Attention all earth scientists! The library now has GeoRef available via the Engineering Village platform, which already provides access to GeoBase. Save time by searching for specifically geological material in only one database. Until the end of 2008, GeoRef is also available via CSA Illumina.

GeoRef covers world literature in geology and geosciences; US geology is covered from 1693 whilst the rest of the world is covered from 1933 onwards. Geosciences Australia material is available from November 2003. Material covered includes journals, books, dissertations, maps, reports, and most U.S. Geological Survey publications.

Next time you visit the Library you may notice that some changes have occurred on Level 2.

The reference collection has been placed along the back wall of the Recently Received Books and Journals / Quiet Reading Area.

The chairs that were previously located in this area have been sent off to be re-covered - don’t despair, we expect them back in the near future!

Please come in and take a look.

EndNote workshops will be held in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library:

Monday 8 September, 10am -12noon – Part 1
Monday 15 September, 10am – 12noon – Part 2

• Set up an EndNote library and import references from databases such as the Web of Science, EI Compendex, Inspec, GeoRef, MathSciNet, SciFinderScholar, or the datbases you use.
• Use EndNote with MS Word to write papers and create bibliographies in the bibliographic style you use.

Bookings can be made online, please let us know if any queries.

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) provides access to U.S. Government technical content from 1964. Access to the NTIS database is available from Engineering Village. NTIS has recently produced a free NTIS Technical Reports Newsletter. The Newsletter highlights recently indexed and abstracted titles in particular categories – this first issue is about Going Green. Future editions will feature various NTIS content categories as well as showcase the relevancy of past U.S. Government technical reports to the current issues of our times. To subscribe send an email with your name and email address to ntrnews@ntis.gov.

The staff at the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library are looking at creating more study space for our users. In order to do this we are moving a section of our journal collection from Level 4 down to Level 3. The space on Level 4 will be available for quiet individual study.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) has recently published its 5000th volume.

Since it was first established in 1973, LNCS has provided the computer science community with a continuous channel for cutting-edge developments in the field. Initially launched as a series focusing on theoretical computer science and research advances in Europe, LNCS has evolved into one of the world’s most authoritative computer science research forums, covering the latest results from all areas of computer science and information technology research, development, and education.

LNCS 5000 features an exciting theme authored by distinguished researchers.
Edmund M. Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, and Joseph Sifakis are recipients of the ACM Turing Award 2007 for original and continuing research in a software/hardware quality assurance process known as “Model Checking.” “25 years of Model Checking” is the anniversary volume.

Access to LNCS is available via the Library catalogue.

• 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.

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.