New Things to Your Library …and on the World Wide Web Susan Goodwin Instructional Services, TAMU Libraries February 12, 2008

Today’s Topics New! Library Services and Activities New! Electronic Resources Websites of Possible Interest Library Support for your Students

New Library Services and Activities Evans Library First Floor Redesign and Website Redesign Kindle Project Get it For Me! (Place holds in Libcat)

New Library Services and Related Research Tools WorldCat Create bibliographies for yourself and your classes Google Books Great way to preview books and link back into WorldCat and the library catalogs

New Electronic Resources Life Sciences BIOSIS Previews Archive (Ovid) Zoological Record Archive (Ovid) Back files for life sciences (biology and zoology) databases Biosis coverage 1977 to 1864, Zoological coverage

New Electronic Resources Sciences and Social Sciences Scopus (Elsevier) Broadest coverage available of scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences literature In-depth citation analysis tools Coverage of life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences

New Electronic Resources Chemistry Beilstein DiscoveryGate Detailed information on the preparation of known compounds, synthetic pathways to new compounds, biological and chemical attributes, commercial sources of compounds and chemical safety information Includes improved access to the Beilstein Handbook In-depth citation analysis tool

New Electronic Resources Engineering and Computer Science Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science page “lectures” synthesizing important research and development topics authored by an expert in the field In-depth analysis of topics organized by series, each series managed by prominent consulting editor

New Electronic Resources Dramatic Arts Theatre in Video More than 250 performances of the world’s leading plays and 100+ film documentaries via streaming video Search for hundreds of leading playwrights and actors Create clips

New Electronic Resources Business Hoovers Premium Access to 24 million public and private U.S. and international companies Coverage of industries and key people CEOs on camera feature (video)

New Electronic Resources Literature Black Women Writers 100,000 pages of fiction, poetry, and essays Licensed works from targeted writers from 20+ countries in Africa, North America, Europe, and the Caribbean Includes rare and previously unpublished materials such as manuscripts, pamphlets, and historical feminist periodicals

New Electronic Resources Social Sciences Black Thought and Culture 100,000 pages of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from earliest times to present Wide range of previously inaccessible material including letters, correspondence, prefatory essays, political leaflets, and interviews

New Electronic Resources History HarpWeek HarpWeek ( ) Leading American illustrated magazine of its day Covers political, military, social, and cultural stories Segments include: Civil War Era ( ), Reconstruction ( and ), and the Gilded Age ( ) Browse by issue, literary genre or search the full text

New Electronic Resources Multidisciplinary Annual Reviews Annual Reviews (not so new but important) Reviews in 33 disciplines within the biomedical sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences Synthesis of primary research literature and highlights of principal contributions in specific fields Editorial committees of distinguished scholars with articles written by recognized as experts in the field Highly cited publications by impact factor according to the Institute for Scientific Information

All databases discussed today can be accessed by title via the Indexes/Databases search feature

Websites of Possible Interest Merchandise EtsyEtsy (handmade gifts) Mispelled Items on EbayMispelled Items on Ebay (bargains?) Maps and Data WorldMapperWorldMapper (visual data) Collaborative Presentations Online VoiceThreadVoiceThread (cheap!)

Websites of Possible Interest Retro Websites and Archives Internet Archives Wayback Machine Open Educational Resources (university lectures) Presidential speeches (Audio Archive) Moving Images Archive Much More! Susie’s Collection of Websites:

Library Support for your Students Classroom instruction Online class guides tied to syllabi Video tutorials for database instruction Workshops by request

Questions? Susan Goodwin Coordinator of Instructional Services and Humanities/Social Sciences Evans Library Room 107A Yahoo IM: virtuallysusie Presentation Links: