Monday 30 November 2009

November New Book Arrivals

A listing of all new book arrivals for November is now available. It includes titles for Science and Engineering titles. To view click on the link "New Book Arrivals" on the right hand menu.

Wednesday 25 November 2009

SpringerImages database available on trial

SpringerImages offers more than 1.7 million images spanning science, technology and medicine, in an online collection of photos, graphs, histograms, figures and tables. Search captions, keywords, context and more, even jumping from image to source article. Users can create personalized image “sets” and export images for use in presentations or lectures.
Access the database through the eLibrary Gateway or, on campus, directly at SpringerImages and explore the potential for your research and teaching. Please feedback your views on this service to the blog or to the library staff.

Tuesday 17 November 2009

Trial of Springer Materials - data for your research

We currently have on trial Springer Materials the Landolt Bornstein database, a collection of fully evaluated data relevant to the following areas of physical sciences and engineering.

  • Particles, Nuclei and Atoms
  • Molecules and Radicals
  • Electronic Structure and Transport
  • Magnetism
  • Semiconductivity
  • Superconductivity
  • Crystallography
  • Thermodynamics
  • Multiphase Systems
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Technologies
  • Astro- and Geophysics

It covers physical and chemical properties for 165,000 substances and material systems. If you need data for your research try this resource. It's available until mid January from the link above or via the eLibrary Gateway.


Wednesday 11 November 2009

Powder Diffraction File updated

We have just received the latest update of the Powder Diffraction File. This is now available on a standalone computer next to the enquiry point on Floor C of the George Green Library. Please ask in the team office next door if you require help with using this resource.

Tuesday 3 November 2009

October New Book Arrivals

A listing of all new book arrivals for October is now available. It includes titles for Science and Engineering titles. To view click on the link "New Book Arrivals" on the right hand menu.

Monday 2 November 2009

ACS Journals Access Restored

Access to ACS Journals and Back Issues has now been restored. Access was blocked by the publisher last week due to inappropriate downloading/copying by a member of the University. Downloading excessive amounts of information from the database is clearly in violation of our licensing agreement with the ACS.
Excessive downloading is systematic, beyond normal use and printing of articles that would result from searching or browsing. It is usually the result of a user, or users, who are systematically, and/or automatically and very intentionally, downloading numerous articles from one or more journals.
A breach of our signed license agreements with vendors may result in ip address blocking and we can potentially lose complete access. In this case one individual's inappropriate activity inconvenienced researchers across campus and could have prevented us from continuing this license. Such cases may be investigated by the University to identify the culprits.
Please ensure that your use is within the terms of our licence