Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry

We are pleased to announce the library has just gained electronic access to Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry.  This resource also covers Chemical and Life Science engineering and can be accessed via the library’s Metalib portal. 

Please remember if you wish to access the resource off-campus you will need your Athens password.

Update your impact factors!

The 2006 data for Journal Citation Reports (JCR) has just been made available via the ISI Web of Knowledge Service.  JCR allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries and covers virtually all areas of science and technology. Journal Citation Reports can show you the most frequently cited and the highest impact journals in a particular field.  JCR can be accessed via MetaLib and you will just need your Athens username and password for access. 

Technical note: You might need to clear the cache/history in your browser to access the 2006 year data if it is not visible.

Finding DOIs for RAE submissions

We have had some requests for help in finding DOIs, (Digital Object Identifier), for the RAE. A typical DOI looks like this: doi:10.1006/jcph.1998.5920 and most journals published electronically will have one. Many publishers  include the DOI with the table of contents or abstract to each article.

How to find a DOI:
Use CrossRef’s DOI lookup tool: http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/ This should succeed if you input sufficient bibliographic detail but it does need: author surname and first name or initials, journal title, article title, year of publication, first page number, volume number.
If this fails to return the DOI, try searching an appropriate database in MetaLib and link to the full text using SFX or search the e-journal.
To test that the DOI works use the DOI resolver at: http://dx.doi.org/

If you can’t find a DOI
The HEFCE RAE team has estimated that only 80% of journal articles currently have a DOI so there will be a number of articles submitted that don’t have one, these are likely to be articles published in 2001 when DOIs were less commonly used..
For the 20% of articles that don’t have a DOI, a PDF file or if that is not available, a hard copy, will be required instead, this will be requested from you by the Research Office towards the end of 2007/early 2008.

If you need any help just contact your Academic Librarian.

Raising the standard

We’ve had a couple of enquiries recently about how to get hold of standards that aren’t a part of our online British Standards database.  Whilst we have a small collection of standards from other bodies at Serials 602, we don’t have a regular subscription to any of them.  We are therefore more than happy to buy standards you think we should have in our collection.  If the cost is vastly prohibitive, we will advise you on Inter-Library Loans.

Just ask!

Blogging from the top!

 Have you noticed how the world’s gone blogging mad?

The latest one that’s caught our eye belongs to John Baxter, the new President of IMechE. His one year tenure started in May and he’s keeping a weekly blog to provide readers with a flavour of his work schedule and his reflections on key issues. He provides some useful links within his light and ‘punchy’ text – this week for example, you can click to view his Presidential Address Energy for Life at Hong Kong’s International Climate Change Conference. See for yourself at http://imeche.typepad.com/president/

John Baxter is actively seeking feedback.

Checked out these websites?

We spotted these on the latest Internet Resources Newsletter and thought of you…

For soil science and mining related information, try GEO-LEO at http://www.geo-leo.org/.

Looking for engineering images? Try morgueFile, which contains free photographs to be utilised in commercial or private creative projects. Link to the homepage at http://www.morguefile.com/ .  See the FAQ page for re-use information.

Calling all wind energy bloggers! Does this one blow you away? The Wind Energy Blog is at http://windenergyblog.blogspot.com/

Local Authority Building Control: LABC has information on building safety and sustainability – http://www.labc.uk.com/

scenta, the trade gateway for those working in the field of science, engineering and technology, has been redesigned. Take at look for yourself at http://www.scenta.co.uk