37 2015 Engineering Encyclopedias from Springer

As part of our license with Springer Publishing through the California Digital Library, we recently acquired 37 engineering encyclopedias from 2015. 

It is an impressive list!

CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering
Encyclopedia of Algorithms
Encyclopedia of Biometrics
Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering
Encyclopedia of Lunar Science
Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy
Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology
Encyclopedia of Polymers and Composites
Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Systems and Control
Encyclopedia of Systems and Control
Handbook of Advanced Lighting Technology
Handbook of Antenna Technologies
Handbook of Bioceramics and Biocomposites
Handbook of Biochips
Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Handbook of Cosmic Hazards and Planetary Defense
Handbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies
Handbook of Driver Assistance Systems
Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
Handbook of Mathematical Methods in Imaging
Handbook of Mathematical Methods in Imaging
Handbook of Nanoparticles
Handbook of Petroleum Processing
Handbook of Petroleum Processing
Handbook of Photonics for Biomedical Engineering
Handbook of Smart Homes, Health Care and Well-Being
Handbook of Smart Textiles
Handbook of Smart Textiles
Handbook of Space Security
Handbook of Spintronics
Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Handbook of Visual Display Technology
Integrated Circuits and Systems for Biology and Medicine

Scientific American Archive

UC campuses now have access to the Scientific American Archive as well as the Supplement issues and Builders Edition issues on the Scientific American platform. This valuable resource consists of high-quality scans of more than 133,000 articles published in Scientific American from 1845-2005. You can browse the issues, read entire issues as PDF files, and search across the full archive. As noted by the publisher, these archive collections "provide unique insight into historic breakthroughs in science, technology, medicine and architecture."

3D Printing In the Library

The UCR Library is offering a 3D printing service.  Any student may apply for a free print.  For more details see our 3D Printing LibGuide.

We look forward to adding on to our MakerSpace options.  Let us know what you would like to see.

Browzine for Browsing Journals

Try Browzine, a Convenient Bookshelf for your Favorite Journals

Try Browzine, a Convenient Bookshelf for your Favorite Journals

Try Browzine, a Convenient Bookshelf for your Favorite Journals

The UC Riverside Library is now offering BrowZine, a tablet app that allows you to browse, read and monitor many of the library’s scholarly journals, in a format optimized for the tablet reading experience.
Download the BrowZine app free from iTunes, Google Play or the Amazon App store. When initially launching BrowZine, select University of California Riverside from the drop down list, enter your NetID and password and start exploring!
The app simulates the experience of browsing your favorite journals on a bookshelf.
Features:

• Browse and read journals by subject, or search by journal title.
• Easily review tables of contents, and download full articles.
• Create your own bookshelf and be notified when new articles are published.

Download BrowZine now!

Where did the Current Periodicals go?

As you may have realized, we have many fewer print journals now than we did in 1996. I choose this year somewhat arbitrarily, but it was also the beginning of the first ejournal "pilot" we had at UCR.  I believe we can say now that the pilot was a success.  I say this because there are only 3-4 researchers who still regularly come into the Science Library to see print journals.  We miss you.  However, your convenience is our primary goal and electronic journals are more convenient, take up no space, and do not require binding, maintenance or replacement.

This is a win-win situation.

In the last couple of years we have gotten to the point where we have too few current print journals to maintain a respectable "Current Periodicals" section.  The current periodicals will now mostly be sent up to live with their older counterparts on the 2nd and 3rd floors.  So new issues will reside, unbound, next to older ones. 

A very small subset of current periodicals was chosen to live on the "New Materials" shelves by the entry lounge.  These were chosen exclusively based on room usage statistics.  If you would like to nominate an unbound journal to come live in the new materials shelves, let me know.

ASME Digital collection Available for UCR

ASME Digital Collection

Eight campuses (UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSD, and UCSB) began participation in a joint opportunity for access to the ASME Digital Collection (on the Silverchair platform).

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is the premier professional membership organization for more than 127,000 mechanical engineers and associated members worldwide.  ASME also conducts one of the world’s largest technical publishing operations in the world, offering thousands of titles including some of the profession’s most prestigious journals, conference papers and proceedings, and ASME Press books.   The entire collection can be searched via the ASME Digital Collection.

The ASME Digital Collection (http://library.ucr.edu/go/asme), previously known as The ASME Digital Library, is ASME’s repository of current and archival literature featuring:

ASME Journals Front File (2000- ),
including two new titles B, D, I, LA, M, R, SD, and SB
ASME Journals Archive (1960-1999) D, I, LA, M, R, and SD
ASME Conference Proceedings (2008- ) B, D, I, LA, M, and R
ASME Conf. Proceedings Archive (2002-2007) D, I, LA, and R
ASME eBooks B, D, LA, and M

Links will begin showing up in our catalogs (Scotty and Melvyl) and in UC e-Links.

