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A new interface for ZentralblattMATH (ZMATH) has been launched. You are invited to experience the new design of the interface, as well as the enhanced online functionalities ZMATH is now offering.

Highlights of these new features are:

• Display of hyperlinked references of an article – called: citation linking
• MathML representation
• Comment function for each entry
  

Ovid recently signed an agreement with Wiley-Blackwell to offer over 300 purchase books across numerous healthcare and medical disciplines. The books will be loaded in the coming months. Stay tuned for more information.

New Books and New Book Editions

3 new titles and 3 new editions from Oxford University Press are now live and sellable in Books@Ovid. Scroll down for descriptions and details.

New Titles

PHARMACOLOGY

Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy; McCarthy, Michele; Kockler, Denise R.; Oxford University Press, 1^st Edition (2009); 840 pages; ISBN13: 9780195375107, ISBN10: 0195375106.

Provides an accessible and easily navigable quick-reference guide for practicing and student pharmacists.

PULMONARY MEDICINE

Oxford American Handbook of Pulmonary Medicine; Brown, Keven; Lee-Chiong, Teofilo; Oxford University Press, 1^st Edition (2009); 900 pages, 50 illustrations; ISBN13: 9780195329568, ISBN10: 0195329562.

An essential quick-reference guide to all the major respiratory symptoms and diseases.

RHEUMATOLOGY

Oxford American Handbook of Rheumatology; Seo, Philip; Oxford University Press, 1^st Edition (2009); 632 pages; ISBN-13: 9780195367782, ISBN-10: 0195367782
Offers practical, point of care guidance on the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic rheumatologic problems.

New Editions

DENTISTRY

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry; Mitchell, Laura; Mitchell, David A.; Oxford University Press, 5^th Edition (2009); 800 pages, 71 illustrations, ISBN-13: 9780199553303, ISBN-10: 0199553300

The new edition of this best-selling guide covers the whole of clinical dentistry in a concise format.

PALLIATIVE CARE

Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care; Watson, Max; Lucas, Caroline; Hoy, Andrew; Wells, Jo; Oxford University Press, 2^nd Edition (2009); 984 pages, 30 illustrations, ISBN-13: 9780199234356, ISBN-10: 0199234353

Covers all aspects of palliative care in a concise and succinct format suited to busy professionals who need to access key information in their daily care of patients.

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WorldSciNet, the journal website, has been developed to further enhance World Scientific services to the academic and professional communities. WorldSciNet provides an array of services which includes: free table-of-contents e-mail alerts on new issues of the journals, latest news related to the journals, free online sample articles, feature articles, search functions and related links, to name a few. Researchers will also be able to request for complimentary copies and recommend journals to their colleagues within a few clicks.

In the near future, World Scientific will provide an interactive platform for researchers to communicate and exchange ideas via some of the journal sites.

A total of 123 journals in full text are now available in downloadable PDF files. All abstracts are available in HTML format and can be accessed freely.

World Scientific aims to publish the highest quality scientific research papers and to disseminate them through fast and reliable channels.

World Bank is not a bank in the common sense; they are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 186 member countries: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).

Each institution plays a different but collaborative role in advancing the vision of inclusive and sustainable globalization. The IBRD aims to reduce poverty in middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries, while IDA focuses on the world’s poorest countries.

The members’ work is complemented by that of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

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World Development Indicators (WDI) Online is the premier data source on the global economy. It contains statistical data for over 800 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2007 (selected data for 2007) for over 220 countries and country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Data selection screens are intuitive and easy to use. Results can be scaled, indexed against a particular year, viewed by percentage change, and charted. Data can also be exported in standard formats like Excel.
Global Development Finance (GDF) Online contains statistical data for the 134 countries and country groups. The 200+ indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections for the years 1970 to 2016, where data is available. Data selection screens are intuitive and easy to use. Results can be scaled, indexed against a particular year, viewed by percentage change, and charted. Data can also be exported in standard formats like Excel. The database is updated once a year.

Africa Development Indicators (ADI) Online provides the most comprehensive collection of data on Africa available. It contains data for over 1,000 statistical indicators and time series from 1965 for 53 countries. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators. Designed to provide all those interested in Africa with a focused and convenient set of data monitoring development programs and aid flows in the region, Africa Development Indicators Online is an invaluable reference tool for analysts and policymakers who want better understanding of the economic and social developments occurring in the region.

The World Bank e-Library is an electronic portal to the World Bank’s full-text collection of books, reports, and other documents. It brings together in a fully indexed and cross-searchable database, over 2,000 titles published by the World Bank during the past several years, over 3,200 research working papers, and over 400 journal articles- a total of over 5,600 documents. Each new title, working paper, and journal is added to the database as they become available.
Global Economic Monitor is a one-stop shop portal for analysis of current economic trends, and economic and financial indicators. Global Economic Monitor features up-to-date analysis on global economic conditions, including a daily brief and event-driven focus reports, direct access to high-frequency datasets via Quick Query, forecasts for commodity prices and main macroeconomic indicators for over 130 countries.

The ICE Virtual publishes several indispensible and market leading rirles in civil engineering in conjunction with Thomas Telford.

The Institute of civil Engineering Proceeding (1836 – Current)

1. Bridge Engineering
2. Civil Engineering
3. Construction Materials
4. Energy
5. Engineering and Computational Mechanics
6. Engineering History and Heritage (new in 2009)
7. Engineering Sustainability
8. Geotechanical  Engineering
9. Ground Improvement
10. Management, Procurement & Law
11. Maritime Engineering
12. Structural and Building
13. Waste and Resource Management
14. Water Management
15. Urban Design & Planning

Thomas Telford Journals (2003 – Current)

1. Advance in Cement Research
2. Geosynthetics International
3. Geotechnique (1948 – Current)
4. Magazine of Concrete Research (1976 – Current )
5. Structural Concrete
6. Dams& Reservoirs

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The series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), including its subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI), has established itself as a medium for the publication of new developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching – quickly, informally, and at a high level.

LNCS commenced publication in 1973 and quite rapidly attracted attention, not at least because of its thus far unprecedented publication turnaround times. The 1980s and 1990s witnessed a substantial growth in the series, particularly in terms of volumes published. In the late 1990s Springer started experimenting with LNCS electronically and soon realized that they had to develop a systematic approach to providing LNCS in a full-text electronic version, in parallel to the printed books. Another new feature introduced in the late 1990s was the conceptualization of a couple of color-cover sublines. Still, original research results reported in proceedings and postproceedings remain the core of LNCS.

In 2002, the number of new proposals for LNCS publications grew and is now growing faster than ever before: many new workshops and conferences are being set up and Springer envisage LNCS as their publication platform; and a number of established conference series and workshop series, currently publishing their proceedings with other publishers, are knocking at the door of LNCS. A LNCS milestone was the publication of its 2500th volume: Automata, Logics, and Infinite Games, edited by Erich Grädel, Wolfgang Thomas, and Thomas Wilke.

LNCS Online

All volumes are published simultaneously in printed version and electronically, most of them in time for conferences, and selected titles in our print library have also been added to the digital library. In November 2002, the 1000th volume of LNCS went online. Fortunately, Springer efforts and investments in developing LNCS Online as the series’ digital library are recognized in the community as a valuable service: there are over 150,000 full-paper downloads per month from LNCS Online, and the digital library now holds over 35,000 papers written by over 50,000 individual scientists and professionals.