LANL Research Library Newsletter - October 1998
UPCOMING: There will be an Open House at the Research Library on Friday, October 16th from 3-5 p.m., with remarks by co-host Director John Browne, demonstrations of library resources, and refreshments.
| Journal browsing now available for Elsevier electronic journals |
The Research Library now offers the capabilities to browse online through issues of electronic journals published by Elsevier Science. The Library currently subscribes to 313 Elsevier electronic journals. Articles from these journals have been available to customers via links within our citation databases (SciSearch, INSPEC, DOE Energy, and BIOSIS). The new browser software provides improved access to these journals; you can go directly to a journal title from the Electronic Journals web page. Clicking on the journal title link like the one below from the Alphabetical or Subject listing will bring up a list of browseable issues.
(Try this link if you want to sample the browse now!)
The WWW link, which appears in articles from the journal within a database, will also lead to the journal browse.
Once you are within the journal browser, it is easy to browse between issues or through a single issue's Table of Contents; article abstracts are available by clicking on the article title.
Full-text PDF articles are available for all the issues listed. An article can be
retrieved by clicking on the PDF link from the issue Table of Contents or by clicking on
the PDF icon from the article abstract.
Miriam Blake
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| New journals need your feedback! |
Please stop by the Research Library to review the new journals that are on display. Journals are only added to the collection when they have positive comments from staff members. If you would like to suggest new titles for consideration please contact Donna Berg at 667-4175 or donna.berg@lanl.gov
Titles now on display are:
Donna Berg
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| Journal editors needed |
The Research Library is creating a list of Laboratory staff who are editors of sci/tech journals. We would like to be able to call on their expertise during this exciting period of change in the publishing world to the electronic model.
The Library has facilitated the acquisition of over 1200 journal titles that are now available electronically at your desktop. Many of the articles are enhanced by hyperlinking to additional data, access to computer software and multimedia. The Research Library has been a world leader in linking the full text/full image of articles directly to the index databases that are maintained locally.
The Research Library would like to offer unique opportunities to our local journal editors--the first being an invitation to an Open House in October that will be co-hosted by Director John Browne for new post-docs and newly hired staff members. The theme for the session is "Research and Publication." We hope there will be some editors available to talk with these young researchers about the importance of publication. We will also offer editors previews of new products and services such as databases, new journals, web sites, etc. Interested? Call or e-mail Donna Berg at 667-4175 or Donna.Berg@lanl.gov
Donna Berg
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| New on the Library web pages |
Check out the following additions to the Subject Resources pages on the Library web site:
Kathy Varjabedian
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| Hispanic Heritage Month: a few good books |
Books about Hispanic information in the Research Library's collection are small in number, but rich in information. Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated nationally from September 15 through October 15, 1998. Even after the events sponsored at the Lab during this special time have passed, employees still have the chance to come to the library to read about Hispanic information.
Some of the titles are full of statistical and directory information about Hispanics:
| REF E184.S75 H567 1994 | Hispanic Databook of U.S. Cities and Counties |
| REF E184.S75 S74 1993 | Statistical Record of Hispanic Americans |
| REF F805.S75 N49 1992 | New Mexico directory of Hispanic culture |
| REF E184.S75 H566 | Hispanic Americans information directory |
Others are books that can be read for pleasure:
| MAIN F804.L6 R68 1992 | On Rims & Ridges: the Los Alamos Area Since 1880 |
| REF E169.1 .F375 1991 | The Hispanic Presence in North America from 1492 to Today |
On Rims & Ridges examines what happens when native cultures, Pueblo
Indians and Hispanic pobladores (settlers), interact with Euro-American
commercial interests. Hal Rothman, the author, wants us to see how the effects on the
Pajarito Plateau reflect what could happen to the future of the American West. The
second title is an English translation of Presencia espanola en los Estados Unidos.
Eileen Vela
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| Engineering Index� coming soon |
Engineering Index� at LANL is being loaded at the Research Library for release at the end of the month. This database makes engineering research information, currently available only in print or CD-ROM in the library, available at the desktop. Engineering Index provides worldwide coverage of all areas of engineering, from 1969 to the present. The database has four million records of which half a million are for conference papers. Links to electronic documents and library holdings will be included.
Engineering Index at LANL will be announced on the Library Home Page and linked on the Electronic Databases page.
Kathy Varjabedian
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| National Science Policy Study available |
House Speaker Newt Gingrich requested that the Science Committee conduct a review of national science policy and develop a new long-range science and technology policy. Science Committee Vice Chairman Vernon Ehlers lead this effort and the report is now available at a web site that includes information about the hearings, roundtables, guiding documents and statements that were used to formulate the study. Top priority for federal funding should be basic research--but the report warns that industry continues to shift emphasis toward development, not research.
Donna Berg
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| SciSearch� at LANL Tip of the Month: SciSearch and BIOSIS |
What's the difference between SciSearch� and BIOSIS� when searching the life sciences literature? SciSearch covers journal literature only, with 3,300 journals worldwide from 100 scientific disciplines and 700 journals from the Current Contents series of publications. BIOSIS indexes approximately 6,500 journals and 2,000 meetings/year, as well as books and other materials and contains 11 million records going back to 1969. SciSearch has 16 million records going back to 1974. There is overlap between the two databases. 45% of the publications covered by SciSearch are also covered in BIOSIS and 44% of the publications covered by BIOSIS are also in SciSearch. Cited reference searching is unique to SciSearch; it is not available in BIOSIS.
So for comprehensive retrieval, search both SciSearch and BIOSIS.
Jeane Strub
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| Statistical highlight |
E-journal articles: As of the end of September, the Research Library has loaded 291,077 pdf files of electronic journal articles. These come from journals published by Academic Press and Elsevier, and are linked to the articles in our bibliographic citation databases, such as SciSearch� at LANL and INSPEC� at LANL.
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| Research Library October Training Schedule |
| Date | Session & Description | Time |
| 10/7 | GeoRef� on the Web | 10:00-10:30 |
| 10/7 | Research Library Tour | 1:00-1:30 |
| 10/15 | InfoSurfing: Basic Web Searching Strategies | 2:00-4:00 |
| 10/20 | Grants & Funding | 11:00-11:30 |
| 10/21 | Research Library Tour | 1:00-1:30 |
| 10/27 | SciSearch� Alerting Service | 1:00-1:30 |
| 10/29 | Environmental Web Resources | 11:00-11:30 |
Classes are free. Pre-registration is appreciated. Register by email to library@lanl.gov or by calling the Library Service Desk at 7-5809. Please include your name, Z#, and the date and title of the session in your message.
Special classes and orientations can also be arranged; call 7-5809 for more information.
Susan Heckethorn
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Newsletter Editorial Team: Donna Berg , Helen Boorman, Jack Carter, Lou Pray, and Kathy Varjabedian.
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The name and e-mail address of the Library member who contributed an article appears at the end of the article. If you have comments or further questions, please contact that person. If you have general questions or comments about the Newsletter itself, please contact the Newsletter Editor, Kathy Varjabedian.
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