NIH Public Access Policy Requests Input
NIH implemented the Public Access Policy on January 11, 2008. As of April 7, 2008, all final peer-reviewed manuscripts arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. As of May 25, 2008, NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number when citing an article that falls under the policy and is authored or co-authored by the investigator, or arose from the investigator's NIH award.
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:46 PM
NIH Public Access Policy
On January 11, 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a revision to its Public Access Policy. The policy now *requires* eligible researchers to deposit copies of final manuscripts upon acceptance into a peer-reviewed journal so that they may be made publicly available within 12 months of publication. This policy applies to any journal articles resulting from research supported in whole or in part by direct funds from NIH. The manuscript is defined as the final version accepted for journal publication and includes all modifications from the publishing and peer-review process.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:31 PM
Harvard to Mandate Open Access
All papers by Harvard scholars accepted for publication as of today will be freely available to the public. The Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences unanimously passed a motion last night (February 12) that requires all arts and sciences faculty articles to be made publicly available.
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:21 PM
Article on JCR Impact Factor
Published online 17 December 2007
doi:10.1083/jcb.200711140
The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 179, No. 6, 1091-1092
Editorial
Show me the data
Mike Rossner1, Heather Van Epps2, and Emma Hill3
1 Executive Director, The Rockefeller University Press
2 Executive Editor, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
3 Executive Editor, The Journal of Cell Biology
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:13 PM
Article on Google Scholar vs. PubMed
Comparing test searches in PubMed and Google Scholar
J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 October; 95(4): 442-445.
Mary Shultz, MS, AHIP
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:23 PM
Chemical Price Coverage
An update to Chemical Market Reporter, now ICIS, and the decline of chemical pricing information.
For background on this issue, visit the SciTech Library Question blog.
ICIS has provided a static list of about 80 chemicals.
This broad list of chemical prices is taken from the 28 August 2006 issue of Chemical Market Reporter (now rebranded and incorporated into ICIS Chemical Business). The list consists of static price indications from that issue. Products marked with an asterisk (*) have been updated to give indicative prices for 2007. The posted prices do not necessarily represent levels at which transactions may have actually occurred, nor do they represent bid or asked prices. Price ranges may represent quotations from different suppliers, as well as differences in quantity, quality and location. The prices are intended as a guide and not to be used as a basis for negotiations between producers and customers.
For further questions about chemical pricing information, contact Jeanine Williamson, Engineering Librarian, jwilliamson@utk.edu
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:39 PM
Women in Science symposium
October 15-16, 2007 · University of Tennessee Knoxville · University Center Shiloh Room
The Women in Science symposium is a two day event that consists of presentations from keynote speakers, panel discussions, and a reception and dinner at the Women's Baskbetball Hall of Fame [Driving Directions]. The speakers are from academia, industry, and national research labs. The symposium is organized by several faculty and staff from the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab. It is also sponsored by several departments and offices within the University of Tennessee:
Office of the Chancellor
Department of Chemistry
Chemical Physics Program
Department of Material Science and Engineering
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Eastman Chemical Company
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:27 AM
Women in Science Books at UT Libraries
Reference Sources:
The biographical dictionary of women in science ; pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century / Marilyn Ogilvie and Joy Harvey, editors.
Hodges Reference / Reference: Q141 .B5285 2000
American women in science : 1950 to the present : a biographical dictionary / Martha J. Bailey.
Hodges Reference / Reference: Q141 .B254 1998
Women in chemistry and physics : a biobibliographic sourcebook / edited by Louise S. Grinstein, Rose K. Rose, and Miriam H. Rafailovich ; foreword by Lilli S. Hornig.
Hodges Reference / Reference: QD21 .W62 1993
African American women : a biographical dictionary / Dorothy C. Salem, editor.
Reference / Reference: E185.96 .A45 1993
American men & women of science.
Hodges Reference / Reference: Q141 .A47
Women in science : antiquity through the nineteenth century : a biographical dictionary with annotated bibliography / Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie.
Hodges Reference / Reference: Q141 .O34 1986
Books:Women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics : upping the numbers / edited by Ronald J. Burke, Mary C. Mattis.
