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State Politics & Policy Quarterly will be published by SAGE
SAGE has partnered with the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association to become the publisher of its offi cial journal, State Politics & Policy Quarterly (SPPQ). The fi rst SAGE issue will be Volume 11, Issue 1 in March 2011. SPPQ was previously published by the University of Illinois Press for the Institute of Legislative Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfi eld. SPPQ features studies that
develop general hypotheses of political behaviour and policy-making and test these hypotheses using the unique methodological advantages of the states. It also includes fi eld review essays and a section entitled ‘The Practical Researcher,’ which is a service-oriented feature designed to provide a data, methodological, and assessment resource for those conducting research on state politics.
www.sagepub.com
Environmental Policy Manual goes online
Semantico extends Shibboleth support to more countries
Semantico has extended its international Shibboleth support, which gives users single sign- on to information. Shibboleth integration is available as a component of the Semantico Access Management System. Semantico now supports Shibboleth integration for the following countries: UK (UKAMF); Switzerland (SWITCH); Finland (HAKA); France (Renater); Germany (DFN); Norway (FEIDE); Ireland (Edugate); Spain (SIR); Netherlands (SURFnet); USA (InCommon); Australia (MAMS); Sweden (SWAMID);
and Denmark (DK). ‘It’s vitally important that readers aren’t prevented from reading the resources they need by complexity in access management,’ said Richard Padley, managing director. ‘Removing barriers to access is important in driving up readership. Publishers are increasingly aware that allowing readers to log-in using Shibboleth, wherever they are in the world, removes the need for the user to remember a different log-in for that resource and increases readership.’
www.semantico.com
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Semantico launches app for iPhone and iPad
Semantico has launched a new app for iPhone and iPad, Dictionarium. This app is an encyclopedic English dictionary. It brings GNU Project’s publication of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE), to Apple mobile platforms in fully searchable form.
www.semantico.com
Earthscan has launched the online Manual of European Environmental Policy, which it describes as the essential tool for all who need to keep pace with EU environmental legislation.
Previously published as a loose-leaf binder, the Manual has been restructured to refl ect the changes in EU environmental policy-making. The new online format will provide access to analyses of more than 500 Directives, Decisions and Regulations. Interactive features of the new Manual include a ‘magic
search’, which will search any double-clicked word, share tools and a personalised ‘my manual’ account.
The online manual is the
fi rst microsite of EarthLibrary, an online platform that will eventually include all of Earthscan’s books and journals as well as content published by the company’s partner organisations. Earthscan selected PubFactory as its offi cial online publishing platform for the development of EarthLibrary and the Manual.
www.europeanenvironmentalpolicy.eu
30 Research Information October/November 2010
Updated Congressional
almanac goes online Over 60 years of US Congressional coverage is now available online. CQ Almanac has been updated and is now available online. Fully updated to include all the news-worthy events of 2009, CQ Almanac provides users in-depth coverage of the major activities of Congress, chronicling what passed, what failed, and the politics that surrounded the votes. It also includes features such as ‘Policy Tracker,’ which allows users to follow vital legislative coverage over years and across
topics, and ‘Decades Pages,’ which offer navigation of vital eras in US political history. CQ Almanac 1945–2009 Online Edition is also cross-searchable with other CQ Press online resources.
www.cqpress.com
Thieme E-Book Library now COUNTER- compliant The relaunched Thieme E-Book Library platform is now COUNTER compliant. Subscribing institutions can now obtain statistical data to monitor online usage that is based on international standards and protocols and supported by libraries, publishers, intermediaries, and professional organisations. The Thieme E-Book Library contains books on anatomy, the clinical sciences, radiology and the basic sciences. Through this service, individual users have the ability to download any book to their personal computer’s desktop for offl ine viewing even when no internet connection is available.
www.thieme-connect.com
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