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Due to a change in work assignments for Spring semester, the BANR Blog will not be updated until August, 2008. Thanks for your support of the project. We hope to resume postings in the Fall of 2008.

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Posted to Library News

The Web of Science Database has a new search interface and great new features. You have more options for searching and refining your search results. For handouts which describe some of the added benifits of the new interface visit: New Web of Science Tips and Tricks at http://lib.colostate.edu/instruction/workshops/wospdi.html.

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Posted to Databases

CSU Morgan Library will support the Focus the Nation project by including a book display on changing climates. For more information visit the display in Morgan Library . CSU Focus the Nation events will be on January 30 and 31 in Lory Student Center.

John Calderazzo, Co-Director of Changing Climates @ CSU said, "Focus the Nation is a jolt of energy that all of us need so we may consider the difficult issues around climate change. These two days of talks aimed at students will offer a great way to see the many approaches to climate change problems and solutions that are moving forward at CSU from the angle of so many different academic disciplines. It's good to remember that the core of the word 'universe' appears inside the word 'university,' meaning that a large research university like CSU is primed like almost nowhere else to look everywhere for solutions to one of the most vexing problems faced by the earth.""

SueEllen Campbell, Co-Director of Changing Climates @CSU, remarked, "You can learn a lot from listening to experts. But sometimes there's no substitute for books if you really want to understand a topic as multi-dimensional as climate change. We're lucky at CSU to have an excellent library for learning about the many aspects of this issue. And the more we understand, the better we can feel about taking action."

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Posted to Library News

Colorado State University is on semester break. The BANR Blog will be on vacation until the start of Spring semester on January 22, 2008. For information until then, visit some of the blogs and websites that we usually monitor. They are available under the: About BANR link.

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Posted to Library News

Greater Access to the NTIS Collection Now Available Search NTIS.GOV for titles from 1964 to present
http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.aspx

NTIS is pleased to launch its improved search engine with features such as: Enhanced retrieval with search functionality for categories, collections, and source agencies.

The NTIS search engine now more powerfully finds the information you need.

The Advanced Searching capabilities allows for an even greater
focus on appropriate content for your search.

Expanded access to the NTIS collection now includes the ability to
search, retrieve and select from over 3.0 million products.

==Improved access with new NTIS titles added each week.
==Customers are provided a Product File of related purchased titles
==Now you can find virtually any item in the NTIS collection and order many in your choice of format (downloads, printed copy, CD ROM or microfiche).
==Search Help has step by step instructions and graphics: http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.aspx
==All search results include a brief product description and easy access to place your order online, quickly, easily and securely.

Information for this posting came from the STS-L LIstserv posted on 12-12-2007

Posted by Allison Level at 10:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted to Agriculture | Databases | Government Resources | Natural Resources | Web Resources

Science.gov Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Making Science More Accessible and Useful

Oak Ridge, TN---The science gateway that makes science information more accessible and useful to researchers, teachers, and learners wherever they are located commemorated its 5th Anniversary today.

"Science.gov has made the nation's research and development easier to find and more useful and fun to explore," said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director of the National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance, the interagency group that created Science.gov.

Founded December 5, 2002, in response to the profound effect of the World Wide Web on science communications, Science.gov (www.science.gov) connected citizens to science as never before. Today, Science.gov Version 4.0 is available and searches more than 50 million pages of science information from thousands of Web sites as well as from deep Web databases inaccessible by Google and other popular search engines.

Information for this posting is quoted from the Science.gov press release
Media Contact
Cathey Daniels
865-576-9539
danielsc@osti.gov

Posted by Allison Level at 11:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted to Web Resources

New Database: CHEMnetBASE (vendor: CRC Press):
According to the vendor: "Comprising Chapman & Hall/CRC's premier chemistry references, this comprehensive and highly interactive resource allows you to search and extract essential data and tables."
Our subscription includes:
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Combined Chemical Dictionary
Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
Dictionary of Drugs
Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds
Dictionary of Natural Products
Dictionary of Organic Compounds
Properties of Organic Compounds

Posted by Allison Level at 05:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted to Databases

Scientists have an increasing number of sources available for use when navigating the sea of information. What do you rely on as you develop expertise in your subject area? What do you see as trends for the future?

Please participate in the national information seeking behavior survey.

-- Go to the survey online
-- Survey will be open October 23-November 30, 2007
-- It will take about 10 minutes of your time
-- Complete the survey and then register for randomly drawn participant prizes

CSU is one of about 20 academic libraries supporting this national survey coordinated by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The CSU Libraries hope to use the results of this research behavior survey to better understand graduate students’ changing approaches to seeking out and using information.

Questions? Visit the CSU Libraries survey information or contact CSU PI, Allison Level: allison.level@colostate.edu | Ph.970.419.3918.

CSU participation is sponsored by the CSU Libraries. The national study is sponsored by the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Information & Library Science, the UNC Libraries, the Center for Genome Sciences, and the Institute for Renaissance Computing.

Posted by Allison Level at 02:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted to Library News

CSU access to key scientific journals has been expanded with the addition of new collections in environmental sciences, energy, power, and other subject areas. Researchers may search via databases like Web of Science, then be seamlessly connected to full-text content of back-issues of many Science-Direct journals.

The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, known as "the Alliance," consists of ten institutions representing twelve major libraries located in Colorado and Wyoming. The consortium has enabled CSU to purchase a wide array of electronic resources that CSU would not have otherwise been able to afford. This most recent purchase involved leveraging the monies each library had already spent on portions of backfile collections combined with a new monies provided by the University of Wyoming. Prior to this year, CSU had already purchased 22 of Elsevier's ScienceDirect journal backfile packages on its own. Now without CSU spending any additional funds, the deal helped expand access to backfile collections by 9 packages and includes 385 unique journal titles.

The newly added collections include:

* Energy and Power
* Environmental Sciences
* High Energy/Nuclear Physics and Astronomy
* The Lancet
* Materials Science
* Medicine and Dentistry
* Nursing and Health Professions
* Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
* Physics General

Some text for this posting is quoted from the CSU Libraries Website news about Science Direct Backfiles.

Posted by Allison Level at 01:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted to Agriculture | Biology | Journals | Natural Resources

The Thompson ISI Nobel Prize site is projecting possible winners of the Nobel Prize. Quoting the website, "Thomson Scientific has developed a list of likely winners in medicine, chemistry, physics and economics. Those chosen are named Thomson Scientific Laureates — in recognition of the significant contribution their citations make to the navigation within the Web of Science".

How Citation Laureates are chosen http://scientific.thomson.com/nobel/essay/

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Posted to Web Resources

The Changing Climates @ CSU colloquium provides programs on the Climate Change Problem: A High-Level Primer. Topics include Climate Change at Pingree Park, Biological and Ecological Effects, and the Human Costs.

The Changing Climates website includes a list of network participants, teaching resources, and CSU courses that include climate change information. http://changingclimates.colostate.edu/Home.html

Posted by Allison Level at 09:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted to Natural Resources | Web Resources

The Summer 2007 issue of ISTL (Issues in Science and Technology LIbrarianship) includes an article by Elizabeth C. Turtle and Martin P. Courtois on the importance of science librarians in the scholarly communication process. Quoting Turtle and Courtois, "It is our view that the range of issues being addressed under the umbrella of scholarly communication offers tremendous opportunity to expand access to scientific information".

ISTL
http://www.istl.org/07-summer/

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Posted to Open Access