Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

February 16th, 2010

Purdue University Libraries and a group of other leading research libraries and technical information providers throughout the world have established an international partnership, DataCite, to improve access to research data on the Internet. DataCite will build upon the system developed by the German National Library of Science and Technology of using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) more…

February 5th, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. This Week’s Featured Database: SourceOECD, from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business more…

February 1st, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. This Week’s Featured Database: IBISWorld, from IBISWorld. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the more…

January 27th, 2010

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has agreed to acquire the complete ScienceDirect eBooks collections through Elsevier for 2008, 2009, and 2010, in addition to Wiley-Blackwell eBook titles covering the 2008 and 2009 publishing years. As a result, libraries and patrons in CIC member institutions – including Purdue – will be able to access over more…

January 25th, 2010

MALDI MS: A Practical Guide to Instrumentation, Methods and Applications Franz Hillenkamp and Jasna Peter-Katalinic, Eds. Wiley © 2007 “The introduction of the matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization technique (MALDI) changed mass spectrometry (MS) into a powerful tool for biomedical analysis that is now widely employed in academic as well as industrial laboratories. The 2002 Nobel more…

January 22nd, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. This Week’s Featured Database: Business Source Premier, from EBSCOhost. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right more…

January 22nd, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. This Week’s Featured Database: Business Source Premier, from EBSCOhost. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right more…

January 15th, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. This Week’s Featured Database: LexisNexis Academic, from LexisNexis, Inc. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right more…

January 6th, 2010

Data Mining in Crystallography Structure and Bonding, Volume 134 Detlef W.M. Hofmann and Liudmila N. Kuleshova, Eds. Springer Berlin © 2010

December 22nd, 2009

Biobased Surfactants and Detergents: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications Douglas G. Hayes, Dai Kitamoto, Daniel K.Y. Solaiman, and Richard D. Ashby, eds. AOCS Press © 2009 “Today’s petroleum prices and supply issues mean more interest in biobased surfactants and detergents, which can outperform, synthetic, petroleum-derived, surfactants (biodegradability, biocompatibility, and measures of sustainability). Consumers want eco-friendly and more…