PubMed (Medline) has a completely redesigned interface that went live today. Many of the enhancements are not major changes, but the look and feel is quite different and may be confusing to some regular users. The articles at the links below provide explanations of the changes.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_now_redesign.html
Not exactly library related, but…
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Dr. Carol Baskin and Dr. Jerry Baskin, University of Kentucky
HOW SEED DORMANCY STUDIES SERVE PLANT CONSERVATION
Using Information on Biogeography and Phylogeny of Seed Dormancy to Facilitate Propagation of Plant Species for Restoration
Monday, August 3, 2009
3:00 pm – Refreshments to follow
Lyon Arboretum Visitor Center, Upstairs Classroom
For more information, please call 988-0456
The Library is offering two workshops to complement the current exhibit, ‘Okika o Hawai’i: Pressed for Time.
The first workshop is a 2-part workshop entitled, “Beginning Oshibana Workshop: the Art of Flower Pressing.” There will be 2 meetings on Sunday, June 14 & 21 from 1:00-4:00pm in Hamilton Library 301. The workshop will introduce plant pressing techniques, including selection and proper handling of different plant species, methods of plant drying, composition, and arrangement. Class sessions include demonstrations, discussion, and critiques. No previous experience required. Class is limited to 15 participants. The instructor, Edwin Cheung, graduated from Hong Kong Art Academy and is an Oshibana student of Master Nobujiro Yamaguchi. Ed is a member of the Hawai‘i Kai Orchid Society & he received the American Orchid Society Oshibana Outstanding Display award in 2008. The workshop fee, payable to instructor, is $125 which includes supplies & framing materials. Please call to reserve your spot!
The second workshop, “Orchids & Tea: a workshop for beginners!,” will be led by Mel Waki of the Honolulu Orchid Society on Sunday, June 21 at 3:00 followed by tea in the Orchid exhibit. Space is limited to 25 so please call for reservation. Participants may bring an orchid plant (limit one plant per person) for repotting or bring a plant that is not doing well for diagnosis and discussion. Potting materials will be provided!
For more information on the Library or to reserve a place in either workshop, contact Teri Skillman at 956-8688 or email <skillman@hawaii.edu>.
The following journals have been added to the JSTOR Biological Sciences collection.
Journal of Coastal Conservation
Release Content: 1995 – 2004 (Vols. 1 – 10)
Moving Wall: 3
Note: The content for 2005 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1890) [1890- ]
Previous Title: Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences [1878-1889]
Previous Title: Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1867) [1867-1877]
Release Content: 1867 – 2003 (Vols. 1 – 129)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Crustaceana
Release Content: 1960 – 2003 (Vols. 1 – 76)
Moving Wall: 5
Ecological Bulletins [1975- ]
Previous Title: Bulletins from the Ecological Research Committee [1968-1973]
Release Content: 1970 – 2001 (Nos. 4 – 50)
Moving Wall: 7 Years
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Release Content: 1928 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 78)
Moving Wall: 3 Years
Note: The content for Vol. 78, Nos. 1 – 2 (2005) will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine [1989- ]
Previous Title: The Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine [1970-1988]
Release Content: 1970 – 2003 (Vols. 1 – 34)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Plant Ecology [1997- ] (Biological Sciences; Life Sciences)
Previous Title: Vegetatio [1948-1996]
Release Content: 1948 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 176)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Note: The content for 2003-2005 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.
These titles and the entire JSTOR collection can be accessed through the UHM Library Electronic Resources Gateway.
Introduction to SciFinder Scholar
The University of Hawai’i at Manoa Hamilton Library is offering a workshop on SciFinder Scholar, a powerful search tool for chemistry and related disciplines from Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS).
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Time: 2:45-4:15 pm
Location: Hamilton Library Addition, Room A156 (near the Science & Technology Commons Area)
UH graduate students in the sciences and engineering with a basic chemistry background are invited to attend.
This workshop will provide a basic overview of SciFinder Scholar, so it is appropriate for those who have limited or no experience working with the program.
Topics to be covered include:
· Content of the databases
· Creating topic searches
· Searching by author or company
· Analyzing & refining references
· Locating a substance by identifier or molecular formula
· Retrieving full-text and related references
· Printing & saving results
The instructor is Leslie Hamasaki, a graduate student in the Library and Information Science Program and intern with Hamilton Library’s Science and Technology Department.
This workshop is free, but space is limited, so please reserve a seat in advance. To sign up, go to:
http://www.hawaii.edu/sciref/instruction/workshops.html (click on the calendar entry for SciFinder Scholar, April 28, and then the link to sign up for the workshop).
Questions? Email asjordan@hawaii.edu
Our first three EndNote Basics workshops for UH Manoa graduate students filled right away so Science & Technology librarians Allie Jordan and Sarah Myhre have scheduled NINE MORE!
These workshops will cover essential EndNote functions – perfect for the beginner or those who are not familiar with EndNote X2. Topics that will be covered include:
* Navigating the EndNote program and learning where to get help with EndNote
* Creating a new EndNote Library
* Managing your preferences in EndNote
* Selecting a citation style for your references
* Importing references from a database and manually entering a reference into an EndNote Library
* Setting up groups to organize references in your EndNote Library
* Using the Cite While You Write function in MS Word
* Uploading images and figures into an EndNote Reference
UH Manoa graduate students can reserve a space in one of the new workshops at the Web site,
I am very happy to announce that we have finally been able to arrange electronic access to these American Society for Horticultural Science journals:
HortScience starting with 1995
http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=54370
HortTechnology starting with 1991
http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=54371
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science starting with 1990
http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=54369
These links have not yet been added to the Hawaii Voyager records for these titles; for now, access is limited to the electronic resources gateway links included above. Also, please note that in order to pay for the electronic subscriptions, we have had to cancel the print subscriptions to these titles.
The UH Manoa Library has converted our subscription to these journals from the American Phytopathological Society (APS) from print only to online only. This change was effective at the beginning of 2009 and our electronic access is already active. Electronic access to these journals goes back through 1997. You can now access the following journals via the Library’s Electronic Resources Gateway:
Our access to FSTA Direct is now set up and this database can be accessed from outside the library via the link in the Electronic Resources Gateway -
http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=53598
Please note, when you get to the FSTA home page, click on the button that reads “Search FSTA Direct” in the right column. You do not have to log in to FSTA Direct with a username and password if you use the Electronic Resources Gateway Link.
We are in the process of moving our access to Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) from Ovid to FSTA Direct. We will be saving money on our subscription AND, in my opinion, will have a more user-friendly interface. However, we have run into a small snag…. Our Ovid access was cut off today without any grace period and our remote FSTA access can’t be set up until tomorrow. You can access FSTA from within the library by going to http://www.fstadirect.com/ – you have to click on the “Search FSTA Direct” button in the right column to go to the search page.
Hopefully this problem will be resolved tomorrow…. Apologies for the inconvenience…
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