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .W652 2007
Why aren't more women in science? : top researchers debate the evidence / edited by Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams.
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .W49 2007
Gender indicators in science, engineering and technology : an information toolkit / [Sophia Huyer and Gunnar Westholm].
Huyer, Sophia.
Paris : Unesco Pub., 2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .H89 2007
Women in science : a social and cultural history / Ruth Watts.
Watts, Ruth, 1942-
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .W385 2007
Removing barriers : women in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics / edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .R46 2006
Women, gender, and technology / edited by Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson, and Sue V. Rosser.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HQ1178 * .W68 2006
Sisters in science : conversations with black women scientists about race, gender, and their passion for science / [interviews by] Diann Jordan.
West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q141 * .S556 2006
Successful women in chemistry : corporate America's contribution to science / Amber S. Hinkle, editor, Jody A. Kocsis, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Women Chemists Committee.
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2005.
Hodges Library = Stacks * QD21 * .S78 2005
Ladies in the laboratory II : West European women in science, 1800-1900 : a survey of their contributions to research / Mary R.S. Creese, with contributions by Thomas M. Creese.
Creese, Mary R. S., 1935-
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q141 * .C693 2004
The science glass ceiling : academic women scientists and the struggle to succeed / Sue V. Rosser.
Rosser, Sue Vilhauer.
New York : Routledge, 2004.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .R675 2004
Achieving XXcellence in science : role of professional societies in advancing women in science : proceedings of a workshop AXXS 2000 / Sally Shaywitz and Jong-on Hahm, editors ; Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2004.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .A34 2004
Women's work : gender equality vs. hierarchy in the life sciences / Laurel Smith-Doerr.
Smith-Doerr, Laurel, 1969-
Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.
Hodges Library = Stacks * QH305.5 * .S53 2004
Connecting girls and science : constructivism, feminism, and science education reform / Elaine V. Howes.
Howes, Elaine V.
New York : Teachers College Press, c2002.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .H69 2002
The gender of science / Janet A. Kourany.
Kourany, Janet A.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2002.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .K68 2002
Unlocking the clubhouse [electronic resource] : women in computing / Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher.
Margolis, Jane.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002.
University Electronic Library = Electronic resource
Feminist science studies : a new generation / Maralee Mayberry, Banu Subramaniam, Lisa H. Weasel.
Mayberry, Maralee.
New York : Routledge, 2001.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q175.5 * .M385 2001
Women succeeding in the sciences : theories and practices across disciplines / edited by Jody Bart.
West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2000.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .W676 2000
Who will do the science of the future? : a symposium on careers of women in science / National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council.
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.
Hodges Library = Stacks * Q130 * .W495 2000
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:16 PM
Key to protein folding is discovered
Key to protein folding is discovered
September 21, 2007, 01:22 AM
Hi-tech, World
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. researchers has discovered a protein's interactions with water determine how it folds into a three-dimensional shape.
The team led by biophysicist Jeremy Smith of the University of Tennessee used U.S., Italian and German high-performance computers to study simulations of peptides -- the smaller chains of amino acids that make up proteins.
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:46 PM
Library Resources on Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Flood
Must Reads
The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast / Douglas Brinkley.
Brinkley, Douglas.
New York : Morrow, 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.L8 * B75 2006
The storm : what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist / Ivor van Heerden and Mike Bryan.
Van Heerden, Ivor Ll.
New York : Viking, 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.G85 * V36 2006
Voices from the storm : the people of New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath / compiled and edited by Lola Vollen and Chris Ying ; series editors, Dave Eggers and Lola Vollen ; interviews by Stacy Parker Aab, Mary Beth Black, Colin Dabkowski, Billy Sothern and Andy Young ; additional material from Sharon Ferranti, Dana Leventhal, Mary Ann Pendino, Claire Smith ; cover art and illustrations by Lart Cognac.
San Francisco : McSweeney's Books,
c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * F379.N5 * .V65 2006
Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? : a collection of stories & essays set in the Big Easy.
Seattle : Chin Music Press, 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * F379.N55 * D6 2006
Web Resources
C-SPAN archive of Hurricane Aftermath documents and video
CQ Researcher Report--Rebuilding New Orleans
CQ Researcher Report--Disaster Preparedness
Find articles about Hurricane Katrina in any discipline using the Library's databases by searching "hurricane katrina":
Health related-- Use PubMed --445 articles
Art and Architecture --Use Art Full Text (239 articles) or Avery Index (103 articles).
Engineering --Use Compendex (424 articles)
Sociology --Use Social Science Abstracts (328 articles)
More databases>>
Books & Videos in the University Libraries
Confrontation and compromise : presidential and congressional leadership, 2001-2006 / Jason D. Mycoff and Joseph A. Pika.
Mycoff, Jason D., 1975-
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008.
Hodges Library = Stacks * E902 * .M93 2008
City adrift : New Orleans before and after Katrina / Jenni Bergal ... [et al.] ; foreword by Dan Rather ; a Center for Public Integrity Investigation.
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005 .N4 * C58 2007
The Black metropolis in the twenty-first century : race, power, and politics of place / [edited by] Robert D. Bullard.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HT221 * .B53 2007
Dispatches from the edge : a memoir of war, disasters, and survival / Anderson Cooper.
Cooper, Anderson.
New York : Harper, 2007, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * PN4874.C683 * A3 2007
Debating race with Michael Eric Dyson / Michael Eric Dyson.
Dyson, Michael Eric.
New York : Basic Civitas Books, 2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * E185.86 * .D943 2007
The edge of disaster : rebuilding a resilient nation / Stephen Flynn.
Flynn, Stephen E.
New York : Random House : in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV551.3 * .F62 2007
Environmental public health impacts of disasters : Hurricane Katrina : workshop summary / Lynn Goldman and Christine Coussens, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks
State and local government issues / William S. Jamerson, editor.
New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * JK2408 * .S787 2007
Hurricane on the bayou [videorecording] / The Weather Channel ; produced in association with Audubon Nature Institute ; a MacGillivray Freeman film ; produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation ; written by Glen Pitre ; produced and directed by Greg MacGillivray.
Chatsworth, CA: Image Entertainment, c2007.
Hodges Media Center = DVD * HV636 2005 .L8 * H87 2007
Hurricane Katrina : aftermath of disaster / by Barb Palser.
Palser, Barb.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2007.
Hodges Library = Children's and Young Adult Collection * 976P357h
With speed and violence : why scientists fear tipping points in climate change / Fred Pearce.
Pearce, Fred.
Boston : Beacon Press, c2007.
Ag-Vet. Med Library = Stacks * QC981.8.C5 * P415 2007
Katrina : Mississippi women remember / Mississippi State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts ; edited by Sally Pfister ; photography by Melody Golding.
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * F347.G9 * K38 2007
Racing the storm : racial implications and lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina / edited by Hillary Potter.
Lanham : Lexington Books, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005 .N4 * R33 2007
Planning for disaster : how natural and man-made disasters shape the built environment / by William G. Ramroth, Jr.
Ramroth, William G.
New York : Kaplan Pub., c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * NA9053.E58 * R35 2007
Beyond disasters : creating opportunities for peace / Michael Renner and Zoë Chafe ; Lisa Mastny, editor.
Renner, Michael, 1957-
Washington, D.C. : Worldwatch Institute, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV553 * .R38 2007
The culture of calamity : disaster and the making of modern America / Kevin Rozario.
Rozario, Kevin.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * E179 * .R9 2007
Schooling and the politics of disaster / edited by Kenneth J. Saltman.
New York : Routledge, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * LC191 * .S2653 2007
Down in New Orleans : reflections from a drowned city / Billy Sothern ; photographs by Nikki Page.
Sothern, Billy, 1977-
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2007.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005 .L8 * S68 2007
New Orleans as it was. : skectchbook drawings by Mark Andresen : 1988 - Hurricane Katrina / Mark Andresen.
Andresen, Mark.
