New Version of the Offline Image Viewer Available The latest release of the ARTstor Offline Image Viewer (version 2.6) is now available for download.
The OIV 2.6 contains additional features and enhanced functionality that were not available in previous versions of the software. Using the OIV 2.6, users can now:
import PowerPoint presentations directly into the OIV, effectively translating PowerPoint presentations into OIV presentations,
view a preview of each image within an Image Group before it is downloaded,
choose from more templates when creating slide presentations
use new undo/redo functionality when editing slides,
fully utilize the OIV 2.6 with all new Mac computers with the Intel Core Duo processor, and
upload both local images and OIV presentations from the OIV to Personal Collections in ARTstor (for instructor-level users only).
The OIV 2.6 can be installed by any registered user from the ARTstor Digital Library. For detailed instructions on how to install the OIV, please visit “Installing the OIV 2.6” in our online help.
In addition to our online help, User Services offers free, daily online training sessions. We have added additional training sessions during the month of August specifically to accommodate those who are interested in learning about OIV 2.6 and the recently announced enhancements to the Digital Library.
To view a list of scheduled training sessions, click on the "Training Center" tab at http://artstor.webex.com. For additional instructions on how to register and attend an online session, view the “Training Sessions” section in the "Using ARTstor" section of our website.
Friday, August 18, 2006
ArtStor Update--Performance Art added
Franklin Furnace and ARTstor announce collaboration agreement, ARTstor’s first with an “alternative space”
Since its inception in 1976, Franklin Furnace has presented what has come to be known as “variable media” art work -- works that take on new dimensions in each iteration. These works challenge the bounds of genre, varying in the meanings they take on contextually as well as in their physical deployment.
Digital images are fast replacing slides and slide projectors in the teaching of art and art history. To respond to these changes, Franklin Furnace will work with ARTstor to digitize and distribute images and documentation of events presented and produced by Franklin Furnace, with the goal of embedding the value of ephemeral practice into art and cultural history.
The records of Franklin Furnace present an unparalleled resource in that they are the only artifacts of live, ephemeral, variable media works. While scholars still debate the locus of art in time-based, variable media, the physical history held in Franklin Furnace's institutional archives offers a rare and valuable resource that captures the moment, the concept of the artist, and the historical context in which the work was created through the prism of its documentary parts.
Artists working in the late 70s and early 80s broached topics of personal, social and political relevance, and artworks produced at Franklin Furnace reflect their historical context. Artists who got their start in alternative spaces crossed genres to address issues of identity and politics from the perspective of the marginalized “outsider” in the realms of gender, ethnicity/nationality and other subjects at the core of cultural conflict.
Artists presented by Franklin Furnace include: Eric Bogosian, monologist and star of stage and screen; Jenny Holzer and Ann Hamilton, who represented the United States in the Venice Biennale; Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Liza Lou, winners of the MacArthur "genius" award; Mona Hatoum, the first artist to ever win the prestigious Sonning prize; Shirin Neshat, world renowned Iranian artist and filmmaker; and Ana Mendieta, Cuban-born artist whose retrospective was on view in 2004 at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The individual and collective impact of artists such as these upon larger culture is documented in the materials contained within the archives of Franklin Furnace:
In 1985, Franklin Furnace presented one of the first performance artworks to address the AIDS crisis; “Pink Triangle, Not Forgotten,” by S. K. Duff. About the identification and extermination of gays in Nazi Germany, this performance helped to kindle the public discourse that ultimately resulted in mainstream acceptance of AIDS victims;
Mona Hatoum's “Variation on Discord and Division” made a silent, eloquent statement on the bloodshed in the Middle East in 1984;
Robbie McCauley's 1985 “My Father and the Wars” explored the embedded nature of racism in American military and social institutions.
Teh-Ching Hsieh’s 1983 “One-Year Performance (Living Outside)” installation at Franklin Furnace was comprised of 365 maps of Lower Manhattan showing where he slept, ate, walked and slept each day; photos of the artist during the four seasons; and his clothes worn while living outside for one year, a silent treatise on what it means to be homeless.
Franklin Furnace has a history of actively making its collections and archives available for research. From pioneering storefront art space in TriBeCa to “going virtual” on the Internet, Franklin Furnace has explored new venues to reach the public.
On May 11, 2006, the organization received notification that its proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities--to digitize and publish on its website, records of performances, installations, exhibits and other events produced by the organization during its first ten years—had been funded. This project will create electronic access to what are now the only remaining artifacts of these singular works of social, political and cultural expression.
