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MORE Textbooks on Reserves in Shields Library

March 20th, 2012 by Robert Heyer-Gray

The Provost’s office generously supplemented the Library’s Reserves budget for Spring Quarter 2012 allowing the library to add multiple copies of some of the most heavily used and most expensive textbooks required for the following classes:

BIS101
Sanders, Mark Frederick, and John L. Bowman. Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach. Boston: Benjamin Cummings, 2012.

CHE002A, B, C
Petrucci, Ralph H. General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications. New York: Learning Solutions, 2011.

CHE008A
Bruice, Paula Yurkanis. Essential Organic Chemistry. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2010.

CHE118A, B, C
Vollhardt, K. Peter C., and Neil Eric Schore. Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2011.

ENG017
Nilsson, James William, and Susan A. Riedel. Electric Circuits. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011.

LIN001
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman, and Nina M. Hyams. An Introduction to Language. Boston, Mass: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2011.

MAT016A, B, C
Larson, Ron, and Bruce Edwards. Math 16 for UC Davis (CUSTOM edition of Calculus: An Applied Approach). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2009.

MAT017A, B, C
Neuhauser, Claudia. Calculus for Biology and Medicine. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011.

MAT021A, B, C
Weir, Maurice D., Joel Hass, and George B. Thomas. Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2010.

STA100
Samuels, Myra L., Jeffrey A. Witmer, and Andrew A. Schaffner. Statistics for the Life Sciences. Boston: Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2012.

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BioOne journals now available on mobile devices

November 30th, 2011 by Ruth Gustafson

BioOne Announcement from Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:32:58 -0500 (EST)

BioOne announced the official launch of BioOne Mobile, an optimized website now available to smartphone users at http://www.bioone.org. With this new mobile interface, all content from BioOne’s 167 journals and book series is available for easy access to faculty, students, and researchers via their iPhones, Androids, and Blackberry smartphones.

Note that there is no app to download or keep updated. Instead, users will be automatically directed to BioOne’s mobile site whenever they access the site from a compatible mobile device.

BioOne has created a number of resources to assist researchers using BioOne Mobile. For more information, please see
http://www.bioone.org/page/resources/mobile

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Thursday, Nov. 3: Data management for scientists: presentations at Shields Library

October 28th, 2011 by Ruth Gustafson

Data management for scientists

Admit it- you use Excel. That’s because scientific data collection and Excel go together well. If you use Excel for data storage, management, organization, or analysis, these presentations are for you!

All UC Davis scientific researchers are invited to presentations by Dr. Carly Strasser, Project Manager for DCXL (Digital Curation for Excel), UC Curation Center (UC3), California Digital Library to be held next Thursday. Both morning and afternoon presentation times are scheduled for a talk and optional hands-on session.

Benefit to you: you get an expert eye thinking about your data, spotting potential problems, and streamlining your workflow. Dr. Strasser is also knowledgeable about data management plans (now required for all NSF proposals), data archives available for your use, and best practices for data management.

All sessions will be held at the same location in Shields Library:

WHERE: Shields Library, Library Instruction Lab (LIL), Room 165
First Floor, Shields Library
SouthEast corner, just past Reserves Desk, on the right corner
Online map of Shields Library First Floor with LIL in top right map corner
http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/about/maps.php?map=lil

Talk: “Data management for scientists: how to reduce your workload, reuse your ideas, recycle your data”

It is rare that scientists are formally taught about good data management practices. Instead we develop our own systems for filing documents, arranging data sheets, handling versions, and documenting analyses that are often unique and unintelligible to others. In this talk, Dr. Strasser will focus on the common mistakes that scientists make, and how to avoid them. She will cover best practices for data management, which will facilitate data sharing, reuse, and archiving in the future.

WHEN: Thursday, November 3, 2011
10-11am and Repeated at 3-4pm

Hands-on Session: UCD scientists discussing/viewing their data/spreadsheets

Devoted time to ask questions about your data, show Dr. Strasser your spreadsheet(s), and get feedback from others about your organization strategy. Chat with her about your data sharing, reuse, and archiving practices, and how you use Excel. Share tips and tricks with other Davis scientists. Attendees are invited to bring their own laptops or, if data is available via Web-accessible spreadsheets, 25 workstations for attendees are available with Internet access.

