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Our trial access to Scopus concludes at the end of 2006. It will not be available in 2007.
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Our trial access to Scopus concludes at the end of 2006. It will not be available in 2007.
Science Resources has been "re-designed." It now uses the pale palettes "subtle" theme from Movable Type. Please let me know, via the comments feature, if you are having difficulty reading Science Resources.
Developed by the Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Department of Computer Science, Rexa is search engine and "digital library" covering the computer science literature as well as the researchers who create it. The goal of Rexa is to facilitate the "research progress and collaboration by providing efficient browsing, search, associations, and analysis among papers, people, organizations, venues, and research communities." Rexa is free, but registration is required. More information can be found at http://rexa.info/about.
The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced that beginning in January 2007, The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports would have an open access option. All authors submitting manuscripts would have the option of designating their articles open access by paying a publication fee. Print subscription prices will not be affected, however, site license prices will be adjusted in line with the amount of subscription-content published annually. More information is available at http://www.embo.org/about_embo/press/open_access.html.
Biological and Medical Data Analysis has been selected as the Electronic Book of the Month for December. Published by Springer, this title is part of Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, which is a sub-series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Most of the books in the LNCS series, published since 2000, are available both online and in print. Beginning in 2007, the newly published books in this series will be available online only. The Electronic Book of the Month Archive has been updated.
Published by the University of California Press, The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge contains over 50 full-color maps and graphics that attempt to illustrate and prop up the seriousness of climate change. This resource is available in the Science Library reference collection at Science REF QC 981.8 C5 D69 2006.
SyntheticPages is a database of synthetic procedures. It contains practical and reliable organic, organometallic, and inorganic chemical synthesis, reactions, and procedures. SyntheticPages is updated continuously, fully searchable, and freely available. Synthetic chemists who wish to contribute must register.
The American Chemical Society review journal Chemical Reviews inaugurates Perennial Reviews. Perennial Reviews give authors the opportunity "to keep their review articles current for a period of up to five years by updating them once or several times," and readers have the opportunity to "keep up with the most recent important results in the field." Updated reviews are listed in the table-of-contents of both the print and online versions, but are only available on the Web, with the new material highlighted.
Ornithological Monographs is now available on BioOne. Published by the American Ornithologists' Union, Ornithological Monographs contains major papers and presentations too long for inclusion in The Auk. Online availability begins with vol. 60, 2006.
Today marks the first anniversary of the Science Resources blog. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!
When I started out, I wasn't sure how it would go. Although I previously had a "what's new" Web page for new Web sites I added to my Internet resources pages, I wasn't sure if I would find enough to write about. This is blog entry numer 184; that's a blog entry every other day for the year, but who's counting. I think I found enough to write about. Hopefully, the readers have learned something, and I've provided a valuable service. I know I've learned a lot. If you have comments, questions, or suggestions, please use the "comments" feature.
What's in store for next year? Much of the same ... new or underutilized science resources. I also hope to do a site re-design or makeover to make the blog easy on the eyes.
What would help me as I head into year 2? A spell checker! Come on MoveableType, isn't that basic for a writing tool?
Online access to Acta Mathematica is no longer available. According to their Web site, the full text of has been removed because "the files were unfortunately full of errors, missing pages, wrong year numbers, distorted characters, etc.��? The print version of Acta Mathematica is available in the Science Library from vol. 18 (1950) forward, and on microfilm for vol. 1-82 (1882-1950).