Economics of Information - Deep Web instructional materials

I've put a folder called "Economics-Deep Web Stuff Anyone Can Use" in the G:RIS/Instruction directory. You'll find:

• a powerpoint about the Deep Web, including a new slide that attempts to explain Google Scholar
• a really nice graphic called "Stakeholders in the Cycle of Scholarly Information" that Karrie Peterson created. It works nicely for graduate level students.
• the full presentation that Scott and I use with ENG 333 -- Communication for Science and Research which you could adapt for various purposes.
  

Biological Abstracts Now Available via BIOSIS Previews. Can Cross Search.

Access to the databases Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM (reports, reviews, meetings) is now available through one combined database called BIOSIS Previews, on the Web of Knowledge platform. BIOSIS Previews includes all of Biological Abstracts and also indexes literature and taxonomic reviews, books and book chapters, meeting papers and abstracts, patents, and other types of documents. The database is updated weekly.

With three of the major life sciences databases available on the same Web of Knowledge platform, users can now cross search Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, and Zoological Record. The quickest way to use the CrossSearch feature is to select one of the three databases from the NCSU Libraries Databases list. Once you are in the database, choose CrossSearch from the pull-down menu at the top of the screen and click Go.

After that, simply enter your search terms and select the timespan that you wish to search. Note: not all of the databases’ unique search features are available with CrossSearch.

Links from Google Earth and MS Live Maps show 'n tell

Here are the links that I mentioned from the little "new tools" session we had:

http://earth.google.com/

http://gearthblog.com/

http://www.ogleearth.com/

http://maps.live.com

http://birdseyetourist.com

The map of all the cities in the US with oblique imagery is
http://local.live.com/?v=2&cid=546E7E30AC2C5011!250

Library Article Linker in Swedish

If you would prefer a "Beständiga länkar till bibliotekets artiklar" over a "Library Article Linker," check out www.bibl.hj.se/dfn/linker. Tito Sierra gave his code to Daniel Forsman, a librarian at Jönköping University in Sweden, and now there are two.

Josh B

Special Collections - Faculty Publications

Just an fyi for those who (like me) didn't already know this.

The Faculty Publications collection in Special Collections is currently off-site. Students often come to the desk wanting to use textbooks written by faculty that are in this collection. I talked to the folks at Special Collections, and they said the book would need to be requested, requiring a day or two to arrive. Obviously, this is not what the students want - they are usually trying to look something up for an assignment, etc.

These textbooks read 'Faculty Publications Collection' in the catalog.

Special Collections did say that they are planning to purchase additional copies of the textbooks in this collection to store in the new reading room for students to use when it opens. At least, that's the gist of what I understood. :)