Pulse

The Science Direct ejournals service has added some useful new features.

Refining a search simplified
A new navigation pane on the search results page provides a view of the research output on a subject by year, by content type or by journal/book titles with the most results. By using these filters you can refine your search results without having to return to the search form.

Quickly evaluate articles before reading them
Preview tabs 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.

Reference information available without scrolling to the foot of articles
Full reference information displays as a pop-up within the body of a paper when the cursor moves over a reference marker.

More information (with screenshots): http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/news/releases/

Not using Science Direct? Read more about it.

The JSTOR ejournals service has a new interface. Navigating the database and retrieving information is made easier by the following new features:

• The ability to limit by discipline within Basic Search
• Previous searches can be re-run as searches are automatically saved
• When a search is run, you can carry out another search within the list of results
• Advanced Search now offers proximity searching so that you can search for one word or term within 5, 10 or 25 words of another
• Advanced Search now has a journal title search box
• The ‘MyJSTOR’ feature allows you to take advantage of personalised features – you can save and email citations and export them to bibliographic software
• The Browse option allows you to browse by publisher (as well as by discipline and title)
• Printing and saving in pdf format is now simpler
• You can view thumbnails of the pages of an article
• ‘Images in JSTOR’ allows you to search for images within the database

More information in the LIS Guide to JSTOR: http://www.swan.ac.uk/media/Media,7608,en.pdf

The report of this year’s LIS survey carried out last term is now available on the LIS website. Satisfaction levels with LIS remain high, with an overall satisfaction rating of 4.2 compared to 4.1 for the 2007 survey. All LIS services and facilities had positive ratings, with Outlook and Blackboard as our most popular services. Also, there were substantial increases in the satisfaction ratings for opening hours, the wireless network and PC reliability and provision.   

Statistics junkies will find the survey report at:  http://www.swan.ac.uk/media/Media,1680,en.doc 

Thanks  to everyone who completed a survey form. The feedback we get (positive and negative) really is appreciated.

As of the 1^st April 2008 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) was converted from a Government agency to an independent organisation.  The Office for National Statistics  is now the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority. 

In conjunction with this conversion, the Office for National Statistics has a newly designed website . Access to the ONS website is now via the UK Statistics Authority website.   The function and the search tools used to locate statistical information on the ONS website have not been altered. 

More information in the LIS Guide to the ONS site: http://www.swan.ac.uk/media/Media,22682,en.pdf

Some members  of staff  may encounter problems when trying to renew Zetoc  Alerts. If you have a Classic Athens Account ( i.e. your username begins swa9…) please  select “Eduserv Athens” from the drop-down list titled Miscellaneous Organisations that appears on the  Alerts page of the Zetoc web site. 

Not using Zetoc Alerts? Find out more: http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/alertguide.html

We now have electronic and print access to the two journals listed below for material published during 2008:

Water Resources Research http://www.agu.org/journals/wr/      

Beti Williams
Director, IT Wales
Department of Computer Science
School of Physical Sciences
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea SA2 8PP
www.itwales.com
www.ictforumwales.com

Friday 23^rd May , 10.00am – 3.30pm

For all staff involved in Module development/ delivery keen to make sure our graduates are ‘job ready’ through skills development.

This is a free event organised by HEA/BMAF so you need to register by emailing BMAF@brookes.ac.uk 

This is an excellent opportunity for Swansea University staff to find out how other institutions are addressing this issue.

Places are limited and I am told they are filling very quickly so please don’t miss out.

Corina EdwardsEntrepreneurship Development OfficerDepartment of Research and InnovationDigital Technium

Email for more details or register with e.pearson@swansea.ac.uk