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NOVEMBER 2001

CONTENTS

Introduction

We have noticed a lot more activity in the LRC in the last few days as students knuckle down to assignments and project work. We hope that the new library catalogue and web pages will be of benefit to students and staff in opening up the library collections and enhancing online access to various resources.

MILLENNIUM Library System Update

Later this year and into 2002, further modules will be added to include Serials Control, Inter-Library Loans and Acquisitions. You will be kept informed of developments via this newsletter or via the news update page at

New LRC Resources - Induction Sessions

Over the past two weeks a number of induction sessions have been held to inform staff about the resources now available in the LRC. These sessions, which were arranged through the Heads of Department, were presented by the Computing Services Manager and the Librarian. In addition, some lecturers arranged for their classes to attend information sessions at which the new library catalogue and web pages were outlined to students.

Any staff who missed out on these presentations can contact the Librarian, who will arrange further induction sessions as required. In addition, any lecturer who wishes to have the new library catalogue and web pages outlined to students can also contact the Librarian Tel. Ext. 567.

Emerald Fulltext Database - update

On Tuesday 13^th November, Mr. Mark Hindwell from Emerald UK will visit IT Carlow and will present two seminars on 'Searching the Emerald Database'. These will be held in Room 204 of the LRC at 10.00am & 11.00am. Anyone who is interested in attending should contact the Librarian as numbers as limited.

During October, the database was updated with 68 new issues of journals and a total of 514 new articles.

The database is fully available to IT Carlow users at:

An A - Z listing of journal titles can be accessed at:

A full listing of journal titles by subject can be viewed at:

A permanent link to the database has also been set up from the library web pages at:

Science Direct on trial - continues

The Science Direct trial was due to end in October, but has been extended for 'a couple of weeks more'. Check it out while you can at:

Click on 'group-wide login'

Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback on this resource. It seems to have been well received.

Other databases on trial

Technical Indexes Database

Until November 14^th, the web-based 'info4education' portal is available on trial. The content of the database includes:

To obtain the web addresses and trial passwords, please contact the Librarian Ext. 567.

IEE Online Publications

The library has applied for free trial access to the complete IEE Online Publications Package. It is anticipated that this will be made available shortly. Please check the latest news page for developments. Go to:

Free Resources for Registered Users on ChemWeb

Anyone who registers or has already registered with ChemWeb.com has access to various resources on an ongoing basis. Full access to certain products is restricted to subscribers.

This month we are highlighting Beilstein Abstracts, which contains 703,534 abstracts and which can be accessed free of charge.

In addition, ISI's Reaction Citation Index (RCI) is also available for searching free of charge. It combines searchable structures and reaction data from Current Chemical Reactions with bibliographic data and author abstracts from the Science Citation Index. It covers newly registered world patents and leading international organic chemistry journals from 1980 to the present, providing access to more than 400,000 reactions since 1985 and over two million references to date.

The search screen allows searching by reaction structure and/or by text; the advanced search screen presents many more reaction search options and allows users to combine bibliographic search options.

Free Resources for Registered Users on BioMedNet Reviews

IT Carlow's registration to BioMedNet Reviews is still current. At present, and for an undefined period of time free full-text access is available to the following resources in life sciences:

10 journals in the 'Current Opinion in..' series

14 journals in the 'Trends in..' series

6 Trends Guides and other supplements

Drug Discovery today and supplements

14,000 Review articles from 150+ journals

Personal registration is also available free. This is limited to researchers and academic staff and provides enhanced personalisation features. A small number of printed quick reference guides to the site are available from the Librarian. To access the website go to:

Webwatch

Arts & Letters Daily

This site brings together the latest news and reviews from hundreds of publications. Topics covered include: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Literature, Language, Ideas, Criticism, Culture, History, Music & Art. It is updated five days a week. Go to:

Journal of Information, Law and Technology

This is an online publication or e-journal which has been published since 1996 and which covers a range of topics relating to IT law and applications. Go to:

ResearchIndex

It currently provides details of 400,000+ documents and 5,000,000+ citations. Try it out at:

Current Journal Highlights

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Education

The journal is on open access in the current journal stacks at Shelf Number 572

It is also available in full text to IT Carlow users at:

Click on 'go to journals' button.

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Journal of Moral Education

The current issue is a special issue on the theme of:

Inclusion, Learning Disabilities and Moral Education.

The journal is on open access in the current journal stacks at Shelf Number 370.114

It is also available in full text to IT Carlow users at:

Software Engineering Notes

The current issue contains the proceedings of the

9^th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE-9)

The journal is on open access in the current journal stacks at Shelf Number 005.1

South-East Regional Authority -

The Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O'Rourke, T.D. will officially launch the South-East Regional Information Society Strategy and Action Plan at I.T. Carlow on Friday, 16^th November.

