Particularly interesting, and new, is the “popular passages” search, the subject headings, the ability to clip and paste from public-domain works and the personalization options now offered via “My Library” with a Google account. There’s also the links to Worldcat (which I find myself using more than my own library catalog now.) All in all, without mentioning the copyright issues, Google Book Search does get better and better.

How librarians can use Google Book Search is a post from: EngLib

The two millionth article loaded into IEEE Xplore is “Intelligent Packet Dropping for Optimal Energy-Delay Tradeoffs in Wireless Downlinks,” by Michael J. Neely from the University of Southern California. It appears in the March issue of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

You can download a copy for free.

I remember when IEEE made this database available. And I remember making the case for it in a previous job. It was pretty much a no-brainer for us. Kudos to IEEE!

2, 000 000th document in IEEE Xplore is a post from: EngLib

Hey, does it matter where the students get it if they do use scholarly, quality sources? At least, they not Googling everything? Well, there’s the thorny, ginormous issue of copyright. I cannot condone students downloading illegaly but now, I cannot ignore it either.

Going underground for scholarly content is a post from: EngLib

WorldWideScience.org “is a global science gateway connecting you to national and international scientific databases and portals”.

More content is always good news (bis).

More content into WorldWideScience.org is a post from: EngLib

More content is always good news.

DoT added to Science.gov is a post from: EngLib

For more info, contact John Haynes, Assistant Director, IOP Journalst.

Eprintweb.org is a post from: EngLib

Knovel news is a post from: EngLib

New features that will now be possible are: BiBTeX citation downloads, expanded reference linking to include Inspec and MEDLINE, forward citation linking, and new search engine. The links to the journal pages will not change (but the links to the articles will – contact Mary Rose Muccie of SIAM if you haven’t done so already if you don’t use the articles’ DOIs in your link resolver). Institutional IP addresses have been migrated as well.

SIAM journals on Scitation is a post from: EngLib

The journal’s issue from 1963 are already available in the database. The volumes between 1919 and 1963 will be forthcoming in a few months.

IEEE news is a post from: EngLib

• titles from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) will be added, ranging topics like Multiscale Modeling and Simulation to Dynamical Systems and Control Theory.
• also to be added are several essential titles from World Scientific Publishing
• finally, the company integrated the Steam Tables in its system, the international standard for calculating the thermodynamic properties of water as developed by the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS). The product is called Knovel Steam Tables.

Knovel news is a post from: EngLib

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Dear Colleagues:

The American Institute of Physics is pleased to announce that our 2007 institutional subscription rates are now available. Please visit

http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIPJrnls2007NonmemberRateFixed.pdf
or
http://librarians.aip.org

to view 2007 prices for the following publications:

AIP Conference Proceedings
Applied Physics Letters
Chaos
Computing in Science & Engineering (co-published with IEEE Computer Society) Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of Chemical Physics Journal of Physical & Chemical Reference Data (co-published with NIST) Journal of Mathematical Physics Low Temperature Physics Physics of Fluids Physics of Plasmas Physics Today Review of Scientific Instruments

Prices are also now available for the following package subscription options:

AIP Archival
AIP Archival Plus
Physics of Fluids/Physics of Plasmas

Please note that all prices are subject to change.

There are also several new offerings and important developments we’d like to alert you to.

Physics Today Offers Online Access to Institutions

Physics Today subscribers will have the option to access an online backfile with their 2007 subscription for an additional US$200 fee. Institutional subscribers who choose this option will have access from 2001 to all but the most recent 12 months of the magazine; current contents remain a benefit to member subscribers. The PT backfile is included in the AIP Archival and AIP Archival Plus combination subscriptions; the backfile is also available as a separate online-only subscription. AIP plans to digitize all issues back to the magazine’s launch in 1948, eventually creating a complete Physics Today digital archive.

AIP to Launch First Open Access Journal by January 2007

AIP introduces Biomicrofluidics, the first title in its new series, AIP Access X-Press. This will be a series of Open Access, online-only journals, featuring rapid publication times.

Two AIP Journals Offer Selected Content in Separate Formats

Beginning in January 2007, JCP: Biochemical Physics will provide, in an online-only format, all articles from the Journal of Chemical Physics (JCP) that focus on biochemical-related topics. Applied Physics Reviews, long a distinct section within Journal of Applied Physics (JAP), will also have separate online-only distribution in 2007. (Subscribers to JCP and JAP will continue to receive all this content with their regular subscriptions.) Applied Physics Reviews includes a backfile of review articles back to 1980.

New Topical Collections Available from AIP Conference Proceedings

Previously available only as print standing orders, the topical subseries within the AIP Conference Proceedings program will now be available as separate online-only subscriptions. Subseries include Accelerators and Beams; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics; Nuclear & High Energy Physics, Mathematical and Statistical Physics; Plasma Physics; and Materials Physics & Applications. Each series includes all published content from 2000 to the present.

AIP Revises Tiered Pricing System

In 2007, AIP will move to a six-tier pricing system, in part to reduce the large price differences between the highest tiers in the current system. Some accounts from Tier 4 will be moved to the new Tier 5, while all accounts previously in Tier 5 will be relabeled as the new Tier 6. Librarians at affected institutions will be notified directly.

Backfile Enhancements

Reference links are being added to the backfiles of AIP archival journals. In 2007, all abstracts back to 1991 will include these links to cited articles.

If you have a question regarding your institution’s AIP tier assignment, or about the prices posted, please contact subs@aip.org or call 1-800-344-6902.

We look forward to serving you in the new subscription year.

Best regards,

Christine Orr
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American Institute of Physics
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Melville NY 11747
Tel: +1 516-576-2484
Email: corr@aip.org
Visit us at http://librarians.aip.org

AIP news is a post from: EngLib

Wilson has also released an archives package for Applied Science & Technology Index, the Applied Science & Technology Index Retrospective:1913-1983.

H.W. Wilson news is a post from: EngLib

To be notified when the service will be back up, enter your email address on the ACM website.

ACM down for maintenance is a post from: EngLib

ScienceDirect will show new design in August is a post from: EngLib

• New features: libraries will soon be able to integrate the CRCnetBASE products to their federated search client management software to search across the collections. Athens authentification compliance will follow
• New and forthcoming netBASEs include CHEMLIBnetBASE, NANOnetBASE, AGRICULTUREnetBASE and TEXTILEnetBASE.
• CRC is looking for beta testers for CRCnetBASE products. You have to be an existing subscriber. Contact Robert Morris for more information
• The 86th edition of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is now available. It sports new tables but I haven’t checked if existing tables have been taking out.

CRC news is a post from: EngLib

IEEE Xplore enhancements is a post from: EngLib

New EPIS database from EPA is a post from: EngLib

• easier refinement of results, one category at a time
• greater amount of results that can be analyzed with the Analyze function, up to 100,000 at a time
• better linking to full-text from cross-searches

ISI Web of Knowledge enhancements is a post from: EngLib

Directory of Published Proceedings now free is a post from: EngLib

Chmoogle now eMolecules is a post from: EngLib