Dawsonera e-books

(12/09/2008)

Introducing Dawsonera e-books

Springer Online Journals Base Package called SPRINGERLINK JOURNALS

(15/08/2008)

SpringerLink is Springer's online fulltext archive for scientific, technical and medical journals. The journal collection includes more than 1,300 peer-reviewed journals.

Some of the covered disciplines are Biomedical and life sciences, Business and economics, Computer science, Earth and environmental science,

Engeering, Humanities, social sciences and law, Mathematics etc.
Most titles include all back issues untill 1997.

SpringerLink contains the publications of the publishers Springer and Kluwer Academic.
You can view the fulltext of the article on the screen, and subsequently save or print the article.

An overview of the journals can be found here

Password controlled access

ITC staff and students working outside ITC can also access SpringerLink Journals.  

By providing your ITC e-mail address and password, you will be recognized if you were at ITC.  

You have to start from the ITC Digital Library web page and choose the Springer Link Journals database.

• Students log in:  only students who are registered as student, so who have an ITC e-mail account, can have access.
• Staff log in:  staff who have an ITC e-mail account can have access.

The holder of an e-mail address (user identity) is personally responsible for the use.

See our conditions for the use of the electronic journals.

If you face any problems please do no hesitate to contact the library.

From EndNote 9 to EndNote X1

10/06/2008

EndNote X1 gives much more extra features but using it remains more or less the same as with EndNote 9.

This memo does not provide a complete list of new or changed features in version X1 of EndNote but a video demonstration of the new features in EndNote X1 can be viewed on the EndNote website.

In this memo I would like to explain how the transfer to EndNote XI is going to look like for:

1 students using their desktop

2 staff and PhD students using a desktop

3 laptop users

1 Students using their desktop (i.e. the clusters):

When you start up your computer (desktop) EndNote XI will be “installed”. Your created libraries will automatically open in EndNote X1; no conversion is necessary.
After installing the new version Endnote X1, by this ‘pushed’ installation in the clusters, it might be necessary to run the Endnote config in order to get the toolbar in MS Word.
Via Start>Programs>Endnote>Configure Endnote
The ‘Endnote config’ window will open
Choose the option: "Configure EndNote components for me"
Click on next and finish this very small procedure.
(this will also remove the old Endnote 9 toolbar)
By using this any user can ‘switch on’ or ‘switch off’ the toolbar in MS-Word !!!

2 Staff and PhD students using a desktop:

Staff and PhD students should run the following file:
\\Itcnt01\Softlib\Licensed\Endnote\v11\EndnoteX1.bat 
We will remove EndNote 9 from the server by the first of July so it is important that you run this file before this date.
Maybe it is also necessary to run the config as mentioned by case 1. Please follow the instructions from there if you do not have the EndNote X1 toolbar in Word. 

3 Laptop users:

If you use EndNote 9 on your laptop you have to come to the library to install EndNote X1. So you can choose the moment to transfer to EndNote X1. Also Mac users can come to the library to install EndNote X1 for Mac.
You can remove EndNote 9 before installing EndNote X1 by using the Control panel and with Add or Remove programs you can remove EndNote 9. Of course your libraries will remain on your laptop and can be opened in EndNote X1 without any conversion.
Maybe it is also necessary to run the config as mentioned by case 1. Please follow the instructions from there if you do not have se the EndNote X1 toolbar in Word. 

4 Everybody:

If your EndNote 9 toolbar keep appearing in Word for whatever reason please follow the next instructions:
Go to P / EndNote 9 / Usersetup
Run the following file: Remove old endnotes.bat

Some extra information on EndNote:

Millions of researchers, scholarly writers, students, and librarians use EndNote to search online bibliographic databases, organize their references, images and PDF’s in any language, and create bibliographies and figure lists instantly. Instead of spending hours typing bibliographies, or using index cards to organize their references, they do it the easy way—by using EndNote! EndNote for Windows and Macintosh is a valuable all-in-one tool that integrates the following tasks into one program:

Search bibliographic databases on the Internet

Organize references, images, PDFs and other files

Construct your paper with built-in manuscript templates

Create bibliographies as you write! 

If you have any questions concerning this memo, or if you are facing troubles using EndNote XI please do not hesitate to contact me ext. 202 or koelen@itc.nl

CAB Abstracts

15/04/2008

Introducing the CAB Abstracts Database

Nature Geoscience

08/01/2008

ITC Library provides access to the new published journal NATURE GEOSCIENCE

Understanding the Earth's history and its future evolution is becoming ever more important as the human influence on climate and landscapes, the oceans and the atmosphere expands. Nature Geoscience will be a monthly multi-disciplinary journal aimed at bringing together top-quality research across the entire spectrum of the Earth Sciences along with relevant work in related areas. The journal's content will reflect all the disciplines within the geosciences, encompassing field work, modelling and theoretical studies.

Topics covered in the journal will include:

Atmospheric science

Biogeochemistry

Climate science

Geobiology

Geochemistry

Geoinformatics and remote sensing

Geology

Geomagnetism and palaeomagnetism

Geomorphology

Geophysics

Glaciology

Hydrology and limnology

Mineralogy and mineral physics

Oceanography

Palaeontology

Palaeoclimatology and palaeoceanography

Petrology

Planetary science

Seismology

Space physics

Tectonics

Volcanology

Nature Geoscience is committed to publishing significant, high-quality research in the Earth Sciences through a fair, rapid and rigorous peer review process that is overseen by a team of full-time professional editors.

In addition to publishing primary research, Nature Geoscience will provide an overview of the most important developments in the Earth Sciences through the publication of Review Articles, News and Views, Research Highlights, Commentaries and reviews of relevant books and arts events.

The journal is available within ITC but also outside ITC via the proxy server by using your ITC e-mail address and password