e3 Information Overload AND Are You 2.0 Yet? - Alerting Services http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/ E-resources for Engineering Education, plus discussions on various web 2.0 and library issues en-us Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:00:00 EST Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:00:00 EST brian.c.gray@case.edu brian.c.gray@case.edu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Movable Type v3.121 Sign Up for IEEE Standards Alerts via Email or RSS http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/03/23/sign_up_for_ieee_standards_alerts_via_email_or_rss IEEE Xplore now features opt-in standards alerts to keep you up-to-date on standards revisions available through email or RSS. This... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/03/23/sign_up_for_ieee_standards_alerts_via_email_or_rss Alerting Services Computer Science Current Awareness Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering RSS & Readers Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:00:00 EST IEEE Xplore now features opt-in standards alerts to keep you up-to-date on standards revisions available through email or RSS. This free service has recently been expanded to enable any IEEE Xplore user to be notified whenever a new standard or draft is published or a standard is revised. Users have the option to sign up for standards alerts based on industry or version number. To sign up, visit: ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocalerts_signup.jsp

[VIA: What's New @ IEEE for Libraries, March 2007, Volume 8, Number 3]

]]> AZoM.com (The A to Z of Materials) http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2006/12/13/azomcom_the_a_to_z_of_materials AZoM.com (the A to Z of Materials) provides various information sources for engineers that use advanced materials. First, they provide... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2006/12/13/azomcom_the_a_to_z_of_materials Alerting Services Current Awareness Engineering Materials Science Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:00:00 EST AZoM.com (the A to Z of Materials) provides various information sources for engineers that use advanced materials. First, they provide free access to AZojomo - The "AZo Journal of Materials Online". From the front page, users have access to a search engine, material property search, and recent news stories (including RSS feeds). Many other links to books, events, and other resources also exist.

[About Us]

AZoM.com (the A to Z of Materials) was formed with the primary aim of increasing the use of Advanced Materials by the engineering and design community worldwide. Over 21 million engineers now use the Internet as part of their daily lives, yet the vast majority of them are still unaware what can be achieved by the use of advanced ceramics, novel metallic alloys or state of the art composites.

The aim of AZoM is to become the primary materials information source for the engineering and design community worldwide. It also aims to be the primary publicist of news, views and developments within the materials science community. However, unlike many other materials related organizations AZoM is totally focused on the needs of the end users of materials. To achieve this aim, all of the educational, informative and news content on AZoM is easy to access and search and is provided on a free of charge, no subscription, no charge per article, totally free basis.

[VIA: Journal of Jay, LISNews, August 15, 2006]

]]> BioMed Central Journals Have RSS Feeds http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2006/04/18/biomed_central_journals_have_rss_feeds BioMed Central offers RSS feeds for each of their journals. [What is BioMed Central?]BioMed Central is an independent publishing house... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2006/04/18/biomed_central_journals_have_rss_feeds Alerting Services Applied Sciences Biological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Current Awareness Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Medicine & Healthcare News from the Field Open Access RSS & Readers Science and Technology Scientific Publishing & Data Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:07:22 EST BioMed Central offers RSS feeds for each of their journals.

[What is BioMed Central?]

BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. Read more here...

]]> American Chemical Society Journals - RSS Feeds http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2006/04/15/american_chemical_society_journals_rss_feeds Each of the American Chemical Society journals offer RSS feeds that include their Articles ASAP and complete Table of Contents.... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2006/04/15/american_chemical_society_journals_rss_feeds Alerting Services Applied Sciences Chemical Engineering Chemistry & Chemicals Current Awareness Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Materials Science RSS & Readers Science and Technology Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:34:47 EST Each of the American Chemical Society journals offer RSS feeds that include their Articles ASAP and complete Table of Contents.

]]> American Physical Society Offers RSS Feeds http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2006/03/16/american_physical_society_offers_rss_feeds The American Physical Society offers RSS feeds highlighting new articles in its many journals. The APS journals include Physical Review... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2006/03/16/american_physical_society_offers_rss_feeds Alerting Services Applied Sciences Astronomy, Astrophysics, & Physics Current Awareness RSS & Readers Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:00:15 EST The American Physical Society offers RSS feeds highlighting new articles in its many journals. The APS journals include Physical Review (A-E), Physical Review Letters, and Review of Modern Physics.

]]> New Biological Science Awareness Tool - Faculty of 1000 http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/10/25/new_biological_science_awareness_tool_faculty_of_1000 BioMed Central now publishes a new web site called Faculty of 1000. Faculty of 1000 is the next generation literature... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/10/25/new_biological_science_awareness_tool_faculty_of_1000 Alerting Services Applied Sciences Biological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Current Awareness Engineering Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:22:04 EST BioMed Central now publishes a new web site called Faculty of 1000. Faculty of 1000 is the next generation literature awareness tool. It is a revolutionary new online research service that will comprehensively and systematically highlight and review the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1000 selected leading researchers.

Articles are categorized in subject areas, including biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology, cell biology, chemical biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, genomics & genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, molecular medicine, neuroscience, physiology, plant biology, and structural biology. In addition, users can browse the "Top 10", "All Time Top 10", "Most Viewed", or the "Hidden Jewels."

