The USF Libraries have acquired three Referex ebook collections from Elsevier, in support of engineering, chemistry, environmental sciences, and related fields.
Referex bundles a wide-ranging selection of handbooks and practical guides published by Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, and Academic Press in support of engineering and the sciences. It can be searched across all titles by full-text or key word. Within each collection, users can narrow their search, and view books by chapter and section. Chapters and sections can be read online or, downloaded as a PDF and printed. USF acquired three Referex collections with close to 400 titles.
All titles can be searched in conjunction with USF’s subscriptions to the Inspec and Compendex databases on the Engineering Village 2 platform. The books (and the full-text) are also accessible through the catalog.
Referex: Mechanical Engineering and Materials, a collection of handbooks, professional resources, and practical guides covering automotive, aeronautical, and marine engineering, metallurgy, tribology, maintenance, quality systems, health and safety. Includes such titles as Plant Engineer’s Reference Book, D. Snow; Nanomaterials: Design and Simulation, P. Balbuena; Handbook of Advanced Ceramics: Materials, Applications, Processing and Properties, S. Somiya; Additives for Plastics Handbook, J Murphy; Handbook of Offshore Engineering, S. Chakrabarti; Handbook of Pumps and Pumping, B. Nesbitt; Handbook of Valves and Actuators, B. Nesbitt; and Reinforced Plastics Handbook, D. Rosato.
Referex: Electronics and Electrical is comprised of a comprehensive range of books for electrical power engineers, electronics engineers and circuit designers, embedded systems and computer engineers, and communications engineers. The breadth of this collection is reflected in its key titles which include Power Electronics Handbook, Electrical Engineer’s Reference Book, Handbook of Image and Video Processing, and Handbook of Medical Imaging, Texas instruments Op Amps for Everyone, Marty Brown’s Power Supply Cookbook, and Video Demystified by Jack.
Referex: Chemical, Petrochemical and Process provides the leading titles in energy, chemical engineering, chemical hazards, process engineering, oil and gas engineering, and environmental engineering. Key titles include the definitive Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, and the unique handbooks from Gulf Professional Publishing, such as Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers.
For these ebooks and other library resources visit http://www.lakeland.usf.edu/library. Click on “Search the catalog” or “Search the databases” to begin.
Here are the books newly arrived at the USF Lakeland Library during the month of April. As always, new circulating and children’s books are found in the “New books” stacks in the Group Study area; the new reference books are being immediately shelved in the Reference stacks; the new DVDs are available on request at the front desk.
To note, we received the new edition of Dr Kim Lersch’s Space, time, and crime for our USFL Faculty Publications Special Collection, thank you for the copy Dr Lersch. We received other various donations as well, notably from Dr Preston Mercer, Dr Sherry Kragler, Dr Judith Ponticell and from Library Student Assistant Jo Averill-Snell, thank you!
Reference
Oxford atlas of the world / [cartography by Philip’s]. New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.
Reference G1021 .G4125 2007b
CSG state directory. Directory I, Elective officials. Lexington, Ky. : Council of State Governments, c1998-
Reference JK2403 .B6 Suppl.1 2008
Marks’ standard handbook for mechanical engineers. New York : McGraw-Hill, [c1978-
Reference TJ151 .M37 2007
USFL Faculty Publications Special Collection
Space, time, and crime / Kim Michelle Lersch. Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2007.
Faculty Publications HV6150 .L47 2007
Books
Mythologies / Selected and translated from the French by Annette Lavers. / by Roland Barthes New York : Hill and Wang, [1972]
AC25 .B3132 1972
The home we build together : recreating society / Jonathan Sacks. London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.
DA44 .S22 2007
Entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth / edited by Josep Maria Arauzo-Carod and Miguel Carlos Manjón-Antolín. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
HB615 .E6339 2007
Entrepreneurship, cooperation and the firm : the emergence and survival of high-technology ventures in Europe / edited by Jan Ulijn, Dominique Drillon, Frank Lasch. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
HC240.9.H53 E68 2007
Supply chain optimization / volume edited by Lazaros G. Papageorgiou and Michael C. Georgiadis. Weinheim ; [Chichester] : Wiley-VCH, 2008. [2 volumes]
HD38.5 .S869 2008
The pursuit of wow! : every person’s guide to topsy-turvy times / by Tom Peters. New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
HD58.8 .P482 1994
The Wiley guide to project control / edited by Peter W.G. Morris and Jeffery K. Pinto. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.
HD69 .P75 W5522 2007
The Wiley guide to project, program & portfolio management / edited by Peter W.G. Morris and Jeffrey K. Pinto. Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2007.
HD69 .P75 W5526 2007
Buying and selling a business for wealth / Kevin Uphill and Alex McMillan. London : Thorogood, c2007.
HD2746.6 .U64 2007
The new service economy : challenges and policy implications for Europe / Luis Rubalcaba-Bermejo. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
HD9986 .A2 R835 2007
Web technologies for commerce and services online / Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, [editor]. Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2008.
