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What's new in ISI Web of Knowledge

Access to the New ISI Web of Knowledge
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The next time you access ISI Web of Knowledge, you'll find more power, easier access and new options. Here's a summary of the latest enhancements, available February 03.

Dual access discontinued

Since August, you've had access to both the new and previous versions of ISI Web of Knowledge. As of February 03, all users and institutions will access the new version only. Access to the older version is discontinued.

The URL will continue to be http://isiknowledge.com

Access all databases in new interface

Now, users can access all ISI Web of Knowledge databases via the new, intuitive interface, including:

• Derwent Innovations Index^SM 
• MEDLINE^®
• Web Citation Index™
• Journal Citation Reports^® 
• Essential Science Indicators^SM 
• Highly Cited Researchers™

Easily access relevant Web search results

Thomson Scientific WebPlus complements ISI Web of Knowledge searches with editorially selected, quality content from the open Web. One click brings you highly relevant and prioritized Web results. You can launch a WebPlus search from the All Databases homepage, from an individual product homepage, or from the top of All Database search results pages.

ResearcherID — a unique author identifier 

This new tool for the global research community at: http://www.ResearcherID.com increases researchers' visibility and makes their work more accessible. A unique ID number expressly associates each researcher with his published work, and lets others easily find full publication lists and avoid the common problem of author misidentification. Users can easily search the Researcher ID registry to find citations, collaborators, speakers, editors, and reviewers. Links to more information are in the sidebar at the right-hand side of the ISI Web of Knowledge homepage.

New links to CAB Abstracts® Plus collections

Now, co-subscribers can link directly from CAB Abstracts records on ISI Web of Knowledge to full-text information in CAB Abstracts Plus collections. These collections provide access to the full text of hard-to-find journals, conference proceedings and reports; distribution maps; and detailed descriptions and illustrations of fungi and bacteria. These links are automatically enabled for current co-subscribers of CAB Abstracts on ISI Web of Knowledge and CAB Abstracts Plus.

Interface and resources files available in Simplified Chinese

To help serve the needs of the international user community and improve usability for Chinese users, Thomson Scientific has made the ISI Web of Knowledge interface, help files and other resource files available in Simplified Chinese. You can choose to view files in Chinese from the bottom of any ISI Web of Knowledge page.

Citations Cramping Your Style: Use RefWorks

Multiple dates or suggest your own date.
USF Tampa Library

Workshop Description: RefWorks is an online bibliographic management program that allows faculty, students, and staff at USF to create a personal database of references. Learn how to automatically export citations from a search performed in some online databases or enter citations manually and then automatically create your bibliography in a host of styles including APA, MLA, Chicago, or Turabian. RefWorks can also be used to organize your citations by topic. Or, try the Write-n-Cite addon with MicroSoft Word to input in-text citations and automatically generate a bibliography when your paper/article is complete. USF faculty, staff and students have unlimited access to this software.

Intended Audience: Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in any discipline.

Click here to register.

USF Names William Garrison Dean of USF Libraries

USF Names William Garrison Dean of USF Libraries

TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 9, 2008) – William Garrison was named Dean of the University of South Florida Libraries on Monday, February 4. Garrison has recently served as Deputy University Librarian & Associate Dean of Libraries at Syracuse University.         

“Bill Garrison has spent his entire career working in libraries that belong to the prestigious Association of Research Libraries,” said USF Provost Ralph Wilcox. “Above all, he understands the key role that the libraries play in supporting student, faculty and program needs as USF advances toward its strategic vision. We believe that as Dean of USF Libraries, he brings with him the vision, experience and leadership qualities to ensure that USF Libraries will become a member of the ARL.”

Garrison was a Fellow in the first Association of Research Libraries, Research Libraries Leadership Fellows Program. Before joining Syracuse University, he held senior positions at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Stanford University, and Northwestern University. All of these universities are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU). USF’s strategic plan has as its central goal to position itself for AAU membership.

“I look forward to helping USF develop a top-tier research library system,” said Garrison. “USF already has an outstanding library system and a great staff, and working together, we can take it to the next level as the administration works to do the same throughout the University.”

The USF Library System consists of six libraries. The principal research library is located on the Tampa campus. USF-St. Petersburg is home to the Poynter Library, and the Sarasota campus is home to the Jane Bancroft Cook Library. The Lakeland campus has recently found room to house their own library, which had previously been a joint use facility. Specialized libraries include the Shimberg Health Sciences Library, serving the needs of USF Health consisting of the College of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health, and the Institute Research Library serving the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.

