S&E Presented Best Literature Review Award

The S&E Library presented two awards to graduate students at the Jacobs School of Engineering ResearchExpo on February 25. The awards ($50 gift certificates to the UCSD Bookstore) were given for “excellence in the demonstrated use of the engineering literature in a ResearchExpo poster” to Corey T. Love, from the Materials Science Program, and Farzad Parvaresh, from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Their posters, along with others from the ResearchExpo, will be on display in the S&E Library in March. This is the third year S&E has awarded prizes at the ResearchExpo, an event sponsored by the Jacobs School of Engineering to showcase cutting edge research by faculty and students of the school. 208 posters were displayed this year.

Inspec Database Hands-On Workshop

Wednesday, March 9, 10:00-10:50 a.m.

Attend this one-hour hands-on workshop in
Geisel Library to…

…Learn to mine the Inspec Database for the world’s research in
Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics and Astronomy.

…Take advantage of short-cuts to make navigation easier.

…Set up alerts to be notified of future research in your field.

Space is limited. To register, send a message to
scilib@ucsd.edu

Computing Reviews online

UCSD now subscribes to ACM’s Computing Reviews (CR). Use this excellent source for access to current research, theory and applications in all subdisciplines of computing at http://www.reviews.com/ . CR compiles expert, unbiased critical reviews of current publications of note in computing.

CrossFire 7.0 for Beilstein/Gmelin Now Available

The CrossFire 7.0 client for Beilstein and Gmelin is now available from the UCLA CrossFire Beilstein/Gmelin site. Access to this site is restricted to UC IP addresses.

This is a major upgrade that includes dramatically improved interfaces for searching and viewing results, as well as some new features like alerts. For more information on CrossFire 7.0, consult the Quick User Guide (PDF-62 pg). We will be updating our Beilstein pages in the coming weeks.

To Download:
Select MDL CrossFire Commander V7 Download, then San Diego (UCSD). Please read the installation instructions and note the campus information (Host IP Address, License Group Name, User ID and Password), as you will need these to complete the setup and launch CrossFire.

CrossFire 7.0 is only compatible with Windows NT 4.0 SP6, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Mac users must continue to use CrossFire 6.0, or a PC emulator if they want to use 7.0.

The campus contact has not yet been updated, so all questions about installation or requests for instruction should be directed to Teri Vogel at tmvogel@ucsd.edu.

Meet the Chemistry Librarian

The new Chemistry Librarian will be in Urey 2102 on Wednesday (2/16) from 1-3pm. Among the topics covered at last week’s “Meet the Librarian” session: an overview of Beilstein, structure/reaction searching in Beilstein, setting up weekly alerts in Web of Science, and advanced searching features in SciFinder Scholar.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about our services, to get assistance in using the electronic databases and other resources, and to preview the new CrossFire 7.0 for Beilstein and Gmelin.

SciFinder Scholar 2004.2 Release

SFS 2004.2 is now available from the SciFinder Scholar Client Download site at UCLA (access to this site is restricted to UC IP addresses).

2004.2 offers improved scrolling (PC’s only) and access to the SciFinder Scholar Toolbar for IE. If you are not sure what version you are running, you can check by going to Help >> About SciFinder Scholar the next time you’re in SFS.

This is a “full-installation” version that will overwrite SFS 2004 during installation. The new site.prf file, which you download and extract to the SciFinder folder, has a shorter timeout feature–10 minutes instead of 20–to maximize the number of available user seats.

The full release of SciFinder Scholar 2005 with programming to benefit MAC OS users finally, is targeted for late 2005.

Meet the Chemistry Librarian

The new Chemistry Librarian will be in Pacific 4501 tomorrow (Wed, 2/9) from 1-3pm. Please feel free to stop by and introduce yourself. This is a great opportunity to learn more about our services, to get assistance in using the electronic databases, and to preview the new CrossFire 7.0 for Beilstein and Gmelin.

Black History Month at S&E

In celebration of Black History Month, the Science & Engineering Library presents a display featuring African American Scientists, Engineers and Inventors of the Past, Present and Future. Using photographs, patents, articles, and biographical information, the exhibit highlights 17 notable men and women. Included, among others, are:

• Lonnie Johnson, nuclear engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker water gun
• Ernest E. Just (1883-1941), cell biologist
• Bessie Blount (1914-1954), inventor of a feeding device for the physically disabled
• Matthew Henson (1866-1955), Arctic explorer
• Evan B. Forde, oceanographer
• Aprille Ericsson, aerospace engineer
• Mae Jemison, chemical engineer, physician, teacher and first African American woman astronaut
• David Harold Blackwell, mathematician and recipient of the 1979 von Neumann Prize

Also on display are future Black scientists and engineers: K-6 students at San Diego’s Elementary Institute of Science, and UCSD student members of the National Society of Black Engineers. Please come and visit our exhibit through the end of February and be inspired!

New Interface for CSA Databases

The Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) databases are now on a new interface, CSA Illumina. Among the new features:

• a redesigned user interface with more search features, including an option to search on one or more of the descriptors assigned to a given record
• improved help/support pages that include tutorials
• a “Search Tools” tab that includes options for command and combined searches

Science and technology databases on CSA Illumina are Aerospace, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Engineered Materials Abstracts, GEOREF, METADEX, Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts, and Zoological Record.