Commenting on the value of Franklin Furnace’s event archives to scholars, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Professor of Performance Studies, New York University writes, “The Franklin Furnace archive is of interest to a wide range of humanities fields because of the opportunity it affords to explore the role of art and the artist in American society in the post-World War II period. …this work was particularly responsive to the historic era in which it was made. As a result, scholars in such fields as American Studies, art history, visual cultural studies, theater history, performance studies, cinema studies, cultural studies, critical studies and museum studies will find rich research possibilities here.”
Says Martha Wilson, Founding Director of Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., “The Board of Directors made the wrenching decision to sell the loft at 112 Franklin Street and ‘go virtual’ during our 20th anniversary season in 1996-97. At that time, in the wake of the Culture Wars, our primary concern was to choose a venue and art medium in the Internet that would provide the same freedom of expression artists had enjoyed in the loft in the 70s. Ten years later, the decision to make our website our public face has resulted in Franklin Furnace’s successful transition from physical art space to online research resource. I am truly thrilled to be embarking on Franklin Furnace’s 30th year with ARTstor’s collaboration agreement and a major grant from the NEH. The confluence of these events will help fulfill our mission to make the world safe for avant-garde art.”
Since its inception in 1976, Franklin Furnace has presented what has come to be known as “variable media” art work -- works that take on new dimensions in each iteration. These works challenge the bounds of genre, varying in the meanings they take on contextually as well as in their physical deployment.
Digital images are fast replacing slides and slide projectors in the teaching of art and art history. To respond to these changes, Franklin Furnace will work with ARTstor to digitize and distribute images and documentation of events presented and produced by Franklin Furnace, with the goal of embedding the value of ephemeral practice into art and cultural history.
The records of Franklin Furnace present an unparalleled resource in that they are the only artifacts of live, ephemeral, variable media works. While scholars still debate the locus of art in time-based, variable media, the physical history held in Franklin Furnace's institutional archives offers a rare and valuable resource that captures the moment, the concept of the artist, and the historical context in which the work was created through the prism of its documentary parts.
Artists working in the late 70s and early 80s broached topics of personal, social and political relevance, and artworks produced at Franklin Furnace reflect their historical context. Artists who got their start in alternative spaces crossed genres to address issues of identity and politics from the perspective of the marginalized “outsider” in the realms of gender, ethnicity/nationality and other subjects at the core of cultural conflict.
Artists presented by Franklin Furnace include: Eric Bogosian, monologist and star of stage and screen; Jenny Holzer and Ann Hamilton, who represented the United States in the Venice Biennale; Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Liza Lou, winners of the MacArthur "genius" award; Mona Hatoum, the first artist to ever win the prestigious Sonning prize; Shirin Neshat, world renowned Iranian artist and filmmaker; and Ana Mendieta, Cuban-born artist whose retrospective was on view in 2004 at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The individual and collective impact of artists such as these upon larger culture is documented in the materials contained within the archives of Franklin Furnace:
In 1985, Franklin Furnace presented one of the first performance artworks to address the AIDS crisis; “Pink Triangle, Not Forgotten,” by S. K. Duff. About the identification and extermination of gays in Nazi Germany, this performance helped to kindle the public discourse that ultimately resulted in mainstream acceptance of AIDS victims;
Mona Hatoum's “Variation on Discord and Division” made a silent, eloquent statement on the bloodshed in the Middle East in 1984;
Robbie McCauley's 1985 “My Father and the Wars” explored the embedded nature of racism in American military and social institutions.
Teh-Ching Hsieh’s 1983 “One-Year Performance (Living Outside)” installation at Franklin Furnace was comprised of 365 maps of Lower Manhattan showing where he slept, ate, walked and slept each day; photos of the artist during the four seasons; and his clothes worn while living outside for one year, a silent treatise on what it means to be homeless.
Franklin Furnace has a history of actively making its collections and archives available for research. From pioneering storefront art space in TriBeCa to “going virtual” on the Internet, Franklin Furnace has explored new venues to reach the public.
On May 11, 2006, the organization received notification that its proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities--to digitize and publish on its website, records of performances, installations, exhibits and other events produced by the organization during its first ten years—had been funded. This project will create electronic access to what are now the only remaining artifacts of these singular works of social, political and cultural expression.
