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July 30, 2007
Springer E-Book Collection
The UT Libraries now has access to thousands of Springer books online.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:42 PM
IEEE down on Aug 4
On Saturday, August 4, IEEE will perform planned upgrades to our systems.
These upgrades require that IEEE Xplore will be offline from 9AM to 9PM EDT. We will post a message to the IEEE Xplore home page to alert users to the expected disruption. The system upgrades will enable us to support subscribers more effectively. Most changes will not be visible to IEEE Xplore users, but users will see updates to the display of IEEE Standards and miscellaneous maintenance fixes.
The downtime will affect all products delivered through IEEE Xplore including IEL, ASPP, POP, IEEE Enterprise, IEEE Power & Energy Library, and IEEE Standards Online.
Please alert your users so they can schedule their projects accordingly.
Thank you for your patience while we improve our systems.
IEEE Online Support
onlinesupport@ieee.org
Posted by admin at 12:03 PM
July 28, 2007
New Resource: Faculty of 1000 Biology
Faculty of 1000 Biology is run by scientists for scientists and provides a rapidly updated consensus map of the important papers and trends across biology. And the UT Libraries now provides you with a subscription!
Faculty of 1000 Biology:
Provides scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the most important papers within any given field of research
Highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear
Offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from well over 2300 leading scientists
Systematically organizes and evaluates the mass of information within scientific literature
Offers an immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, and an important complement to the indirect assessment provided by the journal impact factor.
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:33 PM
July 26, 2007
New Database: CSA Illustrata
CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is the first in a series of CSA Illustrata databases of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature.
CSA employs what it calls "deep indexing" to categorize data, variables and other content represented in tables, maps, photographs and other figures. Usually, indexing of research articles is done at a rather high, general level where only the key concepts of the work are represented by a dozen or so index terms, but by going deeper and specifically indexing the content associated with all the individual tables and figures, CSA Illustrata enables the researcher to find information that otherwise would not be retrievable in traditional, article-level indexing systems. Search results - the objects - can be viewed in full along with the caption, author and source information and additional index terms that can be used for further searching. A link back to the parent record provides a summary view of all the objects associated with that paper. In most instances, the parent abstract is displayed and context is further preserved by links to the full-text documents when available. Thus the researcher can find relevant data faster and, because of the visual impact of the results, can quickly determine whether or not to spend time reading the source documents. The visualization of data and the interdisciplinary nature of CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences can also lead to unexpected discoveries or connections between seemingly disparate pieces of work.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:30 PM
July 25, 2007
American Ornithologists' Union Taps UC Press as Partner to Publish The Auk
UC PRESS AND BIO-ONE WORK TOGETHER TO EXPAND THE ONLINE PRESENCE OF PREMIER ORNITHOLOGY JOURNAL
Berkeley, California - July 16, 2007, University of California Press Journals + Digital Publishing is proud to announce that The Auk, one of the most distinguished journals of ornithological studies in the world, has joined forces with UC Press. The Press is honored to have The Auk become a part of its publishing program and to begin working with the American Ornithologists' Union, the oldest and largest organization of professional ornithologists in North America. The Press is also eager to begin working closely with BioOne on the online version of The Auk. The journal will continue to be available via BioOne's online aggregation of essential bioscience research journals. It will now also be found as a standalone journal through UC Press and its online hosting platform, Caliber. The partnership between UC Press, BioOne and the AOU is demonstrative of all three organizations' commitment to provide the library community a broader range of options for access to the important scholarship The Auk offers.
Since 1884, The Auk has been a home for serious research articles and has enriched the discipline with lively debate on both theoretical and methodological developments. It has also been a focal point for the nurturing of the ornithology community in America and has seen many prominent members of the society appear in its pages. The Auk has since grown to become one of the top-ranked ornithology journals based on ISI impact factor ratings. Beginning with Volume 125, Issue 1 in January 2008, ornithologists will be able to find the journal at UC Press available in both online and print editions. The journal also will continue to be available on BioOne from Volume 117 (2001) onwards.
"The American Ornithologists' Union and University of California Press are natural partners, as we share the same academic and non-profit goals. We look forward to serving our subscribers better, particularly through offering a wider array of print and electronic subscription options." -Erica Dunn, President, American Ornithologists Union
"The Auk has been a valued participant in BioOne, since the aggregation's launch in 2001. The BioOne community of publishers and librarians is particularly pleased to have found another like-minded partner at UC Press, where our values of independence and sustainability are shared." -Susan Skomal, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, BioOne
"We are honored and very pleased to have been chosen by the AOU to publish The Auk, which is widely regarded as one of the foremost journals in ornithology" says Rebecca Simon, Director, University of California Press Journals + Digital Publishing. "We deeply value our partnership with the AOU, our collaboration with BioOne and the common ground we share in promoting scholarly inquiry and the use of research to serve the public good as well as the scientific community."
For more information about The Auk at UC Press, please visit www.ucpressjournals.com
For more information about The Auk at BioOne please visit www.bioone.org
For more information about The American Ornithologists' Union please visit www.aou.org
Posted by admin at 12:04 PM
July 15, 2007
Nature Archive Now Available
The UT Libraries has purchased an archive to the journal NATURE--UT Libraries now provides online access to NATURE from 1950-present.
Pre-1950 volumes are located in Hodges stacks at Q1 .N2
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:48 PM
July 03, 2007
Royal Society Journals
Important changes to Royal Society journals in 2008
As a result of increasing popularity of our high quality journals we have seen unprecedented growth in our Royal Society journals leading to major expansion next year.
Two of the internationally acclaimed and long-running Royal Society journals will double their frequency in 2008.
· Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-503X), the best in multidisciplinary physical sciences, will be published twice monthly, doubling in frequency from 12 to 24 issues in 2008. Information on forthcoming issues can be found by visiting www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk/philtransa.
· Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8436), the best in multidisciplinary biological sciences, will be published twice monthly, doubling in frequency from 12 to 24 issues in 2008. Information on forthcoming issues can be found by visiting www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk/philtransb.
Summary of Royal Society journal developments for 2008
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-503X)
Frequency:
Increase from 12 to 24 issues for Volume 366 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 13th & 28th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A and S
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8436)
Frequency:
Increase from 12 to 24 issues for Volume 363 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 12th & 27th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Journal of the Royal Society Interface (ISSN 1742-5689)
Frequency:
Increase from 6 to 12 issues for Volume 5 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 6th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A, B and S
Notes & Records of the Royal Society (ISSN 0035-9149)
Frequency:
Increase from 3 to 4 issues for Volume 62 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on 20th day of March, June, September & December
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages S and H
Biology Letters (ISSN 1744-9561)
Pages/Articles:
30% increase in content in 2008
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 6 issues for volume 4 in 2008
Print:
Published 23rd day of February, April, June, August, October & December in 2008
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Proceedings of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-5021)
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 12 issues for Volume 464 in 2008
Print:
Published 8th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A and S
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8452)
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 24 issues for Volume 275 in 2008
Print:
Published 7th & 22nd day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Posted by admin at 12:08 PM