Friday, July 8, 2011

Ulrighsweb Enhancements & Downtime

"The following new features and functionality will be released to Ulrichsweb during our upgrade on July 15, 2011.
  • Make Key Features Facet options Boolean AND: Previously, the operator for the Key Features facet was "OR;" however, now it is "AND." So now you can combine the specific features you want every title in your search results to have. For example, if you tick the boxes for "Journal Citation Reports" and "Refereed/Peer-Reviewed," all of the titles that result from that action will be both peer-reviewed and listed in the most recent edition of JCR® Web. This enhancement provides functionality similar to what was an Advanced-Search screen feature in the legacy Ulrichsweb service.
  • The column named "Select Columns" has been changed to "Change Columns," for clarity.
  • Refereed/Peer-Reviewed icon: This icon has been set as a default column on the search results screen. The Title History icon and other icons and columns may still be displayed for the duration of a session by selecting columns from the Change Columns option.
  • The option named "Retain my search options" has been changed to Retain my Advanced Search options, for clarity.
  • Title Details page: A new Price Comments field has been added to the Price Details section; the display of Editor information has been reformatted; contact information has been added for Corporate Authors; and the Status field now displays status history data.
  • The WorldCat target link is now WorldCat.org, making it possible for users at any institution to look for publications in a local library. FirstSearch authorization is not required, but FirstSearch users may log in from the WorldCat.org site for additional options.
  • Mutual subscription-service links, such as JCR® Web and ScienceDirect, are now available from either the print edition or online edition record of the same title.
  • Updates to Search Results online contextual Help.

Bug fixes in this release will:
  • Make LC Number searches case-insensitive
  • Enable OpenURL links directly to Title Details after users log in to Ulrichsweb
  • Improve access to, and readability of, online Help pages
  • Correct the telephone number in new "My Ulrich's" account email confirmations
  • Correct alignment of OPAC and linking-partner icons in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)
  • Allow IE7 users to uncheck the "Retain my Advanced Search options" link
  • Let users of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) use the Enter key to submit searches
  • Eliminate IE7 and IE8 errors when Help links are selected in certain languages

To effect this release of new features and bug fixes, there will be some service downtime. From Friday, July 15, from 8:00 p.m. to Saturday, July 16, at 5:00 a.m. Ulrichsweb™ will be unavailable."

360 Link Downtime

Notice from Serials Solutions: "360 Link customers may experience approximately 20 minutes of outage between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 15."

Friday, June 24, 2011

New JSTOR Collections

Exciting news!! We've added two JSTOR collections, Arts & Sciences III and Biological Sciences.

"Arts & Sciences III includes journals in languages and literature, as well as essential titles in the fields of music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art and architecture. Additional interdisciplinary titles broaden the scope of coverage to include folklore, feminist & women's studies."

"The Biological Sciences Collection brings together the 29 journals available in our existing Ecology & Botany Collection with more than 130 titles that span the sciences. The collection is particularly strong in ecology and evolutionary biology, plant and animal sciences, paleontology, and conservation."

Annual Reviews Website Maintenance Scheduled: Tuesday, June 28

"Next week, we have planned a routine website upgrade. It is scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at approximately 3:00 p.m. PDT (5:00:00 p.m. CST). We expect the upgrade to take about six hours to complete, during which you can expect the website to be unavailable.

The interruption in service is necessary to facilitate a smooth transition and provide better service to our end-users and institutional customers."


Annual Reviews

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Web of Science Enhancements & NEW URL

Access to Web of Science is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011.

Enhancements released include (video 8 min 18 sec)

URL: http://webofknowledge.com/wos

Search features: no stop words, linguistic search assistance (alternative forms: tooth/teeth), left hand truncation, cited reference search

Managing Results: published date sort, abstract preview, export results, mark list max 5,000 with delete item button

Author Identification: author finder and researcher ID

Citation: cited by word counts

Monday, June 6, 2011

MOREnet FY12 Databases

Beginning July 1, 2011 the following resources will be provided by the State's FY12 database contracts:

Annenberg Media

Gale
Business and Company Resource Center
Discovering Collection

Ebsco
MasterFILE Premier
Academic Search Elite
Consumer Health Complete
ERIC
MAS Ultra School Edition
Middle Search Plus
Primary Search
Newspaper Source
Science Reference Center
Professional Development Collection
Book Collection: Nonfiction – High School Edition
Book Collection: Nonfiction – Middle School Edition
Book Collection: Nonfiction - Elementary School Edition

LearningExpress Library

NewsBank
(Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch)


Look for future cancellation announcements on MOREnet FY11 resources.