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Metadata from Cornell University's pre-print service arXiv has been added to the Ebsco Discovery Service. arXiv contains pre-print papers in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and statistics. Ebsco Discovery Service is available to the UAlbany community in beta format as eDiscover. Since the Inspec database is already a part of eDiscover, physics and computer science searches should "discover" additional resources. Additional information is available here.

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HOPL is an encyclopedia of computer languages. It tracks the evolution, history, function, and relationships among computer languages. Covering over 8,500 languages, HOPL is fully searchable with basic and advanced search modes. Bibliographic references and links to other programming language Websites are also included.

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Recently, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) reached a milestone by publishing its 1,000,000^th online publication. The RSC is now the fourth largest chemistry publisher. The 1,000,000^th publication appeared in the journal Nanoscale. More information can be found here.

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The American Physical Society (APS) will launch a peer reviewed, open access journal called Physical Review X (PRX). PRX will cover all fields of physics, and Jorge Pullin (Louisiana State University) will serve as editor. Articles will be published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, leaving copyright with the authors. There will be a $1,500 article processing charge. More information is available here, and the journal's Website is here.

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It was cited here a few days ago that NPG would be renting articles from some of its journals via DeepDyve. Springer follows by announcing that later in first quarter of 2011, they will rent articles from more than 100 journals in DeepDyve. The journals will be in the biomedical, public health, and business and economics subject areas. Furthermore, as a way to promote the rental service to non-subscribers, Springer will provide a link directly to DeepDyve.

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Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing has released its latest app, IOP Science Express. The app can be used on iPhones, iPods, or iPads, and is free and available from iTunes or the Apple App Store. IOP Science Express users can freely download up to 20 articles per month from content published in the last two years in over 40 journals. Additional information can be found here.

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Another NPG item ... In June 2011, Nature Publishing Group will launch a new open access, peer-reviewed journal, Scientific Reports. The new publication will cover the natural sciences: biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics, and will have an article processing fee of $1,350. More information is available here.

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Nature Publishing Group (NPG) offers a new access option. Articles from Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Medicine, and Nature Chemical Biology are available for 24-hour, view-only access on the DeepDyve platform. Additional information is available here.

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Project Euclid is now using MathJax to display mathematics in its journals. A joint project of the American Mathematical Society, Design Science, Inc., and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, MathJax is an open-source JavaScript display engine that renders standard mathematics codes readable in regular Web browsers. MathJax's implementation in MathSciNet was covered in Science Resources here. More information about MathJax can be found here.

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In recognition of the International Year of Chemistry 2011 (IYC 2011), the American Chemical Society releases 365: Chemistry for Life, an online calendar that highlights important events and scientists that help shape modern society through chemistry.

Just a quick note: This is Science Resources' 700th blog entry.

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