Andruss Library Science/Health Science Info

Web of Science

The library recently offered training on our new database, Web of Science. Some interesting info gleaned from the 2 sessions:

• New data is loaded into the database every Thurs. night so if you've created an 'alert' to be notified when a specific article is cited, it will be sent to you Fri.
• 99.5% of the journals indexed are peer-reviewed; the .5% that are technically not may as well be because of their high editorial standards (e.g. Science & Nature)
• Thomson is always reviewing the journals indexed in Web of Science and does add new ones or occasionally drop ones. They welcome your suggestions. Just contact their Technical Support.
• The database doesn't index preprints. Another database of theirs, Current Contents Select, does, but we do not subscribe to it. However, Scirus, a free database on our website, does index preprints.

Attendees received a 48-page workbook which you can download online for free at http://scientific.thomson.com/media/scpdf/wos_workbook_7_6.pdf .

You might want to check out the online tutorials (animated with sound) on how to use the db in depth or refer your students to them:
http://www.scientific.thomson.com/support/recordedtraining/wos . Running time for these is about 3-10 minutes each.

Lastly, you might want to use parts of another workbook with your students to explain citation indexing (found at http://scientific.thomson.com/media/scpdf/lis_sem_0704.pdf) . It's got lots of useful graphics like the following:

If you have any questions, feel free to call or email me, or just drop by my office (AL 222).

Linda

posted by Linda @ 12:12 PM 0 comments

Library instruction

If your students need to do library research to complete an assignment, you might want to consider having them first attend a library instruction session. Library instruction is most effective when it's tailored to fit a specific assignment. Following is a list of some potential topics with estimated presentation times:

• Developing a search topic -- how to browse the literature (10-15 min.)
• Developing a specific search strategy -- coming up with key words that work (15-20 min.)
• Matching a search topic to the best information sources -- considering format (books, gov docs, periodicals) and treatment (scholarly, trade, or popular) (5-10 min.)
• Identifying the best databases to locate those information sources (5-10 min.)
• Using the general interest databases, i.e., interdisciplinary (10 min. per database)
• Using the specialized databases, i.e., subject or discipline-specific (10-15 min. per database)
• Finding the full-text or paper version of an article (10-15 min.)
• Getting materials not owned by the library via interlibrary loan (5 min.)
• Citing your sources using a specific style (5-10 min.)

I've used a variety of approaches, including working with the professor to develop an in-class assignment for hands-on practice. Call or email me to discuss ideas to facilitate your students' library research.

