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Pubget is a search tool for the life sciences. Enter search terms and the results are the actual PDFs of the documents. Working with a library's journal subscription holdings, it's supposed provide one click to the PDF. More information about Pubget is available here. Please note that the University at Albany has not yet signed on to Pubget.
SciFinder Scholar reaction content now includes coverage of reactions from these Wiley reference works: Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Organic Syntheses, and Organic Reactions.
This is not entirely science, but it is certainly related and a look at things to come. Duke University Libraries offers DukeMobile 1.1, an iPhone app that provides access to its digital collections. These digital collections have been formatted for an IPhone or iTouch device. More information is available here. Be sure to watch the video.
From Mary Spiro of the Baltimore Science News Examiner: Top 20 websites every scientist (or engineer) ought to know.
Safari Tech Books Online has a new "refreshed" look. If you are not familiar with Safari, it is joint venture of O'Reilly Media and The Person Technology Group. These 2 publishers account for over half of all IT books published, including imprints from O'Reilly, Addison Wesley, New Riders, Prentice Hall, and Sams. The collection covers some of the latest technologies like Java, Web development, enterprise computing, and XML. Although the collection includes over 7,000 titles, the University at Albany community has access to about 150 books. Safari Tech Books Online may be searched or browsed, and the books are fully cataloged in the Minerva catalog. Check out the new look, and see which books are the most popular among UAlbany users.
From Tim Byrne, DOE/Office of Scientific and Technical Information:
"The Website for the Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is sporting a fresh look with improved navigation pathways to our products and services. Direct links to ScienceAccelerator.gov, Science.gov, and WorldWideScience.org are featured, as well as a listing of DOE databases by content type. Our new features, Science Showcase and From the Director, highlight exciting ideas, science information, tools and services. Our Suggested Tags cloud provides ideas on how to tag our Website information and offers an easy path to users' favorite pages. Our interactive features can be found in the Read, Listen and Share box. While we know there will be a learning curve, we hope you find the OSTI Website more in tune with the needs of today's Web users."
Due to Website maintenance, Wiley resources will not be available on Saturday, June 13 beginning at 9 am EDT. The downtime may last up to one hour.
A backfile of Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie is available on Google Books. 1857 - 1908 is currently available. Yes, there are scholarly journals available on Google Books.
A backfile of Annalen der Physik [und Chemie] is available on Gallica. Presently, the following years are available: 1799 - 1885, 1897 - 1921, 1924 - 1930, and 1935 - 1938. Gallica is a digitized collection of resources available from Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
In 1997, JHEP was created by SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) as an open access journal, free for authors and free to readers. It was supported by grants and funding bodies. In 2002, the Institute of Physics (IoP) entered into a partnership with SISSA and took over online publication and subscription management. SISSA remained in control of peer review and submissions. IoP converted JHEP into a low-cost, subscription-based publication. In 2007, IoP added open access options. Beginning in January 2010, SISSA will transfer JHEP online publication, subscription services, and open access options to Springer.