HF5548.32 .W423 2008
Building automated trading systems : with an introduction to Visual C++.NET 2005 / Benjamin Van Vliet. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007.
HG4515.95 .V36 2007
National Reading Panel : teaching children to read : an evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction : reports of the subgroups. [Washington, D.C.?] : National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, [2000]
LB1050 .N334 2000
Engaging adolescents in reading / John T. Guthrie, editor. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2008.
LB1632 .E54 2008
Educating for democracy : preparing undergraduates for responsible political engagement / Anne Colby… [et al.] ; foreword by Lee S. Shulman. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass ; Stanford, CA : The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, [2007?].
LC1091 .E38415 2007
Alternative rhetorics : challenges to the rhetorical tradition / edited by Laura Gray-Rosendale and Sibylle Gruber. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2001.
PN175 .A44 2001
Agile estimating and planning / Mike Cohn. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, c2006.
QA76.76.D47 C6427 2006
Understanding nutrition / Eleanor Noss Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes. Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, c2002.
QP141 .W46 2002
Nutrition for health, fitness, & sport / Melvin H. Williams. New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2007.
QP141 .W514 2007
Systemantics : the underground text of systems lore : how systems really work and especially how they fail / by John Gall ; with illustrations by D.H. Gall, Mark Howell, and David Martinez. Ann Arbor, MI (3200 W. Liberty, Ann Arbor 48103) : General Systemantics Press, c1986.
PN6231.S93 G3 1986
Health, safety, and nutrition for the young child / Lynn R. Marotz, Marie Z. Cross, Jeanettia M. Rush. Australia ; Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2005.
RJ101 .M347 2005
Student depression : a silent crisis in our schools and communities / Marcel Lebrun. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007.
RJ506.D4 L425 2007
Logistics engineering handbook / edited by G. Don Taylor. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.
TA168 .L64 2008
Precision manufacturing / David Dornfeld, Dae-Eun Lee. New York ; London : Springer, 2008.
TS176 .D67 2008
Nutrition now / Judith E. Brown. Belmont, CA : West/Wadsworth, c1999.
TX354 .B76 1999
Nutrition for sport and exercise / Marie Dunford, J. Andrew Doyle. Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2008.
TX361.A8 D86 2008
DVD
Judgment day [videorecording] intelligent design on trial / produced by Joseph McMaster, Gary Johnstone, Vanessa Tovell ; directed by Gary Johnstone, Joseph McMaster ; written by Joseph McMaster ; a production by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company [United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation, c2007.
QH362 .J83 2007
Work measurement [videorecording] / produced by Society of Manufacturing Engineers ; producer/director, Steven Bollinger ; writer, Clarke Pardee. Dearborn, MI : The Society, c1997. T60.2 .W67 1997
Micromachining [videorecording] / produced by Society of Manufacturing Engineers ; producer/director/cameraman, Jerome T. Cook ; written by Michael Tolinski. [Dearborn, MI] : Society of Manufacturing Engineers, c2005.
TK7875 .M525 2005
Incorporating lean [videorecording] : from the factory to the front office / produced by Society of Manufacturing Engineers ; producer, Greg Sheremet ; director, Steven Bollinger ; writer, Kate Goodin. [Dearborn, Mich.] : Society of Manufacturing Engineers , c2008.
TS176 .I53 2008
Children’s Books
Let it shine : three favorite spirituals / [illustrated by] Ashley Bryan. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
BV353 .L48 2007
Frida : viva la vida = long live life / by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand. New York : Marshall Cavendish Children/Marshall Cavendish Corp., c2007.
ND259 .K33 B47 2007
Today and today / haiku by Kobayashi Issa ; pictures by G. Brian Karas. New York : Scholastic Press, c2007.
PL797.2 . A247 2007
Muckrakers : how Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens helped expose scandal, inspire reform, and invent investigative journalism / by Ann Bausum. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2007.
PN4888 .I56 B38 2007
My name is Gabito : the life of Gabriel García Márquez / by Monica Brown ; illustrated by Raúl Colón ; [translation by Luna Rising] = Me llamo Gabito : la vida de Gabriel García Márquez / por Monica Brown ; ilustrado por Raúl Colón. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Luna Rising, c2007.
PQ8180.17 .A73 Z613 2007
Just listen : a novel / by Sarah Dessen. New York : Viking Children’s Books, c2006.
PS3554 .E838 J9 2006
The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano / Margarita Engle ; art by Sean Qualls. New York : Henry Holt, 2006.
PS3555 .N4254 P64 2006
Yum! mmmm! qué rico! : Americas’ sproutings / haiku by Pat Mora ; pictures by Rafael López. New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., c2007.
PS3563 .O73 Y86 2007
Good sports : rhymes about running, jumping, throwing, and more / by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrated by Chris Raschka. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2007.
PS3566 .R36 G66 2007
Good enough to eat / Brock Cole. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007.
