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Text Mining: Elsevier Releases New Terms for Academe
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by Nancy K. Herther
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At the January ALA Midwinter conference in Philadelphia, Elsevier announced that it was extending and codifying arrangements for academic researchers to mine text from Elsevier's archives of journals and books. Now, through their libraries' access, academic researchers will be able to use Elsevier's API to batch-download documents in computer-readable XML format. Although the announcement was greeted with as much caution and concern as applause, this represents an important first step for commercial scholarly publishers to open their massive stores of text and data for researchers.
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Wiley Introduces the Anywhere Article
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Wiley recently launched the Anywhere Article, an enhanced HTML reading experience that emphasizes readability, interaction, and portability for users, across participating journal articles in the Wiley Online Library collection of multidisciplinary resources.
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EBSCO Releases New Ebook Subject Sets
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EBSCO Information Services added 28 new subject sets to its collection of prepackaged ebook sets for libraries looking to begin or expand their collections. These sets increase key collection areas with topics such as the arts and humanities, business, history, and medical science and technology.
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UKSG's Official Journal Goes OA
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The UKSG organization for scholarly communication announced that its electronic-only journal Insights is now platinum open access (OA), meaning authors will not be required to pay article-processing charges (APCs).
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Who's Who in Ebook Subscription Services
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by Brandi Scardilli
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If you need a less expensive way to feed your e-reading habit than purchasing one title at a time at full price, you can opt to sign up for one of the ebook subscription services that have been gaining attention in the marketplace. These services offer a selection of ebooks at a set price that won't put too big a dent in your wallet, and most have thousands of titles from which to choose.
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