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The Institute of Physics (IoP) recently launched MedicalPhysicsWeb.org, a portal to the latest news and innovations in medical physics. It provides access to information in the following categories: opinion, industry, research, journals, products, companies, and events. There is also a listing of important societies. Most of information is freely available, however, registration or subscription is sometimes required. Registration is freely available.
In the near future, Geometry & Topology and Algebraic & Geometric Topology will no
longer be open access journals. The switch from open access to paid access is due to not having enough libraries support the journals with subscriptions. The journals will remain open to individuals, and the articles will be archived at arXiv. These journals are published by Geometry & Topology Publications, based in the Mathematics Department of the University of Warwick (Coventry, UK). Originally posted to PAMNET.
Compiled by Laurin Publising, the Photonics Dictionary contains definitions to more than 6,000 terms, along with acronyms and abbreviations.
Although the subtitle of What is What in the Nanoworld is A Handbook on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, this book is more of a dictionary than a handbook. It defines and summarizes terms essential to nanoscale phenomena, regulations, experimental and theoretical tools, technology, and applications. There are over 1,300 entries ranging in lenght from a few sentences to a page. Many entries have accompanying illustrations or equations. It is available in the Science Library at Science REF T 174.7 B67 2004.
Guide to Information Sources in the Forensic Sciences by Cynthis Holt covers the major resources on all aspects of forensics, including those from anthropology, biology, chemistry, criminology, law, and medicine. After an introduction on subject classification systems, there are chapters on bibliographic, historical, and biographical sources; abstracting and indexing services; journals; books; online sources; non-bibliographic information sources; and research essentials. Name/title and subject indexes provide access to the contents. This resource is available in the Science Library at Science REF HV 8073 Z999 H65 2006.
From the Chronicle of Higher Education's The Wired Campus: Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, discourages academic use of his creation. See: http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1328/wikipedia-founder-discourages-academic-use-of-his-creation.
Elsevier is providing free access to its ScienceDirect China journal collection until the end of 2006. The collection covers biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and other science/technical subject areas. Most of the journals in the ScienceDirect China collection are published in English; some are translated into English. A list of journals appears at the bottom of
http://info.sciencedirect.com/content/journals/china/.
The full version of SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Mac OS X is now available. University at Albany users should contact Michael Knee for additional information.
Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis by László Kürti is now available. The reactions are arranged alphabetically by the name of the reaction. Each reaction is covered on 2 side-by-side pages, and includes its importance, mechanism, and synthetic applications. There is also a list of abbreviations, a list of reaction categories with applicable reactions, a reference list for each reaction, and a subject index. This book is available in the Science Library circulating collection at Science QD 262 K87X 2005.
CAS is sponsoring an online seminar covering advanced structure searching tools for SciFinder Scholar. It’s open to the University at Albany community. The eSeminar will be on:
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
2 - 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time
To register, visit: http://casevents.webex.com/
Dream.in.code is a resource for programming and Web development help. It is a community of programmers that includes access to tutorials, code examples, and expert help. Resources are available for C & C++, Visual Basic, Java, .NET, PHP, ColdFusion, ASP & ASP.NET, Pearl & Python, databases, game programming, and Ruby. There are also forums and a career center. Most of the resources are freely available, but to receive expert help, registration is required.
Dynamical Systems by George D. Birkhoff has been selected as the Electronic Book of the Month for July. This title is published by the American Mathematical Society and is freely available on their Web site along with numerous other books. The Electronic Book of the Month Archive has been updated.