Swain Library News

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Access to the bound journals has been partially restored. Abstract Papers of the ACS and Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry remain inaccessible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Due to a leaking roof, there will be no access to the bound journals until further notice. Please see Swain’s e-Journals page for online access to journals.

Sci-Tech Library Newsletter: 2007 Special Holiday Edition

While the holidays are over, it’s not too late to check out this special issue.

“There are lots of holiday sites on the WWW, but you’ll find more than just Santa here. These sites sites were chosen for your enjoyment and are of special interest to the sciences and social sciences, but still, I hope, reflect some of the joys of the season!”

Citation Impact Forum

Thomson Scientific announced the launch of its Citation Impact Forum, an online forum promoting scholarly discussion about all facets of citation-based research evaluation — from Thomson Scientific’s own Journal Impact Factor to emerging citation metrics, such as the h-index. The company hopes that by promoting an understanding and discussion of scholarly metrics, those in the industry will be encouraged to use metrics more effectively.

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CAS Science Spotlight

CAS, the world’s leader in providing chemical information, is spotlighting the most cited, most requested, and most intriguing journal articles and patent families.

The Most Requested documents are tallied using Real-Time Document Request (RDR) ranking. RDRs measure researchers’ actual requests for full-text articles via CAS electronic services.

CAS provides this information as a free service to the scientific community.

The Stanford Libraries provides access to a number of key eBook sites. Please note that most commercially distributed e-book and e-text collections are licensed for the non-profit educational use of the Stanford community, and access to them is restricted. Their use is governed by copyright law and individual license agreements. Systematic downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of licensed information is prohibited.

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Swain’s three old photocopiers were recently swapped out for two new ones. With the new copiers, you can make double-sided copies. Below is number of copiers and what kind of payments they will accept in the Science & Engineering Libraries. For more help, please contact Swain’s Operation Manager, Aparna Sharma (aparna.sharma@stanford.edu).

Access from Swain Library’s Databases page

Fill out one-time registration form, login and and begin searching!
There’s no need to download any software.

With the web version of SciFinder, you can be more creative and productive in your research process.

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Stanford’s Falconer Biology Library and Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library are proud to announce that we are continuing our partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences. We will support a free membership for grad students and postdocs in the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering. To join or renew, please go to the New York Academy of Science’s Stanford page and complete the registration form.

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