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Web of Science / Scopus

The trials for Web of Science and Scopus have ended. Web of Science "won" at SDSM&T in a landslide. That feedback has been sent on to the people who will be negotiating contracts for databases. Thanks to everyone who took the time to help with this process. If you would like an email when new databases become available post a comment with your email address.

Today in history --Government documents style

1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Percé band to General Nelson A. Miles. 1905 - Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes. A world record that stood until 1908. 1921 - Baseball: The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. 1953 - Earl Warren is sworn in as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.

CAS e-seminar

Save the date and register now! CAS is hosting an e-Seminar on October 11, 2006 It’s live, it’s interactive, and it’s focused on SciFinder®: Exploring Chemical Properties and Finding New Ways to Enhance Your Search Results _________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:00 – 3:00 PM U.S. Eastern Standard Time (19:00-20:00 GMT) To register, visit: http://casevents.webex.com After you register, you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing the teleconference phone numbers. _________________________________________________________________________ SciFinder®: Exploring Chemical Properties and Finding New Ways to Enhance Your Search Results Learn how predicted and experimental property data can help you find relevant research answers quickly. Join us at the upcoming e-Seminar to explore: The wide variety of chemical property data now available in SciFinder Tips and strategies using chemical property data to enhance searching Case...

SciFinder

SciFinder is available in the library computer lab. Click Start/Programs/General to access. Campus affiliated patrons wanting to use SciFinder Scholar elsewhere may check out a cd with the software. This software may be copied onto any pc on the campus LAN, or any of the campus supplied tablets. The software will not work on a “student supplied” computer and can not be used off campus (even on a tablet.) The dorms are considered off campus because they have a different internet setup.

This week Sept. 17-23

1977 - The "Voyager I" spacecraft (launched on Sep 5, 1977 from cape Canaveral, FL) snapped the first photograph showing the earth and moon together. ("Voyager I" is further away from Earth than any other man-made object.) http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=voyager 1991 - Ötzi, the Iceman, was found by a German tourist, Helmut Simon, on the Similaun Glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border. The body is that of a man aged 25 to 35 who had been about 5 feet 2 inches (1.6 meters) tall and had weighed about 50 kg (110 pounds), is the oldest mummified human body ever found intact -- some 5000 years old. And his few remaining scalp hairs provided the earliest archaeological evidence of haircutting. And, if that’s not enough, Ötzi was found to have a number of ‘points’ tattooed on his body, 80% of which are considered valid modern acupucture points and dates acupuncture back to at least 3300 B.C. Find more about Otzi at Wilson's Applied...