Best,

Your Librarian

Presentation Practice Room Available

The UCR Library is pleased to announce a new resource for students, and others, who are working on presentations.  Located at the Orbach Science Library, the Presentation Practice Room

is bookable through the study room reservation system.

The room has a large LCD flat screen monitor hooked to a stand up desktop computer on a podium. 

A remote presentation controller with a laser pointer can be checked out as well as whiteboard markers.  

The room is not ideally outfitted to be a classroom, or a group study room.  It is not advisable to attempt to move the podium or to try to hook up one's own computer. The Library is investigating other solutions for that form of collaborating. 

The room was substantially funded by a grant from the UCR Undergraduate Education office. 

UC Libraries Discontinue Taylor & Francis Systemwide Journals License

This is a pretty big deal. For a while now we have had amazingly complete access to all Taylor and Francis Journals.  This has ended.  We get to keep access to the 2010-2012 issues that we have purchased, but each campus will have to pick up local subscriptions or rely on interlibrary loan for articles from 2013-.

Why is this a big deal?  These are some pretty big journals, and they are some really expensive journals.  We will not be able to subscibe at UCR to all of the journals that our researchers will want to use.  We will have to rely substantially on Interlibrary Loans.

What can be done?
1. Register for Taylor and Francis Online
2. Make a "shortlist" of your favorite T&F journals
3. Set up a TOC alert for your shortlisted journals
4. When you see articles you like, click on "Open URL" (a little blue button in the article information).
5. Click on Request this from another library. Your library ID is the 2121... number under the barcode on your ID.

If you come upon the article in the course of your normal research, look for the UC-eLinks button and click on Request this from another library.  Your barcode is

It can be annoying to fill out the form all the time,  if you find it so, consider looking for a form-filling add-on for your browser and save your login information. 

I am working on a system where we can get emergency access to articles that we need immediately, but these articles will come within 48-72 hours. 

Keep in touch with me and we will make sure you get what you need.

Information about the decision to cancel

ASTM Standards Online

In partnership with UCR Architects and Engineers, The UCR Libraries now provide online access to the ASTM Standards Online.  ASTM is the American Society for Testing and Materials, and governs materials quality and product testing standards.

The ASTM Digital Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.  There are over 12,000 standards in more than 130 industry areas.

If you have never worked with standards, you might find it interesting to know that standards govern everything from file-types (MP3 is a standard, though not an ASTM one), surface quality of grass tennis courts (ASTM F2208), and forensic sciences (think C.S.I.). 

You will also find the full text of ASTM manuals such as:

• MONO7 Physics and Chemistry of Micro-Nanotribology
• DS67C Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards

Enjoy!

What's new with SPIE

Today is the day scheduled for the launch of the new SPIE platform.  "What is changed?" you ask:

Well,

•  More Content: At no additional cost, subscribers now have access to 40,000 additional articles (published between 1962 and 1989) from the Proceedings of SPIE and Optical Engineering journal— extending SPIE Digital Library coverage for both publications back to Volume 1.
•  New Taxonomy: SPIE and Silverchair have worked together to create a comprehensive taxonomy and tagging system for optics and photonics. This means users are automatically exposed to content most relevant to their search or related to the content being viewed.
•  New Topical Collections: By cross-cutting all proceeding, journal and book content, the SPIE Digital Library now offers 135 specific subject collections where users can easily find the latest information related to their topical interests and sub-specialties.
•  Mobile-Optimized for All Web-Enabled Phones and Tablets: Subscribers can use the SPIE Digital Library on any mobile devices via their web browser. Institutional users are entitled to full mobile access, extending the value of the site license.
•  Improved usability, information discovery, and ease of reading: Search, browse and discover related information, using an intuitive user interface employing the best practices in web interface design.
•  New Linking to SPIE.org Author Profiles: Gain a quick overview of the publication record, society activities and accomplishments of authors.
•  New Linking to Conference Videos: Access selected conference presentations directly within the proceedings article page to gain an enhanced understanding of the content directly from the author.
•  Personalization: Individual users can customize page display, save figures and tables of interest, manage email alerts, view a summary of subscriptions and article access, and activate mobile access by creating a personal login.

I answer.

Try it out at http://library.ucr.edu/go/spiedl

Momentum Press eBooks

We have just negotiated for a new set of ebooks that may be of interest to many of you.   As of this week we have access to 45 new Momentum Press books online


The books range across all areas of engineering, but are particularly strong in chemical engineering and bioengineering. There are no limitations on concurrent usage; nor any restrictions on printing, downloading PDFs to personal devices, or uploading them to learning management systems.

