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Newsletter February 2002 
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The online Britannica allows you to view complete articles and maps,
rather than the abridged pieces from the free site (http://britannica.com/).
Additionally, the subscription version lets you save articles to a "workspace"
so that multiple articles retrieved during a session can be stored. Most
importantly, the full version of Britannica is advertising-free, with
the entire screen contents devoted to the search topic.
The Laboratory's Research Library will reopen to the public. It was closed to the public as a security precaution following the Sept. 11 attacks. The library anticipates reopening its doors to the public in mid February. Visitor hours are from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Registered Lab badge holders will continue to have 24-hour access, seven days a week. Additional security measures, such as cyber and physical security features, have been implemented, including the addition of a staff person who will ensure that these strict security guidelines are met. Visitors now will be required to sign in and out and show a valid identification. They will have access to the library's book and journal collections, the electronic databases and the electronic journal articles that are available to Lab staff. However, visitors will not have access to either electronic or hard copy technical reports. Laboratory retirees, Northern New Mexico researchers and the community benefit from having access to the library's world-class research collections. The Research Library is the only scientific and technical library within a 100-mile radius; the next closest is at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. For more information, contact the Research Library at 667-4448.
In BIOSIS® at LANL patents can be searched by title, author, patent assignee (e.g. look for "Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals" in Institution index) and patent number (e.g. look for "US 6303773" in the Identifying number index). Full BIOSIS subject indexing is also available. If you wish to restrict your search to only patents, select "Patent" from the pull-down menu for "Document Type." All together, there are currently 173,000 patents, out of the 13.4 million records in the full database from 1969. To view copies of the patents, the Research Library has U.S. patents on microfiche, or try the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website.
The IUCr has made access available back to the first issue of each of the following electronic journals. More than 50,000 articles have been digitized and are fully searchable on titles and authors.
Acta Crystallographica -- 1948-1967 These backfiles have been made available at no additional cost to the
library -- they are included in the regular subscription price for the
journals. The LANL Research Library commends the International Union of
Crystallography for the generosity of their contribution to the worldwide
scientific community.
We may be losing access to some search engines, but there are always new ones in the wings to explore and test. Some of the newer engines being developed are subject specific and this may help with speed and specificity.
Searching the journal sources may be frustrating because although the
Science Library provides links to these e-journals for you, the links
will not work for LANL staff - we are not linked through Scirus. You can
take your journal search results and locate the articles from one of the
many entry points from the Research Library web site, such as the e-journals
page, Science Server, or
library-provided databases. Scirus can
be found at: www.scirus.com.
Will you be moving into a new office, or starting your spring
cleaning early this year? If you're considering sending your personal
copies of books or journals to the Research Library, contact Marie Harper
(mharper@lanl.gov; 7-3065) about
the disposition of those books or journals. She'll be glad to talk with
you about your collection or go to your office to help you through the
sorting process.
The following new electronic journals have been added to the library collection and are available from your desktop: Biology Mathematics
You type two words into Google's search bar and aim for the response of "Results 1-1 of 1". Because of the size of Google's database--three billion Web pages and updating--typing in a word that retrieves just a single response appears to be very challenging. The game supposedly encourages people to roam the Web, just like they used to for fun and curiosity. If you are tempted, the rules for Googlewhacking are to be found on the Weblog of Gary Stock at http://www.unblinking.com/heh/googlewhack.htm. Warning: this is addictive, the best score I've gotten yet is 3. Want to be notified of new issues? Newsletter Editorial Team: Donna Berg, Helen Boorman, Jack Carter, 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 about the Newsletter itself, please contact the Newsletter
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