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Nano Test Blog is sponsord by Keithley Instruments Inc., and covers electrical testing issues in the field of nanotechnology and MEMS. It furnishes scientists and engineers with the latest technical and business developments in the nanotechnology and MEMS industry. Nano Test Blog is incorporated in Nanotech Briefs online magazine, which requires a subscription to access.
Beginning in June 2006, reserve circulation services will be available in the Science Library. Faculty may select the Science, Dewey, or University Library as the location of reserve items.
Elsevier will be offering their authors the option to pay a sponsorship fee to ensure that their article, already accepted for publication, is made freely available to non-subscribers via ScienceDirect. The fee for article sponsorship is $3,000.
The following physics journals are the first to offer this option:
Nuclear Physics A
Nuclear Physics B
Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements
Nuclear Instruments and Methods A
Physics Letters B
Astroparticle Physics
Thirty more journals also plan to offer this option in the next two months. From Carl Schwartz, Elsevier Physics and Astronomy Publisher.
160 Essential Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines has been selected as the Electronic Book of the Month for May. This title is published by Blue Poppy Press and available on NetLibrary. The Electronic Book of the Month Archive has been updated.
SciFinder Scholar now contains spectral data for about 150,000 compounds. Included are 28,000 IR, 19,000 MS, and 142,000 13C NMR from Wiley and Japan's Integrated Spectral Database System of Organic Compounds. The spectra may be accessed by using the locate feature to retrieve a record for a compound, click on the "microscope" to open the full record, and click on the "experimental properties" link. Note: The spectra is not currently available for the Mac version, but will be available when the full OS X version is released. From the SLA Chemistry Division E-Newsletter 20 (4): 20.
MathSciNet has a new significant feature: the MR Citation Database. There are 2 ways to search the MR Citation Database. The author search feature performs a cited author search that is similar to Science Citation Index. Up to 10 of the most frequently cited items are listed along with the total number citations. Journal title is the second way to search. It shows the number of items published in the journal for 5 years, the number of citations to the journal for 5 years, and the resulting Mathematical Citation Quotient (MCQ). The MCQ is similar to ISI's Impact Factor, however, the MCQ uses 5 years of data instead of 2 years. The results also include a bar chart that shows citations, in 5-year intervals, back to 1900. For more information on the MR Citation Database, please see Understading the MR Citation Database. Thanks to Lindsay Childs of the UA Math Department for telling me about MSQ.
Chemical Suppliers Directory provides information about vendors of compounds, chemicals building blocks, compound libraries, custom synthesis, peptide synthesis, rare organic compounds, and services to support drug discovery.
Newly revised and in its second edition, this resource is a "compilation of the most commonly used and widely known name reactions and reagents in synthetic organic chemistry." The reactions are listed alphabetically, and include the reaction, proposed mechanisms, notes, examples, and references to the literature. The reagents are also listed alphabetically, and include the reagent name or acronym, structure, CAS registry number, commercial availability or preparation, notes, examples, and references to the literature. The index lists reagents, reactions, starting materials, and desired products. Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis is available in the Science Library at REF QD 291 M86 2005.
Hosted by SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), eConf is an archive containing the proceedings of scientific conferences in high-energy physics and related fields. eConf is fully searchable and it can be browsed.
The list of proposed titles to be cancelled as part of the Libraries’ budget reduction is now available on the Libraries’ Web site. It’s in the News and Events section. Faculty are encouraged to review the list and to send comments to their bibliographer. The deadline for responding is June 16, 2006.
TechXtra is a search engine for computing, mathematics, and engineering. It searches 25 different collections for articles, books, Web sites, industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, and teaching and learning resources. TechXtra includes content from over 50 publishers and providers. There are basic and advanced search modes.
The University's institutional membership in SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) provides free individual membership to SIAM for any University at Albany student. See SIAM's student membership page for more information.
The Caltech Library System's Open Access Book Series is a growing collection of books by Caltech authors. They cover several subjects, and currently include books on chemistry, geology, and mechanical engineering. The collection can be searched or browsed.
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is offering free access to two of its journals through July 31, 2006: Soft Matter and Molecular BioSystems. "Soft Matter covers the generic science underpinning the properties and applications of soft materials; Molecular BioSystems has a particular focus on the interface between chemistry and the -omic sciences and systems biology."
This guide to the literature is a selective guide to the major resources and tools central to computer science and computing. After an introductory chapter, it covers other literature guides; databases, and indexing and abstracting services; bibliographies; dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks; directories, guides, and other reference sources; Web-based reference sources; and associations and publishers. It is available in the Science Library reference area [Science REF QA 76 Z999 C67V 2006]. The book's dedication is cited in the April 10, 2006 entry of the Conservator blog.
Now it its second edition, The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics provides concise definitions and explanations of over 3,500 mathematical statistics terms and concepts. Many entries include a reference to a book or an article for additional information. There is generous use of graphics throughout to help explain concepts. The Dictionary is available in the Science Library reference section [Science REF QA 276.14 E84 2002] and online.