Corte Madera, Calif. : Gingko Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * F379.N59 * A63 2006
Still standing [videorecording] : a youth organizers' television (YO-TV) documentary on Hurricane Katrina / Educational Video Center ; Youth Organizers Television.
New York : Educational Video Center, c2006.
Hodges Media Center = DVD * HV636 2005 .L8 * S75 2006
Operation Dragon Comeback : Air Education and Training Command's response to Hurricane Katrina / Bruce A. Ashcroft, Joseph L. Mason.
Ashcroft, Bruce.
Washington, D.C. : Air Force History and Museums Program, U.S. Air Force ; [Randolph Air Force Base, Tex.] : Air Education and Training Command, Office of History and Research ; [Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005 .U65 * A74 2006
Rebuilding urban places after disaster : lessons from Hurricane Katrina / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter.
Philadelphia : Univeristy of Pennsylvania Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HT177.N38 * R43 2006
Nature and the environment in twentieth-century American life / Brian Black.
Black, Brian, 1966-
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * GF503 * .B54 2006
The Katrina experience [videorecording] : the power of culture to heal / curated by Nancy Buirski, artistic director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival ; a production of Independent Film Development Group.
[New York] : Indiepix, [2006]
Hodges Media Center = DVD * HV636 2005 .U6 * K37 2006
New Orleans : playing a jazz chorus / by Samuel Charters ; with photographs by the author.
Charters, Samuel Barclay.
New York : Marion Boyars, 2006.
Music Library = Stacks * ML3508.8.N48 * C43 2006
Engineering disasters. New Orleans [videorecording] / produced by Actuality Productions ; History Television Network Productions ; The History Channel ; written and produced by Jeff Cole ; producer, Bruce Nash ; created by Bruce Nash.
[Burlington, VT] : A&E Television Networks ; New York : Distributed by New Video, c2006.
Hodges Media Center = DVD * HV636 2005 .L8 * E64 2006
Disaster : Hurricane Katrina and the failure of Homeland Security / Christopher Cooper, Robert Block.
Cooper, Christopher, 1961-
New York : Times Books, 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.G85 * C66 2006
On risk and disaster : lessons from Hurricane Katrina / edited by Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard Kunreuther ; foreword by Amy Gutmann.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005 .G85 * O5 2006
Dreaming the Mississippi / Katherine Fischer.
Fischer, Katherine, 1951-
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * F355 * .F55 2006
Land area changes in coastal Louisiana after the 2005 hurricanes [electronic resource] : a series of three maps / by John A. Barras.
Geological Survey (U.S.).
[Reston, VA] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2006]
University Electronic Library = Government document Internet resource * I 19.76:2006-1274
The lost city of New Orleans [videorecording] / a BBC/Discovery Channel co-production ; written & produced by Milla Harrison-Hansley.
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006.
Hodges Media Center = DVD * TC425 .M67 * N4 2006
There is no such thing as a natural disaster : race, class, and Hurricane Katrina / edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires.
New York : Routledge, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.L8 * T44 2006
Breach of faith : Hurricane Katrina and the near death of a great American city / Jed Horne.
Horne, Jed, 1948-
New York : Random House, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.N4 * H66 2006
In Katrina's wake : portraits of loss from an unnatural disaster / photographs by Chris Jordan ; essays by Bill McKibben and Susan Zakin ; poems by Victoria Sloan Jordan.
Jordan, Chris, 1963-
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * QC945 * .J63 2006
The sky is crying : race, class, and natural disaster / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, editor.
Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV553 * .S55 2006
When the levees broke [videorecording] : a requiem in four acts / HBO Documentary Films ; directed by Spike Lee ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks.
[New York, N.Y.] : HBO Video, c2006.
Hodges Media Center = DVD * HV636 2005 .L8 * W54 2006
Path of destruction : the devastation of New Orleans and the coming age of superstorms / John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein.
McQuaid, John.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.L8 * M37 2006
Katrina exposed : a photographic reckoning / Steven Malansky [curator].
New Orleans : New Orleans Museum of Art, 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.L8 * K38 2006
How should the world respond to natural disasters? / Rebecca K. O'Connor, book editor.
