Crerar Library News

Try SpringerMaterials

Springer Materials is a rich resource for critically evaluated physical & chemical data and comprises the contents of the Landolt-Börnstein New Book Series (> 400 volumes) plus its electronic supplementary material. Basic search is by text keywords; advanced search features include searching by CAS Registry Numbers, Substances/Element Systems, Properties, or Molecular Formula.   Send comments about this resource to Andrea Twiss-Brooks (atbrooks@uchicago.edu).

New database trial - SpringerImages

SpringerImages is a collection of scientific images in the scientific, technical and medical fields, including high-quality clinical images from images.MD.   The continually updated collection, currently with over 1.5 million images, includes photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables. 

The trial lasts until Oct. 31, 2009. 

Please send comments or questions to Christa Modschiedler at mods@uchicago.edu.

Library has trial to Global Health until June 29th

The Global Health database is dedicated to public health research and practice.  More than 3,500 journals from over 158 countries in 50 languages are abstracted, and all relevant non-English language papers are translated to give access to research not available through any other database.  Global Health contains over 1.2 million scientific records from 1973 to the present.

Please take a look at Global Health and send any comments or questions to Deb Werner at dwerner@uchicago.edu.

Photo credit: Sacca on flickr

New database trials

Try a new database at http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/whatsnew/try/index.html. 

University of Chicago Library Trials include:
Health and Psychosocial Instruments, Mental Measurements Yearbook, Counseling and Therapy in Video, Tests in Print, and more. 

Congratulations to winners of the 2008-2009 John Crerar Foundation Science Writing Prize for College Students competition

Congratulations to Laura Felley who won 1st place with her paper entitled The discovery of the polymerase chain reaction: A scientific (and personal) journey.

Congratulations to Laurel K. Mylonas-Orwig who won 2nd place for her paper entitled Could Not the Race of Men Be Improved?

For more information about the John Crerar Foundation Science Writing Prize for College Students please visit http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/crerar-prize/

Natural Standard free trial

Natural Standard is available as a free trial until October 18, 2008.  Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies. Using a comprehensive methodology  and reproducible grading scales, information is created that is evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed.  Try it today and  send your comments to Christa Modschiedler. 

Henry Stewart Talks free trial

Henry Stewart Talks is available as a free trial until October 15, 2008.  Henry Stewart Talks publishes animated audio visual presentations in biomedicine and life sciences, among other topics.  Each talk, given by experts in their respective field, has been specially commissioned with informative visuals and synchronized narration.  Try it today and  send your comments to Christa Modschiedler.

CSA Illustrata

is the first in a series of CSA Illustrata databases of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature.   Researchers can search the captions, text and other descriptive information of individual illustrations to discover information that was previously buried within the article. 

The Library currently has a trial to CSA Illustrata that will run through March 23, 2008.  Try it today and then send your comments to Andrea Twiss-Brooks (atbrooks@uchicago.edu).

Click here to try CSA Illustrata

Image credit: Whitfield, John. "Survival of the Likeliest?" PLoS Biology, Vol. 5, No. 5. May 2007

Only a few days left in Net Anatomy trial

The Net Anatomy trial ends soon, so this is your last chance to review it and send your comments to the library. 

Free trial -- INSPEC on Engineering Village

INSPEC, a multidisciplinary physics and engineering database, is available on a trial basis from the Engineering Village interface.  This interface is already currently in use for accessing Compendex, an applied science, engineering and technology database.   Coverage of INSPEC goes back to 1898 and includes records from the print Science Abstracts volumes, making this an excellent resource for early 20th century modern history of science and technology.

Geobase, a multidisciplinary resource for earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, human geography, and oceanography is also available on this trial.

Please send comments about INSPEC trial to atbrooks@uchicago.edu