Gale GVRL additions in 2006

New additions to USC's Gale Virtual Reference Library.

• Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary, 37th ed. -- 8/25/2006 -- New Ed.
• American Decades -- Avail. Now -- Backlist
• American Decades: Primary Sources -- 6/17/2006 -- New Title
• American Men and Women of Science, 23rd ed. -- 11/10/2006 -- New Ed.
• Business Plans Handbook, Volume 1 -- Avail. Now -- Backlist
• Business Plans Handbook, Volume 11 -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• Business Plans Handbook, Volume 12 -- 11/3/2006 -- New Ed.
• Business Plans Handbook, Volume 2 -- Avail. Now -- Backlist
• Business Plans Handbook, Volume 3 -- Avail. Now -- Backlist
• Business Plans Handbook, Volume 4 -- Avail. Now -- Backlist
• College Blue Book, 34th ed. -- 12/27/2006 -- New Ed.
• Colonialism and Expansion -- 10/25/2006 -- New Title
• Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2007 -- 9/6/2006 -- New Ed.
• Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 20,000 Women Through the Ages -- 9/8/2006 -- New Title
• Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: The Human Rights Years, 1945-1948 -- 10/20/2006 -- New Title
• Encyclopaedia Judaica -- 12/30/2006 -- New Title
• Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed. -- 9/27/2006 -- New Ed.
• Encyclopedia of European Social History -- Avail. Now -- Backlist
• Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns, 2nd ed. -- 12/30/2006 -- New Ed.
• Encyclopedia of Management, 5th ed. -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• Encyclopedia of Small Business, 3rd ed. -- 12/30/2006 -- New Ed.
• Encyclopedia of the American Revolution and Landmarks of the American Revolution: Library of Military History -- 4/28/2006 -- New Title
• Encyclopedia of World Biography, Volume 26 -- 8/23/2006 -- New Ed.
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures -- Avail. Now -- Backlist
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement -- Avail. Now -- Backlist
• Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction -- 10/20/2006 -- New Title
• Europe, 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire -- 10/20/2006 -- New Title
• Extremist Groups: Information for Students -- 6/16/2006 -- New Title
• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd ed. -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, 2nd ed. -- 9/29/2006 -- New Ed.
• Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2nd ed. -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. -- 7/14/2006 -- New Ed.
• Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, 2nd ed. -- 9/22/2006 -- New Ed.
• Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion -- 4/7/2006 -- New Title
• Information Plus Reference Series Fall 2005 -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• Information Plus Reference Series Fall 2006 -- 12/15/2006 -- New Ed.
• Information Plus Reference Series Spring 2005 -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• Information Plus Reference Series Spring 2006 -- 6/16/2006 -- New Ed.
• Literary Newsmakers for Students -- 6/30/2006 -- New Title
• Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace -- 8/4/2006 -- New Title
• Manufacturing and Distribution USA, 4th ed. -- 9/22/2006 -- New Ed.
• Newsmakers 2005 Cumulation -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• Notable Black American Men, 2nd ed. -- 12/15/2006 -- New Ed.
• Notable Black American Scientists and Inventors, 2nd ed. -- 12/8/2006 -- New Ed.
• Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans, 23rd ed. -- 12/30/2006 -- New Ed.
• Social Issues Essential Primary Sources Collection -- 12/30/2006 -- New Title
• Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources -- Avail. Now -- 2005
• VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2007 -- 8/18/2006 -- New Ed.
• Who's Who Among African Americans, 19th ed. -- 5/12/2006 -- New Ed.
• World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, 2nd ed. -- 10/20/2006 -- New Title
• World of Sports Science -- 11/10/2006 -- New Title
• Writers Directory 2007 -- 8/11/2006 -- New Ed.

ACM server down temporarily

Parts of the ACM site will beunavailable startingat 13:30 hours (-4 hours GMT)on Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Affected services will include the ACM Digital Library. ACM IS Group hopes to have problem fully resolved by 17:30.

USC signs up for OCLC eSerials Holdings Service

Beginning July 27th, USC's e-serial holdings will be displayed in WorldCat records. This new feature is being made possible via OCLC's eSerials Holdings Service.

Our electronic resource manager, Serials Solutions, will provide our e-serial holdings information to OCLC on a continuing and regular basis without charge to us.

For the forseeable future, we will not make our e-serials available for Interlibrary Loan. So ILL requests for e-serials will be deflected from USC.

