An upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library

An upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is scheduled for Saturday, 2 February. During this deployment, the system will be unavailable for up to eight hours beginning at approximately 9:00 AM EST. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

As a result of this new release, the IEEE Xplore digital library will be
enhanced with:

Conference Proceedings weekly update alerts
- Enables a user to receive weekly update alerts for every conference
title via either email or RSS whenever a new conference proceeding title is
added to IEEE Xplore.

Scitopia.org search from the IEEE Xplore home page
- The IEEE Xplore home page will feature a quick search box enabling
users to easily search scitopia.org, the free federated search portal to
the digital libraries of leading science and technology societies.

Draft standards search
- Users will be able to limit their search to IEEE draft standards
only from the Advanced Search page in IEEE Xplore.

Support of OpenURL images and custom text
- Customers will have the ability to post their logo or text in their
OpenURL links.

ISI Web of Knowledge upgrade on 2/2/08

We’d like to let you know that the next ISI Web of Knowledge upgrade will now take place on February 03.

We’re working hard to make sure that every new ISI Web of Knowledge capability is fully ready for your use. We’d rather do the extra work now so that you don’t experience any problems or inconvenience later.

Thank you for your patience as we put the finishing touches on enhancements that will make ISI Web of Knowledge an even more powerful and versatile research tool.

Sincerely,

Thomson Scientific

Relive History - Gale Digital Collections

There will be a series of free informative webinars scheduled for this spring to learn more about Gale Digital Collections, the world's largest scholarly primary source online library.

The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003

The Economist and Gale are pleased to announce that the complete facsimile run of The Economist from 1843 to 2003, all in a full-text searchable interface.

What is covered in The Economist Historical Archive:

• Coverage from 1843-2003
• News, analysis, commentary, editorials, statistics, demographics, letters to the editor, obituaries, and historical photographs
• Special surveys and the supplements on Countries and Industrie
• Renowned sections including 'Science and Technology'
• Export feature into Excel for selected tables

With The Economist online, researchers, academics and students can now easily access high-quality primary sources, enabling them to facilitate comparisons of political, business and economic trends across continents and centuries. This is the definition resource for cutting-edge ideas and intelligent analysis in an easily digested form.

Register today to participate in The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003 free Web event on

February 21 from 11:00-12:00p.m. ET
http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=1&a=7054202089825

March 11 from 12:00-1:00p.m. ET
http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=1&a=70542020898451


British Library Newspaper Collections

Gale has partnered with the British Library to create one of the richest collections of primary source material in the world. Unparalleled in depth and scope, British Library Newspapers consists of two major collections from the British Library which span 300 years of newspaper publishing in the U.K. : 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and 19th Century British Library Newspapers. The two collections provide an unprecedented firsthand account of history by those that witnessed it.

Register today to participate in the British Library Newspapers free Web event on

February 21 from 3:00-4:00p.m. ET
http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=1&a=70542020909773

March 10 from 2:00-3:00p.m. ET
http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=1&a=70542020893255


The Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926

With this revealing new digital collection, scholars can experience three centuries of celebrated and historically important trials from America , the British Empire and the world by viewing a wide variety of official vernacular literature, reports and ephemera. Comprised of over 10,000 titles and almost two million pages, this online collection of key primary source content delivered in a full-text searchable interface will enhance your own research and ability to publish as well as provide invaluable material for classroom use.

Register today to participate in The Making of Modern Law: Trials free Web event on

February 13 from 1:00-2:00p.m. ET
http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=1&a=70542020898574


Sources in U.S. History Online

Gale, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses, is now changing how students learn and conduct research, and history buffs connect with history. We invite you to learn more about Sources in U.S. History Online, a series of thematically organized online collections of 500-800 primary source documents -75,000 - 100,000 pages in all - through a series of free informative webinars scheduled for this fall.

Gale has released two archival digital collections under the Sources in U.S. History Online series thus far, focusing on two essential components of the study of U.S. history: Slavery in America and The Civil War. Both combine core traditional study of these topics with the most recent focus on social and cultural history. These digital collections tell the story of a particular era through primary source documents, typically regarded as "lost history" scattered throughout private collections, rare book vaults and university libraries all over the world.

Slavery in America enables researchers to study the institution of slavery from the 17th century through the end of the 19th century through personal narratives, pamphlets, addresses, monographs, sermons, political speeches, and periodicals.

The Civil War documents the war that transformed America , ending slavery and unifying the nation around the principles of freedom. The collection examines the war in all its complexity; its battles and campaigns, its political and religious aspects, the experiences of its leaders and common soldiers, the home front and the military campground, from its causes to its consequences.

Upcoming databases in the Sources in U.S. History Online series include:

• Immigration in America
• The American Revolution
• Women's Fight for the Vote

Register today to participate in the Sources in U.S. History Web event on

February 13 from 3:00-4:00p.m. ET
http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=1&a=70542020897813

Important information regarding your IEEE online subscription

An upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is scheduled for Saturday, 26 January. During this deployment, the system will be unavailable for up to up to eight hours beginning at approximately 9:00 AM ET.