THIS ISSUE:
New Databases
E-Reserves
Dissertations Online
Top Ten Research Databases
Annual Faculty Staff Book Exhibit
Serials Cancellations
Statistical Overview of the Library Collections
Class of the day: Learn about the library
Wireless laptop connections available in PCL
NEW DATABASES:
Over the summer the library added several dozen new web
databases which are described at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/.
Together these databases provide access to several million additional full-text
articles, tens of thousands of e-books, and thousands of maps, images, and other
types of frequently used academic information resources. Some of this
information (detailed maps of the buildings in 19th century Texas towns, full
text of early American periodicals, full text of Spanish-Language periodicals,
new e-journals, information on hundreds of thousands of companies), has been
difficult to find previously. Many of the library's existing databases were
also
improved over the summer with the addition of full text, additional years of
coverage, and the establishment of article level links to e-journals. All of
these databases are accessible through UT
Library Online.
E-RESERVES:
Electronic reserves provides online access to many library materials placed on reserve by instructors for students enrolled in their courses. The General Libraries is using ERes, a system designed specifically for electronic reserves in academic libraries, to provide this service.
E-RESERVES:
What are the advantages?
E-RESERVES:
Who can participate?
Any instructor teaching a course for UT-Austin can participate.
E-RESERVES:
How do I get started?
Contact
Michele Ostrow, eres@lib.utexas.edu,
512-495-4654, or visit the reserves web site at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/reserves/.
Additional information on E-reserves for Faculty may be found at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/reserves/about.html.
DISSERTATIONS ONLINE - DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL
During the past year the library has been running a test with UMI/Proquest in which we have made the full text of over 100,000 dissertations from approximately 1,000 graduate schools and universities freely available over the web to UT students, staff, and faculty. During this period the UT community successfully downloaded over 10,000 dissertations produced at hundreds of different institutions. Based on these results the library has made arrangements to continue this service indefinitely.
Dissertation Abstracts adds 47,000 new dissertations and 12,000 new theses to the database each year. Most dissertations produced since 1997 are now available online for downloading. These files are large and the library recommends that you use a fast Internet connection in order to perform this downloading. The library has computers with zip drives that can be used for downloading dissertations (you will need to bring your own zip disks). Dissertation Abstracts includes bibliographic citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. The full text of more than one million of these older titles is available in paper and microform formats. These older dissertations can be purchased from UMI/Proquest or in many cases they can be borrowed on interlibrary loan. Dissertation Abstracts is available on UT Library Online.
TOP TEN MOST USED RESEARCH DATABASES
The following library databases
received the most use by UT-Austin faculty and students during the last 12
months. The numbers used are the most conservative available. For example,
UT-Austin users accessed Science Direct 692,004 times, but we are counting only
the 159,510 journal articles which faculty and students downloaded to their
computers. All databases are available via UT Library Online. Next year we expect
the new database "Academic Search Premier," which provides access to the full
text of well over ten million articles of scholarly interest, to make this top
ten list.
ANNUAL FACULTY STAFF BOOK EXHIBIT
The annual faculty staff book exhibit
will be held from October 23rd through January 18th in the lobby of
Perry-Castañeda Library. Please bring books to be included in the exhibit to the
Reference and Information Services Department Office, PCL 2.430 before October
15th. If you have a small photograph of yourself (or of your co-authors) we
would like to include these in the display. All books published after October 2,
2000 are eligible. The exhibited books will also be listed on the library's Web
site. At the close of the exhibit, books may be picked up at the Reference and
Information Services Department Office. For more information contact Shiela
Winchester, 495-4254, winchester@mail.utexas.edu.
SERIALS CANCELLATIONS:
Last year the General Libraries
cancelled 1,095 duplicate subscriptions. An additional 274 duplicate
subscriptions were cancelled this year with cancellations scheduled to take
effect in 2002. These actions have reduced the library's ongoing financial
commitments by over $250,000, thus allowing the library to protect its
subscriptions to unique scholarly content. The underlying principle in these
comprehensive serials reviews is that there is to be no loss of content to the
campus. As a result of these reviews you may notice less duplication of print
subscriptions, fewer microfilm subscriptions, and the dropping of some print
journals in favor of their more inexpensive e-journal clones. This year's review
was an extension of the earlier review in 2000. Additional information may be
found at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/admin/cird/review.html.
STATISTICAL OVERVIEW OF THE LIBRARY COLLECTIONS:
The UT Austin libraries were ranked 9th in the June 22nd Chronicle of Higher
Education article, "Holdings of Research Libraries in the U.S. and Canada."
A statistical overview of the library collections may be found at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/admin/cird/collectionoverview.html
.
CLASS OF THE DAY: LEARN ABOUT THE LIBRARY
The
Class of the Day
introduces you to the resources and services available from the General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin. All classes are open to everyone -- the students, faculty, and staff of the University as well as the general public. Classes are free and do not require a reservation. Printed copies of this schedule are available at campus library information desks.
WIRELESS LAPTOP CONNECTIONS AVAILABLE IN PCL
Student, faculty and staff
accessible UTNet Wireless Access is now available in selected areas of the
Perry-Castañeda Library. For more information see http://www.lib.utexas.edu/pcl/computing/wireless/index.html.
For other areas where wireless laptop connections are available on campus see: http://www.utexas.edu/its/network/wireless/coverage/index.html.
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