tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191763322011-06-08T06:28:59.684ZThis blog has now been transferred to http://bathsciencenews.wordpress.com. Please change your bookmarks, and visit the new blog for an associated RSS feed.Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.comBlogger1061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-10829525107997011422007-03-01T13:34:00.000Z2007-03-01T13:39:04.105Z

Always in beta...This blog has now been transferred to http://bathsciencenews.wordpress.com Please change your bookmarks, and visit the new blog for an associated RSS webfeed.Features on the new weblog include better tagging and categorisation (so you can view just the posts relating to maths, or chemistry, or ejournals), and coming soon are RSS webfeeds for new books available from the library.

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-22940534491418732872007-02-22T17:21:00.000Z2007-02-22T17:25:24.728Z

The Library has signed up to a nationally-negotiated deal for a collection of RSC material. Most of their journal and database content is included.These additional e-journals are now on the Library's A-Z listing:-Soft Matter-Molecular BioSystems-Natural Product Reports-Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences-Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry-The Analyst-Chemical Biology-Journal of

Linda Humphreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03253080028984748817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-43622964686976070552007-02-20T16:30:00.000Z2007-02-20T16:35:39.196Z

We're in the middle of putting together a webpage with information on ordering books and other items for the library collection. Basically it covers the basics, such as how to suggest an item, our ordering procedures and suppliers (and why it might take longer than the overnight delivery Amazon might promise..), what an 'urgent' order means, placing a hold on ordered items and so on. Is there

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-76808134341950648652007-02-20T14:49:00.000Z2007-02-20T14:51:03.650Z

Just a reminder that our access to Elsevier's SCOPUS database will end on 31st March this year, at the end of the free trial period.We asked for users' views on the database in November, and from these, and the usage statistics, it was clear that there was not sufficient demand to justify trying to fund the subscription, a cost which could only have been met by dropping other databases.WoS has

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-41650348463859071072007-02-14T11:27:00.000Z2008-12-10T11:11:54.220Z

By their nature, journals take a lot of time and organisational energy for a library to provide. Back in the day (and well, still today) we had printed volumes to maintain - making sure we had sufficient shelf space, binding volumes to help keep continuous runs, keeping vertical files / spreadsheets / serials modules on a library management system up to date, contacting publishers or suppliers to

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-72284018663232322352007-02-09T12:55:00.000Z2007-02-09T13:00:31.669Z

We've extended our Biosis Previews archive online back to 1926 - previously we had back to 1969. Biosis is available via the Databases page on the library website.

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-31615585360573951902007-01-30T10:00:00.000Z2008-12-10T11:11:54.434Z

The library has access to Faculty of 1000 Biology for a month. F1000 Biology, from BioMedCentral claims to be 'the next generation literature-awareness service that highlights and evaluates the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a Faculty of over 2000 of the worlds leading researchers'.F1000 Biology allows you to set up alerts for papers

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1168615664586467372007-01-12T15:27:00.000Z2007-01-12T15:27:45.026Z

UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) is now live and freely available at: http://ukpmc.ac.uk"Based on PubMed Central (PMC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, UKPMC provides a stable, permanent, and free-to-access online digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed research publications."This may be important to Biology and

Linda Humphreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03253080028984748817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1168258467281890832007-01-08T12:13:00.000Z2007-01-10T15:45:46.946Z

It's that time of year again (ie. on the cusp of a new semester) when we try to make sure the library has copies of texts on student reading lists. Please let us know as soon as possible of changes to your semester two reading lists. Many thanks to those organised souls who have already sent their updates and/or recommendations.

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1168258034758876722007-01-08T12:07:00.000Z2007-01-08T12:08:28.333Z

A note of caution from the Serials and E-resources Librarian here in the Library. At this time of year many of our online journal subscriptions are being renewed, and we would ask that you report any difficulties you have in accessing a particular ejournal in case it is a subscription issue. You can either email myself or Linda, with as much of the following information as possible:*the title of

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1168254190619926262007-01-08T10:45:00.000Z2007-01-08T11:06:00.090Z

If I had to say the most asked-for service from the library in 2006, it would be requests for a loan reminder email, sent a day before your items are due to remind you to renew or return their items. Well, starting the new year off in great service style, loan reminders, otherwise known as "underdue notices" are now available. You must opt in by going to the library catalogue or Your use of the

