Swain Library News

Below is a summary of Winter Closure/Intersession hours and limited services for Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) from December 12, 2009 – January 3, 2010.

December 12–20, 2009 (Winter Intersession)

• Most SULAIR libraries and Academic Computing facilities, operations and services will be open with reduced hours and limited services.
• The Swain Library will be open Monday–Friday, December 14–18, 1–5pm.
• SAL3 and SAL-Newark — no paging available December 19–January 3.
• For details see SULAIR Libraries Winter Intersession Hours.

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A guide to organic chemistry resources is now available.

Getting your feedback about this guide would be appreciated as I’m seeing this as a model for creating other research guides.

FYI, I have also created two course guides. Please contact me if you are interested in having a guide created for your course too.

• Chem 130
• Chem Eng 185

Many thanks in advance for your feedback and support!

Stanford has trial access to Springer Materials through December 31, 2009.

Please send feedback about whether or not Stanford should license this resource by December 11, 2009.

Benefits for Researchers

• Save time because they don’t need to scan and evaluate the primary literature themselves.
• Find the right data for their specific research question on one platform, preselected and evaluated by international experts.
• Be sure that whatever data they choose will be the most reliable and most trusted for their work.
• Can easily choose from a preselection of search terms that they do not need to type themselves.
• Focus their search on specific parameters and be sure to find exactly what they were looking for.

Swain Library will have reduced hours of operation during the week of Thanksgiving.

Please note that Swain’s carpet and floors will be cleaned on Tuesday, November 24th beginning at 6:00 p.m., so the library will not be accessible to after-hours users.

Hours for all of the Stanford Libraries during November 21–29 (pdf)

The Engineering Library is offering workshops on using citation management software, such as RefWorks, EndNote, and Zotero.

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“The Sounds of Science is a small group of graduate students and recent alumni of UC Berkeley that share a common love of science and music. Our aim is to promote awareness of science to the community of all ages through fun music videos available free on the internet.”

Safety song
Safety comes first! Bokor monster learns that while science is fun, it’s important to be aware of the many hazards in the lab.

Nanosong
What a wonderful surprise!: when certain things get really really small, they behave much differently than they normally would. Glory sings about what it means to be nano, and some of the applications of nano-sized materials.

ACS Chemical Neuroscience
ACS Chemical Neuroscience publishes high-quality research articles and reviews that showcase chemical, quantitative biological, biophysical and bioengineering approaches to the understanding of the nervous system and to the development of new treatments for neurological disorders.

Analytical Methods
Analytical Methods, a journal for new and improved methods for the practical application of analytical science, publishes monthly issues containing full papers, topical reviews and technical notes. The journal is highly interdisciplinary and will be of interest to researchers across the world and across many disciplines, focusing on real analytical issues and providing solutions beneficial to the wider community. Its scope encompasses new applications of analytical science and technology which are addressing current global challenges such as securing food supplies; improving and preserving human health; creating and maintaining sustainable feedstocks; and sustaining the management of water and air quality.

Nanoscale
Nanoscale, a new monthly journal intended to showcase important and high quality nano-research, is published in collaboration with the National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Beijing, China. Issue 1 demonstrates the journal’s commitment to publishing high-impact and multidisciplinary research of the highest quality covering all aspects of the nanoscale with 20 articles showcasing a broad spectrum of exciting work from some of the very best research groups in the field. Nanoscale publishes a lively mix of article types, including original research papers and communications, feature articles, minireviews, and important reviews from leaders in the field.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) has added its first set of nanomaterial records. Nanotechnology is the study of matter on an atomic and molecular scale — structures 100 nanometers or smaller. A nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter.

Like other HSDB records, the nanomaterial records are peer-reviewed and contain information on toxicity, manufacturing and use, chemical and physical properties, environmental fate and exposure, and more.

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Graphs Equations Tables (G.E.T.) search available at Knovel.

View Tutorials (short movies) on how to use G.E.T. Search and Knovel’s Interactive Analysis Tools