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * GB5030 * .H69 2006
Mardi Gras [videorecording] : made in China / directed, produced, and edited by David Redmon ; Carnivalesque Films.
[Brooklyn, NY] : D.Redmon, c2006.
Hodges Media Center = DVD * HD6200 .Z6 * F896 2006
Unnatural disaster : the nation on Hurricane Katrina / edited by Betsy Reed ; introduction by Adolph Reed.
New York, N.Y. : Nation Books, c2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.G85 * U66 2006
The greatest story ever sold : the decline and fall of truth from 9/11 to Katrina / Frank Rich.
Rich, Frank.
New York : Penguin Press, 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * E902 * .R53 2006
In the wake of Katrina / Larry Towell.
Towell, Larry.
London : Boot, 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.G85 * T69 2006
After the storm : Black intellectuals explore the meaning of Hurricane Katrina / edited by David Dante Troutt.
New York : New Press : Distributed by W. W. Norton & Co., 2006.
Hodges Library = Stacks * E185.615 * .A594 2006
Hurricane Katrina : why did the levees fail? : hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 2, 2005.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs..
Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006.
Hodges Periodicals DocMic = SUDOC microfiche * Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG.109-526
The federal response to Hurricane Katrina : lessons learned.
[Washington, D.C. : White House, 2006]
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV 636 2005 .G87 * F43 2006
Katrina : state of emergency / introduction by Ivor van Heerden.
Kansas City : Andrews McMeel Pub., c2005.
Hodges Library = Stacks * HV636 2005.L8 * K37 2005
Our New Orleans [sound recording] : a benefit album for the Gulf Coast.
[S.l.] : Nonesuch, p2005.
Music Library = Compact disc. Ask at desk * CD14268
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:52 PM
EPA Library Closings--Update
After considerable pressure by librarians, researchers and the public,
Congress has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
restore its library network. In the fiscal year (FY) 2008 Interior
Appropriations bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee orders EPA to
reopen the closed libraries. Last year, EPA closed its Headquarters
Library in Washington, DC, to visitors and walk-in patrons. EPA also
closed several regional libraries, the toxics and pesticides library and
the Ft. Meade Environmental Science Center Library.
The language reads
"$2,000,000 shall be used to restore the network of EPA libraries
recently closed or consolidated by the administration. While the
Committee approves of efforts to make environmental data collections
available electronically, the Committee does not agree to further
library closures or consolidations without evidence of how the public
would be served by these changes. Therefore, the Committee expects the
EPA to restore publicly available library facilities in each region. EPA
is directed to submit a plan on how it will use this funding increase to
reopen facilities and maintain a robust collection of environmental data
and resources in each region by December 31, 2007."
The bill is now headed to the full Senate for consideration. The
House-passed FY 2008 Interior Appropriations bill doesn't contain the
EPA library language.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:51 PM
Ecology Articles in Google Scholar
Ecology Articles in Google Scholar: Levels of Access to Articles in Core Journals
Marilyn Christianson
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:45 PM
Review of Scirus
Scirus -- for Scientific Information
Sara R. Tompson
Science and Engineering Team Leader
USC Libraries
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:41 PM
EPA Library Closings
Congressional Research Service issued a report on the EPA
library closures for use by members of Congress, titled:
Restructuring EPA's Libraries: Background and Issues for Congress
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:42 PM
Encyclopedia Britannica Vs. Wikipedia
Nature's article about the accuracy of Encylopdia Britannica and Wikipedia has stirred debate. The Scientist has an account of the aftermath.
Read the article in The Scientist>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:27 PM
Science In The Headlines
Find out how science and technology form the basis for many of the day's top news stories. Whether you are looking for background or searching for a different angle, check out "Science in the Headlines".
The National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and advise the federal government and the public.
Four organizations comprise the Academies: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:57 PM
EPA Library System in Peril
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials are proposing to cut funding by 80% for the agency's national library network, a system that supports the research needs of thousands of EPA staff scientists and enforcement personnel, environmental biologists and ecologists in academia and industry, and members of the general public.
