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August 24th, 2011
This release contains some enhancements to the Synthesis Planner and some new search fields which will further enrich Reaxys’ capabilities for organometallic and inorganic chemistry search queries. The key highlights include:
For the full details on this release please check the “About” hyperlink displayed at the bottom of the Reaxys query page.
Filed under: CHEM, collectionsAugust 24th, 2011
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced that the Web version of SciFinder has been updated to improve your overall user experience. You can expect faster response times in several key areas, including answer set display and pagination, detailed displays, breadcrumb navigation and large answer set print/export. Individual performance improvements may vary and are dependent on Internet connection speed, hardware configuration and other variables.
They have also added support for additional Web browsers. Mozilla Firefox 5 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Web browsers have been added to the list of recommended browsers for SciFinder.
In addition, new Print and Export options allow for more customized information output, and a more visible Keep Me Posted (KMP) alert button will help guide you to this valuable SciFinder feature. Set up a KMP alert today to notify you monthly or even weekly when new research is available in SciFinder. To learn more, visit What’s New in the Web Version of SciFinder.
Filed under: CHEM, collections, PHARAugust 19th, 2011
Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics Library. These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: USDA Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System (ESMIS), from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box, shown in this short clip.
Description/focus: USDA Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System provides reports and datasets from several USDA agencies.
Start with this hint: The ESMIS interface is simple and direct. The panel on the left links to browsing by agency or subject but also allows a specific title search. The Browse by Subject titles are not all intuitive, so, for example, Baseline actually links to Agricultural Baseline Projection Tables including the latest long-term projection table to the year 2020. Navigation throughout the site is easy and the pages are quick to load. All tables and reports can be downloaded. See a demonstration here.
Why you should know this database: ESMIS content includes historical information, daily reports on some subjects, and world markets and trade.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students might not always think first of the USDA as a source of information (for example, Wine is included in Specialty Agriculture) but ESMIS should be seen as a portal to information that has been collected by the federal government for the past two centuries. Besides gaining easy access to tables and reports, students can contact the USDA for help with finding information not readily available online.
Cost: This is a free service provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTAugust 15th, 2011
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: CareerBeam, from CareerBeam.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box, shown in this short clip.. CareerBeam is also available at the CareerWiki in the sections for Career Guides, Employer Research, and Interview & Resume.
Description/focus: CareerBeam offers guidance at all steps of the job-seeking process.
Start with this hint: CareerBeam requires registration with an email address and password so that the personalized career tools are stored and accessible at any time. Click here to see the most popular features of CareerBeam. The exercises that give feedback on personal traits such as values, temperament, interests, and others can provide the user with a Career Profile Report.
Why you should know this database: There are many career fairs on campus in early fall, and professors often receive requests for career-related advice and assistance. CareerBeam has guides to help students build confidence as they identify goals, prepare for interviews, and develop networks. CareerBeam includes a section to help students identify and prepare personal and professional references, which is a role that professors are often called to fill. CareerBeam is one of the few resources students can continue to use when they are alumni.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Because students should know about a company and the industry of which it is a part before an interview, CareerBeam has basic company information and industry profiles from Hoover’s.
Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries, the Center for Career Opportunities, Graduate Career Services, and the Krannert School of Management.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTAugust 5th, 2011
Database of the Week is a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics. These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
Database name: JobNow from Brainfuse.
Link: Go to our home page, then in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box, scroll down to JobNow. See a demo here.
Description/focus: With live help for resumes and interviews, JobNow helps students as they begin to prepare for a job search.
Start with this hint: Register for JobNow in order to keep a record of your sessions. The offerings of JobNow are basic and focused on job-seeking assistance, so there is no search box. When you log on, you can take one of these paths: Write the Résumé for résumé help, Ace the Interview for interview preparation, or Links and Tips, self-assessment and job listings. The sections for interview and résumé help include live chat assistance, clearly the strongest element in JobNow. See a short demo here. There is also a section called Adult Learning Center which offers a writing lab, and help with subjects such as calculus and statistics, preparation for the US citizenship test, and Microsoft Office help.
Why you should know this database: This is the time of year when students will begin to prepare for job fairs, and they often ask their professors for guidance. This is only one of the databases provided through Purdue’s Career Wiki. JobNow offers live help daily from 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: JobNow helps students polish a resume, but it also offers writing help. Students can upload a document, such as an essay, and get helpful comments.
Cost: This subscription was jointly purchased by Purdue Libraries, the Center for Career Opportunities, Krannert Graduate Career Services, and Purdue Alumni Association.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics. Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you want to suggest a database for Database of the Week, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTAugust 1st, 2011
Database of the Week is 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.
Database name: ABI/INFORM Global, from Proquest.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: ABI/INFORM Global is one of the most comprehensive business databases, covering over 3000 publications. It includes scholarly journals, trade journals, and non-periodical content such as EIU ViewsWire, Business Dissertations, and Business Cases.
Start with this hint: A few months ago, Proquest changed the interface for all of their databases. The ABI/INFORM Global Basic Search treats your search terms as keywords. You can switch to Advanced Search and narrow your results by limiting to title or subject. You may also want to see your search executed in other Proquest databases. Click on ABI/INFORM Complete, then enter your term. If the full text of an article is not an option, the icon Find It @ Purdue Libraries that appears in the citations will lead you to the full text in another database. See a short demo of these instructions for ABI/Inform.