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1166442467619807512006-12-18T11:37:00.000Z2006-12-18T11:47:48.173Z

This little piece of news has snuck onto the library website news section, and onto our new informational tv screens around the library, but it really deserves a bigger reception. Printing and photocopying charges have been reduced, yes REDUCED! with the installation of new machines that allow double sided printing at a reduced price. Usually it's 6p per page - double sided prints are 9p per

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1166173367711550272006-12-15T08:52:00.000Z2006-12-15T09:02:51.726Z

We have added the Oxford Journals Digital Archive package to our A-Z ejournals listing. This contains 144 journals from volume 1, issue 1 up until the end of 1995, including:Annals of Botany - 1908Bioinformatics - 1985Biometrika - 1914Glycobiology - 1991Human Molecular Genetics - 1992Human Reproduction - 1986IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics - 1938IMA Journal of Management Mathematics - 1990IMA

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1165925573547439432006-12-12T12:11:00.000Z2006-12-12T12:13:45.336Z

We now have access to a web version of EndNote http://www.myendnoteweb.com/. The functionality in terms of importing records from Library databases and outputting to Word in a variety of formats is much the same.Advantages of EndNote Web over EndNote:- Easier to use- Can access your database from any locationDisadvantages:- Maximum capacity of 10,000 records (but this sounds like plenty to me!)-

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1165246646926840032006-12-04T15:33:00.000Z2006-12-04T15:37:27.266Z

If you're working in the field of neuroscience or cognition, you might be interested in MIT CogNet. This is a collection of material from MIT publishers, available from http://cognet.mit.edu/library or via the Computer Science or Psychology Library webpages at http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/subjects/cs/e-books.html#MIT. You will need to go via the library website if you are off-campus, and use

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1165246351073610442006-12-04T15:31:00.000Z2006-12-04T15:32:31.923Z

The library has employed 8 postgraduate students for the role of part-time Library Student Helper. As the name suggests, the job is to provide a point of assistance when needed (helpers move around the library building), but also to help keep the library environment one which is conducive to study. The role consists of tasks such as limiting noise and food & drink consumption in the library, as

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1164801304061151312006-11-29T11:53:00.000Z2006-11-29T11:55:04.750Z

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has launched a free online resource called CiteXplore which links scientific literature to biological databases. According to its developers, CiteXplore is a tool which integrates articles from scientific journals with databases containing biological information such as DNA and protein sequences, functions and structures of molecules and

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1164360463259055732006-11-24T09:23:00.000Z2006-11-24T09:27:44.010Z

Annual Reviews have activated our subscription and we now have access to the Biomedical suite of AR titles online. You can find these on the A-Z ejournal listing on the library website, under their individual titles. These are the titles we're now subscribed to, with start dates:Annual review of biochemistry 1996 vol.65Annual review of biomedical engineering 1999 vol.1Annual review of

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1164104040741045582006-11-21T10:06:00.000Z2006-11-21T10:14:01.963Z

Over the next two weeks we're running focus groups to try to gather thoughts from undergraduate and postgraduate students on how the library communicates with them. There are two focus groups:Undergraduate: Monday 27 November, 12.15pm - 1.05pmPostgraduate: Tuesday 5 December, 12.15pm - 1.05pmWe're offering a pizza lunch as an incentive for volunteers to come along to give an hour of their time,

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1163064095430147542006-11-09T09:16:00.000Z2006-11-09T09:23:08.270Z

That's short (well sort of..) for Secure Prompt Efficient Electronic Document delivery. The Inter-Library Loans Department will launch a new service on Monday 20th November enabling Library users to both submit and receive their ILL requests electronically.People can send in their requests via a web form and then have scanned copies of journal articles or book chapters delivered directly from the

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1162914759401861802006-11-07T15:50:00.000Z2006-11-07T15:52:40.223Z

Is there any interest in adding the Biosis online backfile of 1926 to 1968 to our current online subscription of 1969 - current? Please let me know your thoughts.. Thanks, Kara

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1162392621880225072006-11-01T14:48:00.000Z2006-11-01T14:53:34.923Z

A non-library, non-resource, non-anything post...The first of November - a beautiful clear day in Bath. This pic was taken from Level 5 of the library building, early afternoon. You can just see the legs of the clever guy who was soaking up the sun rays and taking in the view - Dave, the library postmaster says you can see 50 miles from up there today, it's so clear.

