Electronic Resources Updates

Recent enhancements:

EBL EBook Library:
• Dictionary added
• Highlighting of Search Terms added
• Titles accessible via the Sony Reader, iPhone and iPod Touch

Journal Citation Reports:
• Journal Citation Reports 2008 Science and Social Sciences Editions now available
• New functionality includes Rank-in-Category Tables (evaluate journals in the context of multiple categories); Journal self-citations (see how self-citations affect Impact Factor); Impact Factor boxplots (visualize Impact Factor by journal category)

WorldCat:
• Advanced search – There are now three dropdown boxes that contain index choices such as OCLC number (also called Accession Number), Author, ISBN, ISSN, Keyword, Title and Subject.
• WorldCat Identities – Get to a WorldCat Identities page from the “Find more information about” drop-down in the “Details” section of a detailed record.

WorldCat Identities pages show information about writers and characters such as genre, subject headings, audience level recommendations, associated subjects, links to biographical-type information and much, much more.

Deirdre

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