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In this issue:
- Recently received publications
- Update on databases
- New online encyclopedia
- April is ...
- Useful/Interesting websites
- Voice your opinion
- Just for fun
- Term loan renewals
- Spring/Summer courses reserves
- Library contacts
- Comment to win
Term loan renewals
The May 15th, 2003 due date is approaching. Term loan renewals will
begin April 10, 2003.
Teaching a Spring/Summer course?
If you are putting material on reserve for Spring/Summer courses please
send your list to Linda Allen
as soon as possible.
Library Contacts
- Jane Philipps
Phone 533-6846
(head librarian)
Liaison librarian for:
Chemistry
Chemical Eng. Environmental Eng. Geological Sciences
- Jill Baker
Phone
533-2836
Liaison librarian for: Biology,
School of Computing
Electrical Eng. Mathematics Physics
- Wenyan Wu
Phone
533-2840
Liaison librarian for: Civil Eng., Materials, Mechanical
Eng., Mining Eng.,
- Reference Desk Phone 533-6981
- Circulation Desk Phone 533-2610
Comment to win
This is our first newsletter. Please let us know what you think, and
what you would like to see in future issues. Comments can be sent to engsci@queensu.ca
Names of respondents will entered into a draw to win a T-shirt.
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Recently received publications
You can now find out which publications have been received in the library
during the last week, or the last month. Go to QCAT and click on the "Recent
Additions" tab. Updated weekly.
Check out our "new book shelf" and "book cover display" on the first
floor (one floor above entry).
Update on Databases
Web of Science
 The latest
version of Web of Science
(Science Citation Index) saves each search statement as a set,
allowing you to refine your queries, combine cited reference searches with
key word searches, eliminate self citations, and save your searches to
rerun them as current awareness alerts
IEEE Xplore - E-mail alerts
 You
can create email alerts through IEEE Xplore to receive
email notices of new issues of IEEE journals. Each email contains a direct
link to the issue’s latest table of contents - you can sign up for as many
journal titles as you wish.
IEEE Xplore - Citation linking
By selecting the "Documents
that cite this document" link within the abstract record, you can get the
list of IEEE documents that cite the document you're viewing. The listed
document titles contain hyperlinks so you can further link to the abstract
or full-text PDF of those IEEE documents within IEEE Xplore®. Combined
with the reference linking feature, IEEE Xplore® provides backward and
forward access to IEEE documents that cite each other.
New Online Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology is now available
online.
It provides comprehensive coverage on this subject, and includes a
link showing the 'Latest content update'. Accessible from library, home or
office.
Useful / Interesting Web Sites
 EEVL
: An award winning, free internet guide to Engineering,
Mathematics and Computing
Civil Engineering in Canada
Canadian Civil
Engineering: History and Heritage. Explore Canada's rich history
of Civil Engineering achievements and impressive structures
Search Research Grant Awards
Natural Sciences
and Engineering Council of Canada and the US National Science
Foundation both list awards for the last decade or more. When
searching the NSERC database try alternate keywords (i.e. if searching for
"ethanol" also try "fuel"). NSF provides more information and more
flexible searching.
Linus Pauling's Notebooks
View forty six of Linus
Pauling's handwritten research notebooks spanning 72 years.
Included in these notebooks are the nobel laureate's 1954 Chemistry Prize
work on the nature of the chemical bond. Also records of his life outside
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Just For Fun
Getting inside the brick:
You have
3 identical rectangular bricks and a ruler. Must you use a formula, such
as the Pythagorean Theorem, to find the length of the brick's diagonal?
From: The Inquisitive Problem Solver
QA43 V28 2002
The
answer can be found here.
Tricky twigs:
You come across twigs sticking out of the snow.
Their tips have been bitten off at a 45 degree angle. This is evidence of
browsing by what animal?
A. Moose
B. Porcupine
C. Snowshoe hare
D. White-tailed deer
From: Seasons: Ontario's nature and environmental magazine
The answer can be found here.
April is …
 April is Mathematics Awareness Month and
the theme this year is Mathematics and Art. Check out the display on the
first floor later this month.
Study space
Looking for a spot to study?
Try our 3rd floor reading rooms.
Questions?
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