Open Access Journals from the Royal Society of Chemistry

Axe Library is now providing access to open access journals from the Royal Society of Chemistry with access up to about 2 years ago for most titles. The journals are all indexed by databases such as Compendex, SciFinder, and Academic Search Premier. To access the full text of the journals, go to the library’s website at http://axe.pittstate.edu/ and click on the “Journals” tab in the center of the page. You may search by journal title, words in the title, ISSN, or subject. Additionally, if you are in a database, such as SciFinder, click on a link that says “Full Text” or “Article Linker” or “360 Link.” This will allow you to easily find out if the Library has the needed journal article in print or electronic access to it. Here is a list of the available titles:

Analyst
Chemical communications
Chemical Society Reviews
Contemporary Organic Synthesis
CrystEngComm
Dalton Transactions
Education in Chemistry
Energy & environmental science
Faraday discussions
Green Chemistry
Highlights in chemical biology
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
Journal of Chemical Research, Synopses
Journal of Environmental Monitoring
Journal of Materials Chemistry
Lab on a Chip
Mendeleev Communications
Molecular bioSystems
Natural Product Reports
New Journal of Chemistry
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Pesticide outlook
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
Russian Chemical Reviews
Soft Matter

If you have any questions about journals or databases, please do not hesitate to call 620-235-4884 or 620-235-4894.

Nursing Journal Changes Title

The popular nursing journal, RN, has changed title to Healthcare Traveler beginning with the October 2009 issue. The journal is indexed, and full text is available, in CINAHL Plus with Full Text database, as well as Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source and Academic Onefile among others.

As always if you are doing a search in one database and want to find out if the library has a given article available in print or full text, click on the link or graphic in the database that says “Article Linker.”

Please do not hesitate to contact Axe Library at ext. 4884 or 4894 if you have comments or questions about this or other journals or databases.

Online Database Tutorials in YouTube

Axe Library is proud to announce the creation of two online tutorials to be used by students, faculty, staff, and the general public in order to learn more about databases. Links to them may also be included in email, Angel, and syllabi, among other locations.

The tutorials were created by Waudenna Agee and Barbara Pope using a combination of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Windows Moviemaker, and a headset microphone. The tutorials came out of a project whose aim is to increase instruction and promotion of library resources. The project will be presented at the College and University Libraries Section (CULS) Conference in Hays, Kansas in October.

Agee and Pope acknowledged the increasing array of online resources with a variety of interfaces and the increasing prevalence of online classes or classes with an online component. Because of this and other factors, many students do not come to the library and so lack information about how to search databases.

The tutorials have been posted on YouTube and links to them will be available on the library’s website. So far, tutorials on the ERIC database and interlibrary loan are all that is available, but several more are anticipated.

The Axe Library Reference channel on YouTube is located at http://www.youtube.com/user/axelibraryreference.


Searching the ERIC Database
http://www.youtube.com/user/axelibraryreference#play/all/uploads-all/1/r2Ag_BaQyLA

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
http://www.youtube.com/user/axelibraryreference#play/all/uploads-all/0/1Wy35TzBQ0w


If you have any questions about these tutorials or other Axe Library databases or resources, please do not hesitate to contact Axe Library at ext. 4894 or 4884.

New Online Journals in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics

Axe Library is continually striving to expand its offerings in online journals to support the research and information needs of the Pittsburg State University community. The Library is now providing online access to Annual Review of Biochemistry published by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization which helps scientists by providing comprehensive scientific information on a variety of fields. The journal covers the biological, biomedical, physical, social, and behavioral sciences. As the title states, it is an annual publication and the access is currently for the 2009 issue.

Annual Review of Biochemistry is indexed in a number of databases, including the following:

Academic Search Premier
Biological Abstracts
SciFinder
PubMed

The Library is now also providing access to the following open access journals from the Institute of Physics Archives. All three are indexed in SciFinder.

Astrophysical Journal from November 1996 to December 2006
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series from December 1996 to December 2006
Journal of High Energy Physics from July 1997 to December 2007

As always, if you are in another database and find a citation to one of these journals, you may click on the Article Linker link and link directly to the full text or find out if the library has a given item in print or microform. In addition, you may access these journals from off-campus.

If you have any questions or comments about these or other journals or databases, please do not hesitate to contact Axe Library at ext. 4884 or 4894.

Now Available: American History in Video

History buffs, scholars, students or anyone interested in American history and life now have available over 1200 videos available covering the 16th century to the 20th century. This new collection, added to the Axe databases in March, will grow to 5000 titles in a few years.

American History in Video includes public affairs videos from CBS’ Longlines Chronoscope, documentaries from A&E Television network’s History Channel and Biography and movie theatre newsreels from the 40s to the 60s covering war, politics, fashion, sports and more. Contents can be browsed by historical event, titles, newsreels, historical era, places, and more or searched by keyword.

Alexander Street Press has added value to the American History in Video collection with a variety of searching capabilities. In addition to multiple ways to browse, features include an advanced search, ability to view thumbnail images, do transcript searching, and create embeddable links, user-created playlists and clips. All tracks, clips, playlists, videos, web pages, etc. have permanent URLs to allow for emailing, bookmarking, hyperlinks in web pages, and more.

The added value makes American History in Video equally useful for research, classroom lectures, and multi-media presentations. For a list of currently available titles, go to: http://ahiv.alexanderstreet.com/Browse/Video .

Take a look at “Forces of Darkness” (part of the series, The Men Who Killed Kennedy) http://ahiv.alexanderstreet.com/View/520769 .

Or, a video on Charles Lindbergh’s life http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com/View/519297 .

Locate the American History in Video collection from the Library homepage (http://library.pittstate.edu/) by clicking on “Databases by Title”.

If you would like more information, of if you have questions about this, or any one of our online databases, please call the Axe Reference Desk at ext. 4894.

New Economics Journals For 2009

Axe Library has for several years subscribed to the Journal of Economic Literature and American Economic Review, both published by the American Economic Association. Axe Library strives to subscribe to journals and magazines which support the curriculum and research needs at Pittsburg State University. Beginning immediately, the Library will be providing electronic access to all of the following journals from the American Economic Association.

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

American Economic Review

Journal of Economic Literature

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Access to two other journals, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, will begin later in 2009.

As with all of Axe Library’s journals, you may search for them in Serials Solutions by going to the Axe Library home page and clicking on “Serials Solutions”. You may search for a specific journal title, title words, or browse by subject. Alternatively, you may search the Library’s online catalog by journal title or subject. In addition, if you are searching another database and find an article that you would like to access, click on the Article Linker and then click on Article. Whether the item is available electronically or in print, the source will be displayed in Article Linker.

If you wish to access the content of an online journal and you are off-campus or using a laptop with wireless access, you will be prompted for your GUS ID and PIN when accessing the content.

If you have any questions or comments about journals or databases, please do not hesitate to contact Axe Library at ext. 4884 or 4894.