University Libraries

The Lichtenberger Engineering Library has made a lot of changes over the summer!

 

Check to see what we’ve all been up to:

1.            New Tools

2.            New Study Rooms

3.            WISE Collection

4.            Library Xpress Classes

5.            New Resources (Engineering Case Studies Online, Standards, Synthesis Lectures, New DVDs)

6.            Refworks Discontinued

7.            Course Reserves

8.            Instruction & Research Support

 

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1.                New Tools

 

With support from the Engineering Electronics Shop & Engineering Computer Services, the Library has added 24 new tools to the Tool Library!

 

The Tool Library now has eyeball webcams, microphones, and 2 LabQuest data devices with 19 accessories are available for check out.   The LabQuest with the available accessories can be used for collecting and analyzing data in experiments and other hands-on projects.   For a complete list of all tools, as well as descriptions and links to user manuals, click on the Tool Library at http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/toollibrary . Tools are arranged by category and, unless noted otherwise, can circulate for 1 week.

 

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2.            New Study Rooms

 

The Library now has 2 group study rooms!  Both rooms feature whiteboard walls and one features a media:scape system.  For more information and reservation policies, check out the following link: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/group-study-rooms/

 

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3.            WISE Collection

 

The Library has received a generous donation from Women in Science and Engineering, check out all the new resources that have been added at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/giving/bookplate/?id=240

 

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4.            Library Xpress Classes

 

This semester we are adding a few new classes to the Library Xpress Series.  All sessions are open to all and will be on Wednesdays at 2:30 PM.  More information at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/engineering-library-xpress-classes/

 

Series Schedule:

September 3rd  “Web of Science”—-Sara Scheib, 30 min

September 10^th  “Endnote Basic” —Steve Ostrem, 30 min

September 17^th  “Scifinder”—-Sara Scheib, 30 min

September 24th  “Company Information”—-Kim Bloedel, 30 min

October 1st  “Pubmed”—-Shane Wallace, 15 min

October 8th, “Patents”—– Kari Kozak, 15 min

October 15th, “Protein Database”—Christopher Childs, 15 min

October 22nd, “Compendex”—-Kari Kozak, 15 min

October 29th, “Standards”—-Kari Kozak, 15 min

November 5, “IEEE Xplore”—Kari Kozak, 15 min

November 12th, “Open Access”—Karen Fischer, 30 min

November 19th “Keeping up with your research”—-Kari Kozak, 15 min

 

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5.            New Resources

 

Engineering Case Studies Online (http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/EnginCaseStud)

Engineering Case Studies Online is a multi-media database chronicling the field’s most noteworthy failures, such as the Chernobyl Disaster, Ford Pinto Controversy, Apollo 13 and more. Designed to meet classroom and research needs across a range of engineering disciplines—such as aerospace, mechanical, nuclear, and civil—the collection brings together nuanced information about complex case studies into one database. It aims to incorporate diverse perspectives and materials, presented in a balanced way, to enable through analysis. Pulling together 250 hours of video and 50,000 pages of full-text material upon completion, the collected materials include video documentaries and primary footage, audio transcripts and witness testimony; images, maps, accident reports, blueprints, and other key archival content, monographs and articles, as well as timelines and simulations.

 

More Standards

The library has add many new standards to the standards database, TechStreet (http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/TechStreet), as well as adding the standards produced by ASCE (http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/asce). For more information on these standards and all other available visit: http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/standards

 

Synthesis Lecture Series in Biomedical Engineering and General Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics Collections

Synthesis Lecture Series in Biomedical Engineering(http://www.morganclaypool.com/toc/bme/3/1 ) is comprised of 75- to 150-page publications on advanced and state-of-the-art topics that span the field of biomedical engineering, from the atom and molecule to large diagnostic equipment. Each lecture covers, for that topic, the fundamental principles in a unified manner, develops underlying concepts needed for sequential material, and progresses to more advanced topics.
General Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics Collections 1,2, and 3 (http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/getm1) are comprised of 90 Synthesis lectures from series in Energy and the Environment, General Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, Engineers, Technology, & Society, Global Engineering, and Mathematics & Statistics

 

More DVDs

Over the last year, we’ve add a variety of new DVDs to the Library.  Series include: Mythbusters, Junkyard Wars, How it’s Made, Extreme Engineering, etc. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/engineering-related-dvds/

 

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6.            RefWorks Discontinued

 

Starting January 1, 2015 RefWorks and Write-N-Cite will no longer be available for free from the UI Libraries. We recommend current RefWorks users transfer their citations to another citation management program well in advance of December 31, 2014.  EndNote Basic (for undergraduates) and EndNote Desktop (for faculty, staff, graduate and professional students) are available for free through the UI Libraries.

