20091002

All OhioLINK based systems will be unavailable Sat Oct 3 from approximately 4a to 8p.

Unavailable:
  • OhioLINK Catalog
  • Electronic Journal Center
  • Electronic Book Center
  • OL Databases (INSPEC, and others)
  • OLink FindIT! - link resolver
Available:
  • WSU Catalog
  • WSU Databases (COMPENDEX, IEEE Xplore, and others)
  • EBSCO Host Databases
  • RefWorks
  • Course Reserves
(Ohio State will be replacing a damaged high-voltage switch. Back-up generators cannot be used safely while installing the switch.)

20090924

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:

Procedia Engineering
Elsevier Science
http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/journal.cgi?issn=18777058

20090921


Asian Journal of Control - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center. Sample issue.
IEEE has announced 5 new journals available in 2010:



  • IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

  • IEEE Biometrics Compendium

  • IEEE Magnetics Letters

  • IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

  • IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

20090910

20090909

Tough economic situations bring tough choices for us all. I have recently had to make some very tough choices regarding journal titles in the University Libraries subscription portfolio.

The journals on the following list will be canceled soon.

I have included notes if the WSU Libraries will maintain access to the journal through a secondary subscription source. (Some subscription cessations are only one of several the library pays.)
  • Acta informatica – will remain available in the Electronic Journal Center
  • AI magazine
  • Applied mathematics and mechanics = Ying yung shu hsueh ho li hsueh
  • Arkiv for matematik – will remain available in the Electronic Journal Center
  • Canadian metallurgical quarterly
  • Communications in statistics: Simulation and computation [electronic resource] – full text available in Business Source Complete (embargo = 1 year)
  • Computer science education [electronic resource] – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (embargo = 1 year)
  • Computerworld – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (no embargo)
  • Connection science [electronic resource] – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (embargo 18 months)
  • Electronic design – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (no embargo)
  • Electronics letters – available in IEEE Xplore; and American Institute of Physics
  • Engineering & technology (IET) – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (no embargo)
  • Engineering with computers – will remain available in the Electronic Journal Center
  • IEEE spectrum – available in IEEE Xplore
  • Industrial distribution– full text available in Business Source Complete (no embargo); Lexis/Nexis Academic (no embargo)
  • International journal of electronics [electronic resource] – full text available in – full text available in Academic Search Complete (embargo = 1 year); Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (embargo = 18 months)
  • International journal of industrial engineering
  • International journal of powder metallurgy – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (no embargo)
  • Journal of experimental & theoretical artificial intelligence [electronic resource] JETAI – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (embargo = 1 year)
  • Journal of research and practice in information technology– full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (no embargo); Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Kuwait journal of science & engineering
  • Machine design– full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (no embargo)
  • Mechanics based design of structures and machines [electronic resource] – full text available in Academic Search Complete (embargo = 1 year)
  • Microwave journal – full text available in Academic Search Complete (no embargo)
  • Numerical functional analysis and optimization [electronic resource] – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (embargo = 1 year)
  • Proceedings of the IEEE – available in IEEE Xplore
  • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation : ISSAC – available in ACM Digital Library
  • Software and CD-ROM reviews on file
  • Solid state technology– full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (no embargo)
  • Transportation science [electronic resource] – full text available in Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (embargo = 2 years)

20090903

International Journal of Web Information Systems - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

The publisher, MCB Press, describes the journal: The journal examines how current shared vision for the future is one of semantically-rich information and service oriented architecture for global information systems. This vision is at the convergence of progress in technologies such as XML, Web services, RDF, OWL, of multimedia, multimodal, and multilingual information retrieval, and of distributed, mobile and ubiquitous computing.

Instructions for authors.

Sample issue.

20090807

The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal, an Open Bentham title, is now available through PubMed Central.

From Bentham's aims and scope notes: The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal is an Open Access online journal which publishes research articles, reviews, and letters in all areas of biomedical engineering. This peer reviewed journal aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on the latest advancements in the field.

Sample issue.

Archive includes: v. 1(2007) – v. 3(2009).
Journal of the American Ceramic Society - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

The publisher, Blackwell, describes the journal: The Journal of the American Ceramic Society contains records of original research that provide or lead to fundamental principles in the science of ceramics and ceramic-based composites. These papers include reports of the discovery of new phases, phase relationships, processing approaches and microstructures that relate to ceramic materials and processes. Topics include: Glass science, crystal chemistry, microscopy and microstructure, bioceramic science, powder processing and colloidal science.

Instructions for authors.

Sample issue.

20090805

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:

20090602


International Journal Of Material Forming - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20090414

International Journal Of Social Robotics - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20090328


Rare Metal Materials and Engineering - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20090205

The OhioLINK Electronic Book Center has rolled out a new interface.
Changes include:
  • new interface
  • search groups of book collections
  • search specialized collections individually
Collections relevant to engineers include Springer-Verlag publications (imprints 2007+), and Safari Books Online (professional trade manuals, handbooks, and code).

20090110

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Springer-Verlag describes the content:
The Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing (JAMC) is a broad-based journal covering all branches of computational or applied mathematics including: numerical analysis, discrete optimization, linear and nonlinear programming, theory of computation, control theory, theory of algorithms, computational logic, applied combinatorics, coding theory, cryptographics, fuzzy theory with applications, differential equations with applications.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.

Sample issue.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

A new journal from ACS, Applied Materials and Interfaces will publish articles on new materials, interfacial processors, and applications
. Contributors will include chemists, engineers, physicists, and biologists.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20090102

Energy for Sustainable Development - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

ESD is published four times yearly by Elsevier on behalf of the International Energy Initiative.
Article contents include interdisciplinary discussion, summaries of technical innovations, energy issues in developing countries, and critical reviews.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20081116

Frontiers of Chemical Engineering in China - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Springer-Verlag describes the content:
The journal aims to reflect worldwide advances in nearly all fields of chemical engineering. The journal publishes review articles, original research papers, and rapid communications by individual researcher and research groups. The journal covers nearly all main branches of chemical engineering.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20081114

Back issues of the following journals are now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Journal of Phase Equilibria - (Springer-Verlag)
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology - (Springer-Verlag)
Metallurgical Transactions B - (Springer-Verlag)

20081107

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:
Search our complete list of electronic journal titles.

20081103

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:

20090921


Asian Journal of Control - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center. Sample issue.

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20090910

The University Libraries new website: http://www.libraries.wright.edu/redesign/

We'll be rolling it out for Winter Quarter. Feedback wanted.

20090903

International Journal of Web Information Systems - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

The publisher, MCB Press, describes the journal: The journal examines how current shared vision for the future is one of semantically-rich information and service oriented architecture for global information systems. This vision is at the convergence of progress in technologies such as XML, Web services, RDF, OWL, of multimedia, multimodal, and multilingual information retrieval, and of distributed, mobile and ubiquitous computing.

Instructions for authors.

Sample issue.

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20090901

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:

20081007

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:
Search our complete list of electronic journal titles.

20080926

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:

Search our complete list of electronic journal titles.

20080925

Steel in Translation - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Springer-Verlag describes the journal content: "The industrial engineering journal Steel in Translation covers theoretical and applied problems of ferrous metallurgy. It presents material translated from the two leading Russian ferrous metallurgical journals – Stal" and Izvestia VUZ Chernaya Metallurgiya."

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.


Sample issue.

20080923


Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis - now available to WSU faculty, staff, and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Topics include: mathematical theory of pattern recognition, raw data representation, computer vision, image processing, machine learning, computer graphics, data and knowledge bases, neural nets, software, specialized computer architectures, applications, and related areas.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.


Sample issue.

20080919

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:
Search our complete list of electronic journal titles.

20080911

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:
Search our complete list of electronic journal titles.

20080908

Gamer's Night. -- @ the Library.

Contest: Unreal Tournament
Sep. 12, Friday, 6:00pm to 10:00pm

The University Libraries, CaTS, and Residence Services invite you to get your game on. We've got the equipment, you've got the skill. [...or if you've never played Unreal Tournament, bring some fun and good luck.] Free pizza, snacks, and soft-drinks! Show your WSU ID to get in.

Also offered: guitar hero, chess, dance revolution, and board games.
Read more.

20080812

RefWorks: updated features this week
  • global edit feature improved
  • non-English and multi-language bibliographies
  • advanced search options enhanced
  • increased file-size for attachments
Try RefWorks.

