Document sharing speeds up research
Science, perhaps more than any other human endeavour, depends on the sharing of information and ideas. This takes place by a variety of means,…
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Backfile reveals biomedical history
What is EMBASE?The EMBASE biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic database provides access to the most up-to-date citations and abstracts from biomedical and drug literature. It…
Open-access debate gets personal
The debate on open access has descended into bickering, blogging and spinning by the very people who should be working together to make open…
Conference archiving reveals hidden research
Archiving the oral presentations from conferences is growing in popularity among associations. It gives them an opportunity to increase the return on investment from…
Particle physicists push for publishing changes
Over the last 15 years the high-energy physics (HEP) community has achieved what is known as full green open access. This means that there…
Taking the web seriously
Traditionally, the quality of universities and their research are compared using measures such as numbers of published papers, especially those in peer-reviewed journals with…
Searching for science
More mature users of electronic information remember the delights of Gophers and Veronicas. These worked mainly because there was so little information published electronically.…
Keeping independence
We are getting used to the idea that all the background literature that a researcher needs to read can be found online. Whether they…
Online information drives growth
In 2006, sales in the European online scientific, technical and medical (STM) information segment increased by 10.5 per cent to reach ?1.3bn. Such a…
Preservation requires planning and maintenance
Ensuring long-term access to digital information is an ongoing challenge. Firstly, there is the need to ensure that data is inputted and stored in…
Platform unites medical research
Publishers like to think that their brands attract people to their content. But for the majority of users it is just about getting the…
New project tackles digital rights issue
In March this year representatives of publishers and search engines gathered in London to try to break the stalemate over permissions for using different…