May 01, 2009
OPPIE interface improvements
OPPIE, the multi-database search and discovery tool from the Research Library, has been updated with new features and interface improvements. You can now:
* Jump forward in a result set to any page.
* Remove a selected filter.
* Browse easily with previous and next links on full records.
* Easily distinguish between an alert or saved search from your saved lists.
* Clear all your marked records at the time of export.
* Identify duplicate records easily with the database name added to results.
* Use streamlined Alert/saved search and Export forms.
OPPIE is available to LANL staff at oppie.lanl.gov.
April 29, 2009
Computing Reviews: your input is requested
Computing Reviews
The Research Library currently subscribes to this database of reviews in computing literature. The renewal for 2009 is quickly approaching. This publication is slated for cancellation unless strong support from Laboratory researchers is received. Please visit http://eservice.lanl.gov/node/53 to see cost and usage data and offer your input. Your comments are encouraged and welcomed.
March 24, 2009
Los Alamos Authors database enhanced
The Los Alamos Authors database has been updated with a new OPPIE-like interface and now includes additional functionality that users have requested.
You can now:
• register/login/change password for an account directly from any page
• save searches on your account
• use the "Tools" tab for important links to enhance the searching experience. You can see all possible "Tools" links at all times, and they display in blue when they're available for use
• view up to 100 results per page
• sort results by relevance or by year
• mark records per page and clear all marked records
export marked records - view, email, or export to bibliographic software (text, RIS, BibTeX)
• get to full-text using links on the results list or the full record view
• get help finding full text when items do not show full-text links, with "How to Find Full Text" under "Tools"
• use up to 7 search boxes in Fielded Search
• see every variant of author names in a single search result, in the "Search Filters" tab
Search the Los Alamos Authors database at: http://lasearch.lanl.gov/
The database contains bibliographic citations, collected by SAFE-1, to publications by Los Alamos authors, and is available to all LANL staff.
Please try it out and let us know what you think. To schedule one-on-one training or a group demo, please contact us.
We look forward to your feedback!
March 18, 2009
"Map of Science" receives national recognition
Recent press coverage for the "Map of Science" research led by Johan Bollen of the Research Library (see PLoS One article).
- Image of the Week - Los Alamos "Map of Science" - International Science Grid This Week 4/15/2009
- Who's Your Academic Buddy? New Study Suggests How Fields Are Intertwined - The Chronicle of Higher Education 3/17/2009
- Map of Science - New York Times 3/16/2009
- Cause & Effect: Mapping out trends, interests in science - Santa Fe New Mexican 3/13/2009
- Map of Science Looks Like Milky Way - Wired 3/11/2009
- Scientists stick close to their specialties when looking for answers - USA Today 3/11/2009
- Los Alamos researchers create 'map of science' - PhysOrg 3/11/2009
- Web usage data outline map of knowledge - Nature 3/9/2009
- Map of Science, reflects the new bit-sized world - Los Alamos Monitor 3/2009
March 12, 2009
Los Alamos researchers create 'Map of Science'
Data provides high-resolution picture of scientists' information retrieval habits
Laboratory scientists have produced the world's first Map of Science - a high-resolution graphic depiction of the virtual trails scientists leave behind when they retrieve information from online services. The research, led by Johan Bollen of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, appears this week in PLoS ONE (the Public Library of Science), here.
This "Map of Science" illustrates the online behavior of scientists accessing different scientific journals, publications, aggregators, etc. Colors represent the scientific discipline of each journal, based on disciplines classified by the Getty Research Institute's Art and Architecture Thesaurus, while lines reflect the navigation of users from one journal to another when interacting with scholarly web portals.
