If you use Web of Science, starting today you’ll see a new interface and a new name. Now when you click on any of the library’s links to Web of […]
What’s New with RefWorks?
Use RefWorks? If so, you might be interested in knowing about three enhancements to the online personal citation database announced earlier this month. Write-N-Cite III (beta) offers the ability to […]
Happy Birthday Wikipedia
One of the most beloved sources for information on the web, Wikipedia, turns seven this week. According to Alexa: The Web Information Company, Wikipedia is the 9th most popular site […]
Big Think
So, like going to Disney World and having “It’s a Small World” insidiously infect your very being, you’ve seen and heard the “Leave Britney Alone” video on YouTube once too […]
Subscribe to Search Alerts (the SCOPUS edition)
Recently I showed you how to set up search alerts in EBSCOhost databases. Back in September, Robin told you all about Scopus, an abstracts and citation database that focuses on […]
Citing Electronic Resources: Part 2, Chicago Style
Now that you know how to cite online resources using MLA, shall we move on to Chicago Manual of Style? Many humanities disciplines, particularly History, use Chicago as their documentation […]
Will ScienceDirect Go Beyond a Million Downloads Again this Year?
From January – December 2006, Hopkins researchers downloaded 1,161,063 full text articles from ScienceDirect. So far, for statistics received from January – September 2007, Hopkins researchers have downloaded 867,247 full […]
More Science Videos Online
Earlier this semester, Robin alerted us to SciVee, an where you can find science-related videos online. Via Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology, I was alerted to a couple other science […]
Citing Electronic Resources: Part 1, Using MLA Style
Most of you are familiar with how to cite print books and articles when you’re writing a research paper. But how do you cite information you find on the internet? […]
Save Time – Search Several Databases at Once!
If you’ve ever wanted to save some time and search more than one database at once, then you should try JHsearch. Librarians have created several sets of databases that can […]