The National Academies want to develop podcasts and more, take their 2 minute survey.
Survey about topics in science and engineering. What Matters Most to you?
Survey link: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/85927/what-matters-most-to-you-c
National Academies [ http://www.nationalacademies.org/about/ ]
Do you need a short article about a science or technology topic? Consider using:
Access Science, the McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science. It is available online for CSU faculty, staff, or students.
Go online to the encyclopedia
From the Libraries news announcement about the Safari trial,
"Safari Books Online is a collection of tech books and computer manuals from some of the industry's most important publishers, including O'Reilly, Microsoft Press, and more. Topics include a wide variety of technologies including certification, enterprise computing, Java, Linus/Unix, Web development, Windows, XML, and more. Safari's powerful search engine features:
Searching by keyword, phrase, author, ISBN, publisher, or category
Relevancy-ranked results for both books and terms
Cut-and-paste code fragments to save time and eliminate typos"
Visit the Safari Trial Information Page at: http://libguides.colostate.edu/safari.
Or go directly to the Safari Trial.
Web of Science has some new features with the October 2008 release. Some highlights include:
author/address association
citation mapping
NCBI button
and more, visit: http://images.isiknowledge.com/help/WOS/whatsnew_wos.html#whats_new_v44
We have lots of passwords and accounts to remember. If you have forgotten your CSU Library PIN, no worries, there is now a way to reset your PIN online.
For more information, go to : http://lib.colostate.edu/about/news/ForgotPin/http://lib.colostate.edu/about/news/ForgotPin/
Go to the CSU Libraries Databases page, http://lib.colostate.edu/databases/, under the subjects listing--select Ecology.
The ecology databases include:
Web of Science
CAB Abstracts
Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
Biological Abstracts
EIS Digests of Envionrmental Impact Statements
Human Population and Natural Resource Management
and more
Due to a change in work assignments for Spring semester, the BANR Blog will not be updated until August, 2008. Thanks for your support of the project. We hope to resume postings in the Fall of 2008.
The Web of Science Database has a new search interface and great new features. You have more options for searching and refining your search results. For handouts which describe some of the added benifits of the new interface visit: New Web of Science Tips and Tricks at http://lib.colostate.edu/instruction/workshops/wospdi.html.
CSU Morgan Library will support the Focus the Nation project by including a book display on changing climates. For more information visit the display in Morgan Library . CSU Focus the Nation events will be on January 30 and 31 in Lory Student Center.
John Calderazzo, Co-Director of Changing Climates @ CSU said, "Focus the Nation is a jolt of energy that all of us need so we may consider the difficult issues around climate change. These two days of talks aimed at students will offer a great way to see the many approaches to climate change problems and solutions that are moving forward at CSU from the angle of so many different academic disciplines. It's good to remember that the core of the word 'universe' appears inside the word 'university,' meaning that a large research university like CSU is primed like almost nowhere else to look everywhere for solutions to one of the most vexing problems faced by the earth.""
SueEllen Campbell, Co-Director of Changing Climates @CSU, remarked, "You can learn a lot from listening to experts. But sometimes there's no substitute for books if you really want to understand a topic as multi-dimensional as climate change. We're lucky at CSU to have an excellent library for learning about the many aspects of this issue. And the more we understand, the better we can feel about taking action."
Colorado State University is on semester break. The BANR Blog will be on vacation until the start of Spring semester on January 22, 2008. For information until then, visit some of the blogs and websites that we usually monitor. They are available under the: About BANR link.
Greater Access to the NTIS Collection Now Available Search NTIS.GOV for titles from 1964 to present
http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.aspx
NTIS is pleased to launch its improved search engine with features such as: Enhanced retrieval with search functionality for categories, collections, and source agencies.
The NTIS search engine now more powerfully finds the information you need.
The Advanced Searching capabilities allows for an even greater
focus on appropriate content for your search.
Expanded access to the NTIS collection now includes the ability to
search, retrieve and select from over 3.0 million products.
==Improved access with new NTIS titles added each week.
==Customers are provided a Product File of related purchased titles
==Now you can find virtually any item in the NTIS collection and order many in your choice of format (downloads, printed copy, CD ROM or microfiche).
==Search Help has step by step instructions and graphics: http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.aspx
==All search results include a brief product description and easy access to place your order online, quickly, easily and securely.
Information for this posting came from the STS-L LIstserv posted on 12-12-2007
Science.gov Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Making Science More Accessible and Useful
Oak Ridge, TN---The science gateway that makes science information more accessible and useful to researchers, teachers, and learners wherever they are located commemorated its 5th Anniversary today.
"Science.gov has made the nation's research and development easier to find and more useful and fun to explore," said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director of the National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance, the interagency group that created Science.gov.
Founded December 5, 2002, in response to the profound effect of the World Wide Web on science communications, Science.gov (www.science.gov) connected citizens to science as never before. Today, Science.gov Version 4.0 is available and searches more than 50 million pages of science information from thousands of Web sites as well as from deep Web databases inaccessible by Google and other popular search engines.
Information for this posting is quoted from the Science.gov press release
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Cathey Daniels
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