posted by Linda @ 2:54 PM 0 comments

Wiley journal list

TITLE / SUBJECT
About Campus / Education
Advanced Materials / Engineering
Aggressive Behavior / Psychology
Agribusiness / Business
AIChE Journal / Chemical Engineering
American Journal of Hematology / Medicine
American Journal of Human Biology / Biology
American Journal of Industrial Medicine / Medicine
American Journal of Physical Anthropology / Anthropology
Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology / Biology
Anatomical Record Part B: The New Anatomist / Biology
Angewandte Chemie International Edition / Chemistry
Annals of Neurology / Medicine
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology / Information Science
Applied Cognitive Psychology / Psychology
Applied Organometallic Chemistry / Chemistry
Arthritis & Rheumatism / Medicine
Arthritis Care & Research / Medicine
ASHE Higher Education Report / Education
ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report / Education
Assessment Update / Education
Behavioral Sciences & the Law / Health
BioEssays / Biology
Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition / Pharmacology
Biotechnology and Bioengineering / Biology
British Journal of Surgery / Medicine
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology / Information Science
Cancer / Medicine
Cancer Cytopathology / Medicine
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis / Medicine
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions / Medicine
Chemistry - A European Journal / Chemistry
ChemMedChem / Biochemistry
Children & Society / Sociology
Clinical Anatomy / Medicine
Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy / Psychology
Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics / Mathematics
Complexity / Mathematics
Conflict Resolution Quarterly / Law
Cytometry Part A / Biology
Cytometry Part B: Clinical Cytometry / Biology
Deafness and Education International / Audiology
Developmental Dynamics / Medicine
Developmental Psychobiology / Psychology
Diagnostic Cytopathology / Biology
Drug Development Research / Pharmacology
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms / Earth sciences
Electrophoresis / Chemistry
Employment Relations Today / Business
Environmental Progress / Environmental science
European Eating Disorders Review / Medicine
European Journal of Immunology / Medicine
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry / Chemistry
European Journal of Organic Chemistry / Chemistry
European Journal of Social Psychology / Psychology
Geological Journal / Geology
Glia / Medicine
Helvetica Chimica Acta / Chemistry
Hepatology / Medicine
Hippocampus / Medicine
Human Brain Mapping / Medicine
Human Mutation / Biology
Human Resource Development Quarterly / Business
Human Resource Management / Business
In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice / Psychology
Infant Mental Health Journal / Psychology
Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance & Management / Business
International Journal of Cancer / Medicine
International Journal of Eating Disorders / Medicine
International Journal of Energy Research / Energy
International Journal of Health Planning and Management, The / Public health
International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering / Engineering
Journal of Applied Toxicology / Toxicology
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A / Biology
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials / Biology
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry / Biology
Journal of Cellular Physiology / Biology
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology / Chemistry
Journal of Clinical Apheresis / Medicine
Journal of Clinical Psychology / Psychology
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound / Medicine
Journal of Combinatorial Designs / Mathematics
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology / Psychology
Journal of Community Psychology / Psychology
Journal of Comparative Neurology, The / Medicine
Journal of Computational Chemistry / Chemistry
Journal of Direct Marketing / Business
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology / Biology
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution / Biology
Journal of Graph Theory / Mathematics
Journal of High Resolution Chromatography / Chemistry
Journal of Interactive Marketing / Business
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Medicine
Journal of Microcolumn Separations / Chemistry
Journal of Morphology / Biology
Journal of Neurobiology / Biology
Journal of Neuroscience Research / Medicine
Journal of Organizational Behavior / Business
Journal of Pathology, The / Medicine
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Pharmacology
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management / Business
Journal of Polymer Science / Chemistry
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry / Chemistry
Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics / Chemistry
Journal of Quaternary Science / Earth sciences
Journal of Research in Science Teaching / Science
Journal of Robotic Systems / Engineering
Journal of Separation Science / Chemistry
Journal of Surgical Oncology / Medicine
Journal of the American Society for Information Science / Information Science
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology / Information Science
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences / Psychology
Journal of Traumatic Stress / Psychology
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine / Medicine
Leader to Leader / Business
Leadership in Action / Business
Liver Transplantation / Medicine
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Medicine
Managerial and Decision Economics / Business
Medical and Pediatric Oncology / Medicine
Medicinal Research Reviews / Medicine
Microscopy Research and Technique / Medicine
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters / Engineering
Movement Disorders / Medicine
Muscle and Nerve / Medicine
National Civic Review / Business
Naval Research Logistics / Mathematics
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education / Education
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development / Psychology
New Directions for Evaluation / Business
New Directions for Higher Education / Education
New Directions for Institutional Research / Education
New Directions for Teaching and Learning / Education
New Directions for Youth Development / Psychology
Nonprofit Management and Leadership / Business
Pediatric Blood & Cancer / Medicine
Pediatric Pulmonology / Medicine
Polymer Composites / Chemistry
Prenatal Diagnosis / Medicine
Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology / Information Science
Process Safety Progress / Chemistry
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications / Engineering
Prostate, The / Medicine
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics / Biochemistry
PROTEOMICS / Biology
Psychology and Marketing / Psychology
Psychology in the Schools / Psychology
Psycho-Oncology / Medicine
Research in Nursing & Health / Medicine
Science Education / Science
Software Process: Improvement and Practice / Computer Science
Software: Practice and Experience / Computer Science
Statistics in Medicine / Medicine
Strategic Management Journal / Business
Synapse / Medicine
Systems Research / Business
Systems Research and Behavioral Science / Business
Thunderbird International Business Review / Business
Yeast / Biology

posted by Linda @ 9:36 PM 0 comments

New reference books by subject area

GEOGRAPHY & GEOSCIENCES


Atlas of the world / [prepared by National Geographic Maps for the Book Division]. , 8th ed. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2005.
Reference Collection -- G1021 .N38 2005


Encyclopedia of caves / editors, David C. Culver, William B. White. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005.
Reference Collection -- GB601 .E534 2005


Encyclopedia of earth science / Timothy Kusky. New York, NY : Facts on File, c2005. Reference Collection -- QE5 .K85 2005


Encyclopedia of geomorphology / edited by A.S. Goudie. London ; New York : Routledge ; [S.l.] : International Association of Geomorphologists, 2004.
Reference Collection -- GB400.3 .E53 2004


Goode's atlas of Latin America / Howard Veregin, editor ; editorial advisory board, Byron Augustin ... [et al.]. [Skokie, Ill.] : Rand McNally ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2005. Reference Collection -- G1540 .G65 2005