Conference on Rural Issues in Higher Education

The Higher Education Equality Unit Conference on above subject takes place in Tipperary Institute on 22^nd/23^rd of this month.

Further information is available from:

Congratulations on the Double

Congratulations are sent to Tara Breen, Library Assistant, who has just given birth to twins - Daniel and Kirsten.

Library Newsletter Archive

Regards,

Richard

November 8^th 2001

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OCTOBER 2001

CONTENTS

Introduction

MILLENNIUM Library System Update

The circulation module which manages loans etc. goes live this week. Initially, most books will appear with the message 'Check Shelf'. As more and more users borrow material and as loan data is transferred from the old system, any item on loan will be indicated with a 'Due back date'.

Users will be able to view their own record at:

Later this year and into 2002, further modules will be added to include Serials Control, Inter-Library Loans and Acquisitions. You will be kept informed of developments via this newsletter or via the news update page at

Emerald Fulltext - enhanced access

A consortium of Institute of Technology Librarians have agreed a package with Emerald to provide web access to all of the 110+ journals in the Emerald Fulltext database. Although mainly business oriented, there are are many other subject areas covered. The publishers describe it thus:

An A - Z listing of journal titles can be accessed at:

A full listing of journal titles by subject can be viewed at:

A permanent link to the database has also been set up from the library web pages at:

As access to the entire list of journals is now available, the regular Emerald Journal of the Week feature from previous newsletters has been discontinued.

Science Direct on trial

A description of the product follows:

Click on 'group-wide login'

While it is possible for individuals to create a personal login for this database, it is suggested that this would be of little value during the trial period.

Other databases on trial

Web of Science

The Web of Science database was made available on trial to all Irish Institutes of Technology during the month of September. At the time of writing, it was still available at:

Free Resources for Registered Users on ChemWeb

Anyone who registers or has already registered with ChemWeb.com has access to various resources on an ongoing basis. Full access to certain products is restricted to subscribers. Go to:

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology:

Section A: Chemistry

Section B: Biology

Section C: Photochemistry Reviews

Free Resources for Registered Users on BioMedNet Reviews

IT Carlow is currently registered to trial BioMedNet Reviews. At present, and for an undefined period of time free full-text access is available to the following resources in life sciences:

10 journals in the 'Current Opinion in..' series

14 journals in the 'Trends in..' series

6 Trends Guides and other supplements

Drug Discovery today and supplements

14,000 Review articles from 150+ journals

Personal registration is also available free. This is limited to researchers and academic staff and provides enhanced personalisation features. A small number of printed quick reference guides to the site are available from the Librarian. To access the website go to:

Webwatch

European Environment Agency Reports

I can't describe it any better than what is stated on the web page:

All the Reports - All the time - All in One Place

Free Medical Journals.com

This site is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet. It provides links to over 750 journals, the content of which is freely available on publication or which becomes freely available after time. Go to:

International Comparisons in Education - NCES

A website of the US National Center for Education Statistics whose aim is described as 'collecting, analyzing and disseminating statistics and other data related to education in the United States and other nations'. Go to:

LinguaNET - Virtual language centre

Quality assured information and materials for language teachers and learners. Go to:

Scirus - search engine for Science

An enhanced version of this search engine has been announced. It now includes searches for patents from the US Patent Trademark Office. 650,000 patents dating from 1976 can now be searched. Go to:

SCiTECH Daily REVIEW

This site brings together the latest news and articles from hundreds of magazines covering Science, Technology, Future Developments, Innovations etc. It is updated five days a week. Go to:

Current Journal Highlights

Computer Networks Journal - Special Issue

It is also available in full text (Articles in Press - uncorrected proofs) to IT Carlow users at:

Click on 'go to journals' button.

Design Journal

Journal of Consumer Research

As part of the Institute's subscription to this title, the library has received the first issue of Monographs of the Journal of Consumer Research. This will be added to the bookstock shortly. It is a 209 page publication entitled

Closing the 'Digital Divide'

Just an example of how the Internet is enhancing access to academic material: All BMJ (British Medical Journal) Specialist Journals are now being made available free of charge on the web to countries defined by the World Bank as 'Low Income Economies'. Also Blackwells are making all their 600 journal titles freely available to institutions in the Russian Federation.

