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Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:32 PM
New Web of Science Interface
Web of Science (a.k.a. Science Citation Index)
The new interface to the Web of Science, an interdisciplinary (humanities, science,social science) database indexing about 9,000 journals will be available in the next few weeks on the UT Libraries database menu.
The cited reference search and the citation alerts are two of its most useful features.
You can jump right in and try it.
Documentation about the new interface>>
Video Tutorials>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:57 PM
Web of Science Workshops Available
Web of Science--New Interface and Features
Dates: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (3:00 pm - 4:30 pm)
Location: 211 Hodges Library (InfoLab)
Instructors: Donna Braquet, Life Sciences Librarian (dbraquet@utk.edu)
An introduction to Web of Science for topic searching, focusing on its new interface and features--including citation alerts, refined results, citation reports, and EndNote Web. (1.5 hours)
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Citation Searching in Web of Science
Dates: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 (3:00 pm - 4:30 pm)
Location: 211 Hodges Library (InfoLab)
Instructors: Donna Braquet, Life Sciences Librarian (dbraquet@utk.edu)
An introduction to citation analysis using Web of Science's citation search. Especially useful for graduate students and faculty. Bring your CV to use during the hands-on demonstration. (1.5 hours)
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:47 PM
Putting Materials on Reserves
Digital Production Services at Hodges Library is currently accepting course reserve reading lists for the fall 2007 semester.
If you want your Hodges Library reserve collections (print or electronic) ready by the first day of classes, please submit your request by August 14, 2007.
If your material is not needed by the first day of class, please help us distribute the work flow more evenly by bringing those requests to us at a later time.
We process reserve requests on a first-come, first-serve basis, and fall semester brings our heaviest volume. Requests submitted after August 14 may fall into our backlog queue. When in backlog, requests may take at least 7 days to process and prepare for your class. The backlog period often lasts until the middle of September. Once the backlog passes, we are able to process most requests in 24 hours.
We have approximately the last three years of your reserve requests. This way, we can recycle your old reserve lists into new.
Please bring new requests to Room 170, Hodges Library or email the reserve services staff (hodgesreserve@utk.edu). MS Word or other attachments are welcomed. You can also email or drop off our interactive request form, available at http://www.lib.utk.edu/reserve/faculty/reqform.pdf.
For more information about Hodges Library Reserve services, like submissions, instructions, FAQs, etc, please refer to our Course Reserves Web site at http://www.lib.utk.edu/reserve. You can call Digital Production Services at 974-4121 Monday-Friday, 8 am-6 pm.
If Pendergrass Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine, DeVine Music, Map, or Social Work-Nashville branch libraries provide your primary reserve services, you may contact those libraries directly.
We look forward to working with you!
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:52 PM
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
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
Library purchases backfiles to Nature
UT patrons now have electronic access to Nature back to 1950.
Search for Nature in the e-journals list or bookmark the link below.
