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 Inspec® and
more in SearchPlus
SciSearch Plus is now SearchPlus, reflecting
significant interface changes and broader subject coverage.
- Inspec® : SearchPlus now includes Inspec, the leading
database in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, and computing. Inspec® covers
1969 to the present in 7+ million records, updated weekly, covering journals,
conferences, books, reports and patents, with rich subject indexing.
- Revised interface with improved navigation
- Basic and Advanced search screens now available
- Search history improved, providing more information
about your searches
- New indexes added for Inspec data, such as Astronomical
Object
- Limit by "Times Cited greater than or equal to #" feature
now available (applies to ISI databases only), to narrow a search to influential
papers
- Help has been completely re-written, with more searching
tips
- Printer-friendly links are provided
SearchPlus is a key resource for accessing and using scholarly literature.
Its combined databases offer LANL users access to over 41 million records, with
tools for setting personal preferences, outputting search results, and keeping
up-to-date with alerts. Please send comments and suggestions to rl-testing@lanl.gov.
 Kathy
Varjabedian
RefWorks — a web-based database
and bibliography creator
Laboratory employees now have another option for creating bibliographies and
databases — RefWorks! RefWorks
is a web-based product that lets you to create your own personal database by
importing references from online databases such as SearchPlus and Biosis® at
LANL. You can then use these references in writing papers and automatically
format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
And the best part may be that RefWorks is provided for you by the LANL Research
Library — there is no purchasing, downloading or installation required.
All you need to do is go to the RefWorks website, click <User login> and
sign up for an individual account. Since RefWorks is a web-based product, your
records will be available to you wherever you go, because your data is stored
at the publisher's site instead of on your own machine. The product is usable
across various platforms such as Windows, Mac, UNIX, etc.
There are a limited number of licenses available. Contact the Research
Library to set up training demonstrations for RefWorks. Library staff are
available for one-on-one or group training events by appointment.
Send comments to stbrl-lip@lanl.gov
Carol
Hoover
 Leadership
Directories available online
The Leadership Directories (aka Yellow
Books) are now available to LANL users at the desktop. The Research Library's
license provides access to all 14 personnel directories called Yellow Books and
collectively called The Leadership Library®, updated daily.
Yellow Books in this series:
Irma
Holtkamp
American Nuclear Society ejournals now
available at your desktop
 Journals,
magazines and transactions from the American Nuclear Society are now available
in full-text at your desktop. American Nuclear Society membership is composed
of engineers, scientists, administrators and educators working in the diverse
fields of nuclear science and technology. Titles include:
Fusion Science and Technology ( http://epubs.ans.org/rip/index.cgi?j=fst )
Nuclear Science & Engineering http://epubs.ans.org/rip/index.cgi?j=nse
Nuclear Technology http://epubs.ans.org/rip/index.cgi?j=nt
Radwaste Solutions http://epubs.ans.org/rip/index.cgi?m=rs
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society http://www2.ans.org/pubs/transactions/indices/
Full-text is available directly from the ANS website as well as through LinkSeeker
in databases such as SearchPlus (now incorporating
SciSearch and Inspec), Engineering Index at
LANL and DOE Energy at LANL.
Send comments to: eteam@lanl.gov
Carol
Hoover
Wiley reference works available at your
desktop
Discover some of the most authoritative online reference sources in applied
physics, biotechnology, catalysis, cell technology, chemical technology, computational
chemistry, electrical/electronics engineering, industrial chemistry, industrial
hygiene, intelligent materials, molecular biology, organic chemistry, and toxicology. LANL
researchers can browse thorough each of the 16 titles listed below or search
them collectively using a single search interface at Wiley
InterScience Reference Works.
Irma
Holtkamp
Download the Cambridge Structural Database
In January the Research Library obtained the Cambridge Structural Database,
which records bibliographic, chemical and crystallographic information for organic
molecules and metal-organic compounds. Now Windows and Unix users (sorry, no
Mac version) can download the Cambridge Structural Database to their desktop
from the Library's CSD website.
From here the download site link requires use of a LANL crypto card. Follow the
instructions provided to download/install the following software:
- Conquest � search software
- CSD � database files
- Mercury � visualization software
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre updates the CSD as required. The Library
will make these updates available for download and will notify users as they
become available.
Please contact Susan Heckethorn with any problems or questions. Note:
Mac users with OS 10 or above, please let us know if you are interested in this
product. We'd like to gauge interest.
Susan
Heckethorn
Take your cryptocard with you to the Library
The LANL Research Library has set up four public terminals for LANL users
only. These require a cryptocard for access. What is the benefit of this setup?
You can now:
- View technical reports (because we are open to the public these have been
restricted)
- Get to the internal LANL website
- See electronic journals that have been blocked from the public terminals.
Note: The remaining terminals do not currently require crytocards but what
you will see is strictly green network.
Lou
Pray
State Librarian visits the Research
Library
Richard Akeroyd, newly appointed State Librarian of New Mexico, recently visited
with Research Library Director Rick Luce.
Akeroyd's most recent position was Director of Library Programs for the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation. Over $300 million of assistance was provided to libraries through
that program. Akeroyd has been active at the national and state level in
professional societies and has served as State Librarian for Connecticut.
Donna
Berg
New electronic journals from the Research
Library
The following new electronic journals have been added to the library collection
and are available from your desktop:
Biology and Medicine
Genetics - added backfiles from 1916 to 1979
http://www.genetics.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml
Journal of Cell Biology - added backfiles from 1955-1974
http://www.jcb.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml
Journal of Neuroscience - added backfiles from 1981-1995
http://www.jneurosci.org/
Tree Physiology
http://heronpublishing.com/tree/contents/volume1.1.html
Engineering
Fusion science and technology
http://epubs.ans.org/rip/index.cgi?j=fst
Nuclear Science and Engineering
http://epubs.ans.org/rip/index.cgi?j=nse
Nuclear Technology
http://epubs.ans.org/rip/index.cgi?j=nt
Radwaste Solutions
http://epubs.ans.org/rip/index.cgi?m=rs
General
Strategic Insights
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/index.asp
eteam@lanl.gov
Search engines: Amazon, Google...and now Feedster?
Blogs have grown up in the last year. No longer the purview of those with
braces, reputable journals are supporting their "content providers" [read editors/writers]
by funding official weblogs that allow them to create content constantly instead
of occasionally in an official publication.
 Feedster is
the search engine for the alternative news universe, indexing over one million
weblogs and crawling through on an hourly basis. The timely indexing of this "RSS
feed" (rich site summary), allows you to track what the influential, blog-enabled
world is saying about products, services, competitors. The point here is that
you can create an RSS feed from a search term and watch your results vary from
hour to hour. I found topics of contemporary interest had the most interesting
results, for instance politics has its own tab right now. The site has many good
features; allowing you to choose between "best results" or "latest results";
letting you create a feed based on your search. If you have a blog you can use
this product to make your site searchable and add content automatically. Look
at their new ideas under "advanced search" and "preferences". Go try it — now!
Donna
Berg
Comments?
If you have comments or suggestions for other topics you would like to see covered
in this newsletter, pease send your ideas to the Newsletter
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Newsletter Editorial Team: Donna
Berg, Helen Boorman, Lou
Pray, and Kathy Varjabedian.
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
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