Physics and Astronomy Library News

Cisti Source Discontinued - August 2009

2009-04-02T13:36:00.001-07:00

As some of you may have heard, the federal government is discontinuing CISTI Source as of this August. Our current contract for CISTI Source expires today and it doesn't make sense to continue on with CISTI Source for a few more months until the end.

"The Federal Government is discontinuing CISTI Source as of August 2009.

Because of better interlibrary loan coverage and tools such as SFX, use of CISTI Source at the University of Calgary has declined dramatically since 2003. The Library decided not to renew our contract after March 31, 2009 for the last few months of CISTI Source’s existence. Please use the interlibrary loan form to request the scientific, medical and technical articles that you used to request with CISTI Source :

http://library1.ucalgary.ca/dds.php

If you have any questions about why CISTI Source is being discontinued or questions about alternatives to CISTI Source please contact Rob Tiessen the Head of Access Services for the University of Calgary Library or the liaison librarian for your subject area. "

Physics and Astronomy Librarian in Science B (Gallagher Library) for Drop-In Help

2008-10-15T07:52:00.000-07:00

Don MacMillan, the Physics and Astronomy Librarian, will be available in the Gallagher Library in the Science B Building on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm October 15-December 3, to offer assistance with your research papers and assignments, no appointment is necessary.

Library Home Page Changes

2008-09-15T14:51:00.000-07:00

Key Physics & Astronomy links have moved on the redesigned Library Home page.
For example Physics & Astronomy research databases or search engines such as INSPEC, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar are now available at:

Online Resources --> Science & Engineering --> Physics & Astronomy

While subject pages and Library Instruction Guides (e. g. PHYS 325 and PHYS 491) are now available at:

Research Support --> Science & Engineering --> Physics & Astronomy

Web of Science content expanded from 1900 to present

2008-05-23T11:16:00.000-07:00

The library has enhanced access to the Web of Science database by expanding its science content from 1900 to present. Previously, science content was only available from 1975. Web of Science also provides content from the Social Science Index from 1956 and the Arts & Humanities Index from 1975.
Web of Science provides access to nearly 9,300 prestigious, high impact research journals in the world and is the primary tool for determining how many times an author has been cited in the literature.

Available through the library's Research database collection at:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/researchdatabases/index.php

Search multiple databases at one time-360 Search

2008-05-23T11:15:00.000-07:00

The library is implementing a one-year trial of 360 Search a search engine-database that allows you to search multiple databases at one time. Select your subject category, enter your search terms and wait for your results.
360 Search is available via a link from the top of the library's Research Database page at:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/researchdatabases/index.php

Science Librarian in Science A 124 (Wolcott Lab) for Drop-In Help

2008-02-01T08:47:00.000-08:00

A Science Librarian will be available in Science A124 (Wolcott Lab) January 28-March 17 to offer assistance with your research papers and assignments.

Don MacMillan (Biology, Physics/Astronomy and Math-Interim) will be there Mondays, 11am - 1pm

Science Librarians in Science A 124 (Wolcott Lab) for Drop-In Help October 15 - December 5

2007-10-19T07:22:00.000-07:00

Science Librarians will be available in Science A124 (Wolcott Lab) October 15-December 5 to offer assistance with your research papers and assignments.

Don MacMillan (Biology, Physics/Astronomy) will be there Mondays, 11am - 1pm

Jennifer Lee (Chemistry, Mathematics/Statistics, Environmental Design) will be there Wednesdays, 10am - noon, expect November

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

2007-06-20T10:24:00.000-07:00

Science Direct (Elsevier) has added some new features to makes your searching even easier.

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.

Scopus is accessible from our Research Databases page:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/researchdatabases/index.php

New Product - Scopus (Elsevier)

2007-03-05T08:06:00.000-08:00

The library has recently subscribed to Scopus (Elsevier) which is one of the most comprehensive indexing tools available. It covers over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles, conference proceedings and patents. It also has a citation search feature like Web of Science and Google Scholar.
It will be added to our Research Database List shortly so in the interim it can be accessed at:
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.scopus.com

ScienceDirect unavailable on Saturday, March 3

2007-03-02T09:00:00.000-08:00

Elsevier has announced that ScienceDirect will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance on Saturday, March 3, 2007 for approximately 9 hours starting at 06:30 AM EST (11:30 AM GMT). We apologize for the inconvenience.

Science Librarians in SA124 Wolcott Lab

2007-02-06T11:27:00.000-08:00

Science Librarians Back in Science A124 (Wolcott Lab) February 5- April 11

Don MacMillan (Biology, Physics/Astronomy) will be there Mondays, 11am - 1pm

Jennifer Lee (Chemistry, Mathematics/Statistics, Environmental Design) will be there Wednesdays, 10am - noon

Science Librarians back in Science A124 (Wolcott Lab)

2006-10-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

Science Librarians will back in Science A124 (Wolcott Lab) October 16 - December 6 to help with your library and research needs, no appointment necessary.