 

Anyone who wishes to stay with RefWorks will need to purchase an individual subscription before December 31, 2014. You can then back-up and restore your references to your new account. http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/content.php?pid=574044&sid=4733245

 

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7.            Course Reserves

 

Course Reserves are going up for the Fall Semester.  If you have not already done so and have items to put on reserve for the Fall Semester, please email the Engineering Library at lib-engineering@uiowa.edu with a list of the materials and course number.  The lists may also be brought to the Library or put into the Engineering Library’s mailbox.

 

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8.            Instruction & Research Support

 

Kari is available to provide short or class length demonstrations on a wide variety of library resources and services to students, faculty, and/or staff.  This could range from an overview of the library and services to in-depth researching strategies.  Sessions can be to individuals, small groups, lab groups, or classes. Topics that can be covered include: evaluating information, standards, patents, citations as well as Endnote or other citation software.

Head Qrs Co. “A” 129th Regt. Ills. Vols.
In the Field Near Atlanta Georgia
August 14th 1864
My Dear Wife

God in his Infinite mercy has spared my life to enjoy the [light?] of another Holy Sabbath, a day which has appeared more beautiful than any I have Enjoyed for a long time to add to this I have every reason to believe he has blessed you with health and comfort. Let us praise him for all his loving kindness toward us. This morning opened up very beautiful though it is excessively warm. The pickets succeeded in effecting a bargain with the Enemy last night that there would be no firing along the line of our Brigade last night and today and the bargain has been well observed – some balls still reach us from the left of [illegible] on our right but it is comparatively quiet & I most earnestly hope it may continue so. It is only a Quarter past nine oclock & no one but God can tell what a day may bring forth. About Six oclock this morning I went about one mile to the [illegible] to get some papers out of the Regt. wagon. After I was beyond the [illegible] of the picket [illegible] I heard some little birds singing very sweetly the first but one Exception I have heard for a long time. The day [seemed?] so Quiet and Holy that I could almost imagine [illegible] home how pleasant it would be this morning to [illegible] the Lord and hear the children [sing?] to mingle with the Congregation and hear the word expounded and the peace and quiet of the day spent in [profitable?] Conversation and reading. [illegible]

I feel this morning that the task is a [illegible] I always feel so well rewarded that I am [illegible] I can trust only to God for the result and do the best I can. Lieut Smith is getting along very well though he will not be fit for duty for some time. I sent Henry Park over to see Bro. John yesterday and he came by {[Corpl. Hodges?] and [name] also by the Illinois Hospital [illegible] Ullery and [name]. Bro. John is well. He has not heard from Bro. [name] for some time but was expecting daily to hear from him. I sent him the letter from mother and the handkercheifs also a couple of your letters. [Albertson?] is well but very busy upon a map for the War Department [illegible] country through which we have passed. Josephus Ullery and [name] are both much better and will probably be up with the Company in a few days. Some of the [illegible] are [pairing?] up and the enemy [illegible]

Some of the [Forts?] have kept a constant [illegible] of Shelling over Atlanta for the past week. Deserters say that it is impossible in the city to keep out of the way of them except by burrowing in the ground. Many [illegible] children have been killed and wounded. It seems almost barbarous to allow them to remain in the city after it having been [illegible] by our army for nearly three weeks. I heard this morning that Gen. Sherman [illegible] them yesterday to remove all non-combatants out [illegible] destroy it. Every [regiment?] has been moved to [illegible]

Brigade. Our Pickets have been disposed to do less [illegible] Good use of this opportunity. At Marietta [illegible] we pushed on in advance of our fortification and close to [illegible] had them at disadvantage and they were very willing to [play quits?]. [illegible] comes and goes daily now. I recd. neither letters or papers yesterday but expect some to day. How I wish I could spend this day with you. May our Father in heaven comfort and bless you and increase your strength as the time of your trial approaches. I thought your letters would interest Bro. John [illegible] or I would not have sent them. You need not feel any uneasiness about them for in those I sent there was nothing improper for them to know. There are a few that are exclusively my own. Those I have retained or destroyed [illegible] a great deal about religion lately [illegible] letters to the Sabbath school. I hope most earnestly that God will [illegible] of all the men in the Company to love and [illegible]

Six deserters came in to the left of our line last night. They estimate the enemy force at [illegible] 55. to 60,000. Let us praise God for all his benefits. I am rejoiced that you [illegible] encouraged. May the richest of Heaven’s blessings rest upon you I shall [anticipate?] the promised “Good news” Give my love to mother and [illegible]

I will try and write to mother to-day I need not again assure you of my love and affection for you. Committing all to the hand [illegible]

I remain as Ever
Your affect. Husband
J.F. Culver

Embase, an important biomedical database, is now available for all University of Iowa users. Sometimes called the “European MEDLINE,” Embase is another resource for supporting evidence-based medicine, the creation of systematic reviews, and, particularly, pharmacology-related information.

