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Search Science.gov for the Latest Science Information from Government Agencies

This recent announcement comes from:
Department of Energy (DOE)/Office of Scientific and Technical Information

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has joined Science.gov. This means that when you launch a search at the Science.gov gateway, your single query can find science information from 14 government agencies, including the DOT National Transportation Library (NTL) Integrated Search and more than 30 DOT websites. Major subject areas of highway and transportation engineering, statistics, planning, policies, and research are included in the Science.gov basic search and advanced search options.

Included in the DOT NTL Integrated Search are:

·       TRIS Online, including the disciplines of planning, finance, design and construction, materials, environmental issues, safety and human factors and operations for the modes of highways, transit, railroads, maritime and aviation. TRIS focuses on transportation research.

·       NTL Digital Repository, primarily technical, research, and policy documents provided by federal, state, local, tribal, and other government agencies.

·       Other Transportation Websites and NTL Catalog

“The National Transportation Library brings a wealth of important science content to Science.gov,” said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director, National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance. “The inclusion of the DOT NTL Integrated Search adds approximately 680,000 records and full-text documents that citizens everywhere will find useful.” Science.gov provides search of 200 million pages of science information and research results. A single query searches across 38 databases and portals and more than 1,900 websites. The information is free and no registration is required. 

Science.gov is hosted by the U. S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), within the Office of Science. Science.gov is supported by contributing members of the Science.gov Alliance, including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, the Interior, and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation; and the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the National Archives and Records Administration.

Note from blog moderator - you can always search Science.gov by clicking on the link in the column on the right - Enjoy free access to government information through the Science.gov portal - CMcCoy

ISI Web of Science - Live, Web-Based Training for February

Check out ISI's latest live, online training classes for February 2009. Just click on the links listed below for the schedule of online classes. For more information about additional ISI training opportunities, click here: 

 http://isiwebofknowledge.com/training_support/training/

Register now for these online sessions and learn about the latest features and enhancements!

Metrics in Journal Citation Reports on the Web

Web of Science
Web of Science I: General Search and Basic Navigation
Web of Science II: Cited Reference Search

EndNote Web
EndNote Web in the Web of Knowledge
Using EndNote Web

EndNote

Building an EndNote Library
Using EndNote in Word
Using EndNote in Word 2007 
EndNote: Advanced Q & A

Introduction to Researcher ID

Reference Manager

Building a Reference Manager Database
Using Reference Manager in Word
Reference Manager Advanced 

New Titles @ USF Libraries

Did you know that you can now search the USF Libraries online catalog and retrieve a listing of the most recent acquisitions?  This has been a feature that many faculty have wanted for a long time but it was not possible with our previous cataloging system.  Now, if you go to the USF Libraries home page at http://www.lib.usf.edu and click on New Titles, located under Resources on the main page of the website, you will retrieve a listing of the most recent books that the library has purchased. You can also click here to go directly to New Titles .

In the middle of the page, on the right-hand side of the page,  you will see - Browse Results by Call Number, followed by the options to browse by Library of Congress, National Library of Medicine, or Dewey (which refer to the different call numbering systems used by the library).  For most academic disciplines, you want to select Library of Congress.  For medical subjects, chose National Library of Medicine. For children's books, chose the Dewey option. 

Once you make your selection, you will be able to view a listing of the different subject areas:

Browse Results by Call Number:  Library of Congress | National Library of Medicine | Dewey | [ hide ]

