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bX Recommender trial added to SFX (Find it at Stanford links)

January 17, 2014
Engineering
Science

bX Recommender logoA trial of bX Recommender has been added to SFX (the Find it at Stanford links) maintained by the Stanford Libraries.  Thanks to Alexis Manheim and Holly Thomasen for their work to customize this tool for SUL.

bX Recommender is a service developed by ExLibris to work with SFX to help researchers discover additional relevant articles. Recommendations are based on the usage of millions of researchers around the globe. Starting with the article the user is looking at, bX Recommender checks what other articles were used together with that article and then displays a list of other relevant articles on the SFX results page.

A stack of newspapers

Why I use a feed reader (and why you should, too!)

January 16, 2014
by Ray Heigemeir
Music
News
SearchWorks
Web

Using a feed reader is an efficient way of staying current on topics of interest.

RSS (Rich Site Summary, or Real Simple Syndication) is a mechanism by which a digital information source sends out links to newly added content. A feed reader lets me gather, organize, and edit these various streams of new content links in a single, user-friendly interface (I use Feedly).  When I subscribe to a feed, new content is automatically sent to my feed reader as soon as it is made available, 24/7.  Oh, and it’s free!

Open tape reel from Gerhard Samuel Collection, ARS.0049

How accessible are our media collections?

January 15, 2014
Art
Born digital
Digital library
Digital preservation
Digitization
Media
Music
Sound recordings
Stanford Digital Repository
University Archives
Web

During the fall of 2013, Stanford University Libraries (SUL) convened a working group to investigate the current state of access to audio and moving image materials held within its various collections, notably rare materials within its different special collections departments, along with those held at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives. 

Following many weeks of investigation, the Media Access Working Group (MAWG) produced a report in December 2013 outlining its findings, along with various recommendations to help tackle the issues discovered. The group considered issues relating to use cases, copyright status, available technologies - including media streaming, and content usage. 

Science of Synthesis Online

Science of Synthesis - New interface, more content

January 10, 2014
Science

Science of Synthesis (SoS) provides a critical review of synthetic methodology developed to-date in the fields of organic and organometallic chemistry. Features include:

  • Selection of molecular transformations by world-renowned experts with elaboration on scope and limitations
  • Full-text descriptions of synthetic methods with practical experimental procedures immediately applicable in the lab
  • Community of over 1,000 experts involved in the review and updating of methods
  • Logical organization of the synthetic methods for each functional group
  • Intuitive search functions to allow rapid lead generation and route optimization

Bibliography

Citation tools overview workshops

January 8, 2014
Engineering

Winter term workshops comparing multiple citation management tools will be held on January 16, 17 and 21 in Room 203 of the Huang Engineering Building.  The overview session will cover EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks and Zotero.  To sign up, join the "Science and Engineering Libraries Training" site on Coursework (SUNET ID required) at: http://bit.ly/SciEngWorkshops

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