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Chinese science journals given global reach, available online via Elsevier’s ScienceDirect Wednesday, 5 April 2006 11:00 pm

Posted by Dongmei in Library Resources, biology, chemistry, databases, e-journals, science related news.
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Research published in 34 Chinese science journals is being made available to an international audience for the first time, under a scheme launched on last Monday (27 March).

Elsevier, a major player in academic publishing, will provide access to the English-language journals through its online database ScienceDirect for free in 2006. But the service will be subscription-only from 2007.

The first 34 journals being made available include Agricultural Sciences in China, Acta Genetica Sinica, and the Journal of the Chinese Medical Association.

In addition, Elsevier has agreed to publish English translations of important papers that are published in six Chinese-language science journal

The concern is that the researchers in some small Chinese institutions will not be able to afford to pay the subscription fees for ScienceDirect or other international online databases.

Read the whole story on SciDev.net (Science and Development Network: News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world).

Merriam-Webster Dictionary for your iPod Wednesday, 5 April 2006 10:15 pm

Posted by Dongmei in iPod related.
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Today, Merriam-Webster Inc. announced its collaboration with iPREPpress to bring you the M-W Pocket Dictionary for your iPod (see http://www.ipreppress.com/Pages/Reference/MWPocket.htm). It will cost you $9.95, the detailed order/download/installation instructions are here (http://www.ipreppress.com/Pages/Reference/MWPocketDictInstructions.htm). Other products (2006 Pocket Thesaurus, 2006 Rhyming Dictionary for Song & Hip-Hop Writers, 2006 Pocket Atlas) for iPods from Merriam-Webster are forthcoming.

Caution: This dictionary will take up a large portion of your iPod's Notes memory area. Before adding this dictionary, back-up any study guides or other notes you may already have on your iPod to your computer's hard drive or to another folder on your iPod.