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January 29, 2008

IEEE Downtime

Dear IEEE subscriber,

We are writing to inform you that an upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is scheduled for Saturday, 2 February. During this deployment, the system will be unavailable for up to eight hours beginning at approximately 9:00 AM EST. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

As a result of this new release, the IEEE Xplore digital library will be enhanced with:

Conference Proceedings weekly update alerts
- Enables a user to receive weekly update alerts for every conference title via either email or RSS whenever a new conference proceeding title is added to IEEE Xplore.

Scitopia.org search from the IEEE Xplore home page
- The IEEE Xplore home page will feature a quick search box enabling users to easily search scitopia.org, the free federated search portal to the digital libraries of leading science and technology societies.

Draft standards search
- Users will be able to limit their search to IEEE draft standards only from the Advanced Search page in IEEE Xplore.

Support of OpenURL images and custom text
- Customers will have the ability to post their logo or text in their OpenURL links.

This release is part of our ongoing effort to bring you the best IEEE Xplore experience possible and incorporates suggestions we have received from our many valued subscribers.

If you have any questions regarding the features listed above, please contact us at onlinesupport@ieee.org.

IEEE thanks you for your support, and we look forward to providing you with excellent service in the years to come.

Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:41 PM

January 09, 2008

Databases Get New Interface

The following databases have a new interface through their vendor OVID. Tutorials and guides for the new interface are avilable. For in depth assistance searching these or any other databases, you may schedule a research consultation with your subject librarian.

AGRICOLA 1970 to January 2008
Biological Abstracts 1969 to December 2007
CAB Abstracts 2000 to November 2007
CAB Abstracts 1990 to November 2007
CAB Abstracts 1973 to November 2007
Food Science and Technology Abstracts 1969 to 2008 January Week 2

Posted by Donna Braquet at 08:04 PM