New history report available
LA-14066-H, Tracing the Origins of the W76: 1966-Spring 1973
(U) by Betty L. Perkins is now available from the Report Library.
The Report Library has received a limited number of extra copies
and these are going fast. We can also provide an electronic copy
on an accountable CD if you prefer. Please contact the Report Library
at reports@lanl.gov or 7-4446
if you would like your own copy. Be aware that you will need to
have Sigma 1 authorization in order to receive a copy of this report.
Previous other historical reports by Betty Perkins include LA-13755-H:
Tracing the Origins of the Modern Primary: 1952-1970 (U) , LA-12950-H:
Why Nougat? (U) Understanding the Events Leading to the Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory's First Full-Scale Underground Test Series
and Related Considerations (U), and LA-12393-H: The 1959-1961 TA-49
Experiments and Related Considerations (U). Copies of these are
available from the Report Library (please provide cost information).
 Mona
Mosier
Vapor Liquid Equilibria Data
added to Knovel Critical Tables
The
week of December 1, Knovel is
adding a new section to Knovel
Critical Tables called Vapor Liquid Equilibria Data for Organic
Mixtures. Compiled from two separate books—Distillation Equilibrium
Data and Vapor-Equilibrium Data—this new section provides
a valuable and comprehensive source of vapor-liquid equilibria
data for chemical engineers and others who separate chemical compounds.
The original pages of tabular data have been converted into several
Knovel Interactive Tables and supplemented with CAS Registry Numbers,
chemical structures, and lists of synonyms. This new section also
makes use of the Knovel Graph Plotter, allowing up to 12 curves
to be displayed simultaneously for comparison. The new Vapor Liquid
Equilibria tables, like all Knovel Interactive Tables, can be searched,
sorted, and filtered.
To find out more about new electronic content available at Knovel,
subscribe to K-News,
the weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting new content and new features
on the Knovel Web site.
Irma
Holtkamp
Amazon slow today? Try Books in Print Online
Before Amazon there was Books
in Prints Online. Available to LANL staff, Books in Print
covers books currently in print as well as books declared out-of-print
over the last ten years. Recently, they have updated their interface
and added some useful new features:
- Alert Service - looking for the latest books on seismology?
Keep informed of any forthcoming books in your area with this
free alert service
- Use the built in features such as the book synopsis, full-text
of first chapters, book reviews and author bios to get a more
in-depth idea of the book's potential
- Check out the Forthcoming Book Room for upcoming titles
- Scan book awards by subject categories such as Science, Biography,
Politics, Children's etc. - look for holiday gift ideas!
- Use the advanced search to combine publisher with author or
subject - limit to hardcover, softcover, price, etc.
- Check stock information on your favorite authors
Lou
Pray
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
The journal counterpart to Books in Print, Ulrich's
Periodicals Directory, provides detailed, comprehensive,
and authoritative information on serials published throughout
the world. It covers all subjects, and includes publications
that are published regularly or irregularly and are circulated
free of charge or by paid subscription.
Interested in the cost of a journal? Who published it? What it's
circulation is? Where it is indexed? Is it refereed? Often there
are links to sample articles or at least the publisher site. This
is a great tool to locate journals by subject area or just to determine
if there is a electronic version of this. Ulrich's remains the
global source for periodicals information since 1932.
Lou
Pray
Journals benchmarking:
how do we stack up?
The LANL Research Library did a benchmarking study to see how
our electronic journal subscriptions stack up to those of other
DOE and major academic libraries. Twelve institutions were selected
to compare to LANL. Using the ISI Journal Citation Report (JCR),
the 100 top-cited journals for 2002 were identified. Using the
web sites of the various institutions, we checked the titles to
see which ones were made available in electronic format.
What we found: The LANL Research Library holds electronic subscriptions
to 85 of the 100 top-cited titles on the JCR list. This places
LANL tied with Cal Tech for sixth place in the institutional listing.
We noted that LANL titles tend to be more interdisciplinary than
Sandia, which focuses on the engineering sciences.
Since many of the top cited journals are medical/clinical in nature,
the institutions with clinical medicine programs, such as UNM,
had access to a greater number of these titles. If we remove the
30 clinical medicine titles, the numbers for the top institutions
became much closer, and LANL moves up in the rankings to the second
position, along with Cal Tech, MIT, and the University of Illinois.