Sample Titles:
Biomedical Sensors
Automotive sensors
Chemical sensors: fundamentals of sensing materials, Volume 1: general approaches
Chemical sensors: fundamentals of sensing materials, Volume 2: nanostructured materials
Professional expression: to organize, write and mange technical communication
Process control case histories: an insightful and humorous perspective from the control room
Advanced regulatory control: applications and techniques

ASCE Proceedings

The ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) is now offering us access to their entire collection of conference proceedings as well as journals as part of our ASCE Library subscription. In all there are over 30,000 papers. I have found that these are not easily findable in either Compendex or in Google Scolar, to the best way to find them is by going to http://ascelibrary.org/ or http://ascelibrary.org/proceedings.


Whats New:


World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability

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.

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.

• Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks
  
• Aerospace & Radar Technology
  
• Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology
  
• Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering
  
• Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
  
• Environment & Environmental Engineering
  
• Food Science
  
• General Engineering & Engineering Management
  
• Industrial Engineering & Operations Management
  
• Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering
  
• Metals & Metallurgy
  
• Nanotechnology - We do not subscribe to this section. It is more expensive than we can afford.
  
• Oil & Gas Engineering
  
• Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics & Toiletries
  
• Plastics & Rubber
  
• Sustainable Energy & Development
  
• Alternative & Renewable Energy Sources & Technologies
  
• Energy Efficiency
  
• Sustainable Agriculture
  
• Sustainable Industrial Development
  
• Sustainable Urban Development
  
• Water Resources & Conservation
  
• Transportation Engineering - We don't subscribe to this section, it is too expensive for us right now.
  

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.

Encyclop(a)edias

I was just going through my email and noticed that UCR has canceled our subscription to the Encyclopaedia Britannic online. It this tragic? Probably not.

There is a lot of discussion in the academic world about Wikipedia and why it is such a pervasive source of information for students even though there is no guarantee that any of the information in it is really true. The answer is pretty easy actually...it is very easy to get to, it is free and in general the entries contain a lot of seemingly useful and valid information.

A lot of the information is valid. However it is not valid simply by virtue of being in Wikipedia, it is valid only if it is validated. Whenever you read a Wikipedia entry, take note of the sources of the information. All facts should have little numbers next to them and at the end of the entry, a list will show what source that information came from. A Wikipedia entry is only as good as its sources.

Does that mean that if it has good sources listed, the article is all true? No, because no one is actually responsible for checking that the information is actually in those sources. That is your job.

On the other hand... what options are there when you need a lot of information and you don't want to take the time to track down each fact that wikipedia offers you?

As a university student, you would probably not be able to get away with using the Encyclopaedia Britannica as a source in a research paper in any case...hence it not being a tragedy that we don't get it anymore. However, we do have a large collection of more specifically subject-related encyclopedias that might be fair game. Be careful with this however, some instructors are fairly anti-encyclopedia.

If that is the case, your best option for finding general information about a topic is to look for a book in Scotty. If books are also prohibited...well, that is for another entry...

MRS Proceedings Online

We have just completed negotiations for access to the complete library of MRS (Materials Research Society) Proceedings!

The MRS Online Proceedings Library features over 30,000 peer-reviewed papers presented at MRS Meetings. The proceedings papers can be viewed sorted by meeting by selecting a meeting from the list on the left side of this page. Proceedings can also be viewed sorted by topic.

These proceedings are available directly at: http://library.ucr.edu/go/mrs

Unfortunately, the way the site is arranged makes linking impossible from Google Scholar, UC-eLinks and Compendex, but Compendex does index the papers pretty well and a Google search works well for pulling up papers by title. Access is available from campus or from Web or client VPN.

I hope you are as excited about this as I am, let me know what you think! This is a fairly expensive package so we will want to have plenty of justification for continuing it in the future.

Michele

Tough times call for tough measures - Journal Cancelations

Due to economic factors of which we are all aware, we in the library are working hard to use our budget as efficiently as possible. With that goal we have been systematically reviewing our journal subscriptions and making some adjustments. For subscriptions which we get in both print and electronic format, we have been canceling the print. We have also canceled a few titles with very low usage. For some of these, the cost/benefit ratio amounted to $400-800 for each time an article was used.

Articles from canceled titles will be available for you via interlibrary loans and will come to you electronically in your email.

If you do run into a journal that has been canceled that you would like to have reinstated in better budgetary times, please feel free to let me know and I will keep a file.

Access Engineering Ebooks

Great News! We have another 256 electronic books! Due to the generosity of UC Davis and UC San Diego who paid our portion to participate, we have permanent access to 256 new engineering ebooks from Access Engineering (McGraw Hill). Books are included from all of the following areas.

Biomedical Chemical Civil Communications Construction

Electrical Energy Environmental Green/Sustainable Industrial

Material Science Mechanical Nanotechnology Optical

These books will eventually be included in Scotty. Visit Access Engineering!

Update: I removed the links above because we have a new access method for Access Engineering.

As usual, the easiest way to find online engineering books is to look in Scotty, and limit to Online. 

24 Hours at the Library for Finals Week

Don't forget that the Science and Rivera Libraries are open for business around the clock until the end of finals! The Libraries are great places to study and we hope to see you here!