BarnardRefDesk

I am retiring from my position with Columbia University Libraries. My last day will be December 15, 2006.

To ensure continuity, when requesting assistance with ...

• LibraryWeb & SWIFT, please send email to: libraryweb@columbia.edu
• Web Content Management (WCM), please send email to: cul-wcm@columbia.edu
• DigitalCommons@Columbia, please send email to: digitalcommons@columbia.edu
  

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Catherine M. Thomas, Web Services Librarian
Libraries Digital Program Division
Columbia University Libraries

Fascinating discussion about Barnard and other CUL libraries.

Jean Laponce and Anice Mills have revised the Web Search Tools page.

This page is accessible by clicking Search at the top right of the Libraries home page; then Search the Web.

All Columbia University Faculty and Staff are invited to a demonstration of Elsevier’s new research tool for Science, Social Sciences , Engineering and Medicine.

Scopus, Friday December 8th at 10 AM in Room 203 Butler Library.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. It's designed to find the information scientists need. Quick, easy and comprehensive, Scopus provides superior support of the literature research process.

Updated daily, Scopus offers.

• Over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers
  
• Over 12,850 academic journals including coverage of 500 Open Access journals
  
• 700 conference proceedings
  
• 600 trade publications
  
• 28 million abstracts
  
• 245 million references, added to all abstracts
  
• Results from 250 million scientific web pages
  
• 13 million patent records from 4 patent offices
  
• Seamless links to full-text articles and other library resources
  
• Innovative tools that give an at-a-glance overview of search results and refine them to the most relevant hits
  
• Alerts to keep you up-to-date on new articles matching your search query, or by favorite author

Please call me, or send email to me if you need any further information.

Thank you,

Kathleen Kehoe
Biology, Physics and Astronomy Librarian