SciFinder has released a new update to help scientists increase their productivity by improving “precision and evaluation of reaction answer sets, and…collaboration with other SciFinder users.”
Web of Science & Scopus Workshops
Please join the Sciences Library for:
Lunch @ the Library: Web of Science & Scopus Workshops
At 12:30-1:20pm on Wednesday, October 10th & 17th in 102 SL (Sciences Library classroom)
You may bring your lunch. Coffee and cookies will be provided.
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Access Web of Science & Scopus from off-campus;
- Search for journal articles using specialized science abstract and citation databases: Web of Science & Scopus;
- Find the full-text of articles indexed in Web of Science & Scopus;
- Set up alerts to keep up with the literature in your field;
- Get help when you need it!
Halloween Display: Dinosaurs!
The Sciences Library presents a new display celebrating Halloween, featuring Dinosaurs! Many thanks to the Geoscience Department for the loan of dinosaur bones and other objects. Happy Dinosaur Halloween from the Sciences Library!
Librarian Office Hours at the Chemistry Building
In order to enhance our level of service to the Chemistry Department, the Sciences Library will be providing librarian office hours at the Chemistry Building. A librarian will be available in room E258 to answer your questions and assist you with your research starting this week and continuing until the end of the semester.
- 11:00am – 1:00pm Tuesdays
- 11:30am – 1:30pm Wednesdays
- 10:30am – 12:30pm Thursdays
So stop by and meet your librarian. We’re here to help!
Library 101 Workshop (10/3)
Please join the Sciences Library for:
Lunch @ the Library: Library 101
At 12:30-1:20pm on Wednesday, October 3rd in 102 SL (Sciences Library classroom)
You may bring your lunch. Coffee and cookies will be provided.
In this workshop, you will learn:
- What kinds of resources and services are available at the University of Iowa Libraries.
- How to use My Library Account, Smart Search, the InfoHawk catalog and InfoLink to find the information you need for your research.
- How to access library resources from off-campus.
- What to do when the library doesn’t have the materials you need.
- How to get help when you need it.
Science of the Civil War exhibit
The Sciences Library has a new exhibit on display for September: the Science of the Civil War.
The exhibit features books from the UI Libraries collection and some great Civil War era artifacts, including:
- Bullets
- Cannonballs
- Confederate cap
- Camera
- Surveying tools
The library would like to thank the Geoscience Department and Vera Jean Fitzgerald for loaning us these items.
USGS Reports: Mississippi River Flows Backwards Due to Isaac
Here’s an interesting news story:
“Strong winds and storm surge from Hurricane Isaac’s landfall forced the Mississippi River to flow backwards for nearly 24 hours on Tuesday, August 28.”
(http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3387&from=rss_home#.UD6pzaPwGuJ)
ScienceDirect & Scopus Downtime (8/25)
The Elsevier products ScienceDirect, Scopus, Hub, Applications, SciVal, Journals Consult and the Admin Tool will be unavailable for approximately 19 hours on Saturday, August 25, 2012 due to scheduled maintenance and updates.
Expected Downtime: 6:30am Saturday, August 25th – 1:30am, Sunday, August 26th (CDT).
According to Elsevier, the updates will result in the following changes:
“ScienceDirect: Effortless access to relevant information thanks to a new design for journal article and book chapter pages as well as improved user experience for RSS feeds, image search, and other features.
Scopus: Easy updates with Alerts Features functionality improvement.
Hub: Faster and friendlier search capability through several new features.”
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. During this downtime, you may find Web of Science to be useful as an alternative resource. Please contact the Sciences Library at lib-sciences@uiowa.edu or (319) 335-3083 if you have any questions.
Fall Semester Hours at the Sciences Library
From August 20 – December 14, 2012, the Sciences Library will be open:
Monday – Thursday: 9:00am – 9:00pm
Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 1:00pm – 9:00pm
The Sciences Library will be CLOSED on September 1, 2, and 3 for Labor Day.
Scopus is here!
The University of Iowa Libraries has added a new abstract and citation database to its collection. Scopus is similar to our current database Web of Science (WOS). While it has fewer years of journal coverage than WOS, for more recent years, Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database. It includes peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, and quality web sources. It’s subject coverage includes: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Engineering ; Life and Health Sciences ; Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics ; Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Scopus is available to students, faculty and staff of the University of Iowa and can be accessed both on and off-campus at: http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/scopus.
Scopus features include:
- Linking to full-text articles and other library resources.
- Author Identifier to automatically match an author’s published research including the h-index.
- Citation Tracker to simply find, check and track citations in real-time.
- Affiliation Identifier to automatically identify and match an organization with all its research output.
- Journal Analyzer provides a quick insight into journal performance.
- Alerts, RSS and HTML feeds to stay up-to-date.
- Document Download Manager to easily download and organize multiple full-text articles simultaneously.
- Interoperability with SciVerse ScienceDirect, Reaxis and ProQuest’s CSA Illumina.
- Data export via bibiliographic managers such as RefWorks, EndNote and BibTex.
For more information about Scopus, please visit About Scopus. View tutorials and other information at Scopus Help. If you have questions or would like to arrange a demonstration of Scopus for yourself or your class, please contact the Sciences Library at 319-335-3083 or lib-sciences@uiowa.edu.