We are experiencing problems accessing Zoological Record on the CSA Illumina platform. We are currently waiting for a response from CSA. You can still access Zoological Record on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform. Zoological Record is again available on the CSA platform
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Web of Science now available back to 1970!
Web of Science is the web version of Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). Web of Science accesses a multidisciplinary database of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. The databases are indexed so you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Because the information stored about each article includes the article’s cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work.
Coverage for these databases has now been extended back to 1970 for both the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. The library is grateful for funds donated to Friends of the Library that were used to help make this purchase possible.
Database trial: INSPEC via ISI Web of Knowledge
OSU Libraries has a trial of the INSPEC database on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform. This trial is to evaluate the Web of Knowledge platform as an alternative to our current subscription to INSPEC on the Ebscohost platform.
INSPEC trial on ISI Web of Knowledge. This trial will end Friday, February 29, 2008
To compare with our current subscription, you can search INSPEC on the Ebscohost platform.
Published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), INSPEC covers physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering and information technology. More than 6,000,000 abstract records and 330,000 new abstracts, 4,000 journals and 2,000 conference proceedings added each year. Each record contains an English-language title and descriptive abstract, together with full bibliographic details which include the journal title, author’s name and affiliation and the language of the original document. Coverage is from 1969-present.
If you look at this resource during the trial, please fill out a Trial Evaluation Form
Charleston Advisor now available
OSU Libraries now has access to The Charleston Advisor. Access is available from Vol. 1 (1999) to the present.
The Center for Research Libraries and the editors of The Charleston Advisor (TCA) have begun to work together to expand and enhance The Charleston Advisor as a source of trustworthy and authoritative evaluations of electronic scholarly resources and services. By working together CRL and TCA expect to make available to the collection development community more analytical information about electronic resources and in-depth analysis of the archiving provisions that stand behind those resources.
Beginning with the current (January 2008) issue librarians at all CRL member institutions will henceforth have access to TCA. IP ranges for CRL members have been forwarded to TCA, and even CRL institutions that have not previously subscribed now have online access to the TCA through CRL. TCA will phase out its subscription fees for CRL institutions. Those who have already renewed their TCA subscriptions will begin to receive TCA gratis through CRL when their current subscription period ends.
CRL is happy to make this essential collection development tool available to you and hope that it yields significant benefits for your institution.
Database Trial: PsychiatryOnline
A trial has been set up for the PsychiatryOnline database. This trial will run through February 15, 2008
PsychiatryOnline is a web-based portal that features DSM-IV-TR®—the most widely used psychiatric reference in the world—and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of an unsurpassed collection of psychiatric references from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Included in the database are:
- References including DSM-IV-TR®, DSM-IV-TR® Casebook and its Treatment Companion, and the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
- Journals including The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services
- Textbooks including The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry
- Self-assessment tools for study, board certification and recertification review, and lifelong learning
- Clinical & research news from Psychiatric News
If you look at this resource during the trial, please fill out a Trial Evaluation Form
New Electronic Reference Books
OSU Libraries has acquired two new electronic reference books through the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
The Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a new edition of the classic reference title Dictionary of Scientific Biography. it provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.
The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa illuminates the lives of the most influential and controversial figures in the Middle East and North Africa who came to prominence during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Includes profiles of contemporary leaders who belong to various political, ethnic, and religious groups, as well as notable individuals associated with business, law, science, social issues, sports, entertainment, literature, and the fine and performing arts.
BIOSIS and Zoological Record
OSU Libraries now has an alternative interface for the BIOSIS Previews and Zoological Record databases. These databases are still available on the old platforms, but they are also available on the Thomson Scientific Web of Knowledge platform.
BIOSIS Previews (Biological Abstracts)
Zoological Record
On the Web of Knowledge platform, it is possible to search these databases simultaneously with the Web of Science (Science Citation Index) database through the All Databases option.
No Off-Campus Access to Databases & Electronic Journals 1/3/08
On Thursday, January 3, 2008, the library will be upgrading one of its primary data servers. This process will limit access to many of our electronic services, including the proxy authentication table used for off-campus access to our electronic resources. Beginning at midnight on January 3, access to databases and electronic journals will be limited to on-campus computers.
New Database: MediaMark Reporter MRI+
MediaMark MRI+. The publisher, Mediamark Research Inc., is the leading provider of magazine audience data to the advertising and marketing communities. This database provides summary tables of key audience and product usage data from their national probability sample of 25,000+ households. NOTE: You must create a free account before you can use this database.
Web of Science Access Problems UPDATED 12/3/07
Due to the ongoing problems we are having between the current Web of Science interface and the Libraries’ proxy server, the Web of Science links in the database list and the library catalog are now going to the new Web of Science interface.
If you need access to the old version of Web of Science, it is available to on campus users by using the link http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi. Off campus users can only access Web of Science through the new interface.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is not yet available on the new interface, so access is limited to on campus users at http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi