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The Charleston Advisor contained an extensive review of Web of Science vs. Scopus in vol.6 (3) January 2005. The authors of the review, Louise Deis and David Goodman, provide an Update on Scopus in The Charleston Advisor, vol. 7 (3) January 2006. They found that there are still serious gaps in Scopus. See the review and update for more.
This Web site, developed at the University of Wisconsin Chemistry Library, is a subject index to numerous physical and chemical property resources, both in print and online. Although it is an index to resources at the University of Wisconsin, the University at Albany has many of the books and online resources that are cited. You will need to check the UAlbany's Minerva catalog to see if is available.
The Institute of Physics (IoP) offers RSS feeds for its online journals. An RSS reader or aggregator, or a subscription to Web-based service such as Bloglines is required. Once an RSS feed subscription is established, the RSS service will forward tables-of-contents as they become available. A complete explanation of RSS and how to subscribe, along with the RSS URLs of IOP journals are available at http://www.iop.org/EJ/help/-topic=rss/.
Do you ever have to convert a document into PDF, but you don't have the full version of Adobe Acrobat? A free software program called pdf995 can do this for you. In fact, it can convert a document from any application into PDF from the printer dialog. Simply download pdf995, install it, and you are ready to convert your documents in PDF.
The Optical Society of America (OSA) launches The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics. This virtual journal is published monthly and creates a database of biomedical articles from OSA journals, including Optics Letters, Optics Express, Applied Optics, and the Journal of the Optical Society of America A. The Science Library does not provide access to the articles in Optics Letters.
Landolt-Börnstein's Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology is a comprehensive collection of information covering fundamental properties of physics, chemistry, and technology. The Science Library has numerous volumes in this collection, but no longer maintains a subscription. The set can be found in the circulating book collection at QC 61 Z3. There are 2 online indexes:
1. Landolt-Börnstein Search from the University of Hamburg (Germany) provides an index to compounds. It can be searched by a combination of name, CAS registry number, formula, mass, or structure. It can also be browsed by organic name, formula, and CAS RN or inorganic formula and element system.
2. Springer also maintains general, organic, and inorganic indexes.
Note: Although these indexes link to the full text at the Springer Web site, the University at Albany does not subscribe to this service.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia has been selected as the Electronic Book of the Month for February. The Electronic Book of the Month Archive was updated.
The Berkeley Electronic Press (BE Press) offers “quasi-open��? access for scholarly journals. Quasi-open access allows users to access articles after a form is submitted. BE Press uses the form to notify libraries that their users are accessing particular journals, and are encouraged to enter subscriptions. Journals offered by BE Press include:
The International Journal of Biostatistics
The International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Emphasizing climatological developments during the past 20 years, the Encyclopedia of World Climatology contains over 200 articles on a wide variety of topics including acid rain, aerosols, archeoclimatology, cloud climatology, desertification, hail, ice ages, military affairs and climate, solar activity, thunderstorms, and volcanic eruptions. There are also numerous biographies of famous climatological scientists. Most of the articles contain a bibliography and cross-references. Access is provided by a detailed subject index. The Encyclopedia can found in the Science Library reference collection at QC 854 E525X 2005.
Looking for a translation? Did your search in Translations-Register Index [Science Library / Reference - Index: Q 1 Z999 T73] and World Translations Index [Science Library / Reference - Index: Q 1 Z999 W67], and come up empty? The British Library will check their fairly extensive translation collection via Web form? Although there is no charge for them to check it, getting a copy of the translation does involve a fee. The translations pre-check form is available near the bottom of this Web page. Thanks to Ben Wagner (chemistry and physics librarian at the University at Buffalo, Science and Engineering Library) for this excellent suggestion.
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