http://www.lib.utk.edu/cgi-bin/auth/connect.cgi?sfxejournal=0028-0836
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:15 PM
New Science Books at UT LIbraries
Linear mixed models : QA279 .W47 2007
Quantum imaging / QC446.2 .Q34 2007
Landscape pattern analysis for assessing ecos QH541.15.L35 J64 2006
The tree of life : QH83 .L42513 2006
The visual brain in action / QP383.15 .M55 2006
Introduction to genomic signal processing wit QP517.C45 D383 2007
Caffeine and activation theory : QP801.C24 C332 2007
Last rights : rescuing the end of life from the medical system R726.8 .K52 2006
Health care politics, policy, and services : RA395.A3 A4795 2007
Medicare prospective payment and the shaping RA412.3 .M39 2006
Preventing HIV infection among injecting drug RA643.8 .P738 2007
Fifty years in dyslexia research / RC394.W6 M56 2006
Power games :influence, persuasion, and indoctrination in psychotherapy training RC459 .P69 2006
The handbook of art therapy / RC489.A7 C38 2006
Integrated contraceptive and sexual healthcar RG136 .B349 2006
Collaborative treatment of traumatized childr RJ506.P55 S39 2007
Preventing medication errors / RM146 .P744 2007
Case studies in pharmacology / RM301.28 .M39 2007
Critical care outreach / RT120.I5 C75 2006
Becoming a nurse in the 21st century / RT41 .P43 2006
Understanding nursing research : RT81.5 .B663 2007
Understories : the political life of forests in northern New Mexico AgVetMed SD566.N6 K67 2006
Impact of emerging zoonotic diseases on anima AgVetMed SF740 .S63 2005
Veterinary herbal medicine / AgVetMed SF745.5 .V4844 2007
Radiography in veterinary technology / AgVetMed SF757.8 .L38 2007
Manual for treatment and control of lameness AgVetMed SF967.L3 V36 2006
A matter of size : Triennial review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative T174.7 .M38 2006
Assessing the human health risks of trichloroethylene : key scientific issues TD427.T75 A87 2006
Eyes to fly with : TR680 .I88 2006
Posted by Donna Braquet at 08:09 PM
New Resource: Current Protocols in Bioinformatics
Current Protocols in Bioinformatics
With Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, it's easier than ever for the life scientist to become "fluent" in bioinformatics and master the exciting new frontiers opened up by DNA sequencing.
Updated every three months in all formats, CPBI is constantly evolving to keep pace with the very latest discoveries and developments. A year of these quarterly updates is included in the initial CPBI purchase price. That's 590 pages of new (80%) and revised (20%) content on average every year since the initial publication of the work in April 2002! Presently two volumes in its looseleaf print version, CPBI...
features step-by-step instructions for working with hundreds of applications and databases from research groups around the globe.
is designed for research biologists, not computational experts.
shows how to select the right software parameters, analyze data, interpret results, generate hypotheses, and advance research to new levels.
includes a valuable appendix on user fundamentals and a glossary of bioinformatics terms.
Edited by: Andreas D. Baxevanis, Editor-in-Chief (Bethesda, Maryland); Gregory A. Petsko (Brandeis University); Lincoln D. Stein (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory); Gary D. Stormo (Washington University); Guest Editor: John R. Yates III (The Scripps Research Institute); Advisory Editor: Daniel B. Davison (Morrisville, Pennsylvania); Past Editor: Roderic D.M. Page (University of Glasgow)
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:23 PM
Database Trial: IRIS
The IRIS Database currently contains over 9,000 active federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. In addition to funding opportunities for faculty, the IRIS Database also contains fellowships and scholarships for grad students and undergrads. Users can search IRIS by sponsor, deadline date, keyword, and other criteria. Most IRIS records contain live links to sponsor Web sites, electronic forms, or Electronic Research Administration (eRA) portals. The IRIS Database is updated daily.
The IRIS Alert Service enables students, staff, and researchers at subscribing institutions to create their own IRIS search profiles. Users can select their preferred search frequency, delivery method (e-mail or Web), and keywords. The program runs the user's profile against the IRIS database and delivers the search results automatically via e-mail or the Web.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:29 PM
ScienceDirect Downtime
Dear ScienceDirect administrator,
Please be advised that the ScienceDirect search functionality will be upgraded on Saturday January 20th, resulting in some system downtime. It is anticipated that ScienceDirect will be unavailable for approximately 6 hours, starting at 19.30 GMT. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
The ScienceDirect E-Helpdesk
For further information on the upgrade please go to: http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/news/archive/2006/News_FAST.asp
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:00 PM
Alternative to Animals Protocol Workshop
Need Help Completing Animal Welfare / Alternatives to Laboratory Animals section of the
IACUC Protocol?
Two identical workshops will cover early planning and best practices for both
conducting and documenting a search for alternatives. Participants will leave the workshop
with a packet of best-practice guides, lists of websites, plus at least one example of a wellwritten
narrative and as much hands-on experience with various alternatives resources as time
permits.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 (Noon - 1:00 pm)
Session 1: 211 Hodges Library (InfoLab)
Thursday, March 8, 2007 (Noon - 1:00 pm)
Session 2: UT CVM Computer Classroom - Rm A213A (Veterinary Teaching
Hospital on the Ag Campus)
Instructor: Ann Viera, Veterinary Librarian (annviera@utk.edu)
Register for workshops at: http://www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/workshop
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:45 PM
New Science Books at UT Libraries
Find more new books: http://www.lib.utk.edu/whatsnew/newtitles/
From cosmos to chaos : Q175 .C6155 2006
The intelligibility of nature : Q175.32.R45 D43 2006
Graduate algebra : QA251.3 .R677 2006
Differential equations on fractals : QA614.86 .S77 2006
Fuzzy chaotic systems : QA76.87 .L528 2006
Defending Einstein : QC173.55 .R439 2006
Principles of sequence stratigraphy / QE651 .C35 2006
Why Darwin matters : QH366.2 .S494 2006
Evolutionary pathways in nature : QH367.5 .A95 2006
Darwinism and its discontents / QH371 .R755 2006
Marine eutrophication in perspective : QH91.8.E87 J66 2006
Fish endocrinology / QL639.1 .F5535 2006
Birds of the world : QL677 .G55 2006
Cognitive development in chimpanzees / QL737.P96 C64 2006
Rhythms of the brain / QP376 .B88 2006
The child as musician : QP376 .C4555 2006
Oliver Wendell Holmes in Paris : R154.H636 D69 2006
Oath betrayed : R725.5 .M55 2006
The politics of AIDS in Africa / RA643.86.A35 P378 2006
Handbook of applied disability and rehabilita RC451.4.H35 H36 2006
Social inclusion of people with mental illnes RC454 .L374 2006
DSM-IV-TR casebook : RC465 .D76 2006
Psychotherapy as religion : RC480 .E67 2006
Mastering family therapy : RC488 .M56 2006
Dance movement therapy : RC489.D3 D36 2006
Evolving psychosis : RC512 .E95 2006
Fear and learning : RC535 .C732 2006
Personality disorders and eating disorders : RC554 .P471 2006
Last best gifts : RD129.5 .H43 2006
Birth crisis / RG658 .K566 2006
Childhood feeding problems and adolescent eat RJ506.E18 C45 2006
Smoke jumping on the Western fire line : SD421.24 .M38 2006
Nutrient requirements of dogs and cats / SF427.4 .N38 2006
Animal biology and care / SF745 .D246 2006
Manual of equine anaesthesia and analgesia / SF951 .M35 2006
Adaptive optics for vision science : TA1520 .A34 2006
The SMP concept-based 3D constitutive models TA710.A1 M37 2006
Computational and numerical challenges in env TD170.2 .Z62 2006
Building ventilation : TH7654 .B86 2006
Fuel cells, engines, and hydrogen : TK2931 .B38 2006
Guidelines for mechanical integrity systems / TS191 .G85 2006
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:51 PM
New Science Books at UT Libraries
Patterns and interfaces in dissipative dynami Q172.5.C45 P57 2006
Dependence in probablity and statistics / QA278 .D43 2006
Verification, validation and testing in softw QA76.76.V47 V488 2007
Ambient intelligence, wireless networking, an QA76.9.A48 A43 2006
Conceptual modeling for traditional and spati QA76.9.D26 P37 2006
A companion to astronomy and astrophysics : QB14 .L36 2006
Brave new universe : QB981 .H248 2006
A dictionary of genetics / QH427 .K55 2006
Sensuous seas : QH91.1 .K37 2006
Anatomy & physiology / QP34.5 .T49 2007
Bad medicine : R484 .W66 2006
Evidence-based medicine toolkit / R723.7 .H46 2006
Aspects of electronic health record systems / R864 .A865 2006
Alternatives to animal testing / RA1199.4.A46 A48 2006
Advancing health literacy : RA440.5 .Z37 2006
Vulnerable older adults : RA564.8 .V85 2006
Reusability of facemasks during an influenza RA644.I6 R48x 2006
Beyond pain / RB127 .B49 2005
Battling malaria : RC157 .I57 2006
Understanding herpes / RC203.H45 S73 2006