WHEN: Thursday, November 3, 2011
11am-noon and Repeated at 4-5pm

Unable to attend? Here is the presenter’s contact information:

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Carly Strasser, PhD
DCXL Project Manager
UC3, California Digital Library
University of California Office of the President
415 20th Street, Oakland CA 94612
510.987.0179
website: www.carlystrasser.net

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Free Document Delivery Service for Science Faculty Pilot Now Available

October 3rd, 2011 by Robert Heyer-Gray

The UC Davis University Library announces a new pilot program that runs from October 3, 2011 through March 31, 2012.  This exciting pilot allows current and emeritus UC Davis science faculty members to request – for free – copies of print-only format journal articles and print-only format book chapters housed in four UC Davis library buildings.  Additionally, the existing Harvest Request service that allows any student, staff or faculty member to transfer books and bound journals to another library building for pick-up will be expanded for science faculty to include delivery to and from all buildings.

For more information regarding this pilot consult staff at any library public service desk or select the following web page link:  http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/cdds-pilot/.

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Return of daily BioAg Sciences Librarian in-person assistance on 3rd floor of Shields Library

September 30th, 2011 by Ruth Gustafson

After a two-year hiatus, the Biological/Agricultural (BioAg) Sciences Consultation Desk on the 3rd floor of Shields Library is once again being staffed. As of Monday, September 26, 2011, the BioAg Consult Desk hours are Monday-Friday, 1-5pm for a total of 20 in-person desk hours/week.

In addition, BioAg Librarians have scheduled office hours for four extra hours between Tuesday-Friday: Tuesday noon-1pm; Wed-Fri 11am-noon. These hours are noted at the top of each BioAg Library Subject Guide along with each BioAg Librarian’s contact information. See these BioAg Subject Guides at:
http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?list=bioag

For in-person general library/technology questions outside of the above hours, please ask at the First Floor Shields Reference Desk, Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm, where assistance will be provided by *non-science* Reference Librarians.

As always, for specialized biological and agricultural library questions, feel free to email:
bioagquestions@lib.ucdavis.edu
Or email your BioAg Librarian Subject Specialist directly. Listing at:
http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/about/meet-staff.php

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Major CAB Thesaurus Update (August 2011)

September 1st, 2011 by Ruth Gustafson

Press release, 3 August 2011

“CAB Thesaurus gets biggest update in 30 years

The CAB Thesaurus, the world’s most comprehensive controlled vocabulary covering applied life sciences and related subject areas, has had its biggest update in 30 years. In just one year the thesaurus has grown by 40% and now includes nearly 137,000 terms.

Additions to the new edition include:
• 10,000 nematode species mentioned in CABI online databases
• World lists of birds, mammals, sucking lice (Anoplura) and trichodectid chewing lice (Mallophaga), with synonyms
• Complete revisions to the existing taxonomic hierarchies in the thesaurus of dinoflagellates and algae
• 7275 new insect species from the Medani database, which contains species of veterinary and medical importance”

Detailed information from CABI website
http://www.cabi.org/?site=170&page=4466

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Web of Knowledge downtime this weekend & new BIOSIS Previews design, Monday, July 18th

July 14th, 2011 by Ruth Gustafson

A major re-design to Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge search interface will be implemented this weekend. This impacts BIOSIS Previews, Web of Science, and Endnote Web. The most important change will allow unlimited search retrievals instead of only retrieving less than 100,000 results. All large search retrievals will now be immediately available for combining and refining.

DOWNTIME NOTICE: Thomson Reuters will be performing maintenance to Web of Knowledge, EndNote Web, and ResearcherID this coming Sunday, July 17th beginning at 6:00 AM PDT. This maintenance is expected to last approximately 12 hours (until 6:00 PM PDT). During this time, there may be disruption of service and access to these products, including Web of Knowledge Personalization.

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Event: Nuevo Latino Cuisine

May 3rd, 2011 by Karen Andrews

The Library, University of California, Davis invites you to join us on May 9th, 2011, for “Nuevo Latino Cuisine: Culinary Artistry, Community and Conversation.” The convivium will include presentations by three speakers recognized internationally for their contributions to the Latin American culinary world:

Professor Ken Albala, a noted food historian, faculty member at the University of the Pacific and prolific author and editor of publications that include Eating Right in the Renaissance and A Cultural History of Food, will speak on “The Roots of Latin American Food.”

