(22 November 2013) Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with IHS Inc. to expand IHS content indexed in the Summon® discovery service to include IHS Jane’s modules and databases. With the inclusion of metadata and full text from the following IHS Jane’s content sets in the Summon index, researchers will now be able to…
(18 November 2013) IEEE recently issued a statement on the appropriate use of bibliometric indicators in journal citations to emphasize the importance of providing accurate citation counts and other indicators when evaluating the quality and impact of scientific publications. The IEEE recognizes the increasing importance of bibliometric indicators as independent measures of quality or impact…
ProQuest Research Companion is a new, intuitive, and self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction occurring in today’s libraries, classrooms, and online learning environments. It provides a new foundation and companion to “one-shot” sessions, allowing librarians and educators to focus on teaching the more complex research and writing principles. More here.
(Birmingham, UK, 6 November 2013) Elsevier and the University of Birmingham, UK, have announced the launch of an Investigation of the Discourse of Interdisciplinary Research (IDRD). It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK). Research is increasingly bringing together scientists from different fields and this investigation aims to analyse how this development…
(7 November 2013) ARL invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey, which will feature several enhancements. When the LibQUAL+ survey year opens in January, the team will introduce a mobile version of the survey. LibQUAL+ survey respondents will be automatically directed to the appropriate version…
(4 November 2013) The Academic Senate of the University of California adopted an Open Access Policy on 24 July 2013, ensuring that future scholarly articles authored by faculty at all 10 UC campuses will be made available to the public at no charge. The Open Access Policy Implementation team at the California Digital Library is…
(Chicago, 29 October 2013) Google can be an incredibly powerful tool for research, but the top-of-the-page results are seldom the most beneficial to library users and students, and many of the search engine’s most useful features are hidden behind its famously simple interface. In “Google Search Secrets,” published by ALA Neal-Schuman, Christa Burns and Michael…
(Alexandria, VA & Stanford, CA, 28 October 2013) Debuting this month, OpenGeoSci (opengeosci.org) is a free, map-based discovery interface providing geographic searching for more than 300,000 maps, cross-sections, charts, tables, and other high-value content from GeoScienceWorld (GSW) publications. The advanced technology behind OpenGeoSci is built and hosted by HighWire Press incorporating a design from iFactory. Using…
(Seattle, WA, 24 October 2013) – Serials Solutions® and Maruzen Company Ltd., are increasing access to Japanese eBooks through the Summon discovery service. Metadata from the Maruzen eBook Library will be indexed in the Summon service and mutual subscribers of each company’s service will be able to discover this authoritative eBook content, encompassing topics ranging…
(Seattle, WA, 23 October 2013) The University of Tokyo Library in Japan recently selected the Summon® discovery service from Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business. The powerful navigation and contextual guidance features in the Summon service significantly advance the research experience for both novice and experienced researchers. Librarians at the University of Tokyo will now have…
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