Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

November 6th, 2009

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

November 3rd, 2009

Physical Properties of Crystals: An Introduction Siegfried Haussuhl John Wiley and Sons © 2007 “This first international edition of a classic German standard integrates the latest developments in the field, including two-dimensional crystals and Giant Magneto-Resistance. Its aim is to impart the knowledge necessary to comprehend the manifold peculiarities of crystalline substances in a comprehensive more…

October 30th, 2009

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

October 27th, 2009

ACS Publishing has announced the online publication of the first ASAP Articles of the new journal ACS Chemical Neuroscience. The journal will publish high-quality research articles and reviews that showcase chemical, quantitative biological, biophysical and bioengineering approaches to the understanding of the nervous system and to the development of new treatments for neurological disorders. The more…

October 27th, 2009

Practical Guide to Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy W. Roy Mason John Wiley and Sons © 2007 “The book is a technical guide for chemists and spectroscopists, and presents a concise description of magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy and how it has advanced the interpretation of molecular electronic spectra. * Provides a practical guide to utilizing more…

October 23rd, 2009

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. This Week’s Featured Database: Purdue e-Pubs, from Purdue University Libraries, in honor of Open Access Week, October 19-23. Link: http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ Description/focus: Purdue more…

October 20th, 2009

Polymer Processing: Modeling and Simulation Tim Osswald and Juan P. Hernández-Ortiz Hanser Publishers © 2006 “This book addresses traditional polymer processing as well as the emerging technologies associated with the plastics industry in the 21st Century, and combines engineering modeling aspects with computer simulation of realistic polymer processes. This book is designed to provide a more…

October 19th, 2009

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

October 13th, 2009

Vibrationally Mediated Photodissociation Salman Rosenwaks RSC © 2009 “Vibrationally Mediated Photodissociation (VMP) deals with the influence of vibrational excitation of the ground electronic state of a molecule on its dissociation following excitation of this state to a higher electronic state. Aimed at students and academics, this is the first book devoted to the effect of more…

October 9th, 2009

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