Tuesday, December 19, 2006

New Resource

The library now has a subscription to Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. Ulrich's gives detailed information on over 290,000 periodicals from across the world.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory is listed on the Databases page.

Monday, December 18, 2006

Now available! -- EndNote Web

EndNote Web is a new tool that helps you to easily explore research literature, write papers and collaborate via the Web. With EndNote Web, you can:

- Search ISI Web of Science, PubMed and other databases directly

- Import references from Ovid Medline, PsycINFO, PubMed, Current Contents Connect, and other databases

- Store up to 10,000 records per user account

- Edit references — add notes and keywords, modify any field

- Use over 2,300 publishing styles to format in-text citations and bibliographies

- Cite While You Write™ in Microsoft Word (requires plug-in)

- Format papers in other word processors using RTF (rich text format) files

- Share EndNote Web folders with colleagues

- Use EndNote Web toolbars in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla® to access your reference library in one click, and capture citation data easily (requires plug-in)

For a comparison between EndNote (Desktop) and EndNote Web see http://www.endnoteweb.com/encompare.asp

EndNote Web is free to AECOM faculty, students, and staff. You must first register by clicking on Web of Science on the library's home page and creating a user name and password.

Once registered, you can login into your account at www.myendnoteweb.com or via Web of Science.

For more information contact the Reference Desk at 718-430-3104 or email askref@aecom.yu.edu

Monday, December 11, 2006

Free Trials and Demos

Looking for the free trials and demos page? Free trials and demos are now listed directly on the Databases page, instead of listed separately. They are listed alphabetically, with the trial expiration date noted next to the resource. Most are restricted to on-campus use only. Check them out and let us know what you think!

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Renovated Beren Center

Although the renovated Beren Center has been in use for almost 2 months there were finishing touches to be completed. Today, wonderful photographs were put up. Please stop by to see them. If you can't make it to the library, a sample will be on the Renovation News site on our home page.
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