Kresge Engineering Library

Kresge Engineering Library News
Number 6, August 2001
Jean McKenzie, Editor.

  1. New Resources
  2. California Digital Library and Melvyl® Transitions
  3. E-mail Notices
  4. Library Orientation
  5. Library Instruction
  6. Class Instruction
  7. Obtaining Materials From Other Libraries
  8. Reserves, eReference, Recommendations for Purchase

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1. New Resources

Springer: Springer journals have been available via CDL for some time and now some of their book series are as well. Series of most interest to engineering include "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" and "Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences."

AIAA papers: We now have the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics papers back to 1990 on microfiche. They're filed by paper number in the microfiche cabinet.

Biomaterials: We've purchased a back file of five years for this journal. These five years are on microfiche. Our holdings now begin with v. 10 (1989) — microfiche no. 28260 — and continue at Call No. R857.M3.B568 from v. 15 (1994) on. Full text is available online from v. 1 (1980) on [ as of April 2004 ].

ENGnetBASE: This database of handbooks and reference books from CRC Press continues to grow. Recent additions include: Biomechanical Systems, Vols. I - IV; Computer-Aided Design, Engineering and Manufacturing, Vols. I - VI; CRC Handbook of Thermodynamic Data of Copolymer Solutions; Handbook of Micro/Nano Tribology; and Multi-Agent Robotic Systems. Search all at once or choose a selection of titles.

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry are available online. Both offer well-written articles on all areas of chemical technology.

2. California Digital Library and Melvyl® Transitions

Here's a brief recap and update on Melvyl and the article databases from the California Digital Library.

Melvyl Catalog: Melvyl will become a single database combining Melvyl Catalog (CAT) and Periodicals Titles (PE) into one file. A contract was signed in April 2001 for the Ex-Libris Aleph 500 system. The California Digital Library (CDL) and Ex-Libris are now creating a prototype catalog for testing and a public version is planned for some time in Spring 2002. The two catalogs will run in parallel through December 2002.

CDL article databases: The article databases currently available from CDL via the Melvyl interface will migrate to new vendors. New vendors have been evaluated and chosen by the Transition Steering Committee and will be announced as soon as negotiations are completed. CDL indexes and the new version of each will run in parallel through December 2002, with some exceptions. Here's what has happened so far:

Georef has already moved to CSA and been removed from CDL's list of indexes. The Library licenses several other indexes from CSA, including Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management, Metadex, Engineered Materials Abstracts, and NTIS. CSA provides links to full-text articles for many of our electronic journals, as well as to the Melvyl PE file to check if UCB owns the material. Access these indexes from our article databases page.

Medline's move to PubMed: PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) interface to the medical literature they index that we've been searching through CDL's Medline. CDL and NLM have been customizing PubMed for UC researchers. Your browser must have cookies enabled to use all of PubMed's features. These features include:

CDL's Medline and PubMed will run in parallel through December 2001, when Medline will be removed from the CDL system.

3. E-mail notices

The Library has implemented an e-mail notification feature into the circulation system. This permits patrons to be notified quickly by e-mail when a book is overdue or when a recalled book has become available. Log on to the Patron Update web page to check that your e-mail address is correct, then click the yes button to activate this feature.

4. Library Orientation

During the first weeks of the semester, we've scheduled tours covering the collections and services of the Library. Just come to the Library at 110 Bechtel Engineering Center at any of the following times:

5. Library Instruction

Throughout the Fall Semester, library staff will give seminars in the use of the Library's electronic resources . The Electronic Resources in Engineering seminars will cover catalogs, article databases and electronic journals. More in-depth seminars will cover Compendex, INSPEC, Web of Science, and EndNote Bibliographic Manager. Details are on our Tour and Seminar Schedule page, and will be announced in Engineering News.

6. Class Instruction

If you're giving your class an assignment that involves library research and would like some instruction for the students, let us know by using this form or calling Brian Quigley at (510) 643-4299. Brian, Camille or I will contact you to plan some instruction tailored for the class.

7. Obtaining Materials From Other Libraries

Articles: We provide and pay for expedited document delivery for faculty and graduate students in the College of Engineering. This service requires you to fill in paper forms in the Kresge Engineering Library. Undergraduates and those who are able to wait about 2 weeks for delivery of the articles, can fill in online requests using the form.

Books: All book borrowing is done through the Interlibrary Borrowing Department in 133 Doe. Requests can be made by filling in paper forms at any campus library, by using the web form, or by using the Request feature in the Melvyl catalog.

8. Reserves, eReference, Recommendations for purchases

Send in your reserve lists on our Engineering Course Reserves Form, or fax the lists to (510) 643-6771.

Questions about anything? Submit them using the Ask Us form.

Suggestions for purchases for the Library: Use the Book Purchase Recommendation Form.

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