IEEE’s database, called IEEE Xplore, covers electrical and computer engineering, nanotechnology, bioengineering, robotics, and more, with the full text of articles, conferences, and standards from 1988 to the present. If […]
Consumer Health Information
You’ve heard your librarians talk about how the very best place to get consumer information about medical topics is NIH’s MedlinePlus.gov. But another agency has some consumer information as well: […]
What Did I Hear About Nature and California?
You may have heard from friends and colleagues about a disagreement between the University of California and Nature Publishing Group (NPG). Long story short: NPG proposed an extremely large increase […]
Scopus by Phone
Scopus is a huge database for searching journal articles, conference papers, book series, and websites, primarily in the sciences, engineering, and medicine. Its best coverage is from 1996+, but there are also vast listings before […]
Physics by Phone
arXiv is the open server for e-prints in physics, math, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and statistics. Do you need to check what’s new every day? Of course you […]
Goodbye Crossfire; Hello REAXYS
REAXYS is the new way to access the Beilstein (organic chemistry) and Gmelin (inorganic and organometallic chemistry) databases. REAXYS is a web-based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, chemical […]
Firing Needles Across the Ocean
On March 30, two 3.5 TeV (teraelectron volt) energy beams will collide. This will happen at CERN, a research center on the Switzerland/France border. Described by one CERN scientist as […]
A new tool for research management
Faculty are invited to attend an open seminar for SciStrata, a new research management solution being developed by Elsevier. The product allows researchers to optimize their ability to achieve excellence […]
Inside Out Humans
We have a few resources to help you see deep inside yourself. No, I’m not talking about self help; I’m talking about muscles, nerves, and bones. Human anatomy! We have […]
New Look for IEEE Xplore
For those of you interested in electrical engineering, IEEE Xplore has a new look. It still offers the full text of all their journals, conferences, and standards, but it uses […]