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Wolters Kluwer Health - OvidSP

A healthcare search site that does exactly what it says on the tin

Cambridge Histories Online

There is plenty to cheer about in the 250 volumes of Cambridge Histories that have gone online

GMB Research

Although it still has glitches, GMB's website promises to give researchers real value

SciBX

All the padding has been removed from SciBX’s reviews of scientific papers
Book reviews

The Big Switch

By Nicholas Carr

Sharing Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World

By Online Computer Library Center
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LSE ignites privacy settings project

Project will examine how concerned users are over data privacy

Charles Darwin papers go online

Historic texts evolve from paper to digital

Balance in copyright law demanded by British Library

UK researchers sing with one voice in new copyright survey

Student faces expulsion for Facebook study group

University falls behind the times

Harvard goes to open access

Harvard University to make research papers available online for free

Academic article scrapped over plagiarism

In an unusual move an academic publisher has withdrawn an online article because of apparent plagiarism

Academy slams orphan copyright proposal

IPO proposal on orphan works comes under fire

British Museum takes collection online

Ancient history meets cutting edge technology

UK plans permanent academic database

Every person over 14 to have achievements tracked for life

UN University opens web learning portal

New initiative offers free online access to training courses

Microsoft opens New England research lab

Fresh avenues for research, collaboration and innovation, claims Redmond

Tech firms risk 'catastrophic' breaches of data security

Crucial sector told to treat IT security as a business issue or face disaster

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