20080807


ITBM-RBM News - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

The French language publication offers topical interviews with biomedical technology sector personalities, a review of technical specifications, market analyses, news on equipment monitoring and maintenance, and spotlights innovative products.


Article submission information is available from the journal's website.


Sample issue.
ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems (TRETS) - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

ACM TRETS focuses on FPGAs and other adaptable fabric approaches to the design and implementation of reconfigurable systems.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.


Sample issue.

20080731

BioData Mining - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

BioMed Central describes the journal's content:
BioData Mining publishes original articles on all aspects of data mining applied to high-dimensional biological and biomedical data, focusing on computational aspects of knowledge discovery from large-scale genetic, transcriptomic, genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic data.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.


Sample issue.

20080721

Citation Mapping. This new feature from Thomson/Reutors/ISI Web of Knowledge is gob-stopping cool!

Their press: "Citation MappingBe the first to see the beta version of this powerful new Web of Science® visualization tool. Visualize citation relationships and understand the meaning of a cited reference search. Map citations by author, institution, country, subject, and more! "

Use any ordinary ISI search. Arrive at an article you want to map; then choose Citation MapCitation Map

Choose (forward, backward, or both).

Choose 1 or 2 generations.

Create. (The button is a buried at the bottom right.)

Map options include more than author-to-author displays.

Try this example:

1. appearance - order nodes by - subject category

2. appearance - colour code by - subject category

3. result: a colour coded representation of subject relevant citing and cited articles!

20080712

Springer-Verlag recently celebrated the 5000th volume of the Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS) series. WSU members should look for LNCS volumes two ways.
  1. SpringerLink: limited full-text access; search the entire series
  2. OhioLINK Electronic Book Center: full-text access all found documents; partial series

The 5000th volume was titled, 25 Years of Model Checking, by Edmund M. Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, and Joseph Sifakis.

20080707


Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH) - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

JOCCH publishes papers relating to the use of ICT in support of cultural heritage. Topics may include ICT used to classify, preserve, restore, archive, create or display digital artefacts.

Article submission information is available from the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20080623


Review of Symbolic Logic - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Created by the Association of Symbolic Logic and made available through Cambridge University Press, the Review of Symbolic Logic, publishes papers relating to philosophical and non-classical logics and their applications, history and philosophy of logic, and philosophy and methodology of mathematics.

Article submission information is available from the ASL journal's website.

Sample issue.

20080610

ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Published by the Association for Computer Machinery. Description:
TACCESS is a quarterly peer reviewed journal that provides a technical forum for computing issues that impact the lives of people with disabilities: assistive system applications, use investigations.

Instructions to authors can be found on the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20080607

Journal of Robotic Surgery - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Published by Springer. Description by Springer: The aim of the [Journal of Robotic Surgery] is to become the leading worldwide journal for publications of articles related to robotic surgery, encompassing surgical simulation and integrated imaging techniques.

Instructions to authors can be found on the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20080605

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDEM) - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Published by Springer. Description by Springer:
IJIDEM examines the development, handling, and design of highly realistic, multi-sensorial virtual prototypes for improving decision-making in product design and manufacturing.

Instructions to authors can be found on the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20080602


Systems Engineering: Theory and Practice (SETP) - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Published by Elsevier Science. Description by Elsevier: Systems Engineering - Theory & Practice (SETP) is a peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal that focuses on systems science, management science, and information science.

Instructions to authors can be found on the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20080530

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Science - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Published by Elsevier Science. Description by Elsevier: The Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists publishing articles on recent research, new technology and techniques, professional practices, technologists' viewpoints as well as relevant book reviews.

Instructions to authors can be found on the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20080528

New Biotechnology - now available to WSU faculty staff and students in the Electronic Journal Center.

Published by Elsevier Science. Description by Elsevier: New Biotechnology is the official journal of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) and will be published bimonthly. It will cover both the science of biotechnology and its surrounding political, business and financial milieu. The journal will publish peer-reviewed basic research papers, authoritative reviews, feature articles and opinions in all areas of biotechnology.

Instructions to authors can be found on the journal's website.

Sample issue.

20080510

More journals now available electronically to WSU faculty, staff, and students:
Search our complete list of electronic journal titles.
Search our complete list of electronic journal titles.

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