Continue reading the article in The Scientist>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:41 PM
Women's History Month
In celebration of Women's History Month we have compiled a few resouces related to women in science & technology.
Websites, publications and exhibits:
Women in Science, A Selection of 16 Significant Contributors
Celebration of Women in Engineering
Rosalind Franklin: The Secret of Photo 51
Books from the National Academies Press (free online)
Books at the UT Libraries:
The biographical dictionary of women in science ; pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century
Hodges Reference Q141 .B5285 2000
American women in science: 1950 to the present : a biographical dictionary
Hodges Reference Q141 .B254 1998
Women in chemistry and physics: a biobibliographic sourcebook
Hodges Reference QD21 .W62 1993
Women in science: antiquity through the nineteenth century : a biographical dictionary with annotated bibliography
Hodges Reference Q141 .O34 1986
American women in technology: an encyclopedia
Hodges Reference T36 .Z54 2000
A biographical dictionary of women healers: midwives, nurses, and physicians
Hodges Reference R692 .B52 2002
Women in the biological sciences: a biobibliographic sourcebook
Hodges Reference QH26 .W66 1997
Notable women in the physical sciences: a biographical dictionary
Hodges Reference Q141 .N734 1997
Women in chemistry and physics: a biobibliographic sourcebook
Hodges Reference QD21 .W62 1993
The science glass ceiling : academic women scientists and the struggle to succeed
Hodges Library Q130 .R675 2004
Women's work : gender equality vs. hierarchy in the life sciences
Hodges Library QH305.5 .S53 2004
The woman scientist : meeting the challenges for a successful career
Hodges Library Q130 .Y46 2003
Black stars : African American women scientists and inventors
Hodges Library T39 .S985 2002
Flickering clusters : women, science, and collaborative transformation
Hodges Library Q130 .F46 2001
American women scientists : 23 inspiring biographies, 1900-2000
Hodges Library Q141 .R44 1999
Connecting girls and science [electronic resource] : constructivism, feminism, and science education reform
Professional Associations:
Association for Women in Science
Association for Women in Science and Engineering
Association for Women in Mathematics
Assocation for Women in Computing
Committee of Women in Science and Engineering, National Academies
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:46 PM
EPA Library Closings
SLA, AALL, ALA, and ARL are in strong opposition to the Bush Administration proposal to close the network of libraries and information centers operating within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A joint letter from the library associations was sent to Rep. Charles H. Taylor and Rep. Norman D. Dicks, chair and ranking member, respectively, of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
Read More at Open Access News>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:55 AM
Research in New Orleans: Six Months Later
Six months later, New Orleans's battered life science community is struggling to recover.
>>continue reading the article in The Scientist
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:59 AM
Science Literacy
ActionBioscience.org is a non-commercial, educational web site created to promote bioscience literacy by examining issues that will:
-motivate the public to play an active role in bioscience education
-show how developments in bioscience research can affect everyone
-promote an understanding of biogeography and the biodiversity of life
-engage the public to reflect on the relationship between human activity and the natural course of evolution
-promote global ecological awareness
-advance formal and informal bioscience education
-encourage students to pursue studies in the biosciences
To meet these goals, the web site provides articles by scientists, science educators, and science students on issues related to seven bioscience challenges: environment, biodiversity, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers in science, and bioscience education. In addition, the web site provides educators with original lessons and resources to enhance bioscience teaching. Up-to-date external links are provided at the bottom of each article to help the reader "learn more" about or "get involved" in the issue.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:37 PM
Free online book from National Academies Press- Educating the Engineer of 2020
Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century (2005)
Description:
Educating the Engineer of 2020 is grounded by the observations, questions, and conclusions presented in the best-selling book The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. This new book offers recommendations on how to enrich and broaden engineering education so graduates are better prepared to work in a constantly changing global economy. It notes the importance of improving recruitment and retention of students and making the learning experience more meaningful to them. It also discusses the value of considering changes in engineering education in the broader context of enhancing the status of the engineering profession and improving the public understanding of engineering. Although certain basics of engineering will not change in the future, the explosion of knowledge, the global economy, and the way engineers work will reflect an ongoing evolution. If the United States is to maintain its economic leadership and be able to sustain its share of high-technology jobs, it must prepare for this wave of change.
Also in Hodges Library: T73.E37 2005
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:23 AM
National Academies Book on Science Education in America
Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future
Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century: An Agenda for American Science and Technology, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine
Description:
In a world where advanced knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is readily available, U.S. advantages in the marketplace and in science and technology have begun to erode. A comprehensive and coordinated federal effort is urgently needed to bolster U.S. competitiveness and pre-eminence in these areas. This congressionally requested report by a pre-eminent committee makes four recommendations along with 20 implementation actions that federal policy-makers should take to create high-quality jobs and focus new science and technology efforts on meeting the nation's needs, especially in the area of clean, affordable energy:
1) Increase America's talent pool by vastly improving K-12 mathematics and science education;
2) Sustain and strengthen the nation's commitment to long-term basic research;
3) Develop, recruit, and retain top students, scientists, and engineers from both the U.S. and abroad; and
4) Ensure that the United States is the premier place in the world for innovation.
Some actions will involve changing existing laws, while others will require financial support that would come from reallocating existing budgets or increasing them.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:19 AM
Scientist's Podcast
The Scientist magazine's podcast this week discusses NIH's 2007 budget, which will remain flat again for the fourth year.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:03 PM
Science Blogging
The magazine, The Scientist has an article on science blogging. [free, registration required]
The article lists several science blogs. When adding blogs to your reader, don't forget to add the UT Libraries' News Channels and Tennessee Research Log, written by UT's Office of Research.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:43 PM
Scopes Trial Photos Discovered
Marcel C. LaFollette, an independent scholar, historian and Smithsonian volunteer uncovered rare, unpublished photographs of the 1925 Tennessee vs. John Scopes “Monkey Trial” in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The nitrate negatives, including portraits of trial participants, and images from the trial itself and significant places in Dayton, were discovered in archival material donated to the Smithsonian by Science Service in 1971. The online finding aid to records of the Science Service, 1902-1965 (SIA Record Unit 7091) list additional materials in the collection.
Go to the Smithsonian Institution Archives webpage>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 08:38 AM
NSF Limits Grant Applications
Colleges Worry About NSF Limits on Numbers of Grant Applications
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
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"Increasingly, for some types of grant competitions, the agency is limiting the number of applications that any one institution can submit, often to one or two. That means that universities, and especially large colleges that have several researchers interested in some grants competitions, are required to do their own form of peer review in house to decide which of several proposals to submit."
To access the full text, log-in to Lexis-Nexis Academic and paste this title into the search box: Colleges Worry About NSF Limits on Numbers of Grant Applications
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:40 PM
Congress Presses to Privatize USGS Data
Congress Seeks to Privatize Some USGS Water Activities
Kris Christen
More of the data collection and analysis work conducted through the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) cooperative water program could be privatized under language in the U.S. House of Representative's Department of the Interior fiscal year 2006 appropriations bill. Supporters of the privatization language say that it would stop USGS from competing with the private sector, but many environmental managers fear that important data collection efforts would be weakened.
[follow link to read full article]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:35 PM
NRC Documents Restored
NRC to restore docs following security review
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
BY Dibya Sarkar
Published on Jun. 13, 2005
More Related Links
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced last week it will restore more than 70,000 documents to its online library for public view in a continuing effort to scrub its site of sensitive documents.
About 5,000 documents per day will be restored to the site to limit the impact on the NRC's electronic records system, which is expected to be completed by June 20.
[follow link to read full article]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:49 AM
Nobel Prize winner pulls out of ACS over PubChem Issue
Richard Roberts, winner of the 1993 Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine, has pulled out of an ACS conference because of its position on PubChem. Read the posting at Open Access News.
[source: Open Access News]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:15 PM
ACS and PubChem
The ACS is calling for the removal of NIH's PubChem. Get background information, links to articles, and information about what you can do at UC's Office of Scholarly Communication website.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:47 PM