Oxford University Press’ new free search and discovery tool, Oxford Medical & Surgical Case Reports - February 27, 2015
Oxford University Press has announced the launch of Oxford Medical & Surgical Case Reports, a new free search and discovery tool. One search quickly and easily brings together peer-reviewed case reports from across OUP's prestigious medical journals and book collections, increasing the discoverability of over 5,000… Read More
The University of Pécs selects EBSCO Discovery Service - February 24, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the University Library of Pécs in Hungary has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) as its library discovery tool to help promote usage of key library resources. The EDS unified index, ability to search all library records and highly relevant… Read More
IPR License enhances search functionality for rights buyers - February 19, 2015
IPR License, the global platform for the trading of subsidiary book rights, has enhanced its search functionality to make it even simpler for rights buyers to offer, negotiate and complete on a variety of rights-related deals. Significant development work has been undertaken throughout the platform… Read More
