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20 December 2013

CAS and Kalexsyn announce three-year agreement to offer unlimited SciFinder access to researchers Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, has announced a three-year agreement for SciFinder, the choice for chemistry research, with Kalexsyn, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) uniquely positioned to address the needs of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology communities. Through this partnership, Kalexsyn will provide unlimited searching in SciFinder for every chemist on its staff. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer and the American Thoracic Society join forces on the book series Respiratory Medicine STM publisher Springer and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have entered into a partnership to collaborate on the book series Respiratory Medicine. Springer will hold editorial responsibility, but will work with the ATS to develop new topics for books. The series editor is Dr. Sharon Rounds, Professor of Medicine and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University in the US. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer Health updates Lexicomp and Facts & Comparisons with information on European meningitis B vaccine approved for emergency importation Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the addition of information on the European vaccine to fight a meningitis B outbreak to its referential drug information resources, Lexicomp® OnlineTM and Facts & Comparisons® eAnswers. The rapid response by the Wolters Kluwer Health reference content team demonstrates the speed and proficiency with which the resources are updated to keep clinicians current in a rapidly evolving drug information environment. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL appoints Krista Cox as director of public policy initiatives The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Krista L. Cox director of public policy initiatives, effective January 6, 2014. The director of public policy initiatives advocates for the policy priorities of ARL and executes strategies to implement these priorities. Cox is currently the staff attorney/legal counsel at Knowledge Ecology International, a non-profit organisation that searches for better outcomes, including new solutions, to the management of knowledge resources. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Brill and Semantico launch BrillOnline Discovery Academic publisher Brill and UK-based online publishing services provider Semantico have announced the launch of BrillOnline Discovery, which offers users the option to search across all of Brill's online resources from one central place. BrillOnline Discovery uses the Scolaris Linking Hub technology developed by Semantico. This enables federated search increased discoverability across the family of Brill platforms. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SwetsWise becomes COUNTER 4 compliant Information services provider Swets has announced that customers using its SwetsWise Online Content and Selection Support modules are now able to retrieve COUNTER 4 compliant usage reports from both platforms. The Code of Practice sets the standards that facilitate the recording and reporting of online usage statistics in a consistent, credible and compatible way. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dear Subscribers This is to inform you that the number of articles carried in the newsletter will be fewer than usual, as business activity during this period (Dec 25, 2013 – Jan 1, 2014) is relatively low. Also, please note that there will be no newsletter dispatch on Dec 26th and Jan 2nd. We take this opportunity to wish all our subscribers a safe holiday season and a Happy New Year 2014. Thank you for your continued support during our 10th year of publication. You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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