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1162391043700998402006-11-01T14:12:00.000Z2006-11-01T14:46:19.846Z

The Lancet journal is podcasting - they've added a weekly audio byte to their website. "The audio summaries feature our editorial staff discussing the highlights from the week's issue, and usually include at least one interview with the study author of a key paper. Also produced is a monthly audio summary for The Lancet Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Neurology".Go to http://www.thelancet.com/

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1161960667728630132006-10-27T14:46:00.000Z2006-10-27T14:51:08.206Z

MIMAS are switching Beilstein to a new server with a new means of access on 1ST NOVEMBER. On-campus access will be IP-based so *should* be easier, with no registration necessary. Off campus access will require you to go via a web-registration page each time you login. These are the options:1. Via BUCS networked computersFrom the Start menu, select Programs then MDL CrossFire Commander 7. You will

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1161878109657445302006-10-26T15:53:00.000Z2006-11-09T09:14:08.263Z

We have had the Scopus database from Elsevier on trial for the last 12 months. We have to decide by 1st December whether or not we want to purchase it. The price will be £15,000 per annum.It has an easy interface and some good citation searching features but I am under the impression that there may be gaps in its journal coverage.What do you think? Will anyone be highly inconvenienced if we lose

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1161867204568735782006-10-26T12:44:00.000Z2006-10-26T12:57:55.853Z

Portland Press and the Biochemical Journal have released the webcasts from the recent Biochemical Journal Centenary Symposium (http://www.bjcentenary.org/default.htm) which took place in July 2006 is now available. We have access to these on campus - these are very thought-stimulating videos, and worth a watch.The Centenary Symposium consisted of a prestigious list of speakers at the cutting edge

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1161693249530027932006-10-24T12:33:00.000Z2006-10-24T12:34:10.516Z

We have a trial for the online version of Annual Reviews available until November 20.The url to list the Annual Review titles is http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/action/showJournals . We currently receive a number of the science titles in print - the trial will give us a good idea of how online access will work. Please let us know your thoughts and comments...

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1161163391248296862006-10-18T09:16:00.000Z2006-10-18T09:23:11.753Z

The access gates at the front of the library will be switched on from Monday 23rd October. This means that anyone wishing to come into the library will need to have their new library card. The new cards are proximity cards, not swipe cards as before and will enable smoother, faster entry and flow of traffic to the library. There is a card booth set up in the library for you to take your own

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1160467420123393942006-10-10T07:44:00.000Z2006-10-10T08:03:40.746Z

Well you can't be serious all the time...The 2006 Ig Nobel award winners have been announced. Like the Nobel prize, the Ig Nobel awards honour excellence in research and promote science and medicine, but with a focus on humour. This year's winners include:ORNITHOLOGY: Ivan R. Schwab and the late Philip R.A. May for exploring and explaining why woodpeckers don't get headaches.NUTRITION:

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1159880695632423752006-10-03T13:02:00.000Z2006-10-03T13:05:15.103Z

LibcastsLibcasts are our version of podcasts, or audio files on the internet that you can download and listen to, or subscribe to. Our first libcasts are self-guided audio tours around each level of the library. The idea is that students who have mp3 players or iPods can download the file, then make their way around the library, listening to the audio tour - they can do this at a time convenient

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1159879839676822662006-10-03T12:39:00.000Z2006-10-03T20:41:48.553Z

New library furniture shows you can be hard at work yet relaxed...

