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.

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.

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.

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

Free membership of the IMechE for undergraduate students

If you are an undergraduate student on an Engineering degree or on an engineering apprenticeship you are eligible for free affiliate membership of the Institute of Mechancial Engineers. Membership provides you with access to their library services, including access to ejournals, ebooks, market research reports and more. For more information, see http://www.imeche.org.uk/library

Staffing update

Following the permanent move of Chris Middleton to the the post of Head of Academic Services, Jenny Coombs has been appointed Library Team Leader for Science and Engineering. I have been working in this post for a year during Chris' secondment and I have very much enjoyed it and look forward to continuing to work with you all.

We are also pleased to welcome Debi McKeown, who joined us in the team in September as Senior Information Assistant. Debi works the first half of the week to job-share with Liz Day. Debi replaces Jane Maltby who is now employed full-time in the Greenfield Medical Library. Debi previously worked in the Hallward Library so brings with her a wealth of experience.

New interface for British Standards Online

The British Standards Online service has launched a new interface. Features include:

• a separated standard number and keyword search option
• Quick filter options, such as searching for current standards
• Options for refining by module, status, committee and ICS category
• Option to download up to 5 documents in one go as a zip file
• Browse options; by module or ICS classification
• Option to create notification lists at standard level or module and ICS level
• Advanced search options
• Links to news and newsletters

This is a significant improvement on the previous interface and the next stage for the developers is to focus on making the search engine more intuitive.

To access BSI, go to the eLibrary Gateway at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/elibrarygateway and click on the standards sub-category

Please contact the library if you would like more information or help