Science @ UCD Library

Exporting to Endnote now easier in Pubmed

2012-05-02T14:57:00.004+01:00

PubMed has simplified the exporting of references to Endnote and other Bibliographic management packages. Previously when you had identified the references you wanted to export to Endnote you had to go through a number of steps to get your references out of Pubmed.
Now all you have to do is click on the Send to menu at the top of your list of references, select the option for citation manager and then click on the create file button. This will save a file called citations.nbib to you computer.
The contents of this file can then be imported into Endnote using the PubMed(NLM) import filter.
Much easier than before.
Diarmuid

Einstein Archives available online

2012-03-23T12:40:00.002Z

If you always wanted to know everything about Einstein, there is a new resource available to you at the Einstein Archives Online Website. The site gives you access to approximately 7,000 high-quality digitized images of Einstein’s writings. They cover such areas as his personal life, public life, Jewish people and, of course, science.
Diarmuid

CABI releases Open Access Invasive Species Compendium

2011-12-08T11:52:00.001Z

The Invasive Species Compendium (ISC) is an Open Access encyclopaedic resource that brings together a wide range of different types of science-based information to support decision-making in invasive species management worldwide. It comprises detailed datasheets that have been written by experts, edited by an independent scientific organization, peer reviewed, and enhanced with data from specialist organizations, images, and maps, a bibliographic database and full text articles. New datasheets and data sets continue to be added, datasheets are reviewed and updated, and scientific literature added on a weekly basis. The ISC has been resourced by a diverse international Consortium of Government departments, Non-governmental organizations and private companies.
Diarmuid

BioMed Central's new-look website

2011-11-23T15:10:00.001Z

BioMed Central

BioMed Central have used feedback received from editors, authors, readers and reviewers to redevelop the website to provide a cleaner and uncluttered new look. Among the changes are:

A revamped homepage showcasing the most recent and popular published research
New-style journal homepages for the BMC series (e.g. BMC Biology, BMC Cancer)
My BioMed Central – see the latest articles in your subject areas, and easily manage email preferences and stored searches
My manuscripts – much improved display of the status of all your submitted/published manuscripts, and any that you are currently reviewing or have reviewed
Institutional Member pages – these now show all articles from a Member institution, not just the last 12 months. Performance is greatly improved and an RSS feed makes it easy to stay up to date
Advanced search – additional options for selecting and downloading search results
Gateways – subject gateways offer a quick way to see the latest research from across BioMed Central's open access journals on a particular topic, while regional gateways showcase research from particular countries. Each gateway now has a pair of RSS feeds, one for latest articles, and another for Editor's picks
Information pages – fully searchable, and with much simplified navigation, these pages tell you all you need to know about BioMed Central

Click on the Beta Link at the top of the BioMed Central homepage to preview the new website.
Diarmuid

Web of Knowledge Mobile Version

2011-11-07T11:39:00.002Z

Web of Knowledge is now available for your mobile phone. You can search the databases the Library has a subscription to: Web of Science, MEDLINE, BIOSIS Previews, and Derwent Innovation Index.
Results can be exported to EndNote Web or RefWorks.
Full information can be found at:

http://wokinfo.com/about/mobile/

A Web of Knowledge Mobile FAQ is available at:

http://wokinfo.com/wok/media/pdf/wok-mobile-faqs.pdf

--- Michael ---

Sciverse introduces new features

2011-10-11T23:12:00.000+01:00

Sciverse, the platform that combines ScienceDirect, Scopus with information on the web has brought new features to users during September. These new features include:

In SciVerse ScienceDirect, users may see up to three related PDF articles based on topic relevance to the PDF article they download.
In SciVerse Scopus, searching the references will now find web site addresses (URLs).
SciVerse Hub users will appreciate the easier and more powerful tabbed approach to advanced searching.
SciVerse Scopus users will benefit from an expandable advanced search box, an automatically formatted search string, and more helpful syntax error messages.
Especially helpful for users searching for local collaborators or assessing a particular country’s aptitude in a certain area, SciVerse Scopus now enables users to refine their searches by country based on the affiliation of the first author.

Diarmuid

CAB Thesarus updated

2011-08-04T19:34:00.001+01:00

Life sciences publisher CABI, UK, has announced that the CAB Thesaurus has had its biggest update in 30 years. The Thesaurus, projected as a comprehensive controlled vocabulary covering applied life sciences and related subject areas, has reportedly grown 40 percent in just one year. It now includes nearly 137,000 terms. The resource contains the scientific names and synonyms for pest- and disease-causing organisms, birds, mammals, insects and other species and details the relationships between them. It seeks to play a vital role in ensuring the quality and consistency of all content produced by CABI. It is also licensed by CABI to a wide variety of other organisations to categorise and index their own content.
Additions to the new edition include 10,000 nematode species mentioned in CABI online databases; world lists of birds, mammals, sucking lice (Anoplura) and trichodectid chewing lice (Mallophaga), with synonyms; complete revisions to the existing taxonomic hierarchies in the thesaurus of dinoflagellates and algae; and 7,275 new insect species from the Medani database, which contains species of veterinary and medical importance.
It is projected that the CAB Thesaurus will double in size in the next five years, and several innovations will be introduced to make it much more than just a controlled vocabulary. The most important of these will be to include semantic features into the thesaurus to make it fit for new CABI products and for wider use as part of the semantic web.

You can now export references from Google Books to Endnote

2011-07-12T17:38:00.004+01:00

For some time you have been able to export references from Google Scholar to Endnote. Google have quietly introduced this feature to Google Books. When you search Google Books and find the book that you are looking for, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see links to export your reference to Endnote, BiBTeX and RefMan. Select your bibliography management tool and your citation will be exported.
You will need to check each reference to make sure that it is correct. I did a test export and found that my example didn't have a place of publication. As long as you take care this is a useful resource for finding book references to export to Endnote
Diarmuid

2010 Journal Citation Reports are now available

2011-06-29T14:34:00.002+01:00

The 2010 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) are now available. They provide a combination of impact and influence metrics, and millions of cited and citing journal data points that comprise the complete journal citation network of Web of Science. The 2010 JCR includes:

More than 10,000 of the world's most highly cited,
peer reviewed journals in 238 disciplines
Nearly 2,500 publishers and 84 countries represented
Over 1,300 regional journals
1,075 journals receiving their first Journal Impact Factor

Journal citation reports can be accessed through Findit@ucd.
Diarmuid

Proquest Databases move to new platform

2011-06-21T11:42:00.002+01:00

Proquest have developed a new platform for its databases and Databases that UCD subscribe to are being moved over to this new platform. For Science Technology and Medicine subjects these databases include:

PsycARTICLES
PsycBOOKS
PsycINFO
Zoological Record Plus (1978-Current)
GeoRef

Diarmuid

Endnote X4 now available in UCD

2011-06-16T12:09:00.003+01:00

UCD has upgraded Endnote to version X4. The application can be downloaded from Software Download on UCD Connect to institutionally owned computers. It will also be available in Student Computer Labs and via Software for U by the start of the new semester.
New Features

If you have a PDF of an article EndNote X4 can extract the basic bibliographic information using the Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) and CrossRef® data to create new records in a reference library. No need to search for the article or manually enter the information
You can now search within any PDF you have embedded in your library
Modify references easily in the new Quick Edit tab on the main library window. No need to open to the reference to make changes.
You can expand library retrieval results by adding wildcards within search terms.
Cite While You Write in over 4,500 journal styles

Diarmuid

UCD School of Physics Art Exhibit

2011-05-31T14:34:00.003+01:00

An exhibit was recently unveiled in the UCD School of Physics which involves visual representations of the research being done by the School. This project was in collaboration with the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) and headed by the Head of School, Professor Lorraine Hanlon, who initially had the idea.

The project sparked further collaboration between the two entities, namely with the creation of an unconventional pilot module, "Tunneling Art and Physics", combining art and physics, with sessions held alternatively at UCD and the NCAD.

This story is featured in the most recent issue of UCD Today.

--Josh

Internet Explorer and Pubmed not working perfectly together

2011-04-27T14:36:00.003+01:00

Internet 8 seems to be having trouble in accepting long search strings due to the way that IE8 handles forms. If you have a have a long complex search string currently IE8 only searches the first number of search terms.
The solution within IE8 is to click on the advanced search link on the top of the screen, then select details. You can then paste the full search string into the Query Translation box. Youneed to have already run a search in pubmed before the Query Translation box will appear and delete all the text that's already in the box.
Alternatively you can try another browser if this is a problem.
Diarmuid

Irish Veterinary Journal is now Open Access

2011-04-13T14:56:00.005+01:00

The Irish Veterinary Journal which for 65 years has been the Official Journal of Veterinary Ireland has changed and become an open acess journal. It is now freely available on line at BioMed Central. The first articles published include a review from Dr Donagh Berry et al. on the contribution of genetic makeup to differences in resistance to many diseases affecting cattle, and research from Dr Lies Beekhuis-Gibbon et al. on a pilot study for the development, implementation, and evaluation of a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) based approach for the control of good udder health in dairy cows.
Diarmuid

EndNote Web and ResearcherID updates

2011-03-28T14:21:00.002+01:00

Thomson Reuters will be performing an upgrade to EndNote Web and ResearcherID starting Sunday, March 27th.
New EndNote Web features:

Cite While You Write in Word 2011 for Mac. Get the new plug-in from the "Download Installers" page in EndNote Web.
Get better results with SFX (OpenURL) Author and Title links for Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese languages.
Link to Biosis Citation Index source records directly within EndNote Web including one-click author searches.

ResearcherID, is a free author community where you can create your own profile to eliminate author misidentification. New features include

Search Web of Science using a ResearcherID.
Link to ResearcherID profiles listed in Web of Science full record.

Diarmuid

UCD Open Access Institutional Repository informational sessions

2011-03-14T16:56:00.000Z

A series of talks and workshops will be held on a new service that allows you to put your research publications online, free of charge, without subscriptions or other barriers to access, open to all UCD researchers and staff engaged in scholarly publication .
Providing open access to your publications through the UCD Institutional Repository will increase your visibility, showcase your research, enhance your School, College or Research Centre's reputation, fulfil funding requirements and build valuable research and industry connections.