Why you should know this database: Almost all of our Subject Guides and classroom instruction sessions include ABI/INFORM Global as a recommended database for articles. Once you are satisfied with your search statement, one click turns it into an RSS feed.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: ABI/INFORM Global gives researchers at all levels easy access to business and financial information, with the capability to narrow the search to scholarly journals, trade publications, or dissertations.
Cost: For information about the Libraries’ subscription, contact Mary Dugan.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you want to suggest a database for Database of the Week, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTJuly 7th, 2011
Purdue University Libraries has awarded Ian Bell, PhD, with Purdue’s Open Access Award for his outstanding contributions to broadening the reach of the Purdue’s Herrick Laboratories’ conference series. His significant investment of time, resources, energy and forethought in the preparation of papers and descriptive, metadata information and deposit within Purdue e-Pubs, and his service to Herrick Labs, the School of Mechanical Engineering, the College of Engineering, Purdue University and scholars around the world, will greatly enhance the transfer of knowledge from the University by building bridges to scholarship made available through the Libraries.
The Scholarly Communication Committee, along with Libraries Dean, Jim Mullins; Tim Sands, Purdue provost; Anil Bajaj, head of Mechanical Engineering; Patricia Davies, director of Herrick Laboratories; and James Braun, Ian Bell’s advisor and Herrick professor of mechanical engineering, were in attendance for the award presentation, which was given prior to this year’s Open Access Week as Bell will be out of the country during this year’s week-long celebration.
Libraries awards a person or group on campus that has made an exceptional contribution to extending the reach of scholarship affiliated with Purdue through collaboration with Purdue initiatives and by embracing the challenging of expanding the global reach and impact of our collected works. The award is given in appreciation for the real-world application of forward-thinking principles and actions.
The 2011 Open Access Week will take place October 24-30.
Filed under: ENGR, generalJune 21st, 2011
Over the past few years, the efforts of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Women’s Archives have allowed Archives and Special Collections (ASC) to take in intriguing collections pertaining to female aviators at Purdue. Archives and Special Collections’ newest exhibit, “Soaring to New Heights, Women in Aviation at Purdue” highlights these aviators. The exhibit runs June 11-August 31 at the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, located on the fourth floor of the Humanities, Social Science and Education Library in Stewart Center.
As to be expected, the exhibit contains treasures from the George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart materials, including Earhart’s helmet, ice pick (for opening cans of tomato juice on which she sustained during long flights) and the “Questionnaire for Women Students,” in which Earhart raises provocative questions about men’s roles in the home during that period.
Alongside Earhart, there are many women who share in Purdue’s aviation history, but few know of their accomplishments. These women include:
-Virginia Smith Peck, who’s photo has been on display in other exhibits because of her mountain-climbing abilities. As it turns out, she had a penchant for flying as well.
-Curtiss Wright Cadettes, a group of 83 young women employed by Curtiss Wright Corporation came to Purdue in 1943 to study aeronautical engineering at Purdue in order help fill the depleted ranks of engineers and draftspersons during World War Two.
-Janice Voss, NASA astronaut and Purdue alumna.
-Roberta Gleiter, who’s papers document her life and career. She was one of the few women to graduate from the School of Chemical Engineering in 1960, recipient of an Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award from Purdue and advocate for women in Engineering. After taking some time off to raise her family, she launched her career with the Aerospace Corporation.
-Purdue President France Cordova, former Chief Scientist at NASA.
-Annie Smith Peck, a Latin and elocution professor at Purdue from 1881 until 1883 who was widely known for her mountain climbing abilities, but also as an advocate and spokesperson for aviation in its early days.
Make sure to stop by ASC before August 31, to explore our rich aviation history at Purdue.
Contact: Stephanie Schmitz, (765) 494-2904; sschmit@purdue.edu
Filed under: AVTE, events, general, press_release, SPECJune 14th, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Libraries has completed the digitization of Indiana Farmer for the years 1851-1917, which chronicles the state of Hoosier agriculture in the pre- and post-Civil War years.
The Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Indiana State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services provided funding for the digitization.
The digitized Indiana Farmer increases access to first-hand accounts of rural life in Indiana during the Civil War era. Students, researchers and enthusiasts now have relatively easy access to articles, editorials and advertisements about the routine life of farmers and their families during a time when the country was experiencing a threat to its existence.
Research conducted during this time answered such questions as: Do rabbits bite? Daniel Fiskel of Logansport concluded that they do after his nose was bitten while holding the research subject.
Three lesson plans are available to help elementary teachers integrate the digitized content into the state history curriculum. Each digitalized issue is full-text searchable so that users can more easily locate the newspaper content. The collection will become part of the Indiana Memory project.
The website also provides users descriptive information about the publication and project background.
The digitized collection can be found at http://e-archives.lib.purdue.edu/collections/indianafarmer/
Contact: Vicki Killion, associate professor of library science, 765-494-1417, vkillion@purdue.edu
May 23rd, 2011
Purdue University Press has entered into a new partnership with the Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) to support the publication of its technical report series. Since the late 1930s, JTRP has produced a continuous stream of research reports to inform the management of transportation infrastructure in Indiana and throughout North America. The reports are also well known outside the US, as has become increasingly apparent through examination of the use of digital versions of the backlist, produced with the assistance of Purdue University Libraries. These show heavy use in India and China particularly.
The Press will provide project management and editorial services to JTRP, and will be working to help the program fully migrate its publications to a digital workflow. Technical reports are a class of publication often referred to as “gray literature” because they do not traditionally enter the mainstream book supply chain. It is hoped that the new partnership will resolve this issue and make JTRP reports a national model for discoverability and innovation.
Filed under: general