The AutoCAD 2008 tutor for engineering graphics / Alan J. Kalameja

C programming : a modern approach (2nd ed ) / K.N. King

Encyclopedia of e-collaboration / Ned Kock (ed)

Exergy : energy, environment, and sustainable development / Ibrahim Dincer and Marc A. Rosen

HCI remixed : essays on works that have influenced the HCI community / edited by Thomas Erickson and David W. McDonald

How to write and illustrate scientific papers (2nd ed) / Björn Gustavii

Ingenium : five machines that changed the world / Mark Denny

Photonic crystals : molding the flow of light (2nd ed) / John D. Joannopoulos, et al

Python for Rookies : a first course in programming / Sarah Mount, James Shuttleworth and Russel Winder

Software solutions for engineers and scientists / Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton

• Do you know how to find and use relevant databases in your subject area?
• Do you know how use citation indexing to locate the latest research material in your field?
• Do you know how to use Endnote to create a personal database of references and create a bibliography for your publications?

The next sessions run for the School of ITEE are:
July 2008 Workshop
Module 1 Tuesday, 22 July 2008 - 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Module 2 Wednesday, 23 July 2008 - 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Module 3 Thursday, 24 July 2008 - 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Venue: eZone Level 2, Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library

Sept / October 2008 Workshop
Module 1 Monday, 29 September 2008 - 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Module 2 Tuesday, 30 September 2008 - 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Module 3 Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Venue: eZone Level 2, Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library

Sessions will be held in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library, Training Room. This course is highly recommended for all researchers especially new postgraduates.

Book by contacting:
Loretta Atkinson
or phone: 3346 3504

The Library has made available a new electronic journal which should interest palaeontologists Palaeontologia electronica. It is a refereed journal sponsored by the Palaeontological Association, Paleontological Society and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. The publisher is Coquina Press, a non-profit organisation “whose sole purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of paleontological information through the publication of an open-access electronic journal”.

There has been a significant upgrade to the SPIE Digital Library. Abstract pages for all SPIE Journal and Conference Proceedings articles has been enhanced to include new research and navigation tools to aid in research.

A series of interviews with SPIE Digital Library users last fall revealed how researchers and librarians now seek and access relevant information in conducting their research. One of the key messages is that a majority of users find and link to individual articles from Internet search engines, library catalogs, CrossRef links, and online indexes. To address the need of today’s researcher for a feature-rich, transparent interface, SPIE has redesigned and expanded the abstract page to provide more information in the view, along with more tools to utilize the presented information.

Significant features of the redesigned abstract page include:
:: More critical information viewable within one screen, without scrolling
:: References, including links to referenced papers as well as citing articles, on a separate tab
:: Tools for capturing and downloading citation metadata in a variety of formats
:: Enhanced navigation aids such as breadcrumb links
:: OpenURL referrer tool
:: Links to web-enabled research tools such as bookmarking sites, Google Notebook, and zotero
:: Multimedia links, RSS, and erratum alerts.

The Library is currently trialling WATERnetBASE a comprehensive multidisciplinary online water resource from CRC Press. Online reference works cover drinking water, ground water, hydrogeology, hydrology, storm water, surface water, waste water, water pollution and wetlands.

Please take a look at WATERnetBASE and let us know what you think.

ResearcherID is a new tool in the Web of Knowledge which links researchers with their published works. All users who have created a personalized login for ISI Web of Knowledge can register. The Citings Articles Network graphically depicts who is citing your articles using an interactive world map. Further information is available here. Search ResearcherID here.

Like the Author Identifier the Scopus Affiliation Identifier brings together all variations of an organization’s name in a single search, greatly easing the task of identifying an organization’s research output. The Scopus Affiliation Identifier locates all the documents belonging to a specific organization quickly and easily. This used to be a difficult task as an institution’s name may be similar to another institution. Find out more here.

The Springer Computer Science Reading Room offers you free access to books and journals in your area of interest.

Bimonthly, new content is added to the Reading Room highlighting a different subject area each month in:

New eBooks via Oxford Scholarship Online:

The digital hand. Volume I. How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries / James W. Cortada
The digital hand. Volume II. How computers changed the work of American financial, telecommunications, media, and entertainment industries / James W. Cortada
The digital hand. Volume III. How computers changed the work of American public sector industries / James W. Cortada

Information technology policy: an international history / Richard Coopey (ed)

The labyrinths of information: challenging the wisdom of systems / Claudio Ciborra

is an online database of IT books designed to serve reference needs in the areas of information technology, desktop applications and business.

Some recent additions to the database: