To get to Britannica Online, first select Electronic Databases from the Research Library home page In the section of the Electronic Databases page labeled, Databases Outside the Research Library System, select Britannica Online.
Please send comments about this online service to
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SEARCHING TECHNIQUES - JOURNALS IN THE ONLINE CATALOG
Journals should be a little easier to access with the
recently re-designed displays in the Research Library online catalog.
The library is adding electronic versions of
many journals and you can find out what's available
in the online catalog. When you search a journal in the
catalog, you will get a record display such as the one
below:
On-line Catalogue - BRIEF DISPLAY (1 of 1 titles) TITLE :Classical and quantum gravity. PUBLISHED :Bristol, England : Institute of Physics, 1984- EARLIER TITLE :Journal of physics A. Mathematical and general LOCATION COLLECTION/CALL NUMBER 1. MAIN JOURNAL -- Shelved as: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY. Latest issue on display. Holdings: v.1, no.1- (Jan. 11, 1984- ) Last rec'd: VOL.13 NO.8 / AUG 1996 (Received 08/26/96) 2. WWW http://www.iop.org/EJ/welcome Access restricted to LANL staff. To register, use site id: LANL and password: ALAMOS. Holdings: v.13- (1996- )
Note that this particular journal is available in several formats. The first is the regular print journal, found shelved in the MAIN library by the journal's title as shown in all caps, with holdings from the first volume forward. The second is an electronic version available via the WWW (World Wide Web), with holdings for 1996 forward. The URL (WWW address) and instructions are given. This version can be accessed from your desktop.
There is also a complete list of the Research Library's electronic journals on the WWW -- Electronic Jounals is a link from the Research Library home page.
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The summer of '96 journal shift was organized to address a strong customer concern -- namely that journals were difficult to locate because the medical titles were in a separate location. By August 13th, 247,450 total volumes of books and journals were shifted while new signs were put at the end of the journal ranges to make finding a title easier for you. We think you'll like our integrated and hopefully more logical A to Z journal arrangement.
As if that weren't enough to accomplish, an inventory of all the books was taken for the first time in 50 years to determine what we have and to clear our computer records. We now know which books are in the library and which books are missing. Books that were misshelved are now in their proper locations and missing books are now marked as missing in the online catalog.
On another front, two additional copy machines were put in the public areas with the upstairs copy room hosting two machines and with two machines available in the journal area downstairs for your convenience. Our new machines do not have the capability to make double-sided copies, but they are work horses to address your concern about the copy machines continually breaking down. Thanks for your customer input which inspired these changes and improvements!
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This marks the first time the Research Library has developed, in collaboration with CIC-15, a customer product with application outside the Laboratory. Leveraging on the insti tutional investment made in developing SciSearch® at LANL, this agreement will allow current maintenance and development funding to be redirected into other Research Library development projects.
SciSearch® at LANL at LANL now has 13 million science citations with over 40 million hyperlinks to 200 million cited references. The database is updated weekly with about 15,000 new citations and now has support for customized alerts.
Click here to see SciSearch® at LANL.
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Great names all, but the one that received the highest votes from the Research Library Marketing Team was: the HILL(Hyperlinked Interface to LANL Library). So if the next time you ask library staff where to find something don't be surprised if they reply: You'll find it on the HILL.
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Each page of the full-image report has been electronically "stamped" top and bottom with the phrase "Approved for public release." This stamp appears on the screen image and on the print copy of the page. This statement is intended to override any residual images of classification stamps. The approach was approved by the Classification Group and the Laboratory's Classified Matter Protection and Control Officer.
These reports can be accessed via the Los Alamos Unclassified Publications database(LANL only) or from the online catalog which provides the URL for the full-image file. For more information on how to bring up electronic Los Alamos reports, go to Frequently Asked Questions on the Technical Report Resources page.
As of September 1, approximately 1,000 reports in full-image electronic form have been made available.
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This month we added a link to Grants and Funding resources under the Subject Resources link from the Research Library Home Page. To learn more about using these web resources and about other print resources on this subject, sign up for the September 26 Class on Grants and Funding Information at the Research Library. Included on this page are links to National Science Foundation, NIH, and more.
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4 Finding Addresses and Phone Numbers on the WWW (1-1:30 p.m.) 5 Federal Regulations on the Internet (1-1:30 p.m.) 5 Information Sources on the Internet via WWW (2-4 p.m.) 10 NTIS (US Govt Sponsored Research) -- at your desktop (1-1:30 p.m.) 12 1996 Chemical Abstracts on CD-ROM (1-1:30 p.m.) 18 MELVYL-- U of CA specialized databases (11-11:30 a.m.) 18 Finding Addresses and Phone Numbers on the WWW (1-1:30 p.m.) 19 Energy Database -- at your desktop (1-1:30 p.m.) 19 Information Sources on the Internet via WWW (2-4 p.m.) 24 SciSearch at LANL -- at your desktop! (1-1:30 p.m.) 26 Grants and Funding Information (1-1:30 p.m.)Classes are free, but you must pre-register by calling the Library Service Desk at 7-5809 or sending e-mail to library@lanl.gov. Special classes and orientations can also be arranged. Please send comments about this online service to library@lanl.gov.
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