help button Ask For Help

Department Blog

Physical Sciences & Engineering Library

Synthesis Update from Morgan & Claypool Publishers

November 3rd, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray

Synthesis Update for September/October 2009

The following new titles were published in September and October:

New titles added to Synthesis Digital Library

August 14th, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray

Synthesis Update for July 2009

The following new titles were published in July:

Expanded Access to AIAA Meeting Papers

July 21st, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray

Coverage of AIAA Meeting Papers via the AIAA Electronic Library now 1963 -> Present

UC Davis now has  access to the entire span of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Meeting papers, covering all aspects of aerospace science and engineering.  The papers can be searched via the AIAA Electronic Library.

Additionally, The AIAA Electronic Library searches AIAA Books, Journals, and Standards and also provides online access to the five other AIAA publications to which we subscribe:

AIAA Journal – v.40 (2002) -> present

Journal of Aircraft – v.39 (2002) -> present

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics – v.26 (2003) -> present

Journal of Propulsion and Power – v.18 (2002) -> present

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets – v.39 (2002) -> present

Older print volumes of these  journals can be found in the PSE Library by searching the library catalog Harvest by the title of the journals.



New titles added to Synthesis Digital Library

July 14th, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray

Synthesis Update for June 2009

The following new titles were published in June:

New Content and Services Now Available from IEEE Xplore

June 24th, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray

null
With the latest release of IEEE Xplore (v.2.7), IEEE announced a partnership with two of the leading physics organizations, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the AVS. Five of their journals have been incorporated into IEEE Xplore. The five journals are:

* Applied Physics Letters (AIP)
* Journal of Applied Physics (AIP)
* Review of Scientific Instruments (AIP)
* JVST A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films (AVS)
* JVST B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures (AVS)

From within IEEE Xplore, it is not clear that UC Davis has online access to these titles…which we do. When selecting the pdf from any of these titles, be sure to use the UC-eLinks option null to retrieve the full-text.

IEEE Xplore Mobile (Beta)

IEEE Xplore Mobile (Beta) allows users to quickly access IEEE Xplore digital library articles from any web-enabled phone by simply visiting http://m.ieeexplore.ieee.org on your phone’s browser. Using this service will allow you to:

* Search IEEE Xplore on the go
* Retrieve the top 10 search results for your query along with full article abstracts
* E-mail the individual results to yourself or your users

New titles added to Synthesis Digital Library

June 3rd, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray

Synthesis Update for May 2009

The following new titles were published in May:

SciFinder On The Web

May 13th, 2009 by Cory Craig

The SciFinder Scholar (chemistry database) is now available via 2 interfaces (as of Fall 2008)

sflogo

1)  NEW: Web version (must register before use, can be used from off-campus via the VPN).

2)  Client version (software must be installed, cannot be used from off-campus)

Client version has been available at UC Davis since the late 1990s; it will continue to be available.


How To Register for SciFinder WEB:

Use of SciFinder is restricted to UC faculty, students and staff for academic research.

1) Register for SciFinder on the Web A “ucdavis.edu” email account is required.  You will receive an email confirmation, follow the instructions in the email to complete your one-time registration.

2) Once you have registered, search SciFinder Web

3) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Version 6.2 or higher is required to use the structure drawing editor. Get both the Windows and Mac versions here. The structure editor on the web version is slow to load the first time.

Email Alerts:  Use the new “Keep Me Posted” feature to set up email alerts.

Use the library VPN to access SciFinder Web from home. After logging on to VPN:  Click on:  UC Davis General Library –> Databases A-Z –> Enter SciFinder –> Click on SciFinder Scholar [WEB VERSION]

For more Info – see the Chemistry Subject Guide

Journal Citation Reports now online

April 30th, 2009 by Phoebe Ayers

The UC Davis Libraries recently acquired Journal Citation Reports (JCR) online.

JCR is used for finding out the impact factor of a journal and for comparing journals to one another within a field using citation data. Impact factor is based on the number of times papers in a journal are cited by other papers. Using JCR can help you find the:

  • Most frequently cited journals in a field
  • Highest impact journals in a field
  • Largest journals in a field

JCR comes in a social science and science edition, and can be browsed by subject within these broad categories. The latest year available online is 2007.

Connect to JCR here, or through the PSE Library database list. (Note: you must be on campus or logged in through the VPN for this to work).

For more help using JCR, or information about impact factors, contact a PSE librarian.

New titles added to Synthesis Digital Library

April 27th, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray

Synthesis Update for March 2009

The following new titles were published in March:

INSPEC moving to Web of Science site

April 8th, 2009 by Karen Andrews

INSPEC (Information in the Sciences, Physics, Electrical/Electronics and Computers), is moving to the Web of Science platform on April 20. INSPEC is the most comprehensive article index for these disciplines. It covers conference proceedings, workshops, seminars and books in addition to standard journal articles.

Special features are the ability to get review articles, limit topic by experimental or theoretical approach, applications, and do numerical range searching for properties of materials. One can search for articles on astronomical objects or chemical compounds. The INSPEC database will also be searchable via the current Ovid interface through June 30, 2009.

Access INSPEC here, or through the PSE Library database list. (Note: you must be on campus or logged in through the VPN for this to work. From this link, you will be able to choose whether you want to search through Ovid or Web of Science).