ARTstor Update:New Version of the Offline Image Viewer

A new release of the ARTstor Offline Image Viewer (version 2.6) will be released shortly after the enhancements to the Digital Library. The newest version of the OIV will contain additional features and enhanced functionality that are not available in previous versions of the software. Many of the new features are a direct result of user feedback and recommendations.
In addition to the functionality of previous versions, the new release of the Offline Image Viewer will include the following new features:
Users will be able to import PowerPoint presentations directly into the OIV, effectively translating PowerPoint presentations into OIV presentations.
Before importing an Image Group from ARTstor into the OIV, users will see a preview of each image contained in that group.
The OIV will offer more templates from which to choose when creating slide presentations.
New functionality for undo/redo will be added.
The OIV 2.6 will be compatible with all new Mac computers with the Intel Core Duo processor.
Instructor-level users will be able to upload both local images and OIV presentations from the OIV to their Personal Collections in ARTstor.

ARTstor Update:Enhancements to the Digital Library

ARTstore is pleased to announce that later this month they will be releasing several enhancements to the ARTstor Digital Library. Metadata improvements will make it possible to discover ARTstor content in new ways and to create more refined and efficient searches. Additional enhancements will provide easier ways to navigate and organize search results. Some highlights are explained below.
Cross-collection browsing. Users will be able to browse across all collections in the Digital Library by geography and classification. These new options will be available from the Welcome Page and offer new ways of discovering ARTstor content.
Advanced search. The new advanced search will allow users to create more specific queries that result in more accurate search results. The advanced search will allow users to refine a search by date or a date range, and to choose to search within specific collections, specific geographic areas, and within object classifications.
Sorting by date. Users will have the new option to sort search results by date, in addition to existing sorts by creator or title of the works.
Cchanges to an expanded Personal Collections will be also introduced .
Audio file upload. Instructor-level users will have the ability to upload audio files (MP3) to their Personal Collections.

IEEE Xplore Upgrade Coming in July

On Saturday 29 July, IEEE will release a major system upgrade to the
IEEE Xplore digital library.
As a result of this upgrade, users may experience up to 8 hours of
downtime beginning at approximately 8:00 EDT (-5 UTC).
IEEE Xplore 2.1.4 will be OpenURL compatible, which provides a
standardized syntax for organizing bibliographic metadata and
identifiers in a URL and transferring data between information services.
Links are enabled between unsubscribed content in IEEE Xplore to a
library resolver, leading users to appropriate resources within their
institution. With this enhancement, librarians can work with
commercially available link resolver software to fully enable their
publication catalog. OpenURL will be provided in these areas:
* Search results
* References
* Brief abstracts
* IEEE Book abstracts
Other features of the IEEE Xplore 2.1.4 upgrade include:
* RefWorks and Bibtex format downloadable citations from IEEE
AbstractPlus records, search results, and tables of contents
* Monthly lists of each periodical's most-downloaded articles
* Watermarked PDF documents, illustrating the value of our library
subscription.

Ebrary planned Maintenance for Monday, July 24, 2006

Ebrary service may be unavailable at times during the 8:00PM-12:00AM PDT (-0700 UTC) planned maintenance window on Monday 24-Jul-2006.

Thomson Scientific announces upgrades to ISI Web of Knowledge

The next time you use ISI Web of Knowledge, you’ll see a new look and feel to the interface – as well as a variety of new capabilities. Here’s a quick overview of what’s new with ISI Web of Knowledge — click on the links to find out more about how each one contributes to a more precise and successful research experience:
Author Finder — Find the right author, right away. Distinguish between authors with the same name; available in Web of Science® and Current Content Connect®.
RSS Alerting — Integrate crucial data into your workflow. Get custom RSS feeds to receive search, citation, and tables of content alerts from ISI Web of Knowledge.
Improved topic search results — Get more complete search results. Cast a wider net with the new implied "AND" between search terms. See how this change affects your search results.
Additional new content and capabilities:
Discover Journal Use Reports — a new analytical resource
See the updated Derwent Innovations Index interface; benefit from its expanded features and faster performance
When you first access the new version, please check the flash message on the opening screens of ISI Web of Knowledge and product pages, as well as the Notices page for each product for details on these enhancements. The Notices page includes product release notes and will occasionally provide important information about server availability, future releases, and more.