Mountain encyclopedia : an A-Z compendium of more than 2,300 terms, concepts, ideas, and people / Frederic V. Hartemann and Robert Hauptman ; illustrated with drawings, art, maps, and more than four hundred color photographs by Ansel Adams ... [et al.] ; Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Reference Collection -- GB500.5 .H37 2005


World atlas of natural hazards / Bill McGuire ... [et al.]. London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004.
Reference Collection -- G3201.C1 2004 .W67

HEALTH & MEDICINE


Encyclopedia of men's health / Glenn S. Rothfeld and Deborah S. Romaine. New York, NY : Facts on File, c2005. Reference Collection -- RA777.8 .R68 2005


Encyclopedia of women's health / Christine Ammer ; foreword by JoAnn E. Manson and Elizabeth F. Brigham. , 5th ed. New York, NY : Facts On File, c2005. Reference Collection --RA778 .A494 2005


Encyclopedia of sexually transmitted diseases / Elaine A. Moore with Lisa Marie Moore ; illustrations by Marvin G. Miller. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2005. Reference Collection --RC200.1 .M66 2005


Encyclopedia of the muscle and skeletal systems and disorders / Mary Harwell Sayler ; foreword by Lori Siegel. New York, NY : Facts On File, c2005. Reference Collection -- RC925.5 .S29 2005


Magill's medical guide, 3rd rev. ed. / medical consultants, Anne Chang ... [et al.]. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2005. Reference Collection -- RC41 .M34 2005 [4 VOLUMES]


World atlas of epidemic diseases / Andrew Cliff, Peter Haggett, Matthew Smallman-Raynor. London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A.by Oxford University Press, 2004. Reference Collection -- G1046.E51 C57 2004

EXERCISE SCIENCE & SPORT


CRC desk reference on sports nutrition / Mark Kern. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2005. Reference Collection -- TX361.A8 K47 2005


Sport in American culture : from Ali to X-games / Joyce D. Duncan. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004. Reference Collection -- GV706.2 .D86 2004


Sports, exercise, and fitness : a guide to reference and information sources / Mary Beth Allen. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Reference Collection -- GV704 .A55 2005


Sports medicine : just the facts / editors, Francis G. O'Connor ... [et al.]. New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, c2005. Reference Collection -- RC1211 .S665 2005

CHEMISTRY


Encyclopedia of forensic sciences / editor-in-chief, Jay A. Siegel ; editors, Pekka J. Saukko, Geoffrey C. Knupfer. San Diego : Academic Press, c2000. Reference Collection -- HV8073 .E517 2000 [3 VOLUMES]


Facts on File dictionary of chemistry / edited by John Daintith. , 4th ed. New York, NY : Facts on File, c2005. Reference Collection -- QD5 .F33 2005


Named organic reactions / Thomas Laue and Andreas Plagens ; translated into English by Claus Vogel. , 2nd ed. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2005. Reference Collection -- QD291 .L3513 2005

MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, & STATISTICS


Facts on File dictionary of mathematics / edited by John Daintith, Richard Rennie. , 4th ed.
New York, NY : Facts on File, c2005.
Reference Collection -- QA5 .G52 2005

PHYSICS & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY


Facts on file dictionary of physics. , 4th ed. / edited by John Daintith, Richard Rennie.
New York, NY : Facts On File, c2005.
Reference Collection -- QC5 .F34 2005

BIOLOGICAL & ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES


Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology / David R. Boone, Richard W. Castenholz, editors, volume 1 ; George M. Garrity, editor-in-chief. , 2nd ed. New York : Springer, c2001- Reference Collection -- QR81 .B46 2001


Diseases of trees and shrubs / Wayne A. Sinclair and Howard H. Lyon. , 2nd ed. Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2005. Reference Collection -- SB762 .S56 2005


Facts on File dictionary of biology / edited by Robert Hine. , 4th ed.
New York, NY : Facts On File, c2005.
Reference Collection -- QH302.5 .F38 2005


Herbs demystified : a scientist explains how the most common herbal remedies really work / Holly Phaneuf. New York : Marlowe & Co., c2005. Reference Collection -- RM666.H33 P478 2005


Nests, eggs, and nestlings of North American birds / Paul J. Baicich and Colin J.O. Harrison ; illustrations by Andrew Burton, Philip Burton and Terry O'Nele ; egg photographs by F. Greenaway and Clark Sumida. , 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2005, c1997. Reference Collection -- QL675 .B35 2005


Wildflowers of the eastern United States / by Wilbur H. Duncan and Marion B. Duncan.
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1999.
Reference Collection -- QK115 .D86 1999

INTERDISCIPLINARY


Computer resources for people with disabilities : a guide to assistive technologies, tools and resources for people of all ages / Alliance for Technology Access. , 4th ed. Alameda, CA : Hunter House c2004. Reference Collection -- HV1569.5 .A45 2004


Conducting research literature reviews : from the Internet to paper / Arlene Fink. , 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2005. Reference Collection -- Q180.55.M4 F56 2005

posted by Linda @ 8:43 PM 0 comments

New academic search engine from Microsoft

Microsoft announced the beta launch of its new search engine, Windows Live Academic Search, Tuesday, April 11. The search service will initially target the subjects of computer science, electrical engineering and physics, but more subjects will be added over time.