Steve Sando, owner of Rancho Gordo: New World Specialty Food, culinary consultant and author of Heirloom Beans, will discuss “Redefining the New American Kitchen: Bringing Latin American Heirloom Ingredients to the Modern Table”.

Leopoldo López Gil, a founding member of the Slow Food Movement in Venezuela; President, the Academia Venezolana de Gastronomía; and with his daughter Adriana López Vermut owns the Pica Pica Maize Kitchen restaurants located in Napa and San Francisco. Señor López will talk about the “new modern Latin cuisine” and the ingredients and culinary traditions that encourage chefs and serious home cooks to experiment and create new fusion dishes.

* Location: Putah Creek Lodge, University of California, Davis
* Time: 12 Noon – 5 PM, Monday, May 9th, 2011
* Cost: $50 will cover lunch and presentations
* Book signing
* Nuevo Latino Cuisine: Culinary Artistry, Community and Conversation Exhibit, Shields Library Lobby, Spring Quarter, 2011
* Contact: Myra Appel, mlappel@lib.ucdavis.edu

(Deadline to register: Wednesday, May 4, 2011)
Registration form: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/events/nuevo-latino-cuisine/nlc-registration.pdf

Campus map: http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/?b=122, Parking ($6.00/day): http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/?l=54

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UC-wide Informa Journal package cancelled

March 3rd, 2011 by Ruth Gustafson

With an anticipated 50% increase in Informa Healthcare (IHC) package fees for 2011, the University of California libraries have cancelled the UC-wide IHC online journal package of 115 titles. Online access to 111 of these titles will no longer be available at UC Davis after February 15, 2011. Please see the detailed CDL notice about this cancellation at the “Challenges to Licensing from Some Publishers” webpage at
http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/current/challenges.html#Informa

IHC TITLES KEPT:
Three UC libraries chose to continue licensing eight IHC titles in 2011 at their individual campuses at their own cost.

Four titles are kept at UCD — three will continue to be accessible online at UCD:
1. Inhalation Toxicology
2. Medical Mycology
3. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
4. Current Medical Research & Opinion (print ONLY at Carlson HSL)

Articles from the remaining five titles below will be available via normal UC Inter-Library Loan (ILL) processes including using UC-eLinks or filling out online ILL forms.

Held at UC Berkeley
5. Substance Use and Misuse
6. Current Eye Research
7. Clinical Toxicology

Held at UC San Francisco
8. Medical Teacher

The remaining CANCELLED IHC titles:
Perpetual online access will be retained for the previously paid & licensed years 1997 through 2010 for the 107 remaining titles. Those UCD researchers needing current year 2011+ articles should REQUEST them via ILL channels. Note that the delivery time may be longer as no UC library will be subscribing to these titles.

Biological & Agricultural related cancelled IHC titles:
Seven titles of BioAg interest which will no longer be available in the UC Library system from 2011+ are:
1) Archives of Physiology & Biochemistry
2) Biomarkers
3) Chronobiology International
4) Free Radical Research
5) International Journal of Neuroscience
6) Molecular Membrane Biology
7) Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress

Questions? Feel free to contact your subject specialist librarian

Axel Borg aeborg@ucdavis.edu
Viticulture and Enology (grape growing and wine making); Food and Nutrition; Forestry; Plant Sciences (including fruit and vegetable crops, agronomy, and horticulture); Plant Biology; Plant Pathology; and Agriculture

Ruth Gustafson ragustafson@lib.ucdavis.edu
General Biology; Animal Science; Avian Science; Entomology (including Bee Biology and Pollination); Environmental Science & Policy; Environmental Toxicology; Evolution and Ecology; Forensic Science; Nematology; and Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology

Meredith Saba mksaba@lib.ucdavis.edu
Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology and Physiology; Microbiology; and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

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New, Improved Reserves Form

October 13th, 2010 by Keir Reavie

The UC Davis General Library’s Reserves form has been upgraded to better support faculty and staff who are building Reserves lists for classes. The redesigned database saves time by pre-filling some information and allowing you to access course lists from past years. Your personal lists can be reused or edited or you can edit and use information from other departmental lists. Try out the new, improved form, visit our Reserves page.

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