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Eresource Update: Springer Ebooks

The USF Libraries have recently purchased three Springer e-book collections with close to 2,000 titles. These ebooks are available 24/7 with an unlimited number of users.   All titles  are fully searchable. The Springer ebooks are fully integrated with the Springer Online Journals for convenience.  All collections  include publications from 2005-2008.  As USF does not provide access to all 28,000 titles on the Springer site, titles owned by USF are flagged with a green icon.

The collections acquired by USF are:

Earth and Environmental Sciences.  Springer publishes over 200 titles in earth and environmental sciences that are captured in this collection.  Includes book series such as Lecture Notes in Earth Science, Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library and Environmental Science and Technology Library.  Reference works include volumes from the Encyclopedia of Earth Science such as Gornitz:  Paleoclimates, Ancient Environments , Oliver:  World Climatology, and Schwartz:  World Coasts.

Biomedicine and Life Sciences.   With over 300 titles published each year, the collection covers the fields of biological sciences, experimental medicine, biomedicine, food science, and environmental and plant sciences.  Includes such titles as Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology; textbooks such as Modern Food Microbiology and  Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem; book series like Topics in Current Genetics; and major reference works such as Encyclopedic Reference of Cancer,  the  Encyclopedia of Entomology, and Drug Discovery and Evaluation:  Safety and Pharmacokinetic Assays.

   

Computer Science.  With over 500 titles in 2005 alone, this collection covers the applications, concepts, theory and technology of computer science.  Titles address artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, networks and telecommunications, image processing, computer vision, security and cryptology, pattern recognition and graphics, software engineering, and information systems and applications.  The series Lecture Notes in Computer Science, including the subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics are part of this collection.  Book series include the Natural Computing Series , Advances in Information Security, and Computer Supported Cooperative Work. 

All ebooks can be accessed at the item level  through Endeca, WorldCat Local, and Springer Link.  For these and other library resources visit http://www.lib.usf.edu.  Click on Databases by Title/Subject, the USF Libraries Catalog or the Next Generation Catalog to begin.

PRONTO / PRONTO Books & More - Delivered To Your Desktop or to Your Door!

PRONTO Document Delivery and the expanded service, PRONTO Books & More, deliver articles, books, or media owned by the USF Tampa Library directly to USF faculty and A&P personnel, free of charge without you ever having to make a trip to the library! 

PRONTO's Document Delivery service offers electronic scanning of articles from print journals owned by Tampa Library. Prior to requesting materials, please verify in the USF Libraries Catalog that the Tampa Library does own the journal that you want. You can then ask that your article be put on e-reserve for you or that the article be sent to you electronically through email. To request an article, please complete the electronic request form on the USF Tampa Library's web site. The Tampa Library will process up to 20 requests per user per week.

When ordering PRONTO Books & More, you will need to use a separate electronic library request form, that is also available on the USF Tampa Library's website.  These requested materials are delivered directly to your campus address. The Tampa Library will process up to 20 requests per user per week. Both services, PRONTO Document Delivery and PRONTO Books & More, have a processing time of two business days. Please contact Richard Schmidt at rschmidt@lib.usf.edu or call him at (813)974-8776 if you have any questions.

New Feature in This Issue of STM News @ USF Libraries

STM News @ USF Libraries in constantly changing and improving and welcomes any and all feedback from you! There is another new feature added this month and there are other changes in the works.  The purpose of this newsletter is to deliver the latest information from the USF Libraries directly to the desktops of the USF science population in a timely manner.  Our goal is also to provide you with direct contact to the research librarians who are most closely connected to the science disciplines that they represent. Please let us know how we are doing!

The new permanent feature premiering with this issue is linked over on the right hand column of the newsletter:   

• Scholarly Communication - Open Access Journals - Scholarly Communication is a term that is used to describe the process that academics, scholars, and researchers use to share and publish their research findings so that their research can be made available to the wider academic research community.  The term “open access” refers to providing free, permanent online access to full-text, scholarly journal articles or other research materials. This site links to information about the issues involved in the current "crisis" in scholarly communication and a list of open access resources.

The following new features premiered in the last issue of STM News @ USF Libraries:  

• Alerting Services - Links to all of the Sci/Tech databases that provide email alerts for new journal articles in your research area, table of contents for the journals in your field, or citation alerts to let you know when someone has cited one of your articles.
• E-Resources @ the USF Libraries - Links to the latest information on newly-acquired electronic resources in all academic disciplines.
• Science.gov - Links to the vast amount of scientific and technical information that is available online from United States government agencies.
• Subject Guides for Science & Engineering - Links to Subject Guides in the Sciences and in Engineering.  These guides provide a listing of databases, e-books, print resources, and related web resources in science and engineering.

Coming Soon!  Listings of New Books by Discipline and the latest information on the USF Libraries' ARL collection initiatives.  Stay Tuned!

SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Macs!

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has issued an updated version of SciFinder Scholar for MacIntosh. This version is designed for Mac OS X and will not work on older Mac operating systems. If you still have an older Mac OS, and have not already downloaded SciFinder Scholar to your computer, you will need to contact, Cheryl McCoy, USF Site Administrator for SciFinder Scholar, for assistance in obtaining access to the older version of SciFinder Scholar.

Enhancements for SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Mac OS X include the ability to: Combine two answer sets of the same kind; Access journal titles; View full journal titles in Analyze by Journal Name histograms; Include abbreviated and full journal titles in Tagged and Quoted Save As formats; Explore or Refine from a substance display by inserting a copied structure directly into the Structure Drawing window; Export commercial source information to Microsoft Excel®; and Print substance records in grid format.

To download SciFinder Scholar to your computer, you will need to click on this link: SciFinder Scholar Installation Instructions. You will need to have a Net ID and password in order to access the CAS software program and if you are accessing SciFinder Scholar from a remote location (not on the USF network, either hardwired or wireless) it will also be necessary to set up a USF Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection on your computer. All of the instructions needed to download the software to your computer is located on the SciFinder Scholar pages, located on the USF Libraries’ website, including links to Academic Computing's instructions for setting up a USF VPN. If you need any assistance in downloading SciFinder Scholar, please contact Cheryl McCoy, USF Site Administrator for SciFinder Scholar and Research Librarian for the Natural Sciences.

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)

New access to ISI Web of Knowledge: Available Feb. 3

Dual access to be discontinued - All databases in new interface - Fully integrated Web search - And more ...

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.