New Resource on Open Access
Welcome to the Open Access Directory (OAD), a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large. By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD will make it easier for users, especially newcomers, to discover them and use them for reference. The easier they are to maintain and discover, the more effectively they can spread useful, accurate information about OA.
The goal is for the OA community itself to enlarge and correct the lists with little intervention from the editors or editorial board. For quality control, we limit editing privileges to registered users. We welcome your contributions to our lists, ideas for new lists, and comments to help us improve OAD. Please contact us or use the discussion tab. The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College hosts this wiki.
Thank you for visiting during our launch,
Peter Suber (co-founder), Robin Peek (co-founder), Terry Plum, Athanasia Pontika, Charles Bailey, Leslie Chan, Melissa Hagemann, Heather Joseph, Alma Swan, John Wilbanks
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:48 AM
Scirus Searcher
Scirus Searcher is a new e-mail newsletter. Every quarter Scirus Searcher will bring you the latest news about Scirus, the most comprehensive science-specific web search engine, as well as search tips provided by our team of experts.
New Scirus Features and Functionality
Find the shortest paths to full-text articles with Scirus Library Partners...click here to read more!
Content-type tailored search results in Scirus...click here to read more!
Queries remembered by Scirus...click here to read more!
Scirus Search Clinic
Your quarterly raft of search tips from the Scirus experts...click here to read more!
Scirus User Feedback
Strong demand for direct paths to full-text access through Scirus...click here to read more!
Users can request journal additions...click here to read more!
Patent search in Scirus...click here to read more!
Procedure for linking to Scirus...click here to read more!
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:55 PM
Science Channel
A New Science Channel
Organizations and scientists experiment with YouTube as an outreach tool
Celia Henry Arnaud
C&E News, June 25, 2007 Volume 85, Number 26 p. 44-46
Scientific organizations face a challenge in communicating with the younger generation. Some organizations are dipping their toes in the waters where that generation swims--on the Web. Museums, scientific societies, and even scientific teams are starting to post videos on YouTube, the popular Google-owned online video website.
Continue Reading>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:48 PM
Web of Science RSS Feeds
You may now set up RSS feeds for citation alerts or saved search alerts in Web of Science. If you need assistance, please contact your subject librarian.
To set up an RSS feed:
Click the XML button. A new page with search history data encoded in XML will appear.
Copy the URL that appears in your browser's address bar into your RSS reader or aggregator.
Your RSS reader will automatically deliver results of a saved search each time it is run. You do not need to renew the history in order to continue to receive RSS feeds. Also, you do not need to save the history as an alert in order to receive RSS feeds.
Use your RSS reader to cancel the feed.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:05 PM
Nature Introduces Chemistry Blog
Chemistry blog from Nature: join in the daily debate
Introducing "The Sceptical Chymist",
A new blog from the editors of Nature and the Nature research journals.
Intended as a forum for our readers, authors and the entire chemical
community we will discuss what's new and exciting in chemistry and
chemical biology, be it in our journals or elsewhere.
We plan on discussing:
- Chemistry and biochemistry papers published in Nature journals and
elsewhere
- Chemistry and chemists in the news, including scientific and
popular press coverage, important policy developments, new
initiatives in chemistry, etc.
- Upcoming conferences, meetings we're attending, newly published
books about chemistry, and interesting websites we've found
- And anything else you'd like to talk about...
This isn't the first blog at Nature: there's also the
Nature Newsblog
Free Association
(a blog from the editors of Nature Genetics)
Action Potential
(a blog from the editors of Nature Neuroscience)
But this is our first blog in the chemical sciences and we hope that
you'll help us make it a successful one!
We hope that you will help us fill this blog with stimulating
discussions of all things chemical. To share thoughts and opinions on
the latest news, research and events in chemistry and chemical
biology join in here.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:26 AM
Nature Podcasts
Each week Nature publishes a free audio show, presented and produced by Chris Smith and Anna Lacey at the University of Cambridge, UK, and sponsored by Bio-Rad.
Each show features highlights from news and articles published in Nature, including interviews with the people behind the science with in-depth commentary and analysis from journalists covering the research.
Listen/Download to Nature Podcasts>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:35 PM
Science Feeds
The UCSD Science & Engineering Library has an excellent website of RSS feeds for science journals, magazines, books, databses, jobs, and even science podcasts.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:42 AM
Current Protocols in Protein Science Now Available
Access it now through the UT Libraries>>
Current Protocols in Protein Science provides protein scientists, biochemists, molecular biologists, geneticists, and others with the first comprehensive suite of protocols for this growing field. Continuously updated since its initial publication in June 1995, this quarterly-updated three-volume set...
-provides "best-practices" methodologies for expression, characterization, and purification of recombinant proteins, plus post-translational modification and structural characterization.
-is suitable for expert protein researchers and scientists with little prior experience in protein isolation and characterization, including scientists trained in other biological disciplines.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:02 PM
PNAS in the News
PNAS announces the launch of its new "PNAS in the News" webpage.
"PNAS in the News" presents the latest media coverage on PNAS
articles, with links to news stories, eye-catching images, and
special public news announcements.
See also PNAS RSS feeds>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:41 AM
Science Podcasting
NPR offers Science Friday podcasts.
For more science-related podcasts and RSS feeds, visit SD Librarian- Webfeeds, blogs & More.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:56 PM
EDUCAUSE Blogs: Share Experiences and Information
EDUCAUSE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Do you have a keen interest in emerging technologies and a spirit of
adventure? Then play an active part in the EDUCAUSE Community Blog Service, a
pilot project to give association members a hands-on opportunity to
explore the use of blogs and to create a new, vibrant medium for
professional information sharing. Current posting topics span a wide range
of issues important to campus IT.
- Browse postings by topic or blog on the Community Blog site, or
sign up to receive syndicated feeds by selected topic or blogger.
-Contribute to the dialogue on a particular blog entry by posting
your own comments.
-Download podcast recordings (MP3 format) for listening to
anytime.
-If you are comfortable in the blog environment and are part of an
EDUCAUSE member organization, set up your own blog.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:43 AM
RSS Feeds for Patents
Paterra, Inc. provides classification-based RSS news feeds for U.S. pregrant patent publications. This service is free. No registration is required. These feeds are updated weekly. Search for pregrant feeds.
Want to know about RSS Feeds? Read this article.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:31 AM
NATURE offers RSS feeds
Want an easy way to keep up with NATURE news and table of contents? You can now use RSS feeds. RSS feeds are showing up on more and more web sites. In fact, this page can be read using a RSS Reader.
What is a Newsfeed?
A newsfeed is a computer-readable file that summarises the information published on a web site. They provide headlines, summaries and links for all the new content published on their respective sites.
Read more about NATURE's RSS newsfeeds
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:58 PM