An informational leaflet is available here.

Each talk will cover reasons and incentives for putting your research online via the Institutional Repository; workshops will be practical sessions on how to upload items and track usage trends (downloads) for individual items, Schools, Colleges and Research Centres.

Talks:
1:15 Tuesday 22nd March, C108 Arts building
1:15 Thursday 24th March, B109 Health Sciences Building

Workshops:
1:15 Tuesday 29th March, Health Sciences Library Information Skills room
1:15 Wednesday 30th March, G30 Agricultural Sciences Building

Expressions of interest are welcome but booking in advance is not required.
For more information, please contact Joseph Greene, Institutional Repository Project Manager on 01 7167398 or joseph.greene@ucd.ie

EndNote Training Semester 2

2011-01-19T16:35:00.004Z

Are you new to Endnote? Do you want to brush up on your Endnote skills? Are you planning to use Endnote to organise references for your literature or systematic reviews, reading lists or other publications?
UCD Library is offering a number of training sessions for Endnote X2 for PC and Endnote Web throughout Semester 2 2010/2011.
This 1 hour session aims to provide participants with an introduction to EndNote X2 or EndNote web, respectively.
By the end of the session participants:

will know how to create an EndNote library.
will be able to populate their library with manual references and imported references from library catalogues and databases
will be able to demonstrate how to cite references & create bibliographies in a Word document using the references stored in an EndNote library

To register please complete the online booking form for EndNote X2 or EndNote Web.

--- Michael ---

SAE Current Print Journals Relocated

2011-01-17T15:03:00.004Z

Science, Agriculture and Engineering current print journals previously located on Level 4 of the James Joyce Library have been relocated to Level 3.
Look at the map for new location.

--- Michael ---

New open access journal from Nature Publishing Group

2011-01-14T12:21:00.003Z

Nature has just announced a call for papers for a new online open access journal titled Scientific Reports. This journal will cover a broad subject base in the natural sciences - including articles in biology, chemistry, physics and earth sciences. The journal will charge an article processing fee, with the author retaining copyright, and articles will be freely available to everyone. It will be interesting to see the usage statistics once it has been launched.

--Josh

loss of access to Oxford Journals

2011-01-11T16:23:00.004Z

UCD Library has lost access to Oxford Journals online since yesterday. We have reported this to Oxford University Press and we hope to have this resolved in the near future.

Update: 13/1/11 Access has now been restored
Diarmuid

Royal College of Science for Ireland Library on Youtube

2010-12-14T10:14:00.002Z

UCD Library had the good fortune to inherit the Royal College of Science for Ireland Library which forms part of UCD Special Collections.
Last year UCD Special Collections was lucky enough to be awarded a grant from the Wellcome Trust to carry out a survey of this Library.
Please have a look at the links below to find out more about the Royal College of Science for Ireland Library and UCD’s Special Collections.
Royal College of Science for Ireland Library - A Unique Part of Ireland's Scientific Heritage
Royal College of Science for Ireland Library - Collection Highlights

--- Michael ---

New Science Direct App

2010-12-13T12:29:00.004Z

Users of SciVerse ScienceDirect can now keep up to date even when on the move with the updated iPhone App. With the App you can access exactly the same journals and books from your iPhone as you can from your laptop or desktop computer. The screen may be smaller but the familiar content is all there. The App allows you to look up and read a paper, share the PDF, or just explore what's out there anytime you get a bright idea.
The App is available for Iphone, iPad and iPd Touch users and can be downloaded from the App store for free.
Diarmuid

Advanced EndNote X2 training

2010-11-30T13:40:00.001Z

UCD Library offers two Advanced EndNote X2 lunchtime sessions on 6th and 10th December 2010 (13.00-14.00). These sessions will cover features such as:

* Creating a subject bibliography
* Customising bibliographic output styles
* Customising reference types
* Finding and adding full text
* and more ...

There will be time for Questions & Answers at the end. You need to have a basic knowledge of EndNote X2 if you want to attend a session. Please register here.

Another publication added to the Lyell Collection

2010-11-23T09:59:00.005Z

The Geological Society has just announced the addition of Petroleum Geoscience to its Lyell Collection. This brings the number of publications in the collection to twelve. PG is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal covering the science and technology associated with rock-related petroleum disciplines.

You can access this journal, which starts from volume 1, issue 1 (1995), through the Library's findit @UCD Library discovery tool. As with most of our other resources, this is available off campus.

--Josh

PubMed adds Veterinary Science as a Special Query

2010-11-22T10:07:00.002Z

This month sees the introduction of Veterinary Science as a Special Query in PubMed. The MEDLINE/PubMed Veterinary Science search retrieves citations to journal literature, combining subject search terms, title words, and veterinary and animal health journal titles. It also highlights a range of other veterinary information resources.
To select the Veterinary Science search you can either go to limits in PubMed and select Veterinary Science from the subset menu or go to the Special query page mentioned above.
Diarmuid