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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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Lose data and you go to jail

Act amendments could jail terms for losing or trading in data

UK firm Pixsta takes on Google

New search technology based on contextual image retrieval

SPARC Europe Award for outstanding achievements

Dr Leo Waaijers has been presented with the 2008 SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications.

Medical journal achieves important milestone

Journal of Hospital Medicine is selected for impact factor tracking

Boffins take the long view on digital storage

Scientists aim to find technology that will store data for 100 years

ICO calls for data trading sanctions to be implemented

Tough penalties need to be used to protect personal data, says commissioner

UK Intellectual Property Office adds electronic filing

Customer satisfaction at five-year peak

Balance in copyright law demanded by British Library

UK researchers sing with one voice in new copyright survey

Industry's IP struggle in digital age

Crumbling payment system models force industry to look at rebalancing copyright regime

European Library sets up user advisory board

European Library appoints Users Advisory Board

Board will give a voice to users says BL Chief

MPs raise fears over data protection for national ID register

Committee highlights question marks over repeated breaches of data laws

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