Conference on Rural Issues in Higher Education

The library has received notice of this Higher Education Equality Unit Conference which is to be held in Tipperary Institute on 22^nd/23^rd November next. The session titles are:

Session 1: Rural Supports

Session 2: Innovations in Access

Session 3: The Gaeltacht, Bilingualism and other issues

Session 4: Lifelong Learning in the Community

Session 5: IT & Distance Learning

Further information is available from:

Technical Indexes Database Demonstration

On the afternoon of 24^th October, Mr. Steven Tweedie from Technical Indexes will present demonstrations of their web-based 'info4education' portal in the LRC. Following these demos, IT Carlow will be granted a trial of the database which will be available at everyone's desktop via the Web. The content of the database includes:

If you are interested in attending a demo, please contact the Librarian for further information. Tel. Ext. 567.

Library Newsletter Archive

Regards,

Richard

October 8^th 2001

LIBRARY NEWSLETTER.

SEPTEMBER 2001

CONTENTS

Welcome

MILLENNIUM Library System Update

If you are reading this you will probably have discovered our new web-based library catalogue and information pages by now. If not, go to:

At present, the library catalogue in the new MILLENNIUM system contains only 70% of the records from the old system. It is hoped to increase this to approx 95% in the next week to ten days. It is therefore advisable to continue to use the old catalogue in the library until library staff have indicated that the new catalogue is fully loaded.

Although searching the new library catalogue is reasonably straightforward, some tutorials are available at:

Later this year and into 2002, further modules will be added to include Serials Control, Inter-Library Loans and Acquisitions. You will be kept informed of developments via this newsletter or via the news update page at

IT Carlow Journal Subscriptions for 2002

Heads of Department will shortly be issued with listings of current journal subscriptions. If academic staff require any new subscriptions for 2002, these requirements should be discussed with the relevant Head. Our subscription agents will need to be informed before the end of September of any changes that are required.

Emerald Journals of the week - Free Titles for September

Week beginning 10/09/01

British Food Journal

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Week beginning 17/09/01

Team Performance Management

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Week beginning 24/09/01

Reference Service Reviews

Microelectronics International

Week beginning 01/10/01

Engineering Computations

Journal of Economic Studies

The link for full-text access to these titles is:

Issues in Environmental Science and Technology Journal

The latest issue of this journal is dedicated entirely to the topic of 'Food Safety and Food Quality'. The journal is on open access in the current journal stacks at Shelf Number 333.7

IT Carlow users also have web access to the full text of this and other issues of the journal. Go to:

Click on the link: 'Full text access for print subscribers'

Free Resources for Registered Users on ChemWeb

Anyone who registers or has already registered with ChemWeb.com will have free access to various resources until 1^st October next. Resources that are available until then include:

databases providing experimentally-referenced NMR and physical property

data

provided for almost 5,500 individual chemical compounds

Go to:

FEBS Letters

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Bioenergetics

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Biomembranes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Gene Structure and Expression

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/General Subjects

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Molecular and Cell Biology of

Lipids

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Molecular Basis of Disease

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Molecular Cell Research

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Protein Structure and Molecular

Enzymology

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Reviews on Biomembranes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta/Reviews on Cancer

American Society for Microbiology Journals - FREE ACCESS

For the full list of titles go to:

Web of Science and other databases on trial

Web of Science

The Web of Science database is being made available on trial to all Irish Institutes of Technology for the month of September only. It is not available outside the campus. Go to:

There are three elements to the database and these are briefly explained below:

Silver Platter Resource of the Month

Go to:

Ovid Resource of the month

Also available from OVID for September is:

Personal registration is required in order to access this resource. Go to:

Webwatch

PubMed Central

PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). Access to PubMed Central (PMC) is free and unrestricted. To access PMC and to see a list of available titles go to :

CORDIS - Ireland Service

Developed jointly by CORDIS and the Office of Science & Technology in Dublin, this service provides a window on Irish innovation-related infrastructures, services and activities. Go to:

European Research News Centre

A new online news centre which brings developments in European science closer to the general public. Useful for students and researchers, hundreds of articles and case studies can be browsed under thematic headings such as agriculture and food, energy, environment, medicine and health, new products and materials. Go to:

ITB Journal

The library has received the latest issue of ITB Journal - the academic journal of IT Blanchardstown. Articles in this issue include:

Market Orientation: the implementation of the marketing concept

The role of cryptography in security for electronic commerce

Passive voice constructions in Modern Irish

An evaluation of CAN8 as a Computer Assisted Language Learning tool in the context of current research

The journal is on open access in the current journal stacks at Shelf Number 052.

That's all for now! Don't forget to check for any news updates at

Regards,

Richard

richard.lennon@itcarlow.ie