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SAGE launches new iPhone gets SpringerLink app cardiac care journal


SAGE and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) have announced the launch of the European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care. The first issue will be published in Spring 2012. The European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care is the official journal of the Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care of the ESC. It aims to publish the highest quality material, both clinical and scientific,


on all aspects of acute cardiac care, such as acute coronary syndromes, cardiogenic shock and acute heart failure. The journal will include clinical research reports on all topics related to acute cardiovascular care with ample space also dedicated to educational materials such as reviews, clinical case discussions, practical tips & tricks and how- to articles, says SAGE. www.sagepublications.com


Credo Reference and SWETS partner


SWETS will incorporate Credo Reference into the SwetsWise eBook catalogue. Credo offers over 1,500 reference works from more than 80 reference publishers in subjects such as psychology, history, education and environmental studies. ‘This partnership allows us to offer libraries more choice in their procurement process, furthering our commitment to serving the needs of libraries,’


Products in Brief


Powder diffraction journal moves to Cambridge


The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) and Cambridge University Press have formed a publishing partnership to produce ICDD’s flagship journal, Powder Diffraction. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of its papers, this quarterly journal is claimed to have wide appeal to a great number of sciences, including materials science, chemistry, geology, environmental science, and biology. Cambridge University Press will publish Powder Diffraction from March 2012 Volume 27, Issue 1. www.cambridge.org


www.researchinformation.info


Information portal gives insight into labour economics


The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Bloomsbury Publishing are developing an information resource aimed at labour economists, decision makers, and other professionals in labour economics around the world. IZA World of Labor will be developed for the IZA by Bloomsbury and will involve hundreds of scholars world- wide. It promises a ‘unique repository of data, best practice and thought leadership presented in a clear and accessible way’. The platform will be available free of charge and there will be an accompanying range of books


in both print and electronic formats. www.bloomsbury.com


Decision Center brings automated recommendations to libraries


Decision Center is a new decision- support product from Innovative Interfaces that the company says can dramatically improve a library’s collection and operational efficiency. Decision Center generates recommendations for collection development and weeding; circulation and transit; budgeting; and more. The new product is said to operate seamlessly with either Millennium


or Innovative’s new Sierra Services Platform. The product will be offered as a hosted service from late 2012. www.iii.com


Brill announcess BrillOnline.com


Brill has announced the release of BrillOnline.com, its new resource centre for study and research. BrillOnline.com provides the academic user access to Brill’s wide collection of e-books, online journals, online reference works and online bibliographies. At launch BrillOnline. com contains more than 800,000 documents. www.brill.nl


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said Carol Helton, VP global sales and marketing for Credo. ‘Expanding SwetsWise to include content from Credo Reference offers our customers a single, user-friendly interface to acquire and manage both e-books and journals,’ added Linda Vendryes, global business development manager at Swets. www.credoreference.com www.swets.com


Springer has launched the SpringerLink mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch. It is free to download from the iTunes App Store. The SpringerLink mobile app is said to include a number of features such as personalised notifications, save and share abilities, advanced search, document details with abstracts and full-text views available to institutional subscribers. In addition, it enables keyword and advanced searches, including


a save search feature that allows the user to save any advanced search so that it may be quickly executed from the home screen. The user can be notified from the app’s home screen when any new chapters or articles are published that meet the criteria of his or her saved search, allowing a user to specify his or her areas of interest and quickly check for new, relevant publications. www.springer.com


IJOS re-launches as open-access title


The International Journal of Oral Science (IJOS) has re-launched as a fully open-access title, co- published by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University (WCSS). The journal is published online weekly as papers are accepted, while print issues will continue to be produced every quarter.


IJOS provides comprehensive coverage on the foremost findings of basic and clinical research relating to oral science. Articles are freely-available online immediately on publication, published under Creative Commons licences. Article-processing charges will be levied for each article accepted for publication. www.nature.com


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