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1159873319639125692006-10-03T11:01:00.000Z2006-10-03T12:38:48.870Z

Photocopying and printing have not escaped from the summer changes in the library! There are new machines in reprographics on Level 2 of the Library. Each machine is a photocopier and printer all rolled into one. Students and staff who wish to print or photocopy in the library will need their library card, and their library PIN. If you don't remember your library PIN, you have have it email to

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1159804950673741662006-10-02T16:00:00.000Z2006-10-02T16:02:31.210Z

Here's an update on the library cards, particularly for returning students and staff:Over the summer the Library has been carrying out a number of projects to enhance space and access. One project has been to replace our swipe card turnstiles with proximity readers. These detect valid library cards and open automatically for you, easing the traffic flows into the Library. The card also acts as

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1159798780438642252006-10-02T14:09:00.000Z2006-10-02T14:19:41.136Z

If you are teaching this semester, please let us know if you've adopted new textbooks or recommended reading, or your student numbers have increased, so we can provide copies in the library. For maths, computer science and biology & biochemistry, just send a copy of your unit outline with the reading list, and I'll check it over.ThanksKara

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1158236362788431692006-09-14T12:17:00.000Z2006-09-14T12:19:23.056Z

A message regarding new library cards:NEW LIBRARY CARDS FOR ALL LIBRARY USERSWe are moving to a new system of access to the Library using proximity cards. Cards will no longer have to be swiped for entry to the building, they will just have to be held near to a proximity reader. This, coupled with the introduction of new turnstiles, should considerably improve the rate of entry to the building.

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1156924726577827862006-08-30T07:44:00.000Z2006-10-03T20:46:34.240Z

Academici is an interesting concept, as a social networking site online for academics. A couple of presentations I've heard lately have mentioned Academici so I thought I'd pass the details along, especially after my weekly update from the site mentioned the following new group:Molecular Cancer Biology and Cell Signalling. https://www.academici.com/net/molcancer/Our group is aimed to focus on

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1156515226230436122006-08-25T14:13:00.000Z2006-08-25T14:13:50.480Z

Temporary fencing on the parade side of the library building may deter all but the most determined library users at the moment, but the persistent few who navigate around to the rear of the building have found redevelopment on Level 2 well underway. Most of the public areas on Level 2 have been gutted (see photo), with Reprographics temporarily moved up to level 3, and the BUCS helpdesk staff

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1156245422930857602006-08-22T10:29:00.000Z2006-08-22T11:22:46.656Z

We've started our subscription to the Taylor & Francis collection of Science, Technology and Medicine journals, adding over 500 STM ejournals to our holdings. All journals are listed in the A-Z ejournal list or view the excel file here.

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1155034786310499842006-08-08T10:55:00.000Z2006-08-08T10:59:46.523Z

The Library has subscribed to the backfile for this journal. We now have a full run of the title from 1962 volume 1 issue 1 onwards.

Linda Humphreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03253080028984748817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1154953667822035482006-08-07T12:19:00.000Z2006-08-07T12:27:48.286Z

Our access to the SAGE Premier collection has now been activated, adding 389 titles to our online journal collection. This not a science collection of journals, but those of you working in interdiscplinary fields may very well find much of interest.Access to these titles starts at 1999 although not all titles are archived this far back. The date information against each title on the A-Z listing

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1154706537688852302006-08-04T15:46:00.000Z2006-08-04T15:50:58.576Z

There is a 60 day trial to MIT CogNet now active. The trial will finish on the 3rd October.We currently have full access to all of the content hosted on MIT CogNet.This includes:*Over 400 full-text books in cognitive science from The MIT Press*OpenCourseWare in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences*Conference Materials*Video/Lectures*Reference works such as:The Handbook of Developmental Cognitive

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1154439157598735832006-08-01T13:13:00.000Z2006-08-01T16:09:04.683Z

Wiley Interscience are offering a large number of science books in electronic form. You can view a list with tables of contents here:http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsebyproduct?type=2Please will you take a look and let Kara or Linda know if there are any titles which you would like us to purchase: the pricing seems very reasonable. You can send us an email or click the 'comments'

Linda Humphreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03253080028984748817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1153229957510611872006-07-18T13:15:00.000Z2006-08-09T12:41:08.406Z

Library staff are running a series of training seminars on emerging tools and technologies over the summer for staff and postgraduate students. You can find details of our sessions at http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/subjects/sessions.html - venues announced nearer each date.PlagiarismTuesday 15th August 1030-1200 ***CHANGE OF DATE - now Tuesday 22nd August 10.30 - 12.00In this session we'll look at

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1152802244524978712006-07-13T12:27:00.000Z2006-07-13T15:47:08.813Z

