Exporting to Endnote now easier in Pubmed

PubMed has simplified the exporting of references to Endnote and other Bibliographic management packages. Previously when you had identified the references you wanted to export to Endnote you had to go through a number of steps to get your references out of Pubmed.
Now all you have to do is click on the Send to menu at the top of your list of references, select the option for citation manager and then click on the create file button. This will save a file called citations.nbib to you computer.
The contents of this file can then be imported into Endnote using the PubMed(NLM) import filter.
Much easier than before.
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Einstein Archives available online

If you always wanted to know everything about Einstein, there is a new resource available to you at the Einstein Archives Online Website. The site gives you access to approximately 7,000 high-quality digitized images of Einstein’s writings. They cover such areas as his personal life, public life, Jewish people and, of course, science.
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CABI releases Open Access Invasive Species Compendium

The Invasive Species Compendium (ISC) is an Open Access encyclopaedic resource that brings together a wide range of different types of science-based information to support decision-making in invasive species management worldwide. It comprises detailed datasheets that have been written by experts, edited by an independent scientific organization, peer reviewed, and enhanced with data from specialist organizations, images, and maps, a bibliographic database and full text articles. New datasheets and data sets continue to be added, datasheets are reviewed and updated, and scientific literature added on a weekly basis. The ISC has been resourced by a diverse international Consortium of Government departments, Non-governmental organizations and private companies.
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BioMed Central's new-look website

BioMed Central

BioMed Central have used feedback received from editors, authors, readers and reviewers to redevelop the website to provide a cleaner and uncluttered new look. Among the changes are:

• A revamped homepage showcasing the most recent and popular published research
• New-style journal homepages for the BMC series (e.g. BMC Biology, BMC Cancer)
• My BioMed Central – see the latest articles in your subject areas, and easily manage email preferences and stored searches
• My manuscripts – much improved display of the status of all your submitted/published manuscripts, and any that you are currently reviewing or have reviewed
• Institutional Member pages – these now show all articles from a Member institution, not just the last 12 months. Performance is greatly improved and an RSS feed makes it easy to stay up to date
• Advanced search – additional options for selecting and downloading search results
• Gateways – subject gateways offer a quick way to see the latest research from across BioMed Central's open access journals on a particular topic, while regional gateways showcase research from particular countries. Each gateway now has a pair of RSS feeds, one for latest articles, and another for Editor's picks
• Information pages – fully searchable, and with much simplified navigation, these pages tell you all you need to know about BioMed Central 

Click on the Beta Link at the top of the BioMed Central homepage to preview the new website.
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Web of Knowledge Mobile Version

Web of Knowledge is now available for your mobile phone. You can search the databases the Library has a subscription to: Web of Science, MEDLINE, BIOSIS Previews, and Derwent Innovation Index.
Results can be exported to EndNote Web or RefWorks.
Full information can be found at:

http://wokinfo.com/about/mobile/

A Web of Knowledge Mobile FAQ is available at:

http://wokinfo.com/wok/media/pdf/wok-mobile-faqs.pdf 

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Sciverse introduces new features

Sciverse, the platform that combines ScienceDirect, Scopus with information on the web has brought new features to users during September. These new features include:

• In SciVerse ScienceDirect, users may see up to three related PDF articles based on topic relevance to the PDF article they download.
• In SciVerse Scopus, searching the references will now find web site addresses (URLs).
• SciVerse Hub users will appreciate the easier and more powerful tabbed approach to advanced searching.
• SciVerse Scopus users will benefit from an expandable advanced search box, an automatically formatted search string, and more helpful syntax error messages.
• Especially helpful for users searching for local collaborators or assessing a particular country’s aptitude in a certain area, SciVerse Scopus now enables users to refine their searches by country based on the affiliation of the first author.

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CAB Thesarus updated

Life sciences publisher CABI, UK, has announced that the CAB Thesaurus has had its biggest update in 30 years. The Thesaurus, projected as a comprehensive controlled vocabulary covering applied life sciences and related subject areas, has reportedly grown 40 percent in just one year. It now includes nearly 137,000 terms. The resource contains the scientific names and synonyms for pest- and disease-causing organisms, birds, mammals, insects and other species and details the relationships between them. It seeks to play a vital role in ensuring the quality and consistency of all content produced by CABI. It is also licensed by CABI to a wide variety of other organisations to categorise and index their own content.
Additions to the new edition include 10,000 nematode species mentioned in CABI online databases; world lists of birds, mammals, sucking lice (Anoplura) and trichodectid chewing lice (Mallophaga), with synonyms; complete revisions to the existing taxonomic hierarchies in the thesaurus of dinoflagellates and algae; and 7,275 new insect species from the Medani database, which contains species of veterinary and medical importance.
It is projected that the CAB Thesaurus will double in size in the next five years, and several innovations will be introduced to make it much more than just a controlled vocabulary. The most important of these will be to include semantic features into the thesaurus to make it fit for new CABI products and for wider use as part of the semantic web.

You can now export references from Google Books to Endnote

For some time you have been able to export references from Google Scholar to Endnote. Google have quietly introduced this feature to Google Books. When you search Google Books and find the book that you are looking for, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see links to export your reference to Endnote, BiBTeX and RefMan. Select your bibliography management tool and your citation will be exported.
You will need to check each reference to make sure that it is correct. I did a test export and found that my example didn't have a place of publication. As long as you take care this is a useful resource for finding book references to export to Endnote
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2010 Journal Citation Reports are now available

The 2010 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) are now available. They provide a combination of impact and influence metrics, and millions of cited and citing journal data points that comprise the complete journal citation network of Web of Science. The 2010 JCR includes:

• More than 10,000 of the world's most highly cited,
• peer reviewed journals in 238 disciplines
• Nearly 2,500 publishers and 84 countries represented
• Over 1,300 regional journals
• 1,075 journals receiving their first Journal Impact Factor

Journal citation reports can be accessed through Findit@ucd.
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Proquest Databases move to new platform

Proquest have developed a new platform for its databases and Databases that UCD subscribe to are being moved over to this new platform. For Science Technology and Medicine subjects these databases include:

• PsycARTICLES
• PsycBOOKS
• PsycINFO
• Zoological Record Plus (1978-Current)
• GeoRef

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