Commenting on the value of Franklin Furnace’s event archives to scholars, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Professor of Performance Studies, New York University writes, “The Franklin Furnace archive is of interest to a wide range of humanities fields because of the opportunity it affords to explore the role of art and the artist in American society in the post-World War II period. …this work was particularly responsive to the historic era in which it was made. As a result, scholars in such fields as American Studies, art history, visual cultural studies, theater history, performance studies, cinema studies, cultural studies, critical studies and museum studies will find rich research possibilities here.”
Says Martha Wilson, Founding Director of Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., “The Board of Directors made the wrenching decision to sell the loft at 112 Franklin Street and ‘go virtual’ during our 20th anniversary season in 1996-97. At that time, in the wake of the Culture Wars, our primary concern was to choose a venue and art medium in the Internet that would provide the same freedom of expression artists had enjoyed in the loft in the 70s. Ten years later, the decision to make our website our public face has resulted in Franklin Furnace’s successful transition from physical art space to online research resource. I am truly thrilled to be embarking on Franklin Furnace’s 30th year with ARTstor’s collaboration agreement and a major grant from the NEH. The confluence of these events will help fulfill our mission to make the world safe for avant-garde art.”
House of Common Parliamentary Papers Complete
ProQuest Completes Digitization of 19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers ProQuest Information and Learning, the leading provider of digital content from the 19th century, has completed the digitization of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers from 1801 to 1900.
Parliamentary Papers are considered to be the most detailed primary source for information on 19th-century Britain, its colonies, and the wider world.
This comprehensive collection includes all sessional papers issued by the House of Commons between 1801-1900, including Bills, Reports of Royal Commissions, Reports of Select Committees, Accounts and Papers, and Command Papers.
The completion of the digitization of 78,000 papers, comprising all of the sessional papers issued by the House of Commons between 1801-1900 (4.2 million pages) was featured in both College & Research Libraries News and Information Outlook.
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2006/june06/june06.htm http://www.sla.org/content/Shop/Information/index.cfm
Parliamentary Papers are considered to be the most detailed primary source for information on 19th-century Britain, its colonies, and the wider world.
This comprehensive collection includes all sessional papers issued by the House of Commons between 1801-1900, including Bills, Reports of Royal Commissions, Reports of Select Committees, Accounts and Papers, and Command Papers.
The completion of the digitization of 78,000 papers, comprising all of the sessional papers issued by the House of Commons between 1801-1900 (4.2 million pages) was featured in both College & Research Libraries News and Information Outlook.
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2006/june06/june06.htm http://www.sla.org/content/Shop/Information/index.cfm
CNKI interface upgrade
East View Information Services is pleased to announce a number of important upgrades of the CNKI platform. We think you will appreciate the new features and improved look of the interface.
New features (described below) create a much more robust search experience, including:
* Individual Journal page
* Browsing
* Cross-Database Search
* Century Journals Project
* Similar Documents Search Results and more.
Try it now on the East View mirror server at: http://chinanew.eastview.com.
New features (described below) create a much more robust search experience, including:
* Individual Journal page
* Browsing
* Cross-Database Search
* Century Journals Project
* Similar Documents Search Results and more.
Try it now on the East View mirror server at: http://chinanew.eastview.com.
ProQuest is pleased to announce the release of Safari 5.0.
The new interface will be available on August 19, 2006.This release brings a new look and feel to the interface along with improved search capabilities. Search functionality will remain the same so users will still have the ability to keyword and code fragment search.
The interface includes the following enhancements:
* "Graphically rich" books are now supported - See representations of book content in Safari for titles with particularly complex typography. The "Graphically rich" content offers improved display of illustrative content from charts and graphs to black and white photographs to color screen displays, allowing Safari to offer you more titles from Peachpit and Adobe Press on Photoshop, Flash and software for graphic programming and applications. This new content is perfect for web designers, web developers and those studying for careers in creative professions
* Faster Page Refresh - Using Ajax, Safari loads pages faster and more efficiently.
* Suggested Search - As you type your search term Safari suggests, in real time, expressions from the most popular searches our users have entered.* Convenient Access to Advanced Search Parameters - A new dropdown provides access to filtering on book titles, section titles, code fragments, author, and publisher.
* Choice Between Popularity and Text-based Relevancy in Search - A new slider bar allows you to weight your search results based on popularity or relevancy ranked by book.
* Improvements to "Additional Reading" links - When you click on an "Additional reading" link at the bottom of book content pages, the destination section is now viewable in full.
