December 21st, 2011 by Robert Heyer-Gray
Synthesis Digital Library Update for November 2011
The following new titles were published in November.
- Analysis of the MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3) Algorithm using MATLAB by Jayaraman Thiagarajan and Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University (Algorithms and Software in Engineering Series)
- Central Nervous System Tissue Engineering: Current Considerations and Strategies by Ashley Wilkinson, Aleesha McCormick, and Nic Leipzig, University of Akron (Tissue Engineering Series)
- Conceptual Models: Core to Good Design by Jeff Johnson, UI Wizards Inc. and Austin Henderson, Rivendel Consulting & Design (Human-Centered Informatics Series)
- Discourse Processing by Manfred Stede, University of Potsdam, Germany (Human Language Technologies Series)
- Ethics for Bioengineers by Monique Frize, Carleton University and University of Ottawa, Canada (Biomedical Engineering Series)
- Phase-Change Memory: From Devices to Systems by Moinuddin K. Qureshi, Georgia Tech, Sudhanva Gurumurthi, University of Virginia, and Bipin Rajendran, IBM Research (Computer Architecture Series)
- Quality of Service in Wireless Networks over Unlicensed Spectrum by Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Mobile & Pervasive Computing Series)
- Search User Interface Design by Max Wilson, Swansea University, UK (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
- Spatial Data Management by Nikos Mamoulis, Hong Kong University (Data Management Series)
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December 15th, 2011 by Cory Craig
As of 12/15/11, 11am: The Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) and possibly other ACS Journals are experiencing some access problems. The problem has been reported to ACS, they are working on a solution.
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December 14th, 2011 by Cory Craig
From 10am to approx 2pm today (12/14/11), the PubMed database was experiencing problems causing search results to vary and some system features were not working as expected.
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As of 2pm, the problems are resolved and PubMed is functioning normally.
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December 8th, 2011 by Cory Craig
The UC Libraries have digitized hundreds of thousands of public domain books from our collections. In partnership with Hewlett-Packard, the UC Libraries are making many of these books available for purchase in reprinted editions. These reprints are made from images of the actual library books, digitally cleaned and processed for a better reading experience.
See: Purchase Reprints
To find and order reprints from the UC Libraries’ collections.
See: Reprints FAQ
If you have questions about the service, including: which books are available to be ordered, how long it takes for them to arrive, and how much they cost.
For more info, see: http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/massdig/pod.html
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