March 12, 2008
EndNote Web Training at your Desk/LapTop
EndNote Web 8.5 minute recorded training will help you learn to collect, organize, and format references.
EndNote Web is the free, web-based version of EndNote. EndNoteWeb allows you to access and share references anywhere you are.
Posted by Ann Viera at 08:22 AM
March 06, 2008
Visit the Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life is officially up and running! An ambitious project to catalog each of the 1.8 million discovered species on Earth with their own web page, the first species profiles are available for viewing. Profiles include species' descriptions, information about the species' life histories, ecology, taxonomy, and literature references. Images of species are also included on profiles.
25 complete entries are available, as well as about 30,000 partial entries. Visit The Encyclopedia of Life today!
Posted by allison scripa at 11:51 AM
February 12, 2008
Learn to search the Web of Science new interface at your convenience
The new Web of Science interface is now (2/12/08) the only option to search WOS.
Recorded training from Web of Science is available on all the features of the database. It is worth your time.
Questions about Web of Science? Contact Ann Viera, annviera@utk.edu, 974-9015.
Posted by Ann Viera at 03:09 PM
February 06, 2008
UT Professors Teach Research Ethics Class
UT Professor and Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence in Plant Molecular Genetics C. Neal Stewart, Jr. and Associate Professor and Graduate Director for the Department of Animal Science Professor J. Lannett Edwards, teamed up to teach a class on Research Ethics for graduate students in life sciences. Their experiences and suggestions for others are chronicled in the most recent edition of The Scientist. You can read their article here.
Posted by allison scripa at 02:50 PM
January 22, 2008
NIH Public Access Policy to become Mandatory
To read more about the change from voluntary to mandatory open access of all NIH-funded
research, see the BioMed Central Blog.
A white paper by Michael W. Carroll, an attorney, copyright expert, and faculty member at Villanova University law school is available: "Complying with the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy:
Copyright Considerations and Options"
Posted by Ann Viera at 01:50 PM
October 02, 2007
EndnoteWeb Training
Need help with EndnoteWeb?
Posted by Laurel Donahue at 03:08 PM
June 29, 2007
New PubMed AbstractPlus Display: Instant Access to Related Links
From NCBI News....
PubMed's new AbstractPlus display shows the titles of the top five related Articles and is now the default display for single records. The new format provides seamless access to the powerful pre-computed similarities available as Related Articles in the PubMed database. Read More about AbstractPlus
Posted by Ann Viera at 03:29 PM
June 12, 2007
Endnote: Help with Bibliographic Management
You will find a helpful link to Bibliographic Management on the Pendergrass Library main page under Find Information.
This page offers assistance with the chore of keeping track of references and citations using EndNote.
Just click citehelp@utk.edu if you have any questions.
Posted by Allison Roberts at 09:48 AM
May 16, 2007
LiveScience.com: Asphalt-Munching Bacteria Discovered
Check out LiveScience.com for research paper ideas like this recent post from staff writer Dave Mosher : Asphalt-Munching Bacteria Discovered
LiveScience.com features 
Posted by Allison Roberts at 11:01 AM
May 01, 2007
Useful research and data available from MMWR
MMWR is a weekly report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention featuring statistical data and research reports dealing with morbidity and mortality issues in the United States. The documentation ranges from the recent report from National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. entitled Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2007*(April 6, 2007 / 56(RR03);1-8) to basic statistical data like Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information (April 20, 2007 / 56(15);374-385)
The MMWR site features an 
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Please contact us if you have trouble finding the specific data you need
Posted by Allison Roberts at 10:12 AM
April 03, 2007
Resources-Food Nutrient Data
The United States Department of Agriculture provides an online database of the nutrient content of foods. A simple search for a specific food produces a nutrient content table similar to a product label. The data may be searched online through the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference or download the data for use on a PC or PDA.
Posted by Allison Roberts at 09:28 AM
March 30, 2007
Research Update- enature.com
enature.com from the National Wildlife Federation features:
- Online Fieldguides for plants, birds, mamals, fish, insects and more
Article Series like Sky guide, Birding Focus, Gardening, and On the Wildside
Local Nature features Zip guides (species locator), Parkfinder, Gardening, Backyard Wildlife and Wildlife list section
While your there, don't miss the Fun Stuff section for ecards and screensavers.
Posted by Allison Roberts at 09:37 AM