e3 Information Overload AND Are You 2.0 Yet? - Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/ E-resources for Engineering Education, plus discussions on various web 2.0 and library issues en-us Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST Mon, 31 Mar 2008 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 Sticker Shock - Take 2 http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/03/31/sticker_shock_take_2 Do you know how much journals cost, especially in science and engineering? Cornell University Library uses real world purchases to... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/03/31/sticker_shock_take_2 Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Libraries & Librarianship Scientific Publishing & Data Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST Do you know how much journals cost, especially in science and engineering?

Cornell University Library uses real world purchases to show you how much libraries invest in your education and research needs. Check out Sticker Shock 2 for more information. I am scared when they compare journals to cars and international trips.

The original Sticker Shock was completed in 2002.

]]> IEEE Xplore Downtime http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/03/11/ieee_xplore_downtime An IEEE Xplore upgrade is scheduled for Saturday, 15 March, 2008. During this upgrade, the system will be unavailable for... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/03/11/ieee_xplore_downtime Blog: e3 Information Overload Case Libraries Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Kelvin Smith Library Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST An IEEE Xplore upgrade is scheduled for Saturday, 15 March, 2008. During this upgrade, the system will be unavailable for up to four (4) hours beginning at approximately 10:00 am EDT (UTC/GMT - 4 hours).

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

]]> C&EN Online http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/02/25/cen_online The Case community now has online access to Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) from 1998 to present. Access was arranged... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/02/25/cen_online Applied Sciences Blog: e3 Information Overload Case Libraries Chemical Engineering Chemistry & Chemicals Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering OhioLINK Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST The Case community now has online access to Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) from 1998 to present. Access was arranged by OhioLINK.

[About C&EN]

Chemical & Engineering News is a weekly magazine published by the American Chemical Society. C&EN editors and reporters based in Europe, the U.S., and Asia cover science and technology, business and industry, government and policy, education, and employment aspects of the chemistry field.

C&EN Online offers Latest News, supplementary material to C&EN print articles, back issues of the magazine since 1998, and special features such as Reel Science, NanoFocus, RSS feeds, and blogs.

]]> Happy 50th Birthday: Physical Review Letters http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/02/12/happy_50th_birthday_physical_review_letters Physical Review Letters, started by Editor Sam Goudsmit as an experiment, reaches its 50th anniversary in July 2008. They are... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/02/12/happy_50th_birthday_physical_review_letters Astronomy, Astrophysics, & Physics Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Science and Technology Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST Physical Review Letters, started by Editor Sam Goudsmit as an experiment, reaches its 50th anniversary in July 2008. They are marking this occasion in several ways.

]]> Mathematical Biology Now Covered by Biology Direct http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/20/mathematical_biology_now_covered_by_biology_direct Biology Direct considers original research articles, hypotheses, comments, discovery notes and reviews in selected subject areas, and will eventually cover... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/20/mathematical_biology_now_covered_by_biology_direct Biological Sciences Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Mathematics & Statistics Open Access Science and Technology Scientific Publishing & Data Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:42:08 EST Biology Direct considers original research articles, hypotheses, comments, discovery notes and reviews in selected subject areas, and will eventually cover the full spectrum of biology. Subject areas already launched include Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Immunology, and Mathematical Biology.

Andrei Yakovlev wrote an editorial that kicked off the new commitment to Mathematical Biology.

Modern mathematics offers a much richer arsenal of tools and ideas than those that are frequently employed to describe the enormous diversity of biological phenomena.

]]> Reminder: Older Versions of SciFinder Retired http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/17/reminder_older_versions_of_scifinder_retired Please note that on January 2nd, 2008 CAS retired the following versions of SciFinder/SciFinder Scholar, as communicated to customers in... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/17/reminder_older_versions_of_scifinder_retired Blog: e3 Information Overload Chemical Engineering Chemistry & Chemicals Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Science and Technology Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:15:36 EST Please note that on January 2nd, 2008 CAS retired the following versions
of SciFinder/SciFinder Scholar, as communicated to customers in mid June
2007:
  • SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar 2004.2 (MAC OS 9 and Windows)
  • SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar MAC OS X 1.0
  • SciFinder 2007.0 for Windows

]]> Knovel Unit Converter http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/12/08/knovel_unit_converter Knovel has added a unit converter to its collection of resources. It can be freely accessed by anyone, even nonsubscribers.... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/12/08/knovel_unit_converter Blog: e3 Information Overload Case Libraries Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Kelvin Smith Library Science and Technology Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:27:59 EST Knovel has added a unit converter to its collection of resources. It can be freely accessed by anyone, even nonsubscribers.

Unit Converter: www.knovel.com/unitconverter

Other free content is available for those that sign up.

Reminder:
For the Case community, the Kelvin Smith Library subscribes to Knovel content for your convenience.

]]> FREE ASM Trial Membership through October 1 http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/20/free_asm_trial_membership_through_october_1 Become an ASM Member or Trial Member to be eligible to WIN up to $10,000 in ASM products and services... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/20/free_asm_trial_membership_through_october_1 Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Materials Science Mechanical Engineering News from the Field Professional Associations & Societies Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST Become an ASM Member or Trial Member to be eligible to WIN up to $10,000 in ASM products and services in the $35,000 ASM's Everything Material Sweepstakes.

FREE Trial Membership through October 1, 2007, no purchase necessary.