WLAS is a cooperative effort between Windows Live Search, industry association CrossRef and more than 10 leading publishers including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and leading publishers Elsevier and John Wiley & Sons Inc. Also involved are the Taylor & Francis Group, the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, Ex Libris Group, TDNet, Blackwell Publishing, Nature Publishing Group, the British Library and OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).

Unlike Google Scholar , WLAS does provide information on what is being searched. Look for more content to be added over time. Since we currently subscribe to many of the publications/ databases indexed, the Library will investigate linking to it as a resource.

To read a more critical evaluation of WLAS, click here.

posted by Linda @ 7:59 PM 0 comments

Copyright and electronic reserves

If you'd like to 'brush up' your knowledge of copyright, I can recommend a helpful, online (free) primer on copyright issues just published by the American Association of University Presses and some other professional organizations. They've also compiled a helpful web site, Copyright Resources, with links to basic copyright info, online copyright tutorials, copyright websites and articles, and intellectual property info (copyright, trademark, and patent).

Copyright can be a concern when it comes to reserve readings. However, did you know that you can use articles from many of our electronic databases, linking to them either through our Course Reserve module in our catalog, PILOT, or through BlackBoard, for your reserve readings? Linking to our databases for electronic reserves is fast and easy, and it obviates the need to get permission from the publisher since the Library has paid for access. (We're linking, not making a copy.)

Contact Lori Osborne, Reserves Coordinator, x4220, losborne@bloomu.edu, or me for more information or assistance.

posted by Linda @ 6:56 PM 0 comments

Top jobs in America

The Chronicle of Higher Ed's Wired Campus blog reported a story in Money magazine on the top jobs in America. I noted that many of the top 50 jobs are those for which a student could prepare with a BU degree (following the job title is the 10-year projected job growth and the average pay):

1 Software engineer 46.07% $80,427
7 Computer/IT analyst 36.10% $83,427
13 Technical writer 23.22% $57,841
15 Medical scientist 34.06% $70,053
16 Physical scientist 12.18% $80,213
35 Biotechnology research scientist 17.05% $66,393
36 Urban planner 15.17% $60,891
38 Speech-language pathologist 14.57% $58,329
41 Biological scientist 17.03% $61,317
45 Environmental scientist 17.11% $59,027
46 Lab technologist 20.53% $51,502
47 Registered nurse 29.35% $68,872

For more info on how they picked the jobs, go here.

posted by Linda @ 6:24 PM 0 comments

New databases

This semester has seen the addition of quite a few new databases to the Library's web pages, thanks to Performance Funding money. Those of possible interest to the sciences/health sciences departments include (arranged by broad subject):

INTERDISCIPLINARY (under 'General')
Web of Science - (also listed under 'Sciences' as Sci Cit Index) - provides access to ISI's Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index. SCI indexes 6400+ major journals across 71 disciplines, and SSCI covers 1800+ social sciences journals spanning 54 disciplines.

Wiley Interscience - provides access to over 200 full-text journals in science and technology-related fields, business, and some social sciences. Also provides abstracts to additional journals, books, and other materials. If prompted for user name and password, we do not have access.

AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - AP photos, graphics (maps, charts, graphs, logos, etc.), and 4600+ hours of audio clips (1920 - present). BU students and faculty may freely use contents for educational purposes only.

College Blue Book - ebook containing detailed information on colleges & universities in the U.S. & Canada; useful for students considering grad school.

COMPUTER SCIENCE (Listed under 'Sciences' databases)
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library - provides access to full-text journals, transactions, and conference proceedings of the IEEE.

[*One more database, ACM Digital Library, will be added sometime in May or June to the Sciences list.]

BIOLOGY (under 'Sciences')
BioOne - access to over 80 full-text, academic journals published by American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) member societies and other related organizations.

HEALTH/MEDICINE
Journals(at)Ovid - full-text for 25 health care journals and searchable abstracts for more than 2,000 health science & science journals. To limit to full-text, check "Ovid Full Text Available" near bottom of search screen.

ADDITIONAL INTEREST
ValueLine Investment Survey - online access to info on over 1300 companies. Check out your investments or potential investments.

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