Microsoft Academic Search

Microsoft Academic Search (MAS) is a free academic search engine developed by Microsoft Research, which also serves as a test-bed for many research ideas in Data Mining, Named Entity Extraction and Disambiguation, Data Visualization, etc. As a research prototype, the coverage of MAS is still very limited in certain domains. We appreciate your feedback and contribution.

Microsoft Academic Search provides many innovative ways to explore academic publications, authors, conferences, journals, organizations and keywords, connecting millions of scholars, students, librarians, and other users.

Visit Microsoft Academic Search here.

MathSciNet Tutorials

The American Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that MathSciNet Tutorials are now available!  Learn how to take full advantage of the rich structure of the MathSciNet database.  Tutorials include – Publications, Authors, Journals, and Citations searches – as well as tutorials on the Free Tools and Preferences options.  Every user will find new features and search options that will enhance their use of the database.

Go to http://www.mathscinet.info/index.html to start using the MSN Tutorials!

Lori Sprague
Manager, Sales Administration
American Mathematical Society
Providence, RI  02904
las@ams.org
www.ams.org

Knovel Database and Earthquake Engineering

In the wake of yesterday’s 5.8 magnitude earthquake here in central Virginia, you might find these titles from the Knovel database of interest.  What is Knovel?  Knovel is a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools to drive innovation and deliver answers in many engineering disciplines.  It provides the full text to a variety of texts and reference books useful to all engineers.  Give Knovel a try!

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook by R. W. Day

Earthquake Engineering – Application to Design by Charles K. Erdey

Hint:  When searching Knovel, you may want to limit your search to just items that UVa subscribes to.  Check the “My Subscription” link near the upper right corner of the Knovel screen.  Readers at schools other than UVa may have different subscribed content – or no access, if your school doesn’t subscribe to Knovel.  Check with your local librarian, if you have questions.

 

All-New Virgo Library Catalog

Now You Can Search for Books AND Journal Articles At the Same Time!

The University Library catalog, Virgo, has been greatly enhanced to include journal articles from many publishers. It features a simple and fast search engine that helps you discover relevant information on any topic from the University of Virginia Library collections. Virgo is the place to start your research in scholarly journal and newspaper articles, books, videos, maps, manuscript collections, music scores and more. From your search results page, one click will display the full text of an article or tell you whether or not a book is on the shelf.

Virgo’s new integrated article search is part of a suite of online services the Library offers to researchers through the new Research Portal which provides access to the specialist databases – the recommended approach for those who are working on in-depth literature reviews.

For more information about the new Virgo interface or the Research Portal stop by any UVa Library or contact your subject librarian.

 

Latest Version of MathSciNet

Newest Release of MathSciNet

The American Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the latest version of MathScinet. The new release includes the following enhancements and features:

· Improved display of mathematics using MathJax, an open source JavaScript display engine for mathematics that works in all modern browsers (http://www.mathjax.org/)

· Direct links to books, book chapters, and series using DOIs registered by publishers

· Bibliographic entries and direct links for Ph.D. theses in mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics from the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database

For more information please see:

http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/about.html.

The Knovel University Challenge Is Back!

The Knovel University Challenge is Back and Tougher Than Ever!

The Knovel University Challenge emphasizes best practices for searching and gathering technical information. Starting Tuesday, September 14th, Knovel’s contest provides students with the opportunity to master their information gathering and analysis skills by solving real-world problems with help from the technical references and databases available via Knovel.

Answer 3 questions correctly for a chance to win an iPad, cash or other cool stuff!

Details on the Knovel University Challenge and to start playing are at http://www.knoveluniversitychallenge.com/index.html

Using Wolfram|Alpha in the Classroom

Wolfram|Alpha is a free online computational knowledge engine that generates answers to questions in real time by doing computations on its own vast internal knowledge base.   Its long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone.  This can be valuable to educators (and students) in many ways. 

You can learn more about Wolfram|Alpha for Educators (and others) at http://www.wolframalpha.com/educators/

MS Access Short Course

Doing More with MS Access

Sherry Lake
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom

This session will assume a basic understanding of Microsoft Access for development of relational databases, and will take that a step further to focus on higher-level relational databases and specific applications for scientific research.

You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html

Doing More with MS Access

Sherry Lake
Research Computing Support Specialist
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom

This session will assume a basic understanding of Microsoft Access for development of relational databases, and will take that a step further to focus on higher-level relational databases and specific applications for scientific research.

You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html

Introduction to MS Access

Sherry Lake
Research Computing Support Specialist
Thursday, March 25, 2010, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom

This session will provide an overview to Microsoft Access for development of relational databases.

You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html