PSE Library News

Alerting services to your email account

uqdkeste — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:19:04 +0000

For those who prefer to have alerts of search results or Table of Contents for specific journals sent to you by email, many database providers feature such a service.

The basic steps are:-
- registering with the database as an user
- doing a search on your topic OR
- a journal title search for Table of Contents (ToC)
- save as an email alert
- stipulate the frequency (daily, weekly or monthly)
- and the format (HTML or Text)

Then simply await for the alerts to be delivered to your email account.

For example, Web of Knowledge steps are available at: http://www.library.uq.edu.au/bio/useits/wok/wok_alert.html

New Librarian Consultation Desk

uqdkeste — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:17:27 +0000

If you are in the Library & would like to speak to a Librarian, there is now a more convenient procedure. Simply go to the information desk directly opposite the entrance, pick up the phone & dial ext. 63549 for the on-call Librarian. You will be attended to immediately.

For all other enquiries such as loans, please see the staff at the Information Desk.

New features in “My Record”

uqfyu — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:43:36 +0000

You can keep track of what you have been reading by turning on “Reading History”.

You can also track down what you have searched in the Library Catalogue by going into “Preferred Searches”.

For more details, read “help” in “My Record”.

Librarian in Engineering Learning Centre

uqfyu — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:12:40 +0000

Physical sciences and engineering librarians are rostered on desk in Engineering Learning Centre (ELC) now at 12-1, every Tuesday and Thursday. They work side by side with tutors and admin officers answering any information seeking related queries.

New online journal

uqfyu — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:06:32 +0000

Journal of Biomaterials Applications

It is now available online only via the Library catalogue via Sage Premier at Highwire

ISI Impact factor: 1.310
ISSN: 0885-3282
Issues/Year: 4
Language: ENGLISH
Journal Country/Territory: ENGLAND
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publisher Address: 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND
Subject Categories: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MATERIALS SCIENCE - BIOMATERIALS

Requesting items from warehouse

uqfyu — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:55:35 +0000

Please note that the problem with warehouse requests using Internet Explorer as a browser has still not been resolved. Please use Netscape or Firefox. Talk to your IT person if you don’t know how to install Netscape Browser or Firefox Browser.