The only two non-clinical journals which LANL does not have electronic
access to are Circulation Research and the Journal of Geophysical
Research. We are currently negotiating with the American Geophysical
Union to provide access to that title.
Kathy Varjabedian
UK information science award
goes to Van de Sompel
The UK Online User Group (UKOLUG)
will present the 2003 Tony Kent Strix Award to Herbert Van de Sompel
of the Research Library this year. The Award is given annually "in
recognition of an outstanding contribution to the field of information
retrieval". Key individual characteristics include innovation,
initiative, originality and practicality. The Strix Award is presented
in memory of Dr. Tony Kent, a past Fellow of the Institute of Information
Scientists, who made major contributions to the development of
information science and information services both in the UK and
internationally. The UKOLUG is the professional body for users
and developers of electronic information resources.
This is the second major information award Van de Sompel has received
in 2003. Earlier this year the Library and Information Technology
Association (LITA) and OCLC presented him with the Frederick G.
Kilgour Award. The Kilgour Award is given to highlight research
relevant to the development of information technology.
Donna
Berg
Digital Library Federation
members visit the Research Library
Miriam Blake, Rod Atkinson, Adam Chandler,
Sarah Chandler, Mariella DiGiacomo, Jackie Stack. |
The Digital Library Federation (DLF) met in
Albuquerque last month, and afterward Research Library staff
shared ideas and experiences with fellow members who came up
to Los Alamos — Sarah Chandler and Adam Chandler from
Cornell University and Rod Atkinson from the Library of Congress.
Sarah Chandler presented "The Evolution of an Interface
from the User Perspective: From End User Testing to a Usage
Log Analysis." LANL staff presentations included "Reaching
Library Customers" by Lou Pray, "MyLibrary" by
Mariella DiGiacomo and "SciSearch Plus" by Miriam
Blake. |
Helen
Boorman
New electronic journals from the
Research Library
The following new electronic journals have been added to the
library collection and are available from your desktop:
Engineering
ACI Structural Journal
www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURNALS/SJHOME.ASP
General
International Contract Advisor
sciserver.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/sciserv.pl?collection=journals&journal=08997799
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
baywood.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0047-2816
Learned Publishing
www.ingentaselect.com/nw=1/rpsv/cw/alpsp/09531513/contp1.htm
Mathematics and Computer Science
Acta Mathematica
www.actamathematica.org/fulltext.htm
C/C++ User's Journal
www.cuj.com/current/
Journal of High Speed Networks
www.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0926-6801
eteam@lanl.gov
Search engines: A bonnie wee
search with Google
The
Google Deskbar,
free software that implants a tiny search box on the task bar at
the bottom your Windows PC, allows you to do Internet searches
without launching a browser. A Web-connected PC user can then enter
a query at any time and a moment later Google's results appear
in a window at the lower right corner of your screen. Since the
Deskbar takes up less than a quarter of the screen, you can keep
working instead of launching a browser and then navigating through
a search service. This new feature provides an instantaneous search.
Donna
Berg
Holiday closure
The Research Library will provide uninterrupted electronic access
to the electronic resources available at the desktop during the
upcoming holidays. This includes database
interfaces such as FlashPoint, SciSearch Plus, INSPEC and the
library catalog. From database records you can get to full-text
journal articles by using the LinkSeeker icon. Electronic journals
are also available through the Electronic
Journals page.
The physical facility will also be accessible to LANL badgeholders
during the holiday closure. Computer terminals and photocopiers
will be left on for use by badged Laboratory staff. The unclassified
elevator in the Study Center, SM-207, will not be operating during
the closure. The lower level will be open, pending modifications
to the compact shelving which are scheduled for completion by Dec.
15; check the library home page for updates.
Research help and document delivery service will not be available
during the holiday closure.
If you're planning to come in during the holidays, check ahead
of time that your badge works in the Study Center badge reader.
If you haven't used this badge reader in the last month or two
call 667-7840 (CCN-4) to verify that you're in the system. Library
customers have reported problems so it never hurts to check.
Happy Holidays from the Research
Library!
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