New: Encyclopedia of Archaeology

New content in ScienceDirect. Direct link to the Encyclopedia of Archaeology:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780123739629

New content in Oxford Reference Online

The latest update to Oxford Reference Online includes new and updated science-based content ranging from nursing to cosmology.
The new entry title is The Oxford Companion to Cosmology, and there is updated content in five new editions of Oxford dictionaries.
Read more at http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/whatsnew.html

All content on Blackwell Synergy is merging into Wiley InterScience

On June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content—including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before print—will be incorporated into Wiley InterScience.
Blackwell Synergy will close on Friday June 27th and the migration will be completed by Monday June 30th. Over the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable.

After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available.

Grove Music Online will be Oxford Music Online

The old http://www.grovemusic.com/ site will cease to exist, and all customers will be automatically redirected to the new http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/

Web of Science coverage expanded

700 new regional journals have been added to Web of Science. The newly identified collection contains journals that typically target a regional rather than international audience by approaching subjects from a local perspective or focusing on particular topics of regional interest.
See more http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/press/2008/8455931/

Ny förbättrad e-boksläsare från Adobe Digital Editions

Adobe har publicerat en ny version av programmet Digital Editions som används för att läsa e-böcker. Programmet har bl.a. följande nya egenskaper:

• stöd för operativsystemet Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard
• genom att registrera sig till Adobe ID (gratis) kan användaren läsa kopieringsskyddade e-böcker på fler än en dator
• stöd för det nya EUPB-formatet
• förbättrat stöd för PDF-böcker.

Läs mera och ladda ner en gratis uppdatering på adressen Adobe Digital Editions 1.5.

(ur Ellibs News)

New content in Oxford Scholarship online

A new subject module in Music has been added to the Oxford Scholarship Online website, as well as 159 new titles as part of the May 2008 content update.
For a list of new titles and round-up of features in all subjects visit the 'What's New' page at:
http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/whats_new.html

Samtliga digitaliserade kommentarer från Norstedts Juridik nu tillgängliga via Zeteo

Under slutet av förra året och början av 2008 digitaliserade Norstedts Juridik ett stort antal nya kommentarer som tidigare fanns i bok- eller pärmform: Norstedts gula bibliotek, Norstedts blå bibliotek och Laghandboksserien. Biblioteket har förvärvat samtliga kommentarer och de finns nu tillgängliga via plattformen Zeteo.

Online training: Introduction to ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information and includes online eBooks, Reference Works, Handbooks, Book Series and a rich journal collection of over 2,500 titles. The online training session offers an overview of its content and capabilities In 45 minutes you will learn about:

• ScienceDirect search options
• Search refinements using filters
• New functionalities (reference information, article evaluation and toolbox)
• Creating alerts (Email and RSS alerts)
• Collaborative Tools

Read more and register: http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/bECU001/mXV86N8/uRM084/xMOIPN8

New database: Translation Studies Bibliography

We now have access to Translation Studies Bibliography. TSB is a searchable database of more than 14,000 annotated records. The bibliography is enhanced by a thesaurus and covers material related to transfer and mediation, intra- and interlingual translation, intercultural communication, adaptation, interpreting, localization, multimedia translation, language mediation, terminology and documentation