Micromedex update 27 Oct 2007

Micromedex is being upgraded on Saturday 27th October.  While this is happening, you may see a message saying ‘Your Micromedex is expired’.  We have been told that this is only a warning, and will not affect functionality.

New trial databases – CRCnetBASE

Trial available until: 22nd November 2007.

We are currently trialling the full range of CRCnet databases. In addition to those we already subscribe to, the following are now available on trial:

AGRICULTUREnetBASE, ATSDR’s Toxicological Profiles, BIOSCIENCEnetBASE, BUSINESSnetBASE/MANAGEMENTnetBASE, CHEMLIBnetBASE, CLEANTECHnetBASE, COMPUTERSCIENCEnetBASE, ECONOMICSnetBASE, ERGONOMICSnetBASE, INDUSTRIALnetBASE, ITKNOWLEDGEBASE, MILITARYnetBASE, NUTRITIONnetBASE, OCCUP-HEALTHand, SAFETYnetBASE, PHARMACEUTICALnetBASE, PHYSICSnetBASE, POLYMERSnetBASE, PlantSCIENCEnetBASE, ProjectMANAGEMENTnetBASE, PublicADMINSTRATIONnetBASE, TEXTILEnetBASE, TOXICOLOGYnetBASE, SCI-TECHnetBASE, TRIBOLOGYnetBASE/LUBRICATIONnetBASE, and
WATERnetBASE.

Go to: CRCnetBASE

Tell us what you think of these resources via the evalution form, or use the Comments link on this post.

New trial database – Protein Lounge

Trial available until 31st December 2007.

Protein Lounge is a leader in the field of system biology. It consists of many interactive web-based databases and software to help the life-scientists understand the complexity of systems biology.

Protein Lounge includes the following databases:

• Pathway database
• siRNA database
• Peptide-Antigen database
• Protein Interaction database
• Kinase-Phosphatase database
• Transcription Factors database
• Disease Genes database
• Biochemical Compound database
• Protein database

Go to: Protein Lounge

Please note that the trial version does not allow you to download or save any tools or data. These options are only available with a full subscription.

Tell us what you think of this resource via the evalution form, or use the Comments link on this post.

New trial database – columbia earthscape

Trial available until 22nd November 2007.

columbia earthscape is an integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions.

It is a dynamic, inquiry-based educational resource, featuring illustrated lectures, animations, video and image banks, exercises and labs, syllabi, and basic textbook readings, as well as a carefully selected and assessed collection of environmental legislation, regional studies, international environmental documents, and white papers. columbia earthscape also features a growing archive of journal articles, journal abstracts, conference literature, full-text monographs and selected chapters, and online data sets. Browse in any of the four major areas— Teaching, Learning, Research, and Policy or view a comprehensive index of the entire contents.

Go to: Columbia Earthscape

Tell us what you think of this resource via the evalution form, or use the Comments link on this post.

New Books display in Auchmuty Library

The Auchmuty Library’s New Books display is now located on Level 3 in the new foyer area, opposite the Loans Desk.  A selection of new books will be displayed each week.

Focus on….Asking for Help

Send an SOS via SMS
University of Newcastle staff and students can now SMS reference queries to the Library. The service is for short reference enquiries. SMS 0429 639 542. Calling from outside Australia? SMS +61429639542
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/help/sms.html

Ask a Question – email your question
For assistance with Library database access, instruction and use, search strategies, identifying and locating information resources, ASAPinfo is available to staff and students of the University. For the wider community, we can answer general questions about the library and its resources only.
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/asapinfo/

Make a new book suggestion or comment on our service
All feedback received via the Comments & Feedback form is completely anonymous. http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/asapinfo/

Please go to our Responses to Feedback web page to see our responses.
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/responses/index.html

Artworks for Auchmuty Library

The artworks for the Auchmuty Library Foyer are to be installed Tuesday and Wednesday, the 16th and 17th.

Governor of New South Wales visit

Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales will visit us on Thursday 18th October. Her Excellency will be here to launch Professor Ken Dutton’s book, A French General and a Scots Colonel. This book translates and transcribes a journal held in Cultural Collections. At one end of the book are military treatises written by General Jarry. At the other, the book was later used as a diary by Colonel Charles George Gray, who settled at Port Macquarie, after a distinguished military career, which included service at the Battle of Waterloo.

The Hartley Bequest has funded the purchase of two books relating to Colonel Charles George Gray. One bears his bookplate and is signed and annotated by Gray, as having been purchased in Brussels in April 1815 – just two months prior to the Battle of Waterloo.