Thomson Scientific have announced a number of changes to Web of Knowledge servies from this weekend. These include: 1. Changing the search syntax from adjacent to 'AND' (as per Google and Scopus). " In Title or Topic fields apply AND between user entered terms unless surrounded by quotes. This change supports contemporary (simplified) searching, in line with current search trends." For example,

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1152112982379260702006-07-05T15:22:00.000Z2006-07-05T15:23:02.960Z

The Royal Society of Chemistry has recently published two new journals: Soft Matter and Molecular BioSystems.We currently have free online access but will have to decide whether or not to subscribe to these titles in 2007.Please have a look and let us know if they are useful to you. They are available via the library's A-Z list of electronic journals:http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/ej/

Linda Humphreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03253080028984748817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1151923484281006292006-07-03T10:40:00.000Z2006-07-03T10:44:44.373Z

The Library is currently reviewing how we communicate with the University's academic community. In support of this, we are holding a session where you will be given the opportunity to share your opinions on the topic of library communication. We are seeking your views on the effectiveness of our current methods of communication such as e-mail, the library webpages and news flashes and your

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1151491027433467462006-06-28T10:36:00.000Z2006-06-28T10:39:33.043Z

Trial of Knovel LibraryThe Knovel Library provides online access to 889 handbooks and databases in science and engineering subjects. Full access to Knovel is available until Saturday 22nd July.To access the database: Go to Knovel Library. Registration is NOT required: all users from University of Bath have instant access. We would welcome your feedback as to how useful this product is and whether

Linda Humphreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03253080028984748817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1151073452719709422006-06-23T14:37:00.000Z2006-06-23T14:37:32.956Z

The Library has subscribed to a package of all 22 journals from BMJ publishing. The titles have been added to the A-Z list of electronic journals on the Library web pages. Dates from which they are available are given below:Annals of the rheumatic diseases 1997Archives of disease in childhood 1997Archives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition 2004Archives of disease in childhood

Linda Humphreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03253080028984748817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1149842337352619602006-06-09T08:38:00.000Z2006-07-03T10:34:59.830Z

An agreement between Oxford Journals and JISC will mean that archive content from 140 titles dating back to 1849 will be available in perpetuity. Most of the journals have been digitised from volume one through to about 1995. The OUP Journal archive website gives links to the complete list of archives available. I will add a note to the weblog when access is activated.Titles included in the

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1148978050600990492006-05-30T08:14:00.000Z2006-05-30T08:34:11.160Z

You'll notice from this picture that our periodical shelves are absolutely full to capacity on level 4. This is partly the reason for a summer project in the library which has been termed 'Packing it away'. We are identifying material which is duplicated online via robust and stable platforms, that may be withdrawn to create space without losing access. These are not decisions that are made

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Any suggestions for material to add to the library collection must reach me by the 9th June - this is the cut off given by the technical services department of the library for spending this years budget.

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Well, it's hit the shores of Britain - the latest Times Higher Ed has a story about a microbiology lecturer at Bradford University who is podcasting his first year biochemistry lectures, and has an SMS text service for students to ask questions that he answers on his blog!http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2030201 (or go via the library A-Z ejournal list if off-campus)or

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Here's an update on library hours over the summer. Don't forget there will be quite a lot of building works on level 2 of the library - I'll keep updates posted here and of course you can find regular updates on the news section of the library website.June 12th – September 29thMonday to Friday 0800-2400Services 0900-1700Bank Holiday Monday 28th August and Tuesday 29th August no staffed

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It is really a beautiful day outside today, as evidenced by the large numbers of students around the lake (mobile phone pic taken from the balcony on level 5 of the library 12 May 06)! It's the kind of day that makes you realised why wireless networking is a good thing. It's also a good time to point out that so many of the library resources are available away from the library - dictionaries,

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The library building will be completely closed on Sunday18th June to allow urgent maintenance to our electrical sub station.