PZ7 .C67342 Go 2007
November blues / Sharon M. Draper. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
PZ7 .D78325 No 2007
Dimity Dumpty : the story of Humpty’s little sister / Bob Graham. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.
PZ7 .G751667 Dim 2007
Little Night / [written and illustrated by] Yuyi Morales. New Milford, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, 2007.
PZ7 .M7881927 Lit 2007
Chess rumble / by Greg Neri ; art by Jesse Joshua Watson. New York, NY : Lee & Low Books, c2007.
PZ7 .N4377478 Che 2007
Martina, the beautiful cockroach : a Cuban folktale / retold by Carmen Agra Deedy ; illustrated by Michael Austin. Atlanta, GA : Peachtree, c2007.
PZ8.1 .D3782 Mar 2007
Jazz baby / Lisa Wheeler ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie. Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
PZ8.3.W5668 Jaz 2007
Tracks of a panda / Nick Dowson ; illustrated by Yu Rong. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.
PZ10.3 .D735 Tra 2007
Lightship / Brian Floca. New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
VK1013 .F5 2007
UPDATE: The new maintenance work has been reported to FRIDAY, MAY 2nd.
Additional work needs to be done with the library servers after the other morning’s brief maintenance-related outage. There will be a new outage on Friday May 2nd , between 5:00am and 5:30am (everything should be back up at 6:30am at the latest).
The following services will be impacted:
the main library website, which will affect some links from the Lakeland Library website
EZProxy (one of the ways to connect to the electronic resources from home
There will be a brief outage for the library servers on April 30th, between 5:00am and 5:30am (everything should be back up no later than 6:00am). A new power system will be installed.
The following services will be impacted:
the main library website, which will affect some links from the Lakeland Library website
EZProxy (one of the ways to connect to the electronic resources from home
Elsevier, the publisher of the multidisciplinary database ScienceDirect, has announced new features:
New to ScienceDirect are features that make the platform more user friendly and deliver better, clearer results in fewer clicks.
Researchers like to quickly evaluate articles before reading them
Researchers will find preview tabs that provide quick access to the important article assessment components: the abstract, figures/tables and references. These tabs are on the results page, the table of contents page and the article page.
Researchers have to scroll to the foot of articles to view reference information, which hinders reading
We have made it possible for researchers to view reference information within the body of a paper when their cursor moves over a reference marker.
Once a researcher has evaluated and read an article, they often want to email it to their peers
A new article toolbox brings together all of the article-related functionality including “Cited By”, “E-mail Article” and more, into one easy-to-find location. Researchers can now take further action quickly and easily with little extra effort.
Researchers are interested to know how other experts rate articles they read
Due to be launched in phases over the coming months, the integration of article comments and ratings from Elsevier’s social collaboration site, 2collab enables researchers to evaluate papers according to colleague-driven comments and ratings of articles right on the article page.
We are announcing trial access to Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. This trial ends May 15, 2008.
Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies covers domestic private and public companies. Up to twenty items of information are provided for each company listed. Includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails, and URLs, total assets, operating revenue, employee figures, hard-to-find data such as sales, metropolitan statistical area, exchange, and up to five names and titles of executive officers. Four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and the newer five- and six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are given. Up to 200 records can be exported. To search the Ward’s Business Directory exclusively, click on the Advanced Search tab and select Ward’s from the drop down box.
For these databases and other library resources visit http://www.lakeland.usf.edu/library/ . Click on “Search the databases” to begin. You may also find these databases listed under “By Subject” under Trial Databases.
If you used the USF Libraries catalog today, you may have noticed some enhancements:
the cover of the book is presented when available, on the right hand side
on the right hand side as well, you will find a link to Google Books giving you more information on the title. In some cases, you will be able to preview at least part of the content of the book, like the table of the contents. The link for the preview will be underneath the cover image.
back in the catalog, under each title, you will find different icons:
“Add” will add the title to a temporary list. At the end of your catalog search, even if you have done multiple queries, you will be able to find all the records in your list by clicking the “My folder has items” at the top of the page.
“Print” will print one record at a time.
“Email” will permit you to email the record to yourself or someone else.
“Save” will permit you to save the record onto the drive of your choice as a .txt file
finally, a “RefWorks” button will let you export the record to your RefWorks database
the “Print”, “Email”, “Save” and “RefWorks” are also available for your list.
April 13 to the 19 is National Library Week. Actress and author Julie Andrews is the Honorary Chair this year.
Tuesday the 15th is National Library Workers Day, a day for library staff, users, administrators and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers.
The USF Lakeland Library and its staff are wishing you a great week. Do drop by and say Hi!
The Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) databases are being very slow these past few days. The slowdown is due “enhancements” that they rolled out on Monday (4/7) that are having a negative impact on their servers. This is affecting all U.S. customers. The problem is being worked on.
Some databases affected include Sociological Abstracts, Health and Safety Science Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts and versions of ERIC and MEDLINE.
