September 8, 2009
Green Library is the largest library on campus, and is home to the main humanities and social sciences collection, the Information Center, the Media Microtext Center, Special Collections and University Archives, and many other central library services and resources. The Library Privileges Desk is located at the Green Library.
New Students: The Information Center invites new students (and their parents) to tour Green Library, explore world class library collections, and find out how the library can support your research needs. All tours will last for 50 minutes.
When:
Tuesday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m.
Friday, September 18 at 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Where:
Meet at the Green Library East entrance (across from Meyer Library)
(more…)
Comments Off
These sessions will be for all interested graduate students and will cover the wide variety of science and engineering sources available online and the branch libraries in the sciences. It will include demos of databases, e-journals, e-books and Q&A time. This event is being coordinated so that information won’t be repeated at sessions held earlier that same day at the Green Library. This event will provide attendees an opportunity to interact with other libraries and collections related to their major field. The Swain Librarian will be participating in this event. These sessions will be held at the Engineering Library, 2nd Floor, Terman Engineering Center on:
| Monday |
Sept. 14th |
4:30–5:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday |
Sept. 16th |
2:30–3:30 p.m. |
| Thursday |
Sept. 17th |
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Comments Off
The Swain Library will be offering orientation tours in September and October at these times:
| Wednesday |
Sept. 9th |
2–3 p.m. |
| Wednesday |
Sept. 16th |
11 a.m.–Noon |
| Thursday |
Sept. 17th |
3–4 p.m. |
| Friday |
Sept. 18th |
11 a.m.–Noon |
| Tuesday |
Oct. 6th |
11 a.m.–Noon |
| Thursday |
Oct. 15th |
3–4 p.m. |
24-Hour Access to the Swain Library
(more…)
Comments Off
Comments Off
August 27, 2009
My apologies for the 11th hour notification, but access to OPPIE and FlashPoint from LANL will end on August 31, 2009.
The OPPIE platform has enabled users to search Biosis, Engineering Index, Inspec, and the three citation databases SciSearch, Social SciSearch, and Arts & Humanities. FlashPoint searched the databases on OPPIE plus MathSciNet and PubMet.
Access is ending from developments both at Stanford and at LANL.
(more…)
Comments Off
July 30, 2009
Due to an increase in SUNet IDs being stolen and then used to gain illegal access to library resources and software licensed by Swain, it has become necessary to require users to physically come into the Swain Library and show their Stanford ID in order to get a code or license key. Products affected include:
- ACD Spectral/Physical Properties Software
- Beilstein Crossfire
- Cambridge Structural Database
- DIADEM/DIPPR 801 Database
Exceptions:
- PyMOL only uses IP address to authenticate users.
- SciFinder Scholar site.prf files are available on the server when you download the client software.
We also ask that you do not redistribute passwords or license keys to others.
Comments Off
July 23, 2009
Are you applying for tenure, promotion or a new job? Do you want to include evidence of the impact of your research? Is your work cited in journals which are not ISI listed? Then you might want to try Publish or Perish, designed to help individual academics to present their case for research impact to its best advantage.
(more…)
Comments Off
Google Books rolled out a handful of new features in June. A new toolbar option allows you to embed a preview in any of your websites or blogs — all with a simple HTML snippet. For public domain and partner books, Google Books shows more context around search terms, including an image from the part of the page on which it appears. A new thumbnail view button in the toolbar provides an overview (above) of all the pages in a public-domain book or in a magazine. Other features include a contents drop-down menu and plain-text mode, page turn button and animation, and improved book overview page.
Comments Off
Chapter 1 — Writing a Scientific Paper (2nd Edition)
This chapter is a general guide to writing a scientific paper. Specific guidelines for text length, preparation of figures and tables, and instructions on how to submit your paper differ from journal to journal and publisher to publisher.
Chapter 14 — References (3rd Edition)
This chapter presents style conventions for citing references within a manuscript and for listing complete reference citations. Many of the references in the examples were created to illustrate a style point under discussion; they may not be real references.
Comments Off
Magnetic Resonance Online Texts
This well-organized and very thorough website was developed by the physicist Stanislav Sykora with the aim of providing free online texts, theses, and course materials on the subjects of magnetic resonance (MR), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear-magnetic resonance (NMR) and other related topics. The amount of material on the site is impressive. At the top of the page are links to an “MR Blog”, as well as to “MR Links” and the “Site Plan & SEARCH”. The NMR/MRI Extras section on the right side of the page is particularly useful for visitors interested in all things about MR. Its links to “Events” provides an up-to-date list of symposia, conferences, and meetings, along with links to the events’ sites. The “Societies” link offers at least 50 groups about MR, some of which are country-based, and others that are region- or application-based. [KMG]
Source of Information: The Scout Report, July 17, 2009
Comments Off
