Online Scopus Workshop - Tuesday 8/5, 12 pm-12:50

 Want to learn more about Scopus before the semester begins?

Elsevier will provide an online introduction to Scopus on Tuesday 8/6 from 12 pm - 12:50 pm.

How can you participate?

• Visit Jackson Library to watch and ask questions with a group.  We'll be in conference Room 216 (Library Administration area, in the main/shorter side of the library). If you haven't been there before, come to the Reference Desk 5 minutes early and ask where it is.

OR

• Follow the directions below to join the online workshop from your own computer.

What if you're interested but can't attend? No worries!  Contact your subject liaison librarian to get an introduction to this database.

About the online workshop:

Topic: UNCG Scopus Training
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Meeting Number: 748 819 723
Meeting Password: (This meeting does not require a password.)

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To start or join the online meeting
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Go to https://reedelsevier.webex.com/reedelsevier/j.php?ED=270631687&UID=499648617&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D

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Teleconference information
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Provide your phone number when you join the meeting to receive a call back. Alternatively, you can call:
Call-in toll-free number: 1-855-733-3266  (US)
Call-in number: 1-937-610-2663  (US)
Show global numbers: http://www.mymeetingroom.com/cnums.asp?bwebid=6862754&ppc=6299602738&num=1855-733-3266&num2=1937-610-2663
Attendee access code: 629 960 2738


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For assistance
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1. Go to https://reedelsevier.webex.com/reedelsevier/mc
2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support".
To add this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link:
https://reedelsevier.webex.com/reedelsevier/j.php?MTID=m34280e040dc8395b7bf764a482db4a58

To check whether you have the appropriate players installed for UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files, go to https://reedelsevier.webex.com/reedelsevier/systemdiagnosis.php.

http://www.webex.com

CCM:+19376102663x4891315651#

Scopus!

We're welcoming Scopus to our list of library resources!

• Guide to science, social science, and some arts & humanities literature
• Peer reviewed, scholarly articles, trade articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and more!
• Citation analysis

Check out the library guide to Scopus for more info.

And mark your calender!  Elsevier trainers will be giving an online orientation to this resource on Tues August 5th from 12-12:50 pm. Visit Jackson Library administrative conference room 216.

Want an intro directly from your subject librarian?  Just ask!

I'll be adding Scopus to library workshops for health science students and faculty; if you don't catch one, give me a shout.

Sat 7/12/2014 downtime for UNCG library resources

Due to scheduled upgrades most of the Libraries' online resources will not be available Saturday, July 12 from 5:30 AM - 12:30 PM.

Click here for details.

NEW LOOK for our Journal List coming in August!

In August, the Journal A to Z list from the library is getting a facelift and new search features!

To preview this system, follow this link: http://uncg.on.worldcat.org/atoztitles/search#journal

The system will look different, but you'll still be able to search for journals and newspapers and magazines by title.

1. Type the title of your journal, magazine or newspaper then hit the Search button.

If you type the words out of order, you won't find the journal. Try changing your search from "starts with" to "match all words."

If you misspell a word, you won't find the journal.

2. IF there is more than one choice for online full text, look for the choice that includes the years that you want. Click the journal title link to enter that journal.

If you are off-campus, you will be asked to log in with your iSpartan (UNCG email) user name and password.

Note: the collection link will lead you into all journals that we get from that vendor.

3. You should be taken to the publisher page where you can access all articles within the date range that was summarized in "coverage" for this journal.

Moving from Web of Science to Scopus

 We're moving from Web of Science (subscription expires June 30th) to  Scopus (should have access in a week).

Scopus indexes twice as many titles as Web of Science, and includes over 99% of the titles that are indexed by the Web of Science.

Journal Citation Reports will expire with Web of Science, but many faculty currently use Google Scholar and Eigenfactor for citation analysis.

We plan to create a research guide for assistance with these sources.  We also plan to create a guide to Scopus and will offer training as needed.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact your liaison librarian, or Beth Bernhardt (brbernha@uncg.edu) or Tim Bucknall (bucknall@uncg.edu)

3D printing - Get it while it's "free!"

The Digital Media Commons is pilot testing a 3D printer. 

This page gives details on how you can try this service! Including tutorials on creating and finding 3D printable files. Thingiverse offers free files for printing biology sculptures of human vertebrae, molecules, and more.

After the pilot testing period ends on June 30th 2014, there will be a charge for each gram printed ($5 minimum).  More details will be available from the Digital Media Commons.

Want to help test the next version of the library catalog?

OCLC is beta testing WorldCat Discovery, the next version of our WorldCat library catalog


Currently OCLC is looking for graduate student and faculty feedback. (FYI We expect OCLC to have WorldCat Discovery ready for our library to use before summer 2015)

 

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If you're interested, please respond to this call for help:

WorldCat Discovery Beta: Call for Help in Recruiting Assessment Volunteers

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As we continue to build WorldCat Local functionality into Discovery over the coming months we will use several methods to assess early designs and completed implementations, including interactive, task-based usability studies conducted remotely via WebEx.  Currently, we are recruiting both undergraduate and graduate students as well as library staff to participate in these studies.  If you'd be interested in helping us recruit students or have staff at your institution who can participate, either immediately or over the coming months, or want to know more about what that might involve, please contact either Colleen Way wayc@oclc.org or Arnold Arcolio, arcolioa@oclc.org.