New Product Announcement-->MD Consults Clinics

MD Consult link changed
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://home.mdconsult.com

Separate record not created for the Full Clinics Series Package.

Based this on following information from Elsevier:
"Accessing the eClinics. The eClinics are accessible through your MD Consult subscription. On the main MD Consult navigation bar, a new Clinics tab will appear. Clicking on the Clinics tab, the Advanced Search box for Clinics is presented and the eClinics will be searchable as a separate content area, similar to the MD Consult Journal search. In addition, clicking the Clinics tab will display a hyperlinked list of available eClinics packages and titles.

The eClinics may also be accessed directly by going to the eClinics site at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/mdc/journals "

SFX - Clinics target activated; however, only journal level linking available. Still waiting for SFX to respond regarding MD Consult core service targets.

New EBSCO features

Citation Format and Export

...we have updated our MLA and APA citation formats to conform to the latest guidelines available. Extensive help and citation format guides are now available to all EBSCOhost users, including information on how to cite, as well as extra instructions specific to EBSCOhost citations. For additional information, click on the online citation help link within the Print/E-mail/Save Manager in EBSCOhost:

Videos and Animated Content

The Consumer Health Complete (CHC) interface has been enhanced with videos, full text video transcripts and animated content, visible and searchable via a "Videos & Animations" icon on the main search page of the CHC interface.

New Xrefer Content-->Health, Language, Biography, Technology

Latest Additions

• The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary
• The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
• How We Talk: American Regional English Today, Houghton Mifflin
• Word Histories and Mysteries From Abracadabra to Zeus, Houghton Mifflin

In addition to these new books, we're also updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon!

• Debrett's People of Today 2006, Debrett's Peerage Limited
• The Great American History Fact-Finder, Houghton Mifflin
• High Definition: A-Z Guide to Personal Technology, 2006, Houghton Mifflin
• Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements, 2006, Elsevier Health Sciences

Ebrary News

Latest newsletter available.

Highlights
-New Academic Subject Databases and Other Changes
-Product Tip—Integrating with Blackboard

Historical Abstracts and America History and Life moving to EBSCO

It looks as through the EBSCO version will be available in January, with some overlap time between the versions. EBSCO has contracted with ABC Clio to continue to do indexing. EBSCO will also look into full text versions.

"Dear Librarians and Media Specialist,

As you may know, EBSCO Publishing recently acquired Historical Abstracts (HA) and America: History & Life (AHL) from ABC–CLIO. We are excited to pass along the press release regarding this announcement. We will be in contact in the coming weeks with specific information for current HL and AHL customers as well as with information for those non-customers who may be interested as the databases become available on EBSCOhost."

New Features in Science Direct--RSS and link to Scopus

New features make ScienceDirect even more efficient and supportive

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds - RSS is an established Web standard for the delivery of news headlines and other frequently updated content summaries. RSS feeds will be available on ScienceDirect for search results, citations and new articles, as well as more than 300 pre-selected topics. RSS feeds alert users immediately when Science Direct has new content of interest to them as soon as it is published, keeping users up-to-date with their chosen fields of interest..

Cited By in Scopus - Access to a wealth of citation information is made possible with Cited By in Scopus, which links to specific citations in Scopus - the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality Web sources. Cited By in Scopus, which is included on the ScienceDirect article pages, also features a real-time citation count. A Scopus license is not necessary to view the citations for a given article but a ScienceDirect subscription is required

ArtStor improves access for academic publishing

ARTstor Expands Accessibility to Images for Academic Publishing

In March 2007, ARTstor and The Metropolitan Museum of Art began a new collaboration, Images for Academic Publishing (IAP) that allowed scholars at ARTstor participating institutions to download and use, free of charge, high-resolution digital images for academic publications. Initially, nearly 1,700 images representative of the renowned Metropolitan Museum's encyclopedic collection became available through the ARTstor interface to users at all ARTstor participating institutions.

Access to IAP is now being extended to unaffiliated scholars, including those at institutions which do not license ARTstor. Scholars at participating ARTstor institutions are able to access these images through the ARTstor Digital Library. All other scholars can contact ARTstor or The Metropolitan Museum to be registered for free access to IAP.

Additional images will be added to IAP by The Metropolitan Museum of Art later this year and ARTstor is working with other museums and organizations to expand the content available through IAP.

ARTstor, a digital image library, was created in 2001 as a non-profit initiative of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to serving education and scholarship in the arts and humanities. The more than 750 non-profit institutions currently participating in ARTstor are located in North America, Australia/New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art – founded in 1870 with a mission to collect, preserve, and display works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture from every part of the globe, and to educate the public about art – is the most comprehensive art museum in the Western Hemisphere with a collection now including more than two million works of art.

New JSTOR Content

Agricultural History
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 77, 1927-2003
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Agricultural History Society
ISSN: 0002-1482

Business Ethics Quarterly
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 11, 1991-2001
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Philosophy Documentation Center
ISSN: 1052-150x

Epidemiology and Infection
Previous Title: The Journal of Hygiene (0022-1724)
Release Content: Vols. 3 – 127, 1903-2001
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0950-2688
NOTE: Volumes 1-2 (1901-1902) of The Journal of Hygiene are not available for release at this time. The content will be publicly released at a later date.

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Release Content: Vol. 1, Issues 1-10, 2003
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
ISSN: 1540-9295

Goodwin Series
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 8, 1972-2000
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: South African Archaeological Society
ISSN: 0304-3460
NOTE: No issues published 2001-2004. Vol. 9 published in 2005.

IMF Staff Papers
Previous Title: Staff Papers – International Monetary Fund (0020-8027)
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 49, 1950-2002
Moving Wall: 4 years
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Journals on behalf of the International Monetary Fund
ISSN: 1020-7635

Northeastern Naturalist
Previous Title: Maine Naturalist (1063-3626)
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 10, 1993-2003
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Humboldt Field Research Institute
ISSN: 1092-6194

The Plant Cell
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 16, 1989-2004
Moving Wall: 2 years
Publisher: American Society of Plant Biologists
ISSN: 1040-4651

Risk Management
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 5, 1999-2003
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Journals
ISSN: 1460-3799

Southeastern Naturalist
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 2, 2002-2003
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Humboldt Field Research Institute
ISSN: 1528-7092

Ursus
Previous Title: Bears: Their Biology and Management (1936-0614)
Previous Title: Proceedings of the Bear Workshop (International Conference on Bear Research and Management) (1936-0606)
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 14, 1968-2003
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: International Association of Bear Research and Management
ISSN: 1537-6176

ArtStor Update (egyptian, contemporary, architecture)

Egyptian art from Arielle Kozloff Brodkey’s personal archive
We are pleased to announce the addition of a new collection of Egyptian art to the ARTstor Digital Library. The Arielle Kozloff Brodkey archive consists of over 2,400 images focused on the art, architecture and archaeology of ancient Egypt.
more

Additional images of contemporary art from the Larry Qualls Archive
Larry Qualls has been systematically documenting contemporary art exhibitions at galleries and other exhibition spaces throughout New York City and elsewhere. We are pleased to announce that we have just released an additional 5,000 images from the Larry Qualls Archive, bringing the total number available to ARTstor users to approximately 11,500.
more

Additional images of contemporary architecture from ART on FILE
ARTstor recently added over 300 images to the ART on FILE collection, bringing the total collection to over 900 images. This most recent addition focuses on contemporary architecture of Los Angeles and Chicago.
more

More European Art and Architecture from Scala Archives and Art Resource
We are pleased to announce the release of additional images of major Italian and other European works from Scala Archives, bringing the total number of Scala images now available to ARTstor users to approximately 4,700.
more

xrefer content update

Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures

A unique and comprehensive historical guide to some 1500 of the world's peoples, from the earliest times to the present.

This fascinating and informative guide includes the myriad discrete ethnic and cultural groupings that have inhabited our planet over the past 6000 years. It presents - in a simple and easy-to-follow A to Z structure within five regionally based sections (The Americas, Africa, Europe, South and Central Asia and the Middle East, and East and Southeast Asia and Oceania) - clear, concise and readable histories of some 1500 peoples, nations and cultures: from the Assyrians of the ancient Middle East to the modern-day Armenians, from the Belgae of ancient Europe to the modern-day Basques.

Latest Additions

• Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable
• Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures
• Marquis Who’s Who in America
• Marquis Who’s Who in the World

In addition to these new books, we're also updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon!

• The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms, Houghton Mifflin
• Benders’ Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology
• Blackwell Handbook of Perception, Blackwell Publishers (a Specialist Reference title)
• Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
• Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
• Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
• Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and other Doubletalk, Hugh Rawson
• The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance
• Who Was Who 1897-2006, A&C Black (Specialist Reference title)

New Content in Catalogue

Because we are asked for information on these collections so often, I'll be sending out notices when records are available in the catalogue. First up is...

American Film Scripts Online

To pull up a list in the catalogue search the phrase "american film scripts online". 568 hits ranging from Gunga Din to Boogie Nights.

Early Encounters in North America

Searching "early encounters in north america" brings up 161 records, but the real value is seen when searching an author with proper authorities, such as Catlin, George, 1796-1872.
E-versions, microforms, print, all gathered together...it's lovely.

New Product Announcement-->Illustrata

CSA illustrata, natural sciences

This is sooo cool you have to try it to believe it. Let's say a student/prof wants a graphic to illustrate grizzly bear range in the Rockies....well after a quick search they get a nice little map.













Then, what if they want an actual picture of a grizzly bear....well no problem.











We know that both students and instructors have a hard time finding graphics to use in the classroom, as well, the graphics in articles often contain key information that isn't captured in indexing and therefore searching. So I encourage you all to give this one a try and become more familiar with it.

PS: I did a search for "big foot", alas no pictures.

CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is interdisciplinary, covering a wide variety of journals from all major areas such as: biology, earth sciences, environmental studies, medical sciences, agriculture, fish and fisheries, education, geography, veterinary science, food and food industries, pharmacy and pharmacology, meteorology, public health and safety, water resources, conservation and forests and forestry. CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is the first in a series of CSA Illustrata databases of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature. Coverage includes 1977 to current.

Three new tools-->new books list, books on order list, hooks to holdings in GBIP

Thanks primarily to David and Nella we have three new tools for leveraging collections information.

Please send me a note if you have any questions or would like to see any changes to these.

1. New Books List
2. Books on Order List
3. Hooks to holdings in Global Books in Print

1. New Books List (BETA)
Word of warning, this is in beta, so if you use the url in web pages or give it out, you'll need to send an updated url later when the permanent address is established.

To use:
go to http://www.ucalgary.ca/~ndlall/newbkform3.html

Note that you can set this up as an RSS feed. I've done this for Library Science and it works quite well.

2. Books ordered by fund (BETA)
Word of warning, this is in beta, so if you use the url in web pages or give it out, you'll need to send an updated url later when the permanent address is established.

The new workflows module on SIRSI doesn't provide a good listing of items ordered by fund (i.e., no titles!), as a workaround Nella is providing this report as an option

To use:
go to http://www.ucalgary.ca/~ndlall/getfundordersql.html

Pick your fund and get a report of the titles associated with that fund in the current fiscal cycle. So if it was received in a previous year, it won't show here.

If you need help remembering the fund or program codes, go to http://library.ucalgary.ca/libraryinformation/collectionsservices/librarycollectionsfunds.php

I haven't used the RSS feed option, let me know if it is problematic.

3. Hooks to holdings in Global Books In Print
Yay, this one isn't in BETA and should work just fine.

This works by clicking on the Search My Library's Catalogue tab.

For example, search "spanish inquisition" and a list of titles appears.
Select up to 5 titles.
Click the Search My Library's Catalogue tab.
A popup appears, press Go.
A list will display with either "not found" or with holdings information from our catalogue.

New xrefer content

New titles and publishers are continually being added to Xreferplus. Recently added titles include:

• Astronomy Encyclopedia, Philip's
• Brewer's Curious Titles, Cassell
• BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource - Dictionary of Business and Management, A&C Black
• Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures
• Chambers Classic Speeches
• Chambers Film Factfinder
• Chronology of American Literature, Houghton Mifflin
• The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Sixth edition, Houghton Mifflin
• Harrap's-Dalloz French-English Law Dictionary, Chambers
• How We Talk: American Regional English Today, Houghton Mifflin
• McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
• Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who
• Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who
• The Wisden Archive of Cricketers' Lives
• Word Histories and Mysteries, Houghton Mifflin

New Artstor Content (fine art)

Additional images from the Erich Lessing and Fine Arts Archives
ARTstor has released approximately 600 additional images from the Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives. These high quality images, scanned from large format color transparencies, focus on key European artists and collections from major European museums outside Italy.


Additional images from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
We are pleased to announce the addition of over 900 new images from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This addition significantly enriches ARTstor’s offerings from the permanent collection of this outstanding museum to over 3,000 images.

19th C Masterfile adds Royal Societies Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1800-1900)

The files of the Catalogue of Scientific Papers now online via 19th Century Masterfile include over 450,000 citations to all manner of scientific inquiry during the 19th Century--from Darwin to Freud.

CSP indexed 1,555 periodicals in numerous languages, and included the transactions of the European academies and other learned societies.

Two major installments of Catalogue of Scientific Papers are now online for searching through 19th Century Masterfile:

Installment 1: The three Subject indexes produced by the Royal Society covering
Pure Mathematics (1908);
Mechanics (1909);
and a 2-volume set covering Physics (1914).

Installment 2: Volumes 13-19 covering 1884-1900, containing over 400,000 citations.

For a quick glance at all the files now available through 19th Century Masterfile, please go to www.paratext.com/NCM2007.pdf

New Artstor content-->Frescos, Paintings, and Architecture

Two Archives from the Negative Collection at the Frick Art Reference Library
The first archive consists of over 3,000 images produced by the Italian photographic firm of Sansoni and richly documents fresco cycles and other forms of architectural decoration throughout Italy. The second archive, from A.C. Cooper and related archives, documents paintings as they passed through art auction galleries in London in the 1920s and 1930s.

New ArtStor Content (Getty, Classics, Architecture)

Paintings and Tapestries from the Getty
ARTstor is pleased to announce two new collections from the Getty. The first, J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, contains nearly 400 paintings from the 14th century through the early 20th century. The second collection, Study Photographs of Tapestries in the Getty Research Library, contains over 4,000 images from the Tapestries Collection.


Greek, Hellenistic and Roman sculptures from the Berlin State Museums
ARTstor has just added 301 images of Greek, Hellenistic and Roman sculptures from the Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Berlin State Museums.


Historic Illustrations of Art and Architecture
ARTstor has released over 300 images of historic art and architecture illustrations to the Digital Library. This collection, created by Allan Kohl, contains illustrations originally published during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

New Product Announcement-->Mosby's Nursing consult

Mosby's Nursing Consult

Mosby's Nursing Consult brings the leading resources together in one integrated online service to help nurses efficiently find answers to pressing clinical questions. Mosby's Nursing Consult is the perfect resource for the clinical nurse, the nurse administrators and the nurse faculty.

Mosby's Nursing Consult offers a single destination for the busy nurse. Easily search to seamlessly find information very quickly. It includes:

* Latest Drug Information
* Patient Education
* Professional Journals
* Reference Books
* Current News
* Clinical Practice
* Evidence-based Content
* Care Planning Tools

JSTOR upgrades its PDF's, highlights search terms, and links with ArtStor

Improved Article PDF Files

A new PDF format for downloading and printing articles has replaced the previous High Quality PDF format. This new format enables JSTOR users to "search" or "find" words and phrases within the PDF version of JSTOR articles, as well as copy and paste portions of text from them. In addition to these benefits, the new format facilitates the use of screen-reading software, such as JAWS for Windows. Moreover, PDF files in this new format are, on average, smaller in size than our current High Quality PDF files, which means that they can be downloaded more quickly and easily. We encourage you to try the new High Quality PDF files, especially if you have had printing or downloading difficulties in the past.

Search Term Highlighting

Search term highlighting is now available in JSTOR page images. When a user searches for a term and follows a link to an article from the results, the search terms will be highlighted in the article's page images. Along with the existing "Page of First Match" feature, this new highlighting allows users to see their search terms more easily within the context of the article text as they browse through the pages. If an individual prefers, search term highlighting may be “turned off” on the user preferences page.

JSTOR/ARTstor Searching

ARTstor, a non-profit initiative founded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, provides a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data. Similar to JSTOR, ARTstor's mission is to serve the scholarly community through its collections. To enhance the benefits of these two resources and to enable researchers to discover useful content across all formats, JSTOR has developed a way to search both JSTOR and ARTstor content simultaneously.

Specifically, users have the opportunity to search JSTOR article content, JSTOR image captions, and metadata for ARTstor images. Search results pages are separated into three tabs — Articles, Images from Articles, and ARTstor Images — so that users can easily view and choose among their results. Article image thumbnails accompany the caption results, and ARTstor results contain title, creator, and date information. If your institution participates in ARTstor as well as JSTOR, you will also be able see ARTstor image thumbnails in your results and click to view the full-sized image and complete metadata through the ARTstor website. Users at non-participating institutions will be able to search and see the metadata, but not images, for ARTstor results.