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EBSCO Publishing has made available an enhanced search experience for DynaMed. The DynaMed resource is now said to be more efficient and easy-to-use.

Emerald Group Publishing is launching a new web portal for engineers and is offering free access to the full content on the Emerald Engineering web portal until September 2006.

Springer has begun publishing Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (MBEC), the official journal of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Elsevier has launched a new online-only oncology review journal. Update on Cancer Therapeutics will be published quarterly and is intended for clinicians working in clinical oncology and cancer therapeutics.

Springer has acquired Obesity Surgery, the official journal of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, from FD-Communications.

John Wiley & Sons has launched IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the official journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ).

Oxford Journals has announced the launch of a new journal for the social neurosciences, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN).

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses is being launched by Blackwell Publishing amid growing international concerns about the possibility of an influenza pandemic.

Springer and the Nano Research Society have announced a new partnership to publish Nanoscale Research Letters (NRL), one of the first nanotechnology journals from a major publisher to publish articles with open access.

SAGE Publications and Alexander Street Press are working together to create a new database, Primary Sources in Counseling and Psychology, 1950 to Present.