Entries from January 2008 ↓

The Math Library now has complete online access to all issues (volume 1 to the present) for over 300 of our 650 current journal titles. The largest addition in the last year was for Springer titles, but other publishers represented include Wiley, World Scientific, Turpion, and the London Mathematical Society.  We have also acquired backfiles to [...]

Are you looking for an efficient way to keep up with new journal articles?  Did you know that the library will send you emails containing the table of contents to many of your favorite journals? Cornell University Library’s “MyContents” service provides the table of contents for over 1000 journals.  For example, Nature, Science, Physical Review [...]

Dear IEEE subscriber, We are writing to inform you that an upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is scheduled for Saturday, 26 January. During this deployment, the system will be unavailable for up to up to eight hours beginning at approximately 9:00 AM ET. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. As a [...]

The Palomar Sky Survey “The most comprehensive map of the skies ever made opens new vistas into the unknown.”  – New York Times, Jul 31, 1955  The Physical Sciences Library recently acquired the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates and prints, a complete photographic record of the night sky.  During the 1950’s, the National Geographic Society [...]

How do you trim your cat’s claws? How do you give it a pill? How do you give an injection? These and other health care questions are clearly explained and illustrated at http://www.felinevideos.vet.cornell.edu/ (requires Macromedia Flash Player). Cat owners will benefit from these informative presentations, freely accessible to the public. In the coming months, the [...]

If you’ve ever wished to find new book arrivals at your favorite library, you now have a way to do it.  Mann Library has created a New Book finder that allows you to enter the library of your choice and limit the results by month and/or call number category.  The results will display in a [...]

May 2007  Q. Why can’t I access the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan from home? It works on campus. A. Please contact us, we’ll investigate promptly. In this case, we needed to forward the title to our subscription manager so they could add it to a special file called the “proxy table.” After [...]

June 2007  Q. I’m looking for an article entitled “Finite-element calculations on the behaviour of a DSC in temperature-modulated mode,” that appeared in volume 310, number 1 of the February 1998 issue of the journal Thermochimica Acta. Unfortunately, the library’s subscription ended in 1992. How can I get a copy of this article? A. Any [...]

July 2007  Q. Does the library have a print or electronic copy of the conference proceedings of the IEEE’s Data Engineering Conference from 1999? I found this proceeding listed on the IEEE’s website, but a password is required to read the full text. A. The proceedings for this conference are available from the database IEEE [...]

August 2007 Q. I am interested in using a manual available through the library’s subscription to Safari Books Online. The description of the book says it includes a CD-ROM with additional exercises. Is it possible for me to access the contents of the accompanying CD-ROM through this online subscription? A. Unfortunately, Safari Books Online does [...]