PatentCites
Scopus has launched two new features: PatentCites allows users to track how primary research is practically applied in patents; and WebCites will help Scopus users to track the influence of peer-reviewed research on web literature.
Scopus has launched two new features: PatentCites allows users to track how primary research is practically applied in patents; and WebCites will help Scopus users to track the influence of peer-reviewed research on web literature.
Serials Solutions has launched a new results clustering feature for its Central Search federated search service. Researchers can now quickly identify the resources relevant to their areas of interest.
Text analytics provider TEMIS has introduced the first industry-specific edition of its recently launched information intelligence solution, Luxid. The first industry targeted is life sciences.
ScienceDirect plans to release a series of new, user-driven features over the next two years, which are expected to improve researcher productivity by making full-text content quicker and easier to access.
RefWorks can now organise RSS feeds from multiple sources. This allows users to establish links to favourite RSS feeds and import data from those feeds directly into RefWorks.
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) has launched the second stage of the IFPMA Clinical Trials Portal.
Findica's Fealth.com has unveiled a comprehensive health search engine. Fealth.com search results are said to provide relevant and reliable health information from the vast amount of information available on the internet.
Developed at Herriot Watt University in the UK, TechXtra is a suite of 10 freely available services which is said to simplify access to many different types of technology information from different sources.
The internet search engine for consumer healthcare, Healthline, has expanded its health information content base through partnerships with medical reference publishers such as A.D.A.M., Thomson Gale, ProQuest and Cerner Multum.
It can be hard to find all the relevant material online when there is so much available. The OAIster project of the University of Michigan in the USA provides a solution by harvesting the information that is hidden in over 400 institutions around the world. Katerina Hagerdorn, metadata harvesting librarian for the project, describes what this means
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