]]> MathSciJournalWiki http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/18/mathscijournalwiki MathSciJournalWiki is a freely-editable resource for information on scholarly journals, especially in mathematics. It aims to be a central resource... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/18/mathscijournalwiki Astronomy, Astrophysics, & Physics Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Libraries & Librarianship Mathematics & Statistics Science and Technology Scientific Publishing & Data Web 2.0 Wiki Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:00:00 EST MathSciJournalWiki is a freely-editable resource for information on scholarly journals, especially in mathematics. It aims to be a central resource for understanding the journal system, both in its academic and economic aspects.

It lists the price history and numbers of pages for many of the journals used in mathematics and physics. It also highlights various news in the math and science publishing industry.

]]> K-Theory Editorial Board Resigns http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/12/ktheory_editorial_board_resigns The Not Even Blog reported that the entire editorial board of K-Theory (Springer) has resigned and in 2008 will be... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/12/ktheory_editorial_board_resigns Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Mathematics & Statistics Science and Technology Scientific Publishing & Data Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST The Not Even Blog reported that the entire editorial board of K-Theory (Springer) has resigned and in 2008 will be publishing a new journal called Journal of K-Theory (Cambridge University Press) at about half the subscription cost.

]]> IEEE Spectrum Announcement http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/12/ieee_spectrum_announcement IEEE Spectrum and Make magazine are joining forces to call attention to the coolest and cleverest do-it-yourself electronics projects. If... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/12/ieee_spectrum_announcement Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:00:00 EST IEEE Spectrum and Make magazine are joining forces to call attention to the coolest and cleverest do-it-yourself electronics projects. If your university students have designed and built something that they'd like to share with the combined readerships of Spectrum and Make - more than 1 million people - please enter it into the contest.

If you are a finalist, you'll get:

  • An archive of back issues of Make
  • An official IEEE Spectrum Baseball hat
  • Your name in a future issue of IEEE Spectrum identifying you and your project as a finalist
If you win, you'll receive:
  • Coverage of your project in the print and/or online editions of both Spectrum and Make
  • Transportation and accommodations to attend the next "Maker Faire" Make magazine's jamboree for do-it-yourselfers. 20-21 October at the Travis County Fairgrounds in Austin, Texas where they will describe and demonstrate their project
Entry deadline is 1 September 2007.

To enter, send a brief description of your project and include an estimate of how much it cost. Include a photo, a parts list, and a schematic if possible. E-mail them to: spectrum-diy-contest@ieee.org, or send them to: Spectrum/Make DIY contest, 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016-5997 USA.

]]> Research ShowCase http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/05/03/research_showcase I would like to thank Mohan Sankaran, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, for co-submitting a poster with me. We hope... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/05/03/research_showcase Case Awards, News, or Publications Chemical Engineering Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering General Announcements Kelvin Smith Library Thu, 03 May 2007 10:24:46 EST I would like to thank Mohan Sankaran, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, for co-submitting a poster with me. We hope it gave other educators ideas on how to use library resources as a teaching tool, rather than only a research tool. Look for the poster in Digital Case in the future.
Knovel as a Tool for Engineering Research and Education
Knovel is a virtual technical library that includes over 800 full-text engineering and scientific reference works, handbooks, and datasets. Originally purchased by the Kelvin Smith Library to supplement the traditional print reference collection, it has become an important tool in engineering classroom instruction. Knovel data can be sorted, filtered, and exported from "live tables". Equations can be solved and graphs plotted, thus allowing students to capture values from existing graphs and perform "what if" experiments on the data.
The Case Western Reserve University Research ShowCase poster winners have been listed.

The Kelvin Smith Library also announced the winner of the geohunt contest.

]]> SAE Publications Board to Review Digital Rights Management Controls for Education http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/24/sae_publications_board_to_review_digital_rights_management_controls_for_education SAE International’s Publications Board temporarily will suspend full activation of Digital Rights Management (DRM) controls as applied on the Society’s... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/24/sae_publications_board_to_review_digital_rights_management_controls_for_education Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Intellectual Property Scientific Publishing & Data Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST SAE International’s Publications Board temporarily will suspend full activation of Digital Rights Management (DRM) controls as applied on the Society’s Digital Library of technical papers for licensees at colleges, universities and other academic institutions. See full story for more information.

]]> Update: ICIS Creates a Students Portal - Includes Chemical Prices http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/22/update_icis_creates_a_students_portal_includes_chemical_prices ICIS has fixed the format of the chemical price list that is contained within their student portal. It formally did... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/22/update_icis_creates_a_students_portal_includes_chemical_prices Applied Sciences Chemical Engineering Chemistry & Chemicals Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Scientific Publishing & Data Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:57:18 EST ICIS has fixed the format of the chemical price list that is contained within their student portal. It formally did not view correctly in the Firefox browser, but it should work for all major browsers now.

]]> IEEE Xplore Demonstration http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/14/ieee_xplore_demonstration The Kelvin Smith Library is sponsoring two sessions for Case faculty, staff, and students to learn more about the IEEE... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/14/ieee_xplore_demonstration Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering General Announcements Kelvin Smith Library Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:47:23 EST The Kelvin Smith Library is sponsoring two sessions for Case faculty, staff, and students to learn more about the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Xplore Database. The campus community is invited to participate from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. on April 18 in White Hall, Room 411. The session will include pizza and a chance to win prizes. RSVP to Brian Gray.

An alternative session will occur from 2-3 p.m. the same day in Nord Hall, Room 310.

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