[About Faculty of 1000]
Faculty of 1000 will be run by scientists for scientists, and will provide a rapidly updated consensus map of the important papers and trends across biology.

Faculty of 1000:

  • Provides scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the most important papers within any given field of research
  • Highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear
  • Offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from well over 1000 leading scientists
  • Systematically organizes and evaluates the mass of information within scientific literature
  • Offers an immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, and an important complement to the indirect assessment provided by the journal impact factor.

]]> Origin of BLAST and the Explosion of Bioinformatics http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/09/06/origin_of_blast_and_the_explosion_of_bioinformatics The Scientist (v.19:16, p.21, August 29, 2005) has an article about the history of BLAST and how the code allows... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/09/06/origin_of_blast_and_the_explosion_of_bioinformatics Alerting Services Biological Sciences Computer Science Engineering Medicine & Healthcare Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:07:42 EST The Scientist (v.19:16, p.21, August 29, 2005) has an article about the history of BLAST and how the code allows scientists to compare a gene sequence against GenBank. Some of the off-the-chart numbers include GenBank had over 40 million sequences at the end of 2004, and that the National Center for Biotechnology Information commits 158 two-processor computers to gene sequence queries.

]]> PubMed offers RSS http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/06/16/pubmed_offers_rss Library Stuff by Steven M. Cohen shared some great screen shots and instructions for converting a PubMed search into a... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/06/16/pubmed_offers_rss Alerting Services Applied Sciences Biological Sciences Current Awareness Government News & Resources Medicine & Healthcare RSS & Readers Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:23:02 EST Library Stuff by Steven M. Cohen shared some great screen shots and instructions for converting a PubMed search into a RSS feed.

PubMed was designed to provide access to citations from biomedical literature.

]]> Institute of Physics offers RSS feeds http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/05/12/institute_of_physics_offers_rss_feeds The Institute of Physics (IOP) offers several RSS feeds, including event postings, job postings, several regular features, recent news, and... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/05/12/institute_of_physics_offers_rss_feeds Alerting Services Applied Sciences Astronomy, Astrophysics, & Physics Current Awareness Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates News from the Field RSS & Readers Thu, 12 May 2005 08:15:12 EST The Institute of Physics (IOP) offers several RSS feeds, including event postings, job postings, several regular features, recent news, and product information. In addition, a large selection of journal titles and recent article publications may be monitored by RSS feed.

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the leading international professional body promoting physics research. [About the Institute of Physics]

]]> Physics/Astronomy Alerting Service http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/05/03/physicsastronomy_alerting_service From Press Release (April 18, 2005): The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), headquartered at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA)... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/05/03/physicsastronomy_alerting_service Alerting Services Current Awareness Science and Technology Tue, 03 May 2005 08:11:40 EST From Press Release (April 18, 2005):

The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), headquartered at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Mass., is a virtual library that offers "one-stop shopping" for physicists and astronomers seeking the latest research. ADS provides free access to a huge database of abstracts and full-text papers in those scientific fields. Many of those papers reside within the arXiv.org e-print server, which is owned and operated by Cornell University.

Sifting through these huge research archives presents an ongoing challenge. In April 2005, ADS and arXiv will join forces to improve the services they offer scientists by implementing three separate customizable Web and e-mail alerts. Now, scientists around the world will be automatically notified when preprints or journal papers relevant to their research field are published.

Read the full story for more information.

]]> Science.gov ALERTS http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/04/28/sciencegov_alerts Science.gov now offers an email alerting service. A user that completes a simple registration process can have a weekly notice... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2005/04/28/sciencegov_alerts Alerting Services Blog: e3 Information Overload Current Awareness Government News & Resources Science and Technology Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:08:45 EST Science.gov now offers an email alerting service.

A user that completes a simple registration process can have a weekly notice of new resources sent directly to their email. The registration process will allow the user to pick a specific topic area (such as astronomy & space) or seach the whole site.


About Science.gov (Source: http://www.science.gov/about.html)

Science.gov provides public access and a unified search of the government’s vast stores of scientific and technical information. Science.gov is an interagency initiative of 17 U.S. government science organizations within 12 Federal agencies.

Two major types of information are included — selected authoritative science Web sites and often hard-to-access scientific databases (specific content varies by database). This gateway to government science information allows searches across 30 databases and more than 1,700 science Web sites. Science.gov currently accesses over 47 million pages of government science information.Science.gov now offers an email alerting service.

A user that completes a simple registration process can have a weekly notice of new resources sent directly to their email. The registration process will allow the user to pick a specific topic area (such as astronomy & space) or seach the whole site.


About Science.gov (Source: http://www.science.gov/about.html)

Science.gov provides public access and a unified search of the government’s vast stores of scientific and technical information. Science.gov is an interagency initiative of 17 U.S. government science organizations within 12 Federal agencies.

Two major types of information are included — selected authoritative science Web sites and often hard-to-access scientific databases (specific content varies by database). This gateway to government science information allows searches across 30 databases and more than 1,700 science Web sites. Science.gov currently accesses over 47 million pages of government science information.

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