RLG Databases unavailable Friday (7/21), 10pm

The following RLG databases will be unavailable Friday, July 21, from 10:00
p.m.-1:00 a.m. (22:00-01:00) Pacific Time (UTC-7) due to required system
maintenance:

ArchiveGrid

Eureka (all databases listed below)
RLIN21 (all databases listed below)
Z39.50 (all databases listed below)

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RLG Union Catalog
Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute
Anthropological Literature
Anthropology Plus
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Bibliography of the History of Art
Chicano Database
English Short Title Catalogue
FRANCIS
Hand Press Book Database
Handbook of Latin American Studies,
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals,
Index to Hispanic Legislation (World Law Index, Part 1)
Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals
Inside Information Plus
Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies,
SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs.
Name Authority File
Subject Authority File

Faculty of 1000 Medicine now available

We have added Faculty of 1000 Medicine to our collection of online resources. This new database complements Faculty of 1000 Biology, with both databases highlighting the significant research in their fields.

These databases may be used to filter PubMed searches for articles that have been reviewed by leaders in the fields of medicine or biology. To activate Faculty of 1000 PubMed filters, follow the instructions on the Norris Medical Library web site.

CSA Scheduled Maintenance

As a result of CSA's product expansion, CSA will perform scheduled server maintenance on Saturday, July 15, 2006. Ulrichsweb.com and Ulrich's Serials Analysis System may be intermittently unavailable from approximately 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST.
This maintenance will provide CSA with the appropriate infrastructure to continue servicing your needs now and in the future. Thank you for your patience.

HAPI launches a new website

It is with great pleasure that HAPI announces the unveiling of HAPI’s new website design on Friday, July 14, 2006. A beta version of the new site has been linked from the current version during the past month. Right away users willl notice the fresh, new look and a number of new features including:· The text of the website available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese;· Boolean searching;· A Quick search box that searches the HAPI database;· New pages including FAQ, Tools for Librarians, Our Partners, and Criteria for Inclusion in HAPI; But not everything has changed! They are still at the same URL -- http://hapi.ucla.edu/. You can still build a personalized bibliography (now called the Marked List) to email, print, or download. And they'll continue to set up OpenURL linking for interested institutions. Also on the horizon is a subscriber administration feature that will allow us to manage our institutional contact and IP information and access our usage statistics. While a great deal of time and energy has gone into designing and testing the site, it's inevitable that there will be a few bumps in the road that will surface once the site goes live. HAPI will greatly appreciate our patience through the transition. HAPI's new design and functionalities are based on extensive usability testing to better understand users' needs and behaviors.

Project MUSE News: RSS feeds now available

Project MUSE is very pleased to announce the implementation of RSS feeds for all journals in MUSE. The RSS feed is an alert tool that provides users with instant notification about news, updates and additions to titles within the MUSE collection. The RSS feeds complement the e-mail journal alert service. Both offer students, librarians, researchers and faculty valuable tools for staying current with information about their favorite titles from the over 300 journals in the MUSE collection. The new RSS feed for Latest Issues enables users to easily survey the contents of the four most recent issues of a journal by linking to the corresponding Tables of Contents. MUSE subscribers have direct access to the full text articles from the RSS feeds. Information about subscribing to the feeds is found at the Project MUSE RSS Syndication page (http://feeds.muse.jhu.edu). Please visit this page often, as additional feeds will be added soon.
The following link provides a description of RSS feeds and why they have become a popular method for information gathering. The link also provides descriptions of and links to some of the better-known RSS Readers - http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3531486
Project MUSE is excited to add RSS feeds to the array of tools available to researchers that make it easy to locate and access full text articles in MUSE.

ProQuest Historical Annual Reports available

ProQuest Historical Annual Reports is now available via the Electronic Resources page.

ProQuest Digital Dissertations and Theses available

I'm delighted to be able to announce that [...] USC [...] [now has] access to all available full texts of dissertations and theses in ProQuest Digital Dissertations and Theses. Included are approximately 650,000 titles, with around 55,000 titles added each year. Note that not all titles in Dissertation Abstracts are available in digital format, only those that have been digitized by ProQuest on an on-going basis after 1996 or that each institution has paid to have digitized for titles produced in the years prior to 1996. A significant number of institution have done so, however. Unfortunately, USC is not yet among them.

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We've are able to subscribe to this critical online resource as a result of the generous increase in our materials budget for FY07. [...]

Lynn [Sipe]