Five of ACM’s magazines are now available in the ACM Digital Library in a new digital format, in addition to the standard html and .pdf options.
ACM magazines now available in Digital Edition format in the ACM DL:
– Communications of the ACM
– Queue
– interactions
– netWorker
– Crossroads
The Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC) will become ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) beginning with the February 2009 issue (Volume 9, Number 1). Topics covered will expand to cover “…diverse aspects of computing education: traditional computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, information technology, and informatics; emerging aspects of computing; and applications of computing to other disciplines, such as computational biology.”
Research MUSEings vodcasts (video podcasts) are now offered by Project MUSE. The latest vodcast is Discovering Linked Subject Headings, a “quick tutorial about the benefits of using MUSE’s linked subject headings and a lighthearted approach to demystifying the concept of Library of Congress Subject Headings as they appear in MUSE.”
If you are interested in social networking tools, MUSE has a page on Facebook and is also tweeting on Twitter.
Chadwyck-Healey Individual Literature Collections are being made available via the Literature Online platform, where they will be cross-searchable and linked to EEBO texts and JSTOR. Our upgraded subscription also includes 236 full-text literature journals, criticism and reference resources, and Poets On Screen (poets reading their own and other poets’ work). More information
Ovid has created an Understanding Basic Search Information Sheet (PDF). “The sheet is designed to provide end users with all they need to know to make the best use of Basic Search, and features details on relevancy ranking, best practices, as well as screenshots of a sample search…” A full list of Training Resources can be found in the Training section of the OvidSP Resource Center.
Finally, for a reminder of solutions to common problems encountered by students see a previous post covering Factiva, SciFinder and IE security warnings.
Deirdre