* Amazon reviews and ratings for thousands of titles
The new interface will be available on August 19, 2006.This release brings a new look and feel to the interface along with improved search capabilities. Search functionality will remain the same so users will still have the ability to keyword and code fragment search.
The interface includes the following enhancements:
* "Graphically rich" books are now supported - See representations of book content in Safari for titles with particularly complex typography. The "Graphically rich" content offers improved display of illustrative content from charts and graphs to black and white photographs to color screen displays, allowing Safari to offer you more titles from Peachpit and Adobe Press on Photoshop, Flash and software for graphic programming and applications. This new content is perfect for web designers, web developers and those studying for careers in creative professions
* Faster Page Refresh - Using Ajax, Safari loads pages faster and more efficiently.
* Suggested Search - As you type your search term Safari suggests, in real time, expressions from the most popular searches our users have entered.* Convenient Access to Advanced Search Parameters - A new dropdown provides access to filtering on book titles, section titles, code fragments, author, and publisher.
* Choice Between Popularity and Text-based Relevancy in Search - A new slider bar allows you to weight your search results based on popularity or relevancy ranked by book.
* Improvements to "Additional Reading" links - When you click on an "Additional reading" link at the bottom of book content pages, the destination section is now viewable in full.
* Amazon reviews and ratings for thousands of titles
Lexi - Comp update
I couldn't really post the entire newsletter, but the key links are below:
Welcome to the August edition of Lexi-Comp’s enewsletter. This month, we are bringing you the following information:
Clinical Perspective
This month we highlight how Pediatric Lexi-Drugs® and Lexi-Comp® ONLINETM can provide comprehensive support in the care of a young patient.
What's New
Feature Added to Patient Care Module
Technology Update
Lexi-Comp, Inc. and Research In Motion® (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry™ devices, have partnered to offer healthcare providers constant connectivity to vital point-of-care information.
Welcome to the August edition of Lexi-Comp’s enewsletter. This month, we are bringing you the following information:
Clinical Perspective
This month we highlight how Pediatric Lexi-Drugs® and Lexi-Comp® ONLINETM can provide comprehensive support in the care of a young patient.
What's New
Feature Added to Patient Care Module
Technology Update
Lexi-Comp, Inc. and Research In Motion® (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry™ devices, have partnered to offer healthcare providers constant connectivity to vital point-of-care information.
Budget Update-->Student Union Funds
Heather sent out the following:
As a result of discussion with the Student Union Library rep I just want to confirm that there will be no distribution of Student Union funds across all subject areas. The funds will be expended through an undergraduate book approval plan that will be established with YBP. This expenditure will start with 2007 imprints. I will be setting up meetings in your calendars re the undergraduate plan and sending out some information for consideration.
I'd like to add that the Students Union is also funding ebrary and this year have added RefWorks to the products they support.
Yay, we have the BEST students!!
As a result of discussion with the Student Union Library rep I just want to confirm that there will be no distribution of Student Union funds across all subject areas. The funds will be expended through an undergraduate book approval plan that will be established with YBP. This expenditure will start with 2007 imprints. I will be setting up meetings in your calendars re the undergraduate plan and sending out some information for consideration.
I'd like to add that the Students Union is also funding ebrary and this year have added RefWorks to the products they support.
Yay, we have the BEST students!!
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
New Product-->Natural.Re.Source
"Natural Re.Source is a comprehensive, highly searchable, internet database capturing the public policy requirements for the energy, environment, mining and forestry sectors in seven Canadian jurisdictions - Federal, Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, Yukon, NWT and Ontario."
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://site.naturalresource.ca
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://site.naturalresource.ca
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Information Hygiene--police your metadata
The Privacy commissioner of Canada has released a fact sheet on the Risks of Metadata.
A good read, for example, do you know how to make sure that tracked changes are cleaned off the final versions of any World document?
A good read, for example, do you know how to make sure that tracked changes are cleaned off the final versions of any World document?
Platform change for Gale InfoTrac products
Effective August 1, 2006, the InfoTrac databases will be automatically switched over to the new PowerSearch interface.
This new interface allows you to search one or many of the Info Trac databases at the same time.
For full details about the switch to PowerSearch, please refer to the
following Thomson Gale notice:
http://www.gale.com/email/gin40906accuracy.htm
Please note, this switch will automatically take place and should NOT
affect access. This will result in a new interface for the InfoTrac databases.
This new interface allows you to search one or many of the Info Trac databases at the same time.
For full details about the switch to PowerSearch, please refer to the
following Thomson Gale notice:
http://www.gale.com/email/gin40906accuracy.htm
Please note, this switch will automatically take place and should NOT
affect access. This will result in a new interface for the InfoTrac databases.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Gale Virtual Reference Library Cataloguing Complete
To check out the records use the search
GVRL
in the catalogue
GVRL
in the catalogue
Hein On Line New Content
First, as far as our research indicates, the addition of the U.S. Government Manual from inception in HeinOnline’s Federal Register library provides the only online source for complete, historical coverage of this important title.
The following description about the Manual comes from the website of GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/about.html):
“As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies; international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions, and committees. A typical agency description includes:
A list of officials heading major operating units.
A summary statement of the agency's purpose and role in the Federal Government.
A brief history of the agency, including its legislative or executive authority.
A description of its programs and activities.
Information, addresses, and phone numbers to help users locate detailed information on consumer activities, contracts and grants, employment, publications, and other matters of public interest. “
To give some idea of the overall historic value of including a document such as the Manual in HeinOnline, please refer to this link from the first edition (1935), which provides details on the National Archives.
or
refer to this link about the Library of Congress, which notes, “The Library of Congress was established under the law approved April 24, 1800, appropriating $5,000 "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress.” .
Interestingly, the text on this page also refers to 2 Stat. 56, c. 37, which of course refers to the U.S. Statutes at Large, a title also available in HeinOnline. Researchers can easily access this page in HeinOnline’s Statutes at Large library from this link
Another new title added with this release is the Code of Emergency Federal Regulations. This title is also available in HeinOnline’s Federal Register Library, and can be purchased as an acid-free reprint from our company.
Finally, we have added links to external sites within HeinOnline’s Treaties and Agreements Library as well as HeinOnline’s U.S. Federal Legislative Histories Library.
New Titles Added to HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library:
American Labor Legislation Review Vols. 1-32 (1911-1942)
All Published Frank G. Raichle Lecture Series on Law in American Society (This title is a collection of annual speeches given by various people such as Janet Reno, Sandra Day O’Connor, William Rehnquist, and others at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York)
Journal of African Law Vols. 1-45 (1957-2001)
Journal of the History of International Law Vols. 1-4 (1999-2002)
Loyola Law and Technology Annual Vols. 1-5 (1996-2005)
Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter Vols. 1-28 (1976-2004)
National Law Review Vol. 1 (1888) All Published
Revue Juridique Themis Vols. 1-15, 1-38 (1951-2004)
Southern Lawyer Vol. 1 (1937) All Published
University of Detroit Mercy International Law Forum Vols. 1-4 (1991-1994)
The following description about the Manual comes from the website of GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/about.html):
“As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies; international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions, and committees. A typical agency description includes:
A list of officials heading major operating units.
A summary statement of the agency's purpose and role in the Federal Government.
A brief history of the agency, including its legislative or executive authority.
A description of its programs and activities.
Information, addresses, and phone numbers to help users locate detailed information on consumer activities, contracts and grants, employment, publications, and other matters of public interest. “
To give some idea of the overall historic value of including a document such as the Manual in HeinOnline, please refer to this link from the first edition (1935), which provides details on the National Archives.
or
refer to this link about the Library of Congress, which notes, “The Library of Congress was established under the law approved April 24, 1800, appropriating $5,000 "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress.” .
Interestingly, the text on this page also refers to 2 Stat. 56, c. 37, which of course refers to the U.S. Statutes at Large, a title also available in HeinOnline. Researchers can easily access this page in HeinOnline’s Statutes at Large library from this link
Another new title added with this release is the Code of Emergency Federal Regulations. This title is also available in HeinOnline’s Federal Register Library, and can be purchased as an acid-free reprint from our company.
Finally, we have added links to external sites within HeinOnline’s Treaties and Agreements Library as well as HeinOnline’s U.S. Federal Legislative Histories Library.
New Titles Added to HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library:
American Labor Legislation Review Vols. 1-32 (1911-1942)
All Published Frank G. Raichle Lecture Series on Law in American Society (This title is a collection of annual speeches given by various people such as Janet Reno, Sandra Day O’Connor, William Rehnquist, and others at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York)
Journal of African Law Vols. 1-45 (1957-2001)
Journal of the History of International Law Vols. 1-4 (1999-2002)
Loyola Law and Technology Annual Vols. 1-5 (1996-2005)
Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter Vols. 1-28 (1976-2004)
National Law Review Vol. 1 (1888) All Published
Revue Juridique Themis Vols. 1-15, 1-38 (1951-2004)
Southern Lawyer Vol. 1 (1937) All Published
University of Detroit Mercy International Law Forum Vols. 1-4 (1991-1994)
Grove Music Update
This month's update to Grove Music Online includes the revision of over 35 articles to record the passing of members of the music community.
True to its standard as the authority on all aspects of music world-wide, these musicians hail from across the globe and contributed to diverse musical genres, from Opera to Jazz to Soul.
We've also continued the project of adding 240 articles, revised to account for recent scholarship, from The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers.
For complete details of this update, please visit:
http://www.grovemusic.com/grove-owned/music/whats_new.html
True to its standard as the authority on all aspects of music world-wide, these musicians hail from across the globe and contributed to diverse musical genres, from Opera to Jazz to Soul.
We've also continued the project of adding 240 articles, revised to account for recent scholarship, from The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers.
For complete details of this update, please visit:
http://www.grovemusic.com/grove-owned/music/whats_new.html
Grove Art New Content
This month's update to Grove Art Online includes over 100 new and updated articles and over 420 new images as well as expanded links according to subject area.
Now available are full color sample illustrations by the quintessential Renaissance master Giotto, plans for the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul and interior shots of Hagia Sophia, a wide array of African masks, sculptures, and figurines, and much more!
For complete details of this update, please visit:
http://www.groveart.com/grove-owned/art/whats_new.html
Now available are full color sample illustrations by the quintessential Renaissance master Giotto, plans for the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul and interior shots of Hagia Sophia, a wide array of African masks, sculptures, and figurines, and much more!
For complete details of this update, please visit:
http://www.groveart.com/grove-owned/art/whats_new.html
Upgrade to ProQuest Digital Dissertations
This is an update about the ProQuest Digital Dissertations™ (PQDD) migration to the ProQuest platform.
Support for Subject Subsets:
Not only will customers with one of the larger subject subsets be able to move to PQDT, but other customers who want to subscribe to smaller, full text subsets -- like Medicine or Agriculture -- will be able to do so as well.
Support for Open Access Dissertations and Theses:
Beginning in the fall of 2006, graduate authors who publish with ProQuest/UMI will have the option of publishing their work on an open access basis under our Expanded Publishing with Open Access (EPOA) service. As they become available, those EPOA titles will be added to the database for free full-text download for all PQDT users.
Search Enhancements:
Enhancements include the ability to limit by material type (dissertations or theses) and improvements to searching by university name.
Support for Subject Subsets:
Not only will customers with one of the larger subject subsets be able to move to PQDT, but other customers who want to subscribe to smaller, full text subsets -- like Medicine or Agriculture -- will be able to do so as well.
Support for Open Access Dissertations and Theses:
Beginning in the fall of 2006, graduate authors who publish with ProQuest/UMI will have the option of publishing their work on an open access basis under our Expanded Publishing with Open Access (EPOA) service. As they become available, those EPOA titles will be added to the database for free full-text download for all PQDT users.
Search Enhancements:
Enhancements include the ability to limit by material type (dissertations or theses) and improvements to searching by university name.
New Product Announcement-->Wiley Interscience Backfiles
We have purchased all of the backfiles for the journals on the Wiley Interscience platform that were available as of June 2006.
This includes the following collections of journals:
Analytical Sciences Biotechnology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics Cell and Developmental Biology Chemistry Chemistry Societies General Medicine Genetics and Evolution Journal of Pathology Materials Science Neuroscience New Directions for Evaluation Numerical Engineering Physics and Astronomy Polymer Psychology Tribology
There is also a backfile collection for Angewandte chemie, which we already own.
Several other collections will be released later this year and next; we will look at purchasing these later.
All of the collections have been treated by Serials Solutions and SFX except for Physics and Astronomy and Tribology. These will be added in the future.
Please spread the word about these backfiles.
To assist with this, Wiley have sent us some promotional materials that we can give to users:
*mouse pads with inserts giving the basic information about the backfile collections
*Wiley Interscience cloth bags
*Wiley Interscience backfile water bottles There are 100 of each of these.
I can send the mouse pads to people but you'll have to pick up the other items yourself. Please come and get some (I'm running out of space in my office :-) ). First come, first served.
Please email or call me if you have any questions.
Andrew
This includes the following collections of journals:
Analytical Sciences Biotechnology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics Cell and Developmental Biology Chemistry Chemistry Societies General Medicine Genetics and Evolution Journal of Pathology Materials Science Neuroscience New Directions for Evaluation Numerical Engineering Physics and Astronomy Polymer Psychology Tribology
There is also a backfile collection for Angewandte chemie, which we already own.
Several other collections will be released later this year and next; we will look at purchasing these later.
All of the collections have been treated by Serials Solutions and SFX except for Physics and Astronomy and Tribology. These will be added in the future.
Please spread the word about these backfiles.
To assist with this, Wiley have sent us some promotional materials that we can give to users:
*mouse pads with inserts giving the basic information about the backfile collections
*Wiley Interscience cloth bags
*Wiley Interscience backfile water bottles There are 100 of each of these.
I can send the mouse pads to people but you'll have to pick up the other items yourself. Please come and get some (I'm running out of space in my office :-) ). First come, first served.
Please email or call me if you have any questions.
Andrew
ProQuest Upgrades
Enhancements include:
Implementation of Spell Check
This exciting new feature is available for products on the ProQuest platform. Spell Check will ask the user a "Did you mean..." question on the search results page to prompt for spelling corrections inside the user's search query.
Support for Subject Subsets within ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Not only will customers with one of the larger subject subsets be able to move to PQDT in the ProQuest Platform, but other customers who want to subscribe to smaller, full-text subsets - like Medicine or Agriculture - will be able to do so also.
Implementation of Spell Check
This exciting new feature is available for products on the ProQuest platform. Spell Check will ask the user a "Did you mean..." question on the search results page to prompt for spelling corrections inside the user's search query.
Support for Subject Subsets within ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Not only will customers with one of the larger subject subsets be able to move to PQDT in the ProQuest Platform, but other customers who want to subscribe to smaller, full-text subsets - like Medicine or Agriculture - will be able to do so also.
New Product Announcement-->E-Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialities
This product is of particular importance as it is the first new joint electronic license for the Health Information Network of Calgary and the University of Calgary. A milestone in our partnership.
E-CPS (Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties)
http://e-cps.pharmacists.ca/CPHA/main.htm
The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS) 2006 is the 41st edition of a Canadian drug information institution. The compilation of product monographs began as a service to health care professionals in 1960 and is now the most comprehensive and frequently used source of Canadian drug information.
In addition to compiling, standardizing and organizing the product monographs submitted by the pharmaceutical manufacturers and approved by Health Canada, the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) today writes evidence-based CPhA drug monographs, develops clinical tools for safe and effective patient care and provides guides for identification and therapeutic use of drugs available in Canada.
E-CPS (Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties)
http://e-cps.pharmacists.ca/CPHA/main.htm
The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS) 2006 is the 41st edition of a Canadian drug information institution. The compilation of product monographs began as a service to health care professionals in 1960 and is now the most comprehensive and frequently used source of Canadian drug information.
In addition to compiling, standardizing and organizing the product monographs submitted by the pharmaceutical manufacturers and approved by Health Canada, the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) today writes evidence-based CPhA drug monographs, develops clinical tools for safe and effective patient care and provides guides for identification and therapeutic use of drugs available in Canada.
ISI Web of Knowledge New Features
Author Finder* — Find the right author, right away. Distinguish between authors with the same name; available in Web of Science® and Current Content Connect®.
RSS Alerting — Integrate crucial data into your workflow. Get custom RSS feeds to receive search, citation, and tables of content alerts from ISI Web of Knowledge.
Improved topic search results — Get more complete search results. Cast a wider net with the new implied "AND" between search terms. See how this change affects your search results.
*Saundra Lipton recommended
RSS Alerting — Integrate crucial data into your workflow. Get custom RSS feeds to receive search, citation, and tables of content alerts from ISI Web of Knowledge.
Improved topic search results — Get more complete search results. Cast a wider net with the new implied "AND" between search terms. See how this change affects your search results.
*Saundra Lipton recommended
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
2005 Journal Citation Reports data now available
Our users are often keen to get their hands on the data from Journal Citation Reports (JCR) for the previous year but it takes about six months for this information to appear in the database (there's loads of number-crunching that has to be done). On that note, the JCR data for 2005 is now available.
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