Ovid Expands Medical eBook Offerings with New Partnership
with Clinical Publishing

More than 60 current editions covering a variety of medical and clinical specialties available for subscription or purchase on Books@Ovid.

New York, NY (April 29, 2009) – Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, and a global leader in the development and delivery of customizable electronic research information for the medical, healthcare and academic markets, is pleased to announce that 60 ebooks from Clinical Publishing, an independent medical publisher based in the United Kingdom, are scheduled to be available on OvidSP in 2009. Many of the titles are already for sale and accessible via Books@Ovid, OvidSP’s ebook platform. All titles will be available to Ovid’s global customer base as an annual subscription or for one-time purchase.

“As more and more of our global customer base recognize the importance of electronic reference books, Ovid has aggressively continued to seek out partnerships with leading, highly regarded medical and scientific textbook publishers such as Clinical Publishing,” said Andrew L. Popper, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management. “These new titles appeal to various segments of our medical, pharmaceutical, and healthcare customer base, and the access options for annual subscription or purchase access offer unique flexibility and choice.”

Clinical Publishing is an independent medical publisher with offices in Oxford, UK, Barcelona, Spain, and New York, NY, USA. An imprint of Atlas Medical Publishing, Ltd, Clinical Publishing specializes in medical color atlases and medical reference texts for doctors, specialists, and trainees worldwide.

“We are extremely pleased to work with Ovid to bring our books to new audiences and new markets,” said Anthony Gresford from Clinical Publishing. “Ovid’s presence in the North American hospital and clinical market is well known and offers a great opportunity to expand our distribution channels.” Key titles scheduled for availability on Books@Ovid include several titles from the Therapeutic Strategies series, including Therapeutic Strategies in Epilepsy and Therapeutic Strategies in Thrombosis; volumes in the Problem Solving series, such as Problem Solving in Cardiology and Problem Solving in Oncology; and others in the series, including Hypertension: Atlas of Investigation & Management, Ischemic Stroke: Atlas of Investigation & Management, and more.

First launched in 2004, Books@Ovid offers a streamlined, efficient search experience to a wide range of novice and advanced user types. Natural language searching makes queries quick and easy. Users can search ebooks simultaneously with ejournals and bibliographic databases, and can link directly to any other content resource referenced in a book. Important features include flexible search, browse, and results management features; inline abstracts; a variety of search limits; and downloadable MARC records to help librarians manage their online catalog.

With the addition of Clinical Publishing, Ovid’s portfolio of ebooks publishing partners now totals ten. Additional partners include Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Ovid’s sister company within Wolters Kluwer Health), Oxford University Press, Springer Science + Business Media, McGraw-Hill, and Jones & Bartlett.

About Ovid
Ovid is a global information solutions provider offering clinicians, professionals, students, and researchers in the medical, scientific, and academic fields customizable solutions of content, tools, and services that make research smarter, faster, and more effective. Ovid is used by the world’s leading colleges and universities; medical schools; academic research libraries and library consortia; hospitals and healthcare systems; pharmaceutical, engineering and biotechnology companies; and HMOs and clinical practices. Ovid is a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.