The University of South Florida is among the nation's top 63 public research universities and one of 39 community engaged public universities as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.  It is one of Florida's top three research universities.  USF was awarded more than $300 million in research contracts and grants last year. The University offers 219 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate, specialist and doctoral levels, including the doctor of medicine.  The University has a $1.8 billion annual budget, an annual economic impact of $3.2 billion, and serves more than 45,000 students on campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee and Lakeland.  USF is a member of the Big East Athletic Conference.
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SciFinder Scholar Support and Training

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) provides a wide range of support and training for SciFinder Scholar, the online version of Chemical Abstracts:

• CAS e-Seminars, that explore research topics, reaction and structure searching
• How-to-Guides, that provide quick overviews of basic search features
• Search Strategies that provide more advanced help for the intermediate user
• Materials for Instructors, that can be used as either self-teaching guides or basic instructional exercises for your students

Please visit the CAS SciFinder Scholar Support & Training webpage for the latest information:  http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/index.html

Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research

The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.

The NIH Public Access Policy applies to all peer-reviewed articles that arise, in whole or in part, from direct costs funded by NIH, or from NIH staff, that are accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008. Institutions and investigators are responsible for ensuring that any publishing or copyright agreements concerning submitted articles fully comply with this Policy.

PubMed Central (PMC) is the NIH digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles. Its content is publicly accessible and integrated with other databases (see: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/). The final, peer-reviewed manuscript includes all graphics and supplemental materials that are associated with the article.

Beginning May 25, 2008, anyone submitting an application, proposal or progress report to the NIH must include the PMC or NIH Manuscript Submission reference number when citing applicable articles that arise from their NIH funded research. This policy includes applications submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates.

Compliance with this Policy is a statutory requirement and a term and condition of the grant award and cooperative agreement, in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Statement For contracts, NIH includes this requirement in all R &D solicitations and awards under Section H, Special Contract Requirements, in accordance with the Uniform Contract Format.

Send questions concerning this Notice or other aspects of the NIH Public Access Policy to:

Office of Extramural Research

National Institutes of Health

1 Center Drive, Room 144

Bethesda, MD  20892-0152

Email:  PublicAccess@nih.gov

Website: http://publicaccess.nih.gov

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NEJM - Change in Access Policy for Research Articles

Since 2001, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has provided free access to original research articles, six-months after publication. This free access has required individual registration on the NEJM website. As of December 19, 2007, the Journal now provides free access to original research articles (Original Articles and Special Articles), six-months after publication, with no registration required.

The NEJM website hosts full-text articles from 1993 to present. A subscription is still required to access other Journal content. The Journal will continue to make articles of immediate public health importance available free to all visitors upon publication. Please address any questions to at trichardson@nejm.org

Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB) Now Accessible via TOXNET

CPDB, the Carcinogenic Potency Database, was developed by the Carcinogenic Potency Project at the University of California, Berkeley, and by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It reports analyses of animal cancer tests on 1547 chemicals. Results for each chemical are now searchable via the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET(r))

CPDB includes 6540 chronic, long-term animal cancer tests (both positive and negative for carcinogenicity) from the general published literature as well as from the National Cancer Institute and the National Toxicology Program. Such tests are used in support of cancer risk assessments for humans.  Information that is important in the interpretation of bioassays is reported in CPDB for each experiment each chemical in TOXNET via chemical name or name fragment, or by Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (RN).

Results include a summary for each sex-species tested, including carcinogenicity, target organs, and carcinogenic potency values. Detailed results from each experiment on the particular chemical are given in a plot format suitable for screen viewing. Chemical structure, InChI (http://www.iupac.org/inchi/), and SMILES codes (http://www.daylight.com/smiles/)  are reported.

(Report from National Library of Medicine)

ISI - More Changes to Enhance Usbility

The next time you aaccess ISI Web of Knowledge, you’ll find many changes that address your concerns about functionality and ease of use. New features bring you:

• A      new Web of Science      tab that takes users directly to this premier resource
• A      handy information box on the All Databases search page that directs users      to essential Web of      Science features such as cited reference searching and      Citation Reports
• A      direct URL to Journal      Citation Reports: http://isiknowledge.com/jcr

Nature India

In case you haven't seen this, on Feb. 1, 2008 the Nature Publishing Group the launch of Nature India
( www.nature.com/natureindia), a new website highlighting the best scientific research from researchers based in India.

http://www.nature.com/nindia/about/index.html
Excerpt from "About" Nature India:
Nature India is a one-stop site for information on Indian science. The website, serving the scientific community of the world’s largest democracy, provides information on jobs, events, the best research and science news from India. Through in-depth features and commentaries, leading members of the scientific community, scientists and journalists reflect on contemporary issues affecting Indian science. It also provides free access to some handpicked premium content from various NPG journals.