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Publications in the College of Marine Science

Heather A Broadbent, Stanislav Z Ivanov and David P Fries of the Ecosystems Technology Group in the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida have recently co-authored and published a paper in the IOP Publishing journal, Measurement Science and Technology (http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/MST). 

The paper, “A miniature, low cost CTD system for coastal salinity measurements,” appears in the current online edition and is freely available at the following link: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0957-0233/18/11/005. The paper will also be featured in the November 2007 print version of Measurement Science and Technology. I have attached a PDF of the article for your convenience.

The New Faculty Research Suite is Now Open!

The new faculty research suite was established to provide an environment for faculty and their doctoral students that is conducive to research and scholarship activities. This space was designed to give faculty the opportunity to interact with their colleagues, collaborate on projects, think collectively and study and write independently. Research librarians will be available as needed to facilitate your information needs. This is your facility, enjoy it!

Survey of Science Researchers

We are conducting an important science survey on October 8, 2007 – October 22, 2007

The Information Seeking Behavior of Science Researchers will help us support academic researchers by improving their access to information. The results will not only be of interest in understanding how scientists search out and use information in this electronic age, but more importantly, will be used to help improve library service to you.

The results of the survey will help us understand changes that are occurring in the way academic researchers seek out and use information.  We believe that nearly ubiquitous desktop access to computers and the internet, combined with electronic access to research materials such as journal articles, has transformed how scientists work.  Twenty years ago, only a few researchers accessed articles electronically from their desktop and most visited the library regularly.  Today, most do not visit the library and almost all receive their journal articles at their desktop.  They publish papers on their web pages.  Students begin their searches with Google.  Libraries are in the midst of reinventing themselves to deal with these changes.  But are they making the right choices?  Our goal is to understand the information seeking behavior and preferences of academic scientists today in order to provide better tools for their research.

In order to be effective, we need all faculty members and graduate students in the sciences to complete this short (10 minute) survey.   Please take a few minutes to complete this survey so that we can serve you better.

Training Opportunities @ Thomson Scientific /ISI

Web-based seminars

Thomson Scientific offers free, web-based training classes.  Once you register for a class, you will be sent instructions on how to connect through WebEx, an online conferencing tool: http://scientific.thomson.com/support/training/

Recorded Training Modules

If you are unable to attend one of the live training sessions, Thomson Scientific has provided a series of recorded training modules that can be accessed any time that you need them: http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recorded-training/wos/

Online Tutorials

Thomson Scientific also provides online tutorials on the following topics: ISI Web of Knowledge, Web of Science, Cited Reference Searching, Current Contents Connect, Biosis Previews, Journal Citation Reports, and Zoological Record:

http://isiwebofknowledge.com/currentuser_wokhome/cu_trainingsupport/

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full-Text

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses  Full Text offers over 2.3 million entries for doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities in North America and from around the world.  The database includes bibliographic citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.  With the USF Libraries' subscription to this resource, more than 600,000 titles are available in PDF format for immediate download.  For those titles not available full text, UMI offers titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats.

ISI Web of Knowledge | What's New?

ISI Web of Knowledge delivers easy access to 22,000 journals, 23 million patents, 192,000 conference proceedings, 5,500 Web sites, 5,000 books, 2 million chemical structures, and now scholarly Web content via the Web Citation Index.

Some Features:

EndNote Web : Fully integrated into ISI Web of Knowledge, EndNote Web expands reference management to the Web. Together, th EndNote desktop version and the new Web version give users a powerful writing tool with more accessibility and control.

Journal Citation Reports.  A comprehensive resource that allows users to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers. It can display the most frequently cited journals in a field, highest impact journals in a field, and largest journals in a field

Want more information? 

Find  Tip Sheets, Quick Reference Guides, Product Tutorials, Product Reports and newsletter information at ISI Knowledge Link

Standards, Codes, and Specs!

Please let us know if you're a student or faculty researcher in need of standards (ANSI, ASTM, etc.), technical specifications, or other codes for your project or class.  In many cases, our Interlibrary Loan staff are now authorized to obtain these materials and a few of the providers, ASTM in particular, offer special prices for educational use.  We're not able to get everything, but if you let us know, there's a good chance we can help.  For more information, or for specific questions or comments, please contact Matt Torrence, Engineering Librarian, at 974-2779, or torrence@lib.usf.edu

Introducing OvidSP - Coming October 25th!

After months of research-based primarily on direct feedback from librarians, information managers, and end users-design development, building, and testing, OvidSP will be live and accessible on Thursday, October 25, 2007!

Enhanced Features and Functionality

With OvidSP you'll get all the powerful precision search and discovery functionality of both SilverPlatter and Ovid Gateway, our powerful full text and bibliographic database platform, with some significant enhancements:

Clean, intuitive interface
In addition to a new look, new functionality will support free text, natural language searching; simultaneous searching across all databases, journals, and books; and results ranked by relevancy.

Multiple search modes
OvidSP is geared to all types of searchers-from beginners to the more advanced. In an easy-to-use tabular format, they can choose their preferred search style: Basic, Find Citation, Subject Search, Search Fields, or SilverPlatter "Classic," which employs traditional SilverPlatter syntax.

Improved research workflow tools
Enhanced Search Aids deliver search transparency and other features to narrow or broaden your search.

Look for improved Alerting tools such as RSS feeds and eTOCS. Abstracts are now easily accessible in line; plus, now you can annotate your search results!

What happens on October 25th?

Beginning on October 25th, you're invited to request trial access to OvidSP through support@ovid.com to familiarize yourself with the new features and functionality. Get a taste of your entire SilverPlatter account within the OvidSP environment! Though we know you'll find OvidSP a powerful, easy-to-use search and discovery tool ideal for any type of searcher, please note that SilverPlatter will be live until early 2009.

Helping you transition
As we get closer to October 25th, you'll receive weekly communications with more details on specific features and functionality. Next week, we're planning to announce the OvidSP Resource Center, where you can find information on training sessions, tips on using the interface, images and screen shots, and marketing materials to help you build end user awareness and excitement.

The new interface is a big step forward
Early feedback indicates that OvidSP is an intuitive, easy-to-use, and powerful precision search and discovery platform. We're confident you'll feel the same. As always, if you have any questions about the enhanced interface, please don't hesitate to contact Ovid's Technical Support team at support@ovid.com or your Ovid Account Representative.

Check Out the New Look of the Library Catalog

We’re sure that you’ve noticed by now that we have a new Library Catalog. This new catalog is still under development so all of the ‘bugs’ haven’t been ironed out yet. We will have more flexibility when it comes to instituting changes for this catalog as opposed to the ‘old’ catalog.

There are a few things we wanted to point out to make this transition as smooth as possible for everyone. The new catalog does not presently allow for truncation. However, we hope to have that feature ready for use by the end of the year. It also does not offer browse index search capability. If you need to use a browse index, you will need to link back to the ‘old’ catalog. The old catalog is readily available by clicking on "Access previous catalog interface" located just beneath the color tabs. There is a "FAQ" button for the new catalog along with a button for "Comments." Please feel free to let us know about any problems you may encounter or any suggestions for features or improvements.

All USF E-Journals Now Available Via The USF Catalog

The journals from the USF Library's ‘E-Journals By Title’ list have been integrated into the Library Catalog. It is now possible to search in one place to find all of the e-journals that USF offers.

Start with the Library Catalog at http://usf.catalog.fcla.edu/sf.jsp If we have it -- the record should be in there. No more going back and forth between the Catalog and the E-Journals list. Please keep in mind that, although the ‘E-Journals By Title’ list will continue to be updated, it still does not contain a number of e-journals that are in the Library Catalog.