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Statistical Theory and Method Abstracts is now only published online (it has been on CD-ROM since 2001) and has been added to the A-Z ejournal list.Some abstracts do offer links out to full text however this site is not OpenURL compliant. This means unlike most of our databases where you are linked through to our subscribed online journals, these links simply direct the user to where the article

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In October 2005, the library created a new position in the Technical Services section for an e-journals librarian. The post was filled by Tom Hyland. Tom manages access to our ejournal subscriptions with SFX, our Open URL link resolver that works behind the scenes to connect Bath library users with the ejournals we subscribe to. Tom has also been working to arrange access to a number of open

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Summer and Semester I 2006-7 trainingI have mentioned previously that part of the role of subject librarian is to provide instruction on library resources. This is usually on finding and evaluating information, and using library databases. However a task group has been set up in the library to develop a suite of training seminars that focus on training in emerging technologies for research. This

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The library is currently hosting a trial of 'Ebrary', an online academic book provider. Ebrary has about 30,000 book titles in it's collection from a wide range of subject areas. Ebrary does require special software to run (the 'Ebrary Reader') which BUCS have installed on the PCs in the library. You may need to check with your departmental IT people in order to browse this trial from your

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Those of you who use a feedreader for alerting may be interested to learn that Zetoc is now syndicating Table of Contents alerts via RSS. Zetoc is a bibliographic service providing access to the British Library's huge electronic table of contents of journal articles and conference proceedings. For more details, go to http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/info/notes/zetoc.html. On the Zetoc website,

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We now have access to over 400 ejournal titles via Wiley Interscience. You can find a list of titles available via the A-Z ejournals list on the library website or from here.

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JSTOR has announced additions to their collections, and changes to some of the journals in the Biological sciences collection, increasing the moving wall. Details are below:*Bernoulli (Arts & Sciences Complement)Release Content: Vols. 1 -- 6, 1995-2000Moving Wall: 5 yearsPublisher: International Statistical Institute (ISI) and Bernoulli Societyfor Mathematical Statistics and ProbabilityISSN: 1350

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Microsoft have launched a product to compete with Google Scholar. Microsoft Live Academic is in beta version, found at http://academic.live.com. Currently content covers just Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Physics with more than 6 million records from approximately 4300 journals and 2000 conferences - they say more subject coverage is coming based on how this beta product goes.

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Reviews.com have asked us to trial an online service they offer in conjunction with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for Computing Reviews. We currently take the ACM Computing Reviews in print and it is not covered by the ACM Digital Library. Reviews.com have given us access to Computing Reviews online for the month of April 2006.Computing Reviews is a monthly journal that publishes

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Nature.com has gone weblog crazy! The editors of various Nature journals are contributing to weblogs, discussing recent articles and events. Take a look at the following:Action Potential from Nature NeuroscienceThe Sceptical Chymist from Nature ChemistryFree Association from Nature Genetics.Actually Nature.com is doing some really fantastics things with social technologies. Not only are they

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The Easter vacation... as good a time as any to sit down with a cup of coffee and finally get around to looking through the publisher catalogues you've been carefully tossing in a box in your office somewhere to catch up with later... Our financial year end is sneaking up so now is the time to send in your text book and recommended reading orders.Thanks, Kara.

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Library open hours for the Easter vacation are available from the library website at http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/open/#EasterNormal opening hours resume on Saturday 22nd April 2006.

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We will shortly have access to the Wiley Interscience ejournal collection. This is a collection of over 690 journals covering a variety of disciplines, and includes a number of journals that I have had enquiries about over the last semester such as 'Zoo Biology', 'Hepatology' and 'Yeast' for Biology and Biochemistry, and 'Random Structures and Algorithms' for Mathematics. You can find a

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In response to a request from staff in the Mathematics department, we have added links to the material available from the Goettingen archive to our ejournals A-Z listing. This project from the Center for Retrospective Digitization in Göttingen (Göttinger DigitalisierungsZentrum GDZ) has retrospectively archived a number of key journals and made them available online. Titles include Mathematische

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From Monday to Wednesday (27th-29th March) I'll be attending LILAC 2006 at the University of Leeds. LILAC is an acronym for the Librarian's Information Literacy Annual Conference, presented by the CILIP Information Literacy Sub-Group. (CILIP : Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals). This will be the first LILAC conference I've attended, and am looking forward to hearing

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We've received this message from the BL: Tomorrow (9th March) the British Library will be opening its Business andIP Centre, a new resource for entrepreneurs, SMEs, and researchers who wishto find how to set up their own business, conduct market research, and tolearn about patents and intellectual property. www.bl.uk/bipc/ We have received overwhelming interest and support for the Centre, and