Breast cancer in women of African descent / RC280.B8 B67226 2006
Psychiatry in the scientific image / RC437.5 .M87 2006
Introductory textbook of psychiatry / RC454 .A427 2006
Relational processes and DSM-V : RC454 .R45 2006
A handbook of men's health / RC48.5 .L39 2006
Engaging children in family therapy : RC488.5 .E64 2006
Ethnicity and the dementias / RC521 .E86 2006
Personality-guided therapy for depression / RC537 .B58 2006
The minor illness manual / RC55 .M45 2006
Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease RC669 .L44 2006
Wound care nursing : RD93 .B325 2006
Nurse-midwifery : RG950 .E77 2006
Nursing excellence for children and families RJ245 .N876 2006
Pediatric prevention of atherosclerotic cardi RJ426.A82 P43 2006
Snooze-- or lose! : RJ496.I6 E47 2006
Handbook of preschool mental health : RJ499 .H36 2006
Visual diagnosis in pediatrics / RJ50 .V57 2006
Contemporary play therapy : RJ505.P6 C67 2006
Treating trauma and traumatic grief in childr RJ506.P55 C66 2006
Sauer's manual of skin diseases / RL74 .S25 2006
Reflecting on 30 years of nursing leadership: RT41 .D66 2005
Nurse's pocket guide : RT48.6 .D64 2006
Portable RN : RT51 .P676 2007
The research process in nursing / RT81.5 .R465 2006
Nursing leadership and management : RT89 .C32 2006
Migrant nurses : RT89.3 .W56 2006
Tales of the rose tree : SB413.R47 B76 2006
PRACTICAL VETERINARY DERMATOPATHOLOGY FOR THE SF
Feline medicine : SF985 .F45 2006
Review of recreational fisheries survey metho SH136.S87 R38 2006
ICT, information and communications technolog T58.5 .I28 2006
Tech tally : T73 .T4165 2006
Managing coal combustion residues in mines / TA455.A63 M36 2006
Impulsive and hybrid dynamical systems : TJ213 .H23 2006
The telecommunciations challenge : TK5101 .N37 2006
Coplanar microwave integrated circuits / TK7876 .W64 2006
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:53 PM
Web of Science back to 1900
The UT Libraries' Sci-Tech librarians are pleased to announce
Web of Science's Science Citation Index now available from 1900.
Tutorial
Quick Reference Sheets (Basic Search, Cited Search, Setting Alerts)
Contact your subject librarian for consultations and demos
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:57 AM
New Books added to the Library Collection
The New books list is now available for July. (Scroll to the Q-T section for science and technology related.)
Posted by Donna Braquet at 08:44 AM
New Acquisition: North American subset of the Plant Taxonomic Literature
Using funds from the Dr. C. D. Sherbakoff Library Endowment, UT Libraries
has been able to purchase the North American subset of the Plant Taxonomic
Literature microfiche collection. This set of fiche offers a "core
collection of the rarer and more useful basic reference works in plant
taxonomy."
I have posted a list of the works included in the set at
http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/biology/ptlNA.html. The fiche themselves are
housed in the Documents & Microforms department on the second floor of
Hodges Library. The call number for the set is QK 96 .P47 1985. There is
a guide to the set with the same call number; this is also available in
the Documents department. I have marked the works in the guide that we
own with a check.
The works included in this important collection are not accessible through
the library catalog, so you'll have to remember to check the list when
you're looking for older North American botany materials. I am working on
getting records into the catalog, but didn't want to delay letting you
know about this resource while I figure out the cataloging issues.
The collection is wide-ranging and diverse, including works on vascular
and non-vascular plants as well as fungi and fossil plants. Works on a
continental scale are included alongside more focused works such as W. H.
Pearson's List of Canadian Hepaticae and William Darlington's Flora
Cestrica ("an herborizing companion for the young botanists of Chester
County, Pennsylvania").