Don MacMillan (Biology, Physics/Astronomy) will be available on Mondays, 11am - 1pm

Jennifer Lee (Chemistry, Mathematics/Statistics, Environmental Design) will be available on Wednesdays, 10am - noon

Eprintweb.org - New ArXiv Interface

2006-09-11T07:53:00.000-07:00

IOP (Institute of Physics) has developed a free e-print service in cooperation with ArXiv.org and Cornell University. Eprintweb.org uses ArXiv content but has created a new search interface. Reference linking is included as well as customized features like alerts and flagging of individual articles.

Journal Backfiles from Wiley Interscience Are Now Available

2006-07-13T07:38:00.000-07:00

The library has purchased all of the the journal backfiles from Wiley Interscience. These include journals in the following areas:

Analytical Sciences
Biotechnology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics
Cell and Developmental Biology
Chemistry
Genetics and Evolution
Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy

Comparison of three options for citation tracking: Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science

2006-07-07T13:28:00.000-07:00

There are some very interesting results in this study published in the June 29, 2006 issue of "Biomedical Digital Libraries". The authors suggest that "Our data indicate that the question of which tool provides the most complete set of citing literature may depend on the subject and publication year of a given article".

You can read this article at:
http://www.bio-diglib.com/content/3/1/7

The Astronomical Journal debuts design changes and e-first publishing

2006-06-07T10:12:00.000-07:00

The Astronomical Journal begins E-first publication of papers with the July 2006 issue (Volume 132. Issue 1). As soon as a standard research paper is in its final form, it can be placed in the next available issue and published online, without waiting for final production of a printed issue. Read more.

Biointerphases - New Open Access Journal

2006-04-24T12:05:00.000-07:00

Biointerphases has published its first issue, March 2006. Biointerphases is published by AVS, formerly the American Vacuum Society, and hosted by the American Institute of Physics.

Topics Include… •Interface spectroscopy •In vivo mechanisms •In vitro mechanisms •Interface modeling •Adhesion phenomena •Protein-surface interactions •Biomembranes on a chip •Cell-surface interactions •Biosensors / biodiagnostics •Bio-surface modification •The nano-bio interface •Biotribology / Biorheology •Molecular recognition •Cell patterning for function •Polyelectrolyte surfaces •Ambient diagnostic methods
Biointerphases
Fulltext v1+ (2006+) http://biointerphases.org/
ISSN: 1559-4106.

2006-03-28T07:48:00.000-08:00

Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds. Read more in Nature magazine at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html
Read the response from Encyclopedia Britannica at: http://corporate.britannica.com/britannica_nature_response.pdf

Web of Science - New Interface

2006-02-06T14:38:00.000-08:00

Navigate faster via an improved homepage that is cleaner, more streamlined, and easier to use. Other features include:

Set any product-specific search page as the initial start page — Improved personalization lets users start where they want to start.
Launch CrossSearchSM from within any product — There’s no need to go back to the ISI Web of Knowledge homepage to conduct a cross search.
Link to more free open access journals — All customers with links will have 37 more open access journals added to their portfolios, with additional open access resources to be added monthly.
To find out more visit the ISI Web of Knowledge Homepage

New Physics Content

2006-01-30T10:15:00.000-08:00

Scirus, Science Direct's free science search engine, is sporting new content. Scirus now indexes the Institute of Physics journals, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) open-access electronic theses repository and the Caltech's Institutional Repository.

Google Scholar Fact Sheet

2006-01-06T11:45:00.000-08:00

This fact sheet outlines some of the advantages and disadvantages of searching the web using Google Scholar.
http://hsl.mcmaster.ca/resources/googlescholar.htm

New Physics Journal- PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

2005-10-31T13:57:00.000-08:00

The new Physical Review Special Topics Open-Access Journal, Physical Review Special Topics -- Physics Education Research, now has its first issue on the web at http://prst-per.aps.org/
>>Read More

Article Comparing Google Scholar and Web of Science

2005-10-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

Read about some of the differences between Google Scholar and Web of Science
>> Read More

Physics News Sources-RSS Feeds

2005-09-29T07:38:00.000-07:00

Find out how to subscribe to Physics news sources such as Physics Today and the Institute of Physics at the following address:
http://www.sla.org/division/dpam/subjects/phys.html#News

Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences

2005-09-02T11:06:00.000-07:00

Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences
This online Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of atmospheric sciences, with special attention to applied aspects, especially of predictability and reliability of data compilation. The scope of the work ranges from spectroscopy of atmospheric particles to weather prediction.