Embase can be accessed from the Health Sciences Resources page.  For assistance in searching Embase, contact your Hardin liaison.

By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence

As we’ve discussed before, searching for “red meat” in PubMed is difficult because the subject is poorly covered in the MeSH vocabulary. Not only is there not a term for “red meat,” but there are also no MeSH terms for specific kinds of red meat (beef, pork, etc.). There is only the one all-inclusive MeSH term Meat, which includes all kinds of meat, as well as fish and poultry. So this is a rare case in PubMed in which MeSH is essentially useless. The only way to do a thorough search is to use text words that include the phrase “red meat” or that contain specific types of red meat – e.g. “red meat” OR beef OR pork… [etc]

The problem of searching for red meat has returned to our attention recently for two reasons. One is that the subject continues to be in the news. Last winter when we wrote, it was getting attention because red-meat nutrient carnitine was reported to be linked to heart disease. And recently red meat has been back in the news because it’s been reported that tick bites can trigger an allergy to red meats.

The other reason we’ve been thinking about red meat is that, coincidentally, our library has recently gotten a subscription to Embase, which a European-based medical literature database that’s the main alternative to PubMed/MEDLINE. Of course, the first thing we did with new access was to compare the indexing, and especially the explosions, in Embase to PubMed for FDN subjects. We have found several cases in which Embase is better. One case in which it’s clearly better is red meat.

Here’s the explosion in Embase:

Red Meat
… Beef
… Lamb Meat
… Mutton
… Pork
… Rabbit Meat
… Veal
… Venison

This can’t be used directly in PubMed, of course, but at least it gives and idea of specific meats to search in PubMed as text words.

Head qrs Co “A” 129th Regt Ills. Vols
In the Field Near Atlanta Ga
August 9th 1864
My dear Wife

I wrote but a short note yesterday because I was busy on the muster and [pay rolls?] of the Company & was anxious to get them completed but it rained so much that I did not accomplish much. I just got fairly started this morning when it commenced raining again. It has rained a great deal for a few days past making it very uncomfortable in the [trenches?]. We are so close to the enemy here that I feel compelled to keep in the [trenches?] most of the time. I recd. your letter of the 31″ July yesterday [evening?]. I am most happy to learn of your good health. Truly God has been most merciful to us [May?] His mercies be continued my heart is truly greatful. I just heard from Bro. [illegible] who was over this morning. He is well but has not heard from Bro. [illegible] yet. It is raining so hard that I must lay aside my letter

[illegible]

Hospital this morning to look after [Josephus?] Ullery and Wm [name]. Ullery is quite [weak?] & [name?] has some bad sores [illegible] Neither of them are considered [illegible] All the rest of the Company are very well My own health is excellent I shall rejoice at the ‘Good news from Us” [this month or next?] if our Father only blesses you with good [illegible] continues to rain. Large numbers of [illegible] are arriving It is difficult to tell definitely the [illegible] cannot leave the front line to [illegible] is so very unreliable. Some of the boys say the saw [illegible]

doubt but that the Enemy are being largely reinforced by [Kroly?] Smiths and Forrests armies There will doubtless yet be a terrible battle for the possession of Atlanta. If the Enemy will come out and attack us I apprehend but little trouble but should we be compelled to assault these works around Atlanta God above knows the results We recd. by yesterdays papers the news of the failure of Grants assault upon Petersburg The losses are very light if truly estimated. The Rebs have suffered [it terribly?] in all their assaults upon us that the boys [illegible] dread an effort of that kind yet should it be deemed necessary none will hesitate. There have been several hard battles on the extreme right of our army within the last few days but we have not learned the result. We feel sure however that had any disaster resulted we would not be laying so quietly here. As there are troops here that could readily be spared were they needed. I hope to hear from you soon. May our Father in [Heaven?] bless you Kiss Mother and Maggie for [illegible] the children remembered me kindly [illegible] pray that God may [illegible]

 

The Lichtenberger Engineering Library announces an addition of 24 new items to the Tool Library. The tools are made available through the donations by the Engineering Electronic Shop and the Engineering Computer Services.

Various screwdrivers, wrenches, measurement devices, an eyeball webcam, and 2 LabQuest data devices with 19 accessories are some of the tools available for check out. For a complete list of all tools, as well as descriptions and links to user manuals, click on the Tool Library LibGuide at http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/toollibrary. Tools are arranged by category and, unless noted otherwise, can circulate for 1 week.