LexisNexis U.S., a provider of information and services solutions, has launched Time Matters 8.0 and Billing Matters 8.0, the newest versions of the company’s practice management and billing software packages.
Posted Sep 19, 2006
The other day, my sweetie taught me a new word: virga (defined as “wisps of precipitation streaming from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground”). We see a lot of that here in the Rockies—long trails of rain in the distance that never get to us, tantalizing us in the middle of yet another summer of drought.
Posted Sep 15, 2006
Chemical Abstracts Service has announced it will release SciFinder 2007 in the fourth quarter of 2006, designed for scientists to fine-tune their answer sets for chemistry-related literature, substances, and reactions.
Posted Sep 12, 2006
EBSCO has announced that customers of its EBSCO A-to-Z online title listing service can view A-to-Z subject classification schemes in their local language.
Posted Sep 12, 2006
Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation and provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, has announced that a consortium of 47 French academic and government organizations, led by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST), and Couperin, have signed a three year, $7.2 million contract with Thomson Scientific to access ISI Web of Knowledge.
Posted Sep 12, 2006
EBSCO has announced a partnership with Elsevier to offer individual ejournals to academic and government institutions in locations throughout the world.
Posted Sep 08, 2006
Swets Information Services, a subscription services company, connecting the supply and demand chain that exists between publishers, institutions, libraries, and information centers, has launched ‘China Suite’, an addition to the ‘Gateway to China’, a program which allows publishers to build business in China by being locally represented in the market.
Posted Sep 05, 2006
Dialog, a Thomson business, has announced that it has enhanced its portfolio of healthcare information with the addition of EMCare, a new nursing and allied health database.
Posted Sep 01, 2006
EBSCO Publishing has announced that its NoveList readers' advisory service now lets users preview the first chapters of thousands of included book titles.
Posted Sep 01, 2006
ProQuest Information and Learning, a provider of collecting, organizing, and publishing information for researchers, faculty, and students in libraries and schools, has announced the launch of ProQuest Obituaries, offering access to obituaries and death notices from national newspapers dating back to 1851.
Posted Sep 01, 2006
Hoover's deserves a round of applause for completing its tenth anniversary on the web. Since its debut as a business portal in 1995, Hoover's has been one of the first sites consulted for business information by thousands of searchers. With the "New Hoover's" recently launched in April 2006, Hoover's expands its range of products and enhances its search functionality, making it an even more valuable product.
Posted Sep 01, 2006
Thomson ResearchSoft, a business of The Thomson Corporation, has announced the immediate availability of EndNote X for Mac OS X, bibliographic management software.
Posted Aug 29, 2006
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and ABC-CLIO have announced a new partnership that can benefit mutual customers of EBSCO's and ABC-CLIO's online databases.
Posted Aug 29, 2006
EBSCO has announced a partnership with Taylor and Francis, where EBSCO will offer more than 30 Taylor and Francis ebook packages to its global customer base.
Posted Aug 25, 2006
ScienceDirect, a scientific, technical, and medical (STM) information resource, has announced the availability of new features, including a redesigned user interface, streamlined browsing and searching, and advanced personalization capabilities.
Posted Aug 25, 2006
Springer Science+Business Media, a science, technology, and medicine book publisher, has launched the final version of its new online platform, SpringerLink.
Posted Aug 25, 2006
NetLibrary, a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., and a platform for econtent to libraries worldwide, has announced an agreement with Taipei, Taiwan-based Airiti, Inc. to offer subscription service to three Chinese-language databases.
Posted Aug 25, 2006
Google has announced an additional way to find related work in Google Scholar.
Posted Aug 25, 2006
MyiLibrary, an aggregated eContent provider, has announced the launch of its updated eBook platform.
Posted Aug 22, 2006
Scopus, an abstract and citation database of information and web sources, has announced a database which will provide customizable features to its customers.
Posted Aug 22, 2006
National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) has enhanced the content offering for its XanEdu Custom Publishing service by securing agreements with numerous publishers.
Posted Aug 18, 2006
PatientKeeper, Inc., a developer of physician information systems, and global publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc., have announced that physicians and other healthcare professionals using PatientKeeper will be able to consult InfoPOEM’s evidence-based content in the context of specific patients’ information.
Posted Aug 18, 2006
MyiLibrary has announced that it will provide COUNTER Compliant usage statistics.
Posted Aug 18, 2006
LexisNexis, a provider of information and services solutions, has launched LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage for Bankruptcy, a new version of the company’s Total Practice Advantage solutions offering.
Posted Aug 18, 2006
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit organization and provider of computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing, econtent, and preservation services, has acquired DiMeMa (Digital Media Management), an organization that developed and supports CONTENTdm, digital management software for libraries.
Posted Aug 18, 2006