ESO - European Sources Online

Dear All,

ESO - European Sources Online

Please note that we have a new resource for European Information which can be accessed from the list of databases and the European Information subject portal. Cardiff University have produced a database that makes navigating the European Union EUROPA site much easier. ESO is an online database that provides information on the institutions and activities of the European Union, the countries, regions and other international organisation in Europe, the issues of importance to European citizens and stake holders.

It also includes access to research organisations and institutions. Included are books, journal articles and newspapers with a European slant.

At present, it is only available on campus.

SCIFINDER SCHOLAR

Researchers in the field of chemistry may be interested in the latest upgrade to SciFinder Scholar,


The above link provides installation instructions for Windows and Mac. SciFinder Scholar can only be downloaded, installed and used on campus (on UCD registered computers). It cannot be used on the public access machines in UCD Library. There is, however, a dedicated SciFinder Scholar standalone PC on Level 4 of the James Joyce Library which can be used while in the Library.

We hope you all enjoy the Christmas break!

A BRIEF WORKSHOP

Many of you will know that the Library has recently purchased the online version of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP).

The HCPP is a comprehensive collection of parliamentary papers in full text on British policy, covering Britain and its colonies from 1801 to the present. It is a primary source for historical records, and for multidisciplinary research.

The company selling this service will give a brief workshop on how to use, search for and locate information on this resource, on:

Monday 5th November, 2.00 - 3.30pm

In the Information Skills Room, Health Sciences Library

If you would like to attend this workshop, which will also be attended by some library staff, please let Ros Pan know:

rosalind.pan@ucd.ie

Economic Intelligence Unit Country Profile

The Economist Intelligence Unit Country Profiles provide background and the historical context of current economic and political events in a country. The following countries are covered by Development Studies Library subscription: Argentina, Bangladesh, DRC Congo, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan,Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

UCD Library is currently trialling three products:

ARTStor
Image MD
Primal Pictures


More information on these three products is available from the Library Databases on Trial Page.

Source OECD

There will be a demonstration of the Source OECD database on Wednesday, 11th July, from 9.30 - 11.30 a.m. in Theatre N, Newman Building, UCD. This will be given by David Baker from Source OECD.Source OECD provides full text of their books, periodicals, statistics, working papers and reference works. Of particular interest are the interactive statistics database which allows the creation of customised tables.

Source OECD is available to UCD Library as part of the IReL package at:
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/

World Bank Publications Online:

UCD Library now subscribes to World Bank Publications Online. This is available at:

http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#worldbank_online

Find it@UCD

Ever been frustrated when trying to access the full-text of an article after finding a citation in a bibliographic database? Over the past month or so, the UCD Library has implemented a hyperlinking solution to bridge the gap between citations found in certain research databases and the full-text of the source articles.

This solution, called ArticleLinker, can now be found as a feature in many of the Library's e-resources. Just look for the blue "Find it@UCD" logo next to the citation records in your search results. Click on this logo, and if the Library subscribes to the full-text of the source article, you will be taken directly to the article. This works off-campus as well, as long as all databases involved are accessible off-campus.

Some of the databases now featuring this technology include:- the EBSCO databases (Academic Search Premier, Business Source premier, CINAHL)- the CSA databases (British Humanities Index, Psycinfo, GeoRef, ERIC...)- Web of Knowledge (Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews...)- OVID databases (including Biological Abstracts, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, INSPEC, Geobase...).

Further information is available at: http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/article_linker/index.html

HIBERNIA:

HIBERNIA: Historic Ireland's Built Environment and Road Network Inventory Access, provides web-access to two earlier inventories: the Dublin Environmental Inventory and the Dublin Docklands Area Master Plan Inventory (both undertaken by the School of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering, University College Dublin). The combined inventories include historical, geographical, and architectural information collected from 1993 to 1995 for 1,280 of Dublin’s buildings.

You may access HIBERNIA at:
www.ucd.ie/hibernia/

The HIBERNIA website is still under development by Sean Morrish in the School of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering. Please send any feedback you may have on HIBERNIA to him at:
sean.morrish@ucd.ie

BioMed Central institutional membership renewed

The IReL deal with BMC has been renewed. This means that UCD researchers can continue to publish in any of the 170 Open Access journals published by BMC and the "author charges" will not fall to the individual to pay.

Please consult our information on the the website for further information - www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html

IReL subscriptions

Latest subscriptions available via IReL (the Irish Research Electronic
Library) include:

Taylor and Francis Journals (Informaworld): Access to the full text of over 1200 journals published by Taylor and Francis in biosciences, business, environmental sciences, humanities, pure and applied science and technology, social science, psychology and law. Timespan: 1997-

Westlaw IE: Irish legal materials database; contains Irish reported and unreported case law, consolidated/annotated legislation, and legal journals. Also offers a current awareness service providing updates on recent developments in Irish law.

Access these resources either via the Library’s list of databases:
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/

Or by the relevant Subject Portal:
http://www.ucd.ie/library/subject_portals/

News and information about IReL is available at:
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/irel/

New Library Resources

Below is a listing of new library resources - you can access these via the A-Z list of library databases and also the relevant subject portals, both from the Library’s Website (http://www2.blogger.com/www.ucd.ie/library):

Derwent Innovations Index (via ISI Web of Knowledge) Derwent Innovations Index combines patent records from Derwent World Patents Index with patent citation information from Patents Citation Index. The merged data set comprises 14.3 million inventions from 41 worldwide patent-issuing authorities.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#derwent

Education Index
475 core international English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and monographic series covering all areas of education from preschool to postgraduate, since 1983. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#eduindex

General Science Index
190 popular and professional science journals published in the United States and Great Britain, and the Science section of The New York Times, since 1984. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#genscindex

Humanities Index
500 English-language periodicals in the areas of archaeology, classical studies, art, performing arts, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature, and religion, since 1984. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#humanindex

Social Sciences Index
More than 500 English-language periodicals in the areas of anthropology, criminology, economics, law, geography, policy studies, psychology, sociology, social work, and urban studies, since 1983.
Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#socscindex

Wilson Business Index
527 key international English-language business periodicals including Business Week, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times including product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, reports of associations, societies and conferences, since 1982. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#wilsonbizindex


Applied Science & Technology Index
400 trade magazines, industry publications, and scholarly publications on the practical aspects of all areas of engineering, technology, and science, since 1983. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#asti


Biological & Agricultural Index Plus
Comprehensive indexing of over 291 key international English-language periodicals in the biological and agricultural sciences, since 1983.
Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#bioagindex

Library Literature & Information Science
297 key journals (in English and other languages) in Library and Information Science on current library trends and developments, since 1984. With Full Text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#llisindex