NIH Public Access Policy

Beginning in April, publications arising from NIH-funded research must be made available via PubMed Central. The UCSD Biomedical Library has created a web page to summarize and clarify the policy, and to make it easier to comply. See the page for information on this topic.

CrossFire 7.1 for Beilstein and Gmelin

CrossFire, the software you download and install on your computer to access the Beilstein and Gmelin databases, has recently been updated. Information and directions on downloading/installing CrossFire 7.1 are on our site.

CrossFire 7.1 supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista and connects to UC-eLinks. For each reference, you can click the full-text button to open UC-eLinks and connect to the article if we have it online, as well as check our holdings in Roger and get a Request/ILL form if needed. However, CrossFire 7.1 does not have Autonom.

Please read the section TO INSTALL CROSSFIRE 7.1, as there are differences between CrossFire 7.1 and the previous 7.0/6.0 versions. The files are not yet on the UC CrossFire site, and you will need to supply some additional information during the installation to enable UC-eLinks.

If you have questions about CrossFire, Beilstein or Gmelin, please contact Teri Vogel.

Recent UCSD Math Articles

Recent articles from the UCSD Department of Math Faculty:

Adin, R. M., J. B. Remmel, and Y. Roichman. 2008. The combinatorics of the Garsia-Haiman modules of hook shapes. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 15 (1).

Bender, E. A., E. R. Canfield, and L. B. Richmond. 2008. Coefficients of functional compositions often grow smoothly. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 15 (1).

Chung, F., and R. Graham. 2008. Primitive juggling sequences. American Mathematical Monthly 115 (3):185-194.

Donohue, M., I. Abramson, and A. Gamst. 2008. Asynergistic regression based on maximized rank correlation. Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation 37 (1):92-105.

Continue reading Recent UCSD Math Articles…

When to Use Google Scholar?

Google Scholar provides a fast and easy interface to search for online scholarly resources. However it cannot search many of the hidden scholarly resources. If you do find scholarly materials using Google Scholar, don’t purchase anything without first checking to see if the UCSD Libraries have already subscribed to them. Read more.

NIH Public Access Policy - Website, Workshops

As of April 7, 2008, researchers receiving grant money from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will now have to submit copies of their resulting research papers to PubMed Central (PMC) when their papers are accepted for publication in a journal. PMC will then make these papers freely available to the public no later than 12 months after publication.

The Biomedical Library has created a website that clarifies and summarizes the policy to assist UCSD, NIH-funded researchers at UCSD with the practical steps they need to take to comply with the new requirements. They will also offer some sessions in April to help you get up-to-date on these changes.

For more information or questions about the NIH policy, contact Nancy Stimson at (858) 534-6321 or nstimson@ucsd.edu.

Photos with Einstein

Students and staff who happened by the entrance to the Science & Engineering Library on Friday had the opportunity to celebrate Albert Einstein’s birthday with a photo shoot. You can view their photos on Flickr.

Extended Hours for Finals

Don’t forget that the libraries are open for extended hours during Finals.

• CLICS is already on their 24/7 schedule.
• Looking for someplace quiet to study?  Consider SIO.

Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry

UCSD now has the Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, online.

This is a comprehensive encyclopedia of spectroscopic fundamentals, methods, techniques, instrumentation and applications in the sciences, engineering and medicine. The articles are grouped by subject (Atomic Spectroscopy; Electronic Spectroscopy; Fundamentals of Spectroscopy; High Energy Spectroscopy; Magnetic Resonance; Mass Spectrometry; Spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Analysis; and Vibrational, Rotational and Raman Spectroscopies), and then subdivided by concept (Historical Overview, Theory, Methods and Instrumentation, and Applications). It also a search engine and A-Z title/subject/author indexes.

Sample articles include:
• Forensic Science, Applications of Atomic Spectroscopy
• NMR Spectrometers
• Inorganic Chemistry, Applications of Mass Spectrometry
• IR Spectroscopy Sample Preparation Methods
• Chromatography-MS, Methods
• X-ray Spectroscopy, Theory

IEEE Downtime on Saturday

While undergoing routine maintenance, IEEE Explore will be unavailable on Saturday, March 15 from 7am (PST) to no later than 11am.

Have your photo taken with Albert Einstein

Friday, March 14 will be Albert Einstein’s 109th birthday. Come and celebrate by having your photo taken with him!

11:00am - 1:00pm
Science & Engineering Library entrance
Friday, March 14

Bring your best smile!