Update on engineering information sources

Slide 1: Update on engineering information resources Online Information 2006 13.30 - 14.00 Wednesday 29th Nov STM Information in Focus Roddy MacLeod Heriot Watt University R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk

Slide 2: Update – Engineering information resources • News sources • Publishers and content providers exhibiting at Online 2005 • Some other players • Some interesting developments & trends • New book • Handouts – URLs and Stands

Slide 3: News sources

Slide 4: Confessions of a Science Librarian EngLib, for the scitech librarian ScienceBase Science Library Pad E3 Information Overload Karen Blakeman’s Blog

Slide 5: Stand 514 Fiz Karlsruhe/STN International • Major enhancements to Inspec – Reloaded with enhancements: left/right truncation in fields abstract (/AB), basic index (/BI) and title (/TI). – Inspec Archive covering the years 1898 to 1968 is now available on STN. • Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) – enhanced version on STN

Slide 6: Stand 304 CSA • CSA Illumina • Multisearch • Ulrich’s • PapersInvited • Community of Scholars • COS Funding Opportunities • RefWorks

Slide 7: Stand 304 CSA • Added 2 Materials Properties databases – Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database (TPMD) – Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database (MPMD) • www.csa.com • cindasdata.com

Slide 8: Stand 334 Sage Publications • New look to SAGE Journals Online platform – Improved navigation – Site level quick search – Enhanced advanced search options – Search history & Saved searches – ‘My Tools’ tab – Improved marked citations – RefWorks compatibility – Institutional branding • Redesigned Librarians’ Site

Slide 9: Stand 506 Elsevier • Referex Engineering – 50 new titles – Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries; – Chemical Process Safety; – The Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook; – Valve Selection Handbook; and – Newnes Electrical Power Engineer's Handbook. • Graphing and Summary Downloads introduced on Engineering Village

Slide 10: Download Stand 506 Elsevier Graph

Slide 11: Stand 704 IEEE • COUNTER-compliant • Four new journals – IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine; – IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine; – IEEE Computer Architecture Letters; and – IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security • Digitized Proceedings of the IEEE, back to 1913 • IEEE Power & Energy Library • IEEE Expert Now

Slide 12: Stand 704 IEEE 2007 New journals: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems IEEE Systems Journal IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management IEEE Xplore digital library enhancements

Slide 13: Stand 346 IET / Inspec • IEE and IIE became IET • Inspec – 550,000 new articles in 2007 • New journal: Micro & Nano Letters. • IET Journals name changes • New titles in 2007 – IET - Synthetic Biology – IET - Rewable Power Generation – IET - Computer Vision – IET - Image Processing – IET - Signal Processing

Slide 14: Stand 410 Springer • Springer for Librarians – http://www.springer.com/uk/home/librarians – SpringerAlerts for Librarians, e-mail notification – Librarian resources • SpringerLink http://www.springerlink.com/ – Engineering Collection: 1500 eBooks, 175 journals, 10 reference works. – Engineering eBook Collection: 1500 eBooks, 300 new titles each year

Slide 15: Stand 620 John Wiley • New engineering content on Wiley Interscience – Encyclopedia of Computational Mechanics – IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering – Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering – Macromolecular Reaction Engineering • Mechanical Engineers' Handbook • RSS feeds for journal TOCs

Slide 16: Wiley Interscience RSS Table of Contents feeds

Slide 17: Stand 528 Thomson Scientific • Derwent World Patents Index: Techstreet: Delphion: ISI Web of Knowledge: Dialog • ISI Web of Knowledge – Author Finder – Improved Topic Search Results – RSS feeds for search results • 400,000 research reports available from NTIS Database

Slide 18: Stand 528 Thomson Scientific • KnowledgeLink - created with librarians in mind. • ISI Web of Knowledge reference cards, fact sheets, etc.

Slide 19: Stand 614 Institute of Physics • New multidisciplinary journals – Environmental Research Letters erl.iop.org – Computational Science & Discovery – Journal of Instrumentation • COUNTER compliance • Nanotechnology - weekly

Slide 20: Stand 642 BSI Business Information • Publishing division of the BSI Group • Portfolio of over 20,000 publications including: – Standards’ documents – Online and electronic information e.g. British Standards Online – Interpretative guides and books. • Customized services: – Expert help with drafting and delivering private company and consortia standards – Technical advice on import and export regulations – Assistance with standards collections management – Seminars and workshop programme.