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JSTOR has added three new journals to the Biological Sciences Collection - access these via our A-Z ejournals website or go direct to JSTOR.The Journal of Cell Biology (Biological Sciences Collection)Previous Title: The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology(0095-9901)Release Content: Vols. 1 -- 167, 1955-2004Moving Wall: 1Publisher: The Rockefeller University PressISSN: 0021-9525(This

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Level Two of the library building will be re-developed over the summer 2006. An overview of the changes is as follows (an outline from Howard Nicholson, University Librarian):*Replace the existing revolving door with two separate power operated doors;*Double the size of the Security Desk and re-new almost all of the security control systems (new CCTV, new card system, new turnstiles, new 3M);*

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The journal Computer Graphics Forum is available from the Eurographics Digital Library all the way back to volume 2(1) 1983 and this has been added to the e-journals A-Z list.

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Well it is Friday...I picked this up serendipidously from a blog called 'pruned', which is loosely about landscape architecture. These are images from the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics at Tel Aviv University -http://star.tau.ac.il/~eshel/gallery.html

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To celebrate 100 years, the Biochemical Journal has digitised their backfile and made it available via their website, and via Pubmed. "The digital archive of over 340,000 pages from 1906 to 2005 will beaccessed free on the web via (http://www.biochemj.org) which currentlyreceives around 5 million page views per annum. It will also be hosted inperpetuity by PubMedCentral as part of the

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For the month of March (1st - 31st) we have a trial of Safari Tech Books online.Safari has the complete text of selected books from excellent IT publishers like O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, Sams, and more. You can browse for specific titles, or search across the whole collection to find sections or chapters on your topic. Many of these books are useful 'how-to' guides to programming or using IT

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... is a very interesting new site, currently in beta version that aggregates life science blogs and then analyses that data. It seems to me to be a cross between a citation tracker, impact factor analysis tool, and search engine.From the website: "For example, it allows you to get an instant picture of which web sites are being heavily linked to by researchers in the medical sciences, or which

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Lots of students are looking for past dissertations in the Library at the moment (usually as a guide on how to prepare their own paper). Instead of rifling through boxes of past dissertations, find exactly where to look by searching for dissertations on the library catalogue. Using the 'Advanced catalogue search', type 'dissertation' as a keyword search, and also a keyword from the dissertation (

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The most recent issue of Mathematics Today contains an article written by Craig Laughton, a PhD Mathematics student at the University of Manchester (Exploring the 'Blogosphere' -http://www.ima.org.uk/mathematics/ExploringtheBlogoshpere.htm). He explores the benefits of blogging - try these as food for thought:*Community building - sharing ideas and experiences, and sparking debate*Helps improve

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A new online open access journal from BioMed Central, with a peer review twist..."BioMed Central is pleased to announce the launch of Biology Direct, a new online open access journal with a novel system of peer review. Biology Direct will operate completely open peer review, with named peer reviewers' reports published alongside each article. The journal also takes the innovative step of

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Our online access to the Cell Press titles has now been activated so we have full-text access up to the most recent issues of:Cancer Cell (vol.1(1), 2002 - )Cell (vol.80(1), 1995 - )Cell Metabolism (vol.1(1), 2005 - )Chemistry & Biology (vol.2(1), 1995 - )Current Biology (vol.5(1), 1995 - )Developmental Cell (vol.1(1), 2001 - )Immunity (vol.2(1), 1995 - )Molecular Cell (vol.1(1), 1997 - )Neuron (

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Do your students know how to navigate the information resources relevant to their subject area? Part of my remit as subject librarian is to provide instruction in the use of print and electronic library resources, and one of my personal interests is 'information literacy' (IL). "Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and

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Scienceblogs.com is a weblog from Seed magazine. It's the intersection of a number of popular science weblogs and a good place to start if you're interested in blogs and newsfeeds.

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News from our e-journals librarian:We now have access to current issues of the following IMS titles via the e-journal A-Z pages:Annals of Applied Probability from vol.6(1) 1996(also available on JSTOR from 1991-2001)Annals of Probability from vol.24(1) 1996(also available on JSTOR from 1973-2001)Annals of Statistics from vol.23(6) 1995(also available on JSTOR from 1973-2001)Statistical Science

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Yes, apparently it is all one word.. We have a trial of TheScientificWorldJournal until the end of March 2006. It's available under 'T' in the A-Z list of Electronic journals on the library website.TheScientificWorldJournal is an open-access journal. Blurb from the website says: "At the heart of TheScientificWorld's publishing program is TSWJ, a forum for publication of peer-reviewed, original

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New this week in the Library:Designing Interfaces. Tidwell, J. 518.82 TIDObject-orientated software construction. Meyer, B. 518.5 MEYPhysical chemistry for the life sciences. Atkins, P.W. 541:574 ATKLive cell imaging. Goldman, R. & Spector, D. 576.3 GOLUsing antibodies – a laboratory manual. Harlow, E. & Lane, D. 612.017.4 HARReviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Vol. 55

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Open access has hit the big time. Blackwells have announced their online open service whereby authors can pay for their journal articles to be freely available to readers.These aren't obscure backyard journals either, these are 79 well-received Blackwells journals, many of which the library takes in print and online like Cellular Microbiology, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Journal of

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An excellent weblog for those interested in weighty issues..Mass Spectrometry Blog :: A Web Log of Mass Spectromery Web Sites and Other Links and Items of Interesthttp://msblog.kermitmurray.com/

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I know there's never the perfect time to catch everyone to promote new resources, so I've chosen revision week in the hope that it's a better time than most. I will be in 'a seminar room near you!' next week demonstrating the new databases we have access to - details below:Biology & BiochemistryNext week I will be in the seminar room in 4South 0.78 on Tuesday 10th January at 1.15 demonstrating

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Nature news has an article on why scientists do or don't blog:http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/438548a

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I attended a seminar last November presented by the JIBS user group entitled 'The Battle of the Giants: a comparison of Web of Knowledge, Scopus and Google Scholar'. It was exceptionally interesting and I thought I'd add the link to the powerpoint demonstrations here and in the links section over to the right. The really important issue here is the comparison between Thomson Scientific's 'Web

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Some brilliant news to start off the new year - we now have access to the full text of Science magazine online. This gives you access to the most current issue on the Science website, and all the way back to 1880 via JSTOR. In fact, you can even access pre-prints of articles are available electronically in advance of print on the Science site.To access Science, do the following:On campus:

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E-books as a resource draw mixed responses. Loads of publishers are getting into the e-book game and new offers and packages are coming out frequently. With most e-books, you're basically buying access, not ownership. That's the biggest mental hurdle to overcome for any e-product. Some publishers offer perpetual access after three or so years of subscription but still, you're relying on

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Exam papers are now kept online at http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/exampapers/This is a database searchable by the unit code (ie. ma10001) for the last five years. The library is no longer keeping printed copies of any exam papers. All students are being directed to the online version. Off-campus users will need to enter their BUCS username and password for access.For mathematics, both exam

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This has been the case for some time now, but with placement students returning the question is still arising. Athens is an access management system used for authenticating and accessing web-based resources like Web of Science or online journals (mostly this is for off-campus access).Before, students and staff used to enter an Athens username and password for access. Now we've moved to a slightly

Kara Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602767120557060811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176332.post-1133543059290546532005-12-02T16:58:00.000Z2005-12-02T17:04:19.833Z

This has been circulating via email this week. Yes, it's the original 'mudmap' of Australia...

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Feeds from this site are available in rss and xml. Click on the little orange xml icon in the right hand navigation column to access the feed.What is a feed? It's basically a syndication service. A good definition can be found at Wikipedia. Many websites update their content constantly and instead of you revisiting the site, a feeds delivers the updates to you. Basically feeds push

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Now is a good time to send me details of texts or topics for study next semester. As it can take up to a month for items to arrive (be processed, classified, etc...), I would prefer to take an 'active' approach to buying material on reading lists, rather than a 'reactive' approach (ie. buying more copies when I notice there's 19 holds on a title!).If you are:a) Using a new textbook this

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The University of Bath Library and Learning Centre has posted their Strategic Plan 2005-2008 on the library website at http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/about/strategicplan.html. Key points include:Identify library user needs via regular feedback mechanisms.Improving the Reading List system.Upgrading the quality of information in library catalogue records.Providing an improved library environment in

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