Cisti Source Discontinued - August 2009

As some of you may have heard, the federal government is discontinuing CISTI Source as of this August. Our current contract for CISTI Source expires today and it doesn't make sense to continue on with CISTI Source for a few more months until the end.

"The Federal Government is discontinuing CISTI Source as of August 2009.

Because of better interlibrary loan coverage and tools such as SFX, use of CISTI Source at the University of Calgary has declined dramatically since 2003. The Library decided not to renew our contract after March 31, 2009 for the last few months of CISTI Source’s existence. Please use the interlibrary loan form to request the scientific, medical and technical articles that you used to request with CISTI Source :

http://library1.ucalgary.ca/dds.php

If you have any questions about why CISTI Source is being discontinued or questions about alternatives to CISTI Source please contact Rob Tiessen the Head of Access Services for the University of Calgary Library or the liaison librarian for your subject area. "

Physics and Astronomy Librarian in Science B (Gallagher Library) for Drop-In Help

Don MacMillan, the Physics and Astronomy Librarian, will be available in the Gallagher Library in the Science B Building on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm October 15-December 3, to offer assistance with your research papers and assignments, no appointment is necessary.

Library Home Page Changes

Key Physics & Astronomy links have moved on the redesigned Library Home page.
For example Physics & Astronomy research databases or search engines such as INSPEC, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar are now available at:

Online Resources --> Science & Engineering --> Physics & Astronomy

While subject pages and Library Instruction Guides (e. g. PHYS 325 and PHYS 491) are now available at:

Research Support --> Science & Engineering --> Physics & Astronomy

Web of Science content expanded from 1900 to present

The library has enhanced access to the Web of Science database by expanding its science content from 1900 to present. Previously, science content was only available from 1975. Web of Science also provides content from the Social Science Index from 1956 and the Arts & Humanities Index from 1975.
Web of Science provides access to nearly 9,300 prestigious, high impact research journals in the world and is the primary tool for determining how many times an author has been cited in the literature.

Available through the library's Research database collection at:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/researchdatabases/index.php

Search multiple databases at one time-360 Search

The library is implementing a one-year trial of 360 Search a search engine-database that allows you to search multiple databases at one time. Select your subject category, enter your search terms and wait for your results.
360 Search is available via a link from the top of the library's Research Database page at:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/researchdatabases/index.php

Science Librarian in Science A 124 (Wolcott Lab) for Drop-In Help

A Science Librarian will be available in Science A124 (Wolcott Lab) January 28-March 17 to offer assistance with your research papers and assignments.

Don MacMillan (Biology, Physics/Astronomy and Math-Interim) will be there Mondays, 11am - 1pm

Science Librarians in Science A 124 (Wolcott Lab) for Drop-In Help October 15 - December 5

Science Librarians will be available in Science A124 (Wolcott Lab) October 15-December 5 to offer assistance with your research papers and assignments.

Don MacMillan (Biology, Physics/Astronomy) will be there Mondays, 11am - 1pm

Jennifer Lee (Chemistry, Mathematics/Statistics, Environmental Design) will be there Wednesdays, 10am - noon, expect November

New Features in Science Direct--RSS and link to Scopus

Science Direct (Elsevier) has added some new features to makes your searching even easier.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds - RSS is an established Web standard for the delivery of news headlines and other frequently updated content summaries. RSS feeds will be available on ScienceDirect for search results, citations and new articles, as well as more than 300 pre-selected topics. RSS feeds alert users immediately when Science Direct has new content of interest to them as soon as it is published, keeping users up-to-date with their chosen fields of interest.

Cited By in Scopus - Access to a wealth of citation information is made possible with Cited By in Scopus, which links to specific citations in Scopus - the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality Web sources. Cited By in Scopus, which is included on the ScienceDirect article pages, also features a real-time citation count. A Scopus license is not necessary to view the citations for a given article but a ScienceDirect subscription is required.

Scopus is accessible from our Research Databases page:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/researchdatabases/index.php