Monday, July 12, 2010

IEEE Ebooks



We have acquired through the California Digital Library the collection of IEEE Ebooks. There are ~400 books in this collection!

This is one of those moments when I am truly thankful to be part of a large system.

For those of you who are already familiar with IEEE Xplore, you will be glad to know that this means you now have access to all of the ebook content in the system.

Some sample titles:

Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communications
Fiber Optic Essentials
Intelligent Image Processing
Sensor Network Operations

The books will all show up in Scotty soon, but feel free to browse them at IEEE Xplore!

http://library.ucr.edu/go/ieee

Happy Reading!

SPIE eBooks

Due to the continuing generosity of the other UC libraries we have acquired access to the SPIE ebooks!


http://spiedigitallibrary.org/ebooks/

Welcome to SPIE eBooks, the new online source for three valuable series of SPIE Press titles in optics and photonics:
  • SPIE Press Monographs are authoritative reference books, textbooks, and handbooks.
  • Tutorial Texts cover fundamental and emerging topics at introductory and intermediate levels.
  • Field Guides present key information that students and practicing engineers and scientists need in a concise format.

SPIE eBooks launched with 120 books in January 2010; 15 to 20 new titles and editions will be added during the year. As new books are published, they will be available in SPIE eBooks first.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Knovel eBooks

Wonderful news!

Due to the generous help of the other UC campuses, and in part to the work we have been doing on canceling low use journal titles, we are now able to access the fabulous world of Knovel! Knovel includes ~1900 electronic books and "enhanced books" which have interactive tables. There are so many wonderful books in this package that I am not even sure yet of all of the wonderfulness. Every search brings up a great set of books.

The set includes the 11 volume Encyclopedia of Materials - Science and Technology, The 3 volume Environmental Contaminant Reference Book and the very exciting Biomedical Signal Analysis - A Case-Study Approach.

Check it out for yourself at library.ucr.edu/go/knovel. The records for each book will be added to the Scotty catalog as soon as we receive them from central cataloging.

Or, feel free to browse by subject. We have access to all of the books except for the ones in Nanotechnology and Transportation. We couldn't afford these sections. If you see books in these sections that look interesting, check Scotty to see if we have them in another way.

This is a subscription service, so if you think it is a valuable addition to our collections, please drop me a line and let me know how you are using it. We have to watch every penny these days, and items we thought would never be in danger of cancelation are coming up for review regularly.