Elsevier recently built a bridge from Scopus, their multi-disciplinary database, to two engineering databases. This lets researchers using either Compendex or INSPEC discover citing articles in Scopus. And researchers in […]
Don’t Perish! Check Out Our Publishing Tips
Please join the JHU Press and the Sheridan Libraries for a workshop on publishing opportunities for graduate students and new faculty members. We will offer advice on several topics including: […]
Help Improve ScienceDirect
Elsevier is looking for a few good researchers to provide feedback about some new designs and functionality in ScienceDirect, their journal platform. Test dates are currently scheduled for March 28th […]
A Day at Librarian Bootcamp
Actually it was a day-long Medical Library Association continuing education course called e-Science Bootcamp. The course was developed by the librarians at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of […]
And the Most Popular Database is…
It’s February. That means the Oscars are on people’s minds. While most people are wondering which of the nominees will win best picture, I’m wondering which literature database is used […]
Your Very Own Database List
Do you ever find yourself wishing you could create your own list of databases? We know that even with all the lists we’ve created, some power users or interdisciplinary researchers […]
Nature following PLoS? What next?
The blogosphere (Scholarly Kitchen, Science in the Open, Book of Trogool, and The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics) has been lit up by the recent announcement of Nature’s newest journal […]
2010: Month by Month
It’s the end of the calendar year and time for a year-in-review post. I’m stealing an idea I found on The Book of Trogool and Christina’s LIS Rant. Below are […]
Author Metrics Q&A
Politics may be all about who you know, but scholarship is all about who you cite. And who cites you. And how many times you’ve been cited. Here are some […]
Finding Online Books
The Sheridan Libraries have been investing in online books over the past few years. Many of these online books reside in collections; a few examples are listed below. ECCO (18th […]