ENGnetBASE & NANOnetBASE: Two new e-book collections for engineers
The Engineering Library has just subscribed to two great new e-book collections: ENGnetBASE and NANOnetBASE. Both subscriptions include hundreds of e-books, particularly engineering handbooks. These are great reference sources, especially if you need to look up a quick fact, physical value, equation, or other piece of engineering data. Right now the 2 collections are accessible [...]
AIAA, ASME, ASTM: An Alphabet Soup of New Resources
A number of new databases, packages of journal backfiles and technical standards have recently been purchased and made available for the Cornell University community. Some work is still going on to integrate these resources into the catalog, but all should be available shortly. Stay tuned for more updates and links: 1.) American Society of Mechanical [...]
New Clark Library website – Today
Dear faculty, students and staff, A new Clark Library website will be launching this morning. The current site will be down for an hour or so during the transition. After the new launch, the layout of the website will change quite a bit. The new site is focused on library resources in the physical sciences. [...]
Clark Physical Sciences Library – January Update
Welcome back! A lot has happened in the library during the past month to transition the space and services. Study Space The former library space will be available for open quiet study starting next Monday January 25, 2010. The space will be open most days M-Th 9am-10pm and F 9-5pm. A mixture of tables, carrels, [...]
Clark Physical Sciences Library – September Update
Dear faculty, students and staff- Welcome to the 09/10 academic year, I hope the semester is starting up well. It has been a busy summer at the Clark Physical Sciences Library as we begin work on the transition plan developed by a team of faculty, students and staff. This process will proceed through the [...]
Scopus Trial Available (compare to Web of Science)
Elsevier has made available a university-wide trial for Scopus at www.scopus.com (available on-campus only). Elsevier positions Scopus against Web of Science. The Database Review Committee (DRC) has received a proposal from Elsevier that roughly averages to $70,000 per year for the next 3-5 years. Compared to this price, DRC pays roughly $117,000 for Web of [...]
I’m having ABC problem with XYX ebook library…
January 2009 Q: I am trying to access a book in NetLibrary. Do I need to sign up where it says “Create an account”? A: No. All Cornell users should have full access already once they log in. The “Create an account” option presented merely gives you a set of personalization options, such as creating [...]
NTRL National Technical Reports Library Trial
We have a trial for full-text PDFs reports from NTRL – National Technical Reports Library, which many of us know as NTIS, National Technical Reports Service. Many of these were previously available only on microfiche. Access: http://ntrl.ntis.gov click on “Search NTRL Collection” The trial ends May 14, 2009, when we can decide whether or not [...]
Do you have [XYZ O'Reilly computer book]?
November 2008 O’Reilly publishes the familiar line of computer software and programming books with the white covers and public-domain engravings of animals on the covers (see for example Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide). These books are very popular among students and we carry quite a few of them here in the Engineering Library. The very [...]
Cambridge Structural Database Web Version Trial
The library has a trial set up to preview a new web version of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). This trial runs until January 10, 2009 and is set up for the following core IP ranges. http://webcsd.ccdc.cam.ac.uk 128.84.*.* 128.253.*.* 132.236.*.* Please let me know what you think of this web version of the CSD and [...]
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