New Medical Informatics Resource

["Jackie Zanghi-LaPlaca" <jlaplaca@igi-global.com>]

Apologies for cross-postings.

I thought list members would like to know about a new resource in 
biomedical informatics and healthcare technology.  To give the 
medical library community an opportunity to learn more about this 
new full-text database, IGI Global will be hosting a Sunrise 
Seminar breakfast event on Monday, May 19th from 7-8am in the 
Atlanta Room in the Hyatt Regency.  Please see the press release 
below for the official announcement.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Megan Childs
Title: Marketing Communications Coordinator
Address: 701 E. Chocolate Ave.,
Suite 200, Hershey, PA 17033
Email: mchilds@igi-global.com
Tel.: 717-533-8845 x148
Fax: 717-533-7115
Web: www.igi-global.com

New Database Delivers Research on Biomedical and Healthcare 
Technology Innovations

HERSHEY, PA - May 13, 2008 -IGI Global, the leading publisher of 
scholarly computer science and information technology management 
research, will launch a new database covering innovations in 
biomedical informatics and healthcare technology -- 
InfoSci-Medical -- at the annual meeting of the Medical Library 
Association (MLA) in Chicago (May 16-21).

"The InfoSci-Medical database meets a need for authoritative 
research to help organizations understand and fully benefit from 
the rapidly expanding role of technology in basic research, 
medical education, clinical practice, and healthcare delivery and 
management, across all sectors of the biomedical and healthcare 
industries," said William C. Hayward, IGI Global's Director of 
Sales and Marketing.

Delivering full-text studies selected for their relevance to 
biomedical informatics and healthcare technology from IGI 
Global's peer-reviewed journals, scholarly books, and reference 
works, InfoSci-Medical covers a comprehensive range of topics 
such as clinical knowledge management; medical informatics and 
nursing; robotics in healthcare and medicine; technologies for 
dentistry; telemedicine and healthcare delivery to rural areas; 
and hundreds of other critical issues.

InfoSci-Medical is updated continuously with new content, and is 
available for unlimited, site-licensed access under annual 
subscription and one-time fee models (contact IGI Global at 
eresources@igi-global.com for pricing information).

Librarians interested in learning more about InfoSci-Medical are 
invited to visit IGI Global at Booth #721 during the MLA Annual 
Meeting, and to join IGI Global for a Sunrise Seminar breakfast 
event during the conference. For details on the breakfast event, 
e-mail sunriseseminar@igi-global.com or refer to the final 
conference program.

For immediate information about InfoSci-Medical and to register 
for a free trial, visit www.infosci-medical.com.

Jackie Zanghi-LaPlaca
Associate Sales and Marketing Manager for Electronic Resources
IGI Global - (Disseminator of Knowledge Since 1988)
(formerly "Idea Group Inc.")
701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200
Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
Tel: 717-533-8845 ext. 131; Fax: 717-533-8661
E-mail: jlaplaca@igi-global.com

IGI Global celebrates 20 years of excellence as the industry 
leader in delivering scholarly knowledge in computer science and 
information technology management. Founded in 1988, IGI Global 
continues to publish superior books, journals, and databases for 
many years to come. To recommend IGI Global publications to your 
librarian, please visit www.igi-global.com.