A - General Works B - Philosophy. Psychology. Religion C - Auxiliary Sciences of History D - World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc. E-F - History of the Americas G - Geography. Anthropology. Recreation H - Social Sciences J - Political Science K - Law L - Education M - Music and Books on Music N - Fine Arts P - Language and Literature Q - Science R - Medicine S - Agriculture T - Technology U - Military Science V - Naval Science Z - Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources (General) You can then select a specific subject area and continue to click on more specific areas within that discipline: For Natural Sciences: Browse Results by Call Number:  Library of Congress | National Library of Medicine | Dewey | [ hide ] Q1-390 Science (General) QA1-939 Mathematics QB1-991 Astronomy QC1-999 Physics QD1-999 Chemistry QE1-996.5 Geology QH1-278.5 Natural history (General) QH301-705.5 Biology (General) QK1-989 Botany QL1-991 Zoology QM1-695 Human anatomy QP1-981 Physiology QR1-502 Microbiology For Engineering & Technology                                                                                                       Browse Results by Call Number:  Library of Congress | National Library of Medicine | Dewey   [ hide ] T1-995 Technology (General) TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TC1-978 Hydraulic engineering TD1-1066 Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TF1-1620 Railroad engineering and operation TG1-470 Bridge engineering TH1-9745 Building construction TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics TN1-997 Mining engineering. Metallurgy TP1-1185 Chemical technology TR1-1050 Photography TS1-2301 Manufactures TT1-999 Handicrafts. Arts and crafts TX1-1110 Home economics The listing that you will retrieve includes the new titles within that subject area that are ready to be checked out.  The listing also includes the titles of the books that are "On Order" so that you can see the titles of the books that will soon be added to our collection.

2008 Faculty Print Journals Review - Results of Final Fall Review

USF Libraries : Research Services & Collections : Print Journals Review Summary

The Tampa Library’s Research Services & Collections Section and the USF Library Council are grateful to all of the faculty members who took time to participate in the Spring 2008 Print Journals Survey and the Fall 2008 web-based Print Journals Review. Your feedback has been invaluable in aligning our print journal collection with the research and teaching needs of the USF faculty and student community.

View a summary of the results at:

http://www.lib.usf.edu/public/index.cfm?Pg=PrintJournalsReviewSummary.

Please feel free to direct questions to Larry Heilos: email: lheilos@lib.usf.edu.

USF Libraries : Research Services & Collections : Print Journals Review Summary

The Tampa Library’s Research Services & Collections Section and the USF Library Council are grateful to all of the faculty members who took time to participate in the Spring 2008 Print Journals Survey and the Fall 2008 web-based Print Journals Review. Your feedback has been invaluable in aligning our print journal collection with the research and teaching needs of the USF faculty and student community.

View a summary of the results at:

http://www.lib.usf.edu/public/index.cfm?Pg=PrintJournalsReviewSummary.

Please feel free to direct questions to Larry Heilos: email: lheilos@lib.usf.edu.

arXiv Online Scientific Repository Hits Milestone

Online Scientific Repository Hits Milestone | With 500,000 Articles, arXiv Established as Vital Library Resource  [ http://arxiv.org/]

ITHACA, N.Y. (October 3, 2008) – Reinforcing its place in the scientific community, the arXiv repository at Cornell University Library reached a new milestone in October 2008. Half a million e-print postings – research articles published online – now reside in arXiv, which is free and available to the public.

arXiv is the primary daily information source for hundreds of thousands of researchers in many areas of physics and related fields. Its users include the world's most prominent researchers in science, including 53 Physics Nobel Laureates, 31 Fields Medalists and 55 MacArthur Fellows, as well as people in countries with limited access to scientific materials. The famously reclusive Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posted the proof for the 100-year-old Poincaré Conjecture solely in arXiv.

ISI Web oF Knowledge Has Been Enhanced!

ISI Web of Knowledge now includes enhanced citation search capabilities and expanded linking and exporting options. Some of the recent enhancements include:

• Conference Proceedings Citation Index is now integrated within the Web of Science, allowing researchers to access citations to the most influential literature
• The inclusion of Citation Maps provides a more focused analysis of citation searching
• It is now possible to easilty download citations directly to your desktop using EndNote, Procite, or Reference Manager
• Scientific WebPlus allows researchers to search for theses, technical reports, dissertation,open access journals in 716 Institutional repositories.