Many classics of American botany are included, such as Gronovius's Flora
Virginica, Nuttall's Genera of North American Plants, Sargent's Manual of
the Trees of North America, and Torrey's Catalogue of North American
Genera of Plants, but many of these are already available in more
convenient formats. The real strength of the collection is in the odd and
rare items which are not available as reprints. These include:
* Amos Eaton's Manual of Botany for North America (an earlier edition than
any previously in our collection)
* John Ellis's sixteenth-century publications regarding the Venus Fly-trap
* A rare German edition of Humphry Marshall's Arbustrum Americanum
* A number of short works on Hawaiian plants by explorer J. F. C. Rock
* An 1857 "Catalogue of Plants Gathered ... in Central Park"
There is also a fair amount of travel and exploration literature,
especially regarding the arctic regions.
I hope that this will be helpful to you in your research and teaching. If
you have any questions about this collection or anything else relating to
the library, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:22 AM
New Books at the UT Libraries
New Books in April.
Classification system for book call numbers.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:39 PM
New Books List
The UT Library now produces new books lists:
January and February book lists
View the classification to see the call number ranges for your discipline.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:09 PM
Top 10 things NOT to miss in 2005 @ Your Library
10. Workshops
Several workshops are being offered, including Web of Science, Google Scholar, EndNote, and Metasearch. Faculty and Students are welcome; online registration.
Thinking of creating an assignment that involves library research? Want a place to send your students to learn about plagiarism or get basic tutorials on how to use the catalog and other library resources? The Teaching Library is your one stop shopping area for these types of tools.
8. Environmental Semester at the UT Libraries
The Libraries are holding several events for Environmental Semester and are taking this opportunity to promote our resources related to the Environment. To keep up with the Libraries' Environmental resources and events, see our Environmental Semester News page (RSS available).
Of particular note to Biology faculty and students is the E. O. Wilson Reading Group. Readings are online; the group will meet 3 times to discuss topics related to Wilson's writings. This is in preparation for Wilson's visit to UT on March 15. We hope we will get quite a few Bio faculty & students to participate in the reading group.
7. Finding Full Text while in Databases
Click the Find Text button while you are searching databases to see if the library carries a title. If it is available electronically, you can link to the article. If you do not see any links to the e-version, click the UT Catalogs link, which will run a search in our catalog and let you know if we own the title in print.
The e-journals list now includes listings for all of the titles that we have access to through full text databases such as Academic Search Premier, Factiva, & Lexis-Nexis. The list also includes Open Access titles and Open Access backfiles such as those in PubMed Centeral and DOAJ. If you know of an open access title, please let us know and we will add it. Speaking of Open Access, we are members of BioMed Central. If you would like more information on choosing an open access publisher, please let us know.
Using the citation linker, you can quickly link to a menu which will display electronic access and give you a link to run an automatic catalog search. Citation Linker gives you the menu that you would get if you were searching in a database and clicked the Find Text button.
This is exactly like the Citation Linker, except it allows you to get a url which you can then e-mail to others or post on your website or Black Board page. (note: the recipient would have to have access through his/her institution)
1. Enter relevant citation information into the OpenURL Generator.
Required Fields: Journal Title and/or ISSN, Volume, Year, and Starting Page.
2. Select "View OpenURL" in lower left corner of form.
3. Verify that the menu to be displayed presents the full-text option that you wish to share by clicking "Click here to connect to the SFX server"
4. Copy and paste OpenURL.
3. Library News now offered with RSS
The Libraries now have several news sites: General Library News, Sci-Tech News, Electronic Resources News, and Scholarly Communication News. Special Note: On SciTech News, I post a list of new articles by UT Science Faculty that I receive through weekly Web of Science alerts.
One great thing about our new News pages is that they offer RSS (Real Simple Syndication). RSS is an easy way to get updates automatically sent to you without having to revisit a page over and over to see if new content has been posted. For more information on subscribing to our News.
2. Instruction
Do you give your students assignments that include writing a paper or using information resources? We would be happy to tailor a session for your class-- as broad as a library orientation, or a narrow as particular database. We can visit your class or hold the session in the library, whichever you prefer.
1. Your Librarian
Have questions about library services, journal access, purchases, or student instruction? Please feel free to contact us with any questions, concerns or suggestions about the Library. We are here to support your teaching and research.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:26 AM