Slide 21: Stand 642 BSI Business Information • Revision to BS 5400-2:1978 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. • New Revision - BS 7212:2006 Code of practice for the safe use of construction hoists • New product BS 8888 Technical Product Specification Online due early 2007 • PP 7722:2006 Designing safe machinery. Guidance for higher education to the standards and regulations now available for lecturers and students • BS ISO/IEC 23026 Software engineering. Recommended practice for the Internet. Web site engineering, web site management, and web site life cycle • BSOL – New search engine – provided by Endeca

Slide 22: Stand 240 Knovel • Systems Engineering and Lifecycle Management Supplement – Systems Analysis and Design with UML Version 2.0 - An Object Oriented Approach (2nd Edition) – System Safety Engineering and Management (2nd Edition) – Systems Engineering Principles and Practice • Sensors Supplement – thermal, optical and infra-red, mechanical, chemical, and electromagnetic sensors

Slide 23: Stand 500 CISTI • NRC Research Press – Back issues now available online – one-time purchase; no annual maintenance fees and access is perpetual. • Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (1974-1996) - available December 2006 • CISTI Library Services – SDD One-Click - e-mail notification message with a URL to the document! – CISTI Online Standards Store - partnering with TechStreet from CISTI Website

Slide 24: Stand 430 Taylor & Francis • Informaworld

Slide 25: Emerald • ISI impact factors in Journal Citation Reports - • Open Access Trial • Engineering Web Portal • Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management http://engineering.emeraldinsight.com/

Slide 26: Morgan & Claypool • Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science • “Lecture” format, provides focused treatments of rapidly moving areas of interest • 2006 Collection Now Available – 100 titles • 125 additional titles planned in 2007 • Email: info@morganclaypool.com or their UK/Euro agent Andrew Pitts at andrew@ampsales.co.uk http://www.morganclaypool.com/

Slide 27: Inderscience • New Journals: – International Journal of Alternative Propulsion – International Journal of Environment and Waste Management – International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering – International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials – International Journal of Manufacturing Research – International Journal of Reliability and Safety • New quarterly newsletter: HIGHLIGHTS • Inderscience News Blog http://www.inderscience.com/

Slide 28: Hindawi

Slide 29: Globalspec

Slide 30: Society of Petroleum Engineers

Slide 31: Institution of Mechanical Engineers • Proceedings IMechE Part O – Journal of Risk and Reliability

Slide 32: Trends in 2006 • Growth of electronic reference content – Wiley, Springer, Knovel…

Slide 33: Trends in 2006 • Growth of electronic reference content • New journals

Slide 34: New journals IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine International Journal of Alternative Propulsion IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine International Journal of Environment and IEEE Computer Architecture Letters Waste Management IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics International Journal of Industrial and and Security Systems Engineering International Journal of Machining and IET - Synthetic Biology Machinability of Materials IET - Rewable Power Generation International Journal of Manufacturing IET - Computer Vision Research IET - Image Processing International Journal of Reliability and Safety IET - Signal Processing Advances in Tribology Environmental Research Letters International Journal of Microwave Science Computational Science & Discovery and Technology Journal of Instrumentation International Journal of Vehicular Technology Proceedings IMechE Part O – Journal of Risk and Reliability

Slide 35: Trends in 2006 • Growth of electronic reference content • New journals • Open Access

Slide 36: OA Self-Archiving Policy http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/ • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) • Medical Research Council (MRC) • National Environmental Research Council (NERC) • Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) • Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) • EPSRC

Slide 37: UKSG Publisher Price Lists

Slide 38: Trends in 2006 • Growth of electronic reference content • New journals • Open Access • RSS – News, blogs, TOCs

Slide 39: Trends in 2006 • Growth of electronic reference content • New journals • Open Access • RSS – News, blogs, TOCs • Online STM sales increase 15%

Slide 40: Takeovers etc • Wiley acquires Blackwell for $1.08 billion in major scientific information market consolidation • Informa rejects Springer's acquisition bid

Slide 41: New reference book Using the Engineering Literature Edited by Bonnie Osif. 614 pages. Routledge, 2006 ISBN 13: 978-0-8247-2964-6

Slide 42: Update on engineering information resources Online Information 2006 13.30 - 14.00 Wednesday 29th Nov STM Information in Focus Roddy MacLeod Heriot Watt University R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk