On 19 October 2009, Elsevier will be hosting a lecuture aimed at early career researchers on 'How to write a world class paper'. There will be 2 sessions one at 10.30 and one at 2.00 on the Addenbrookes site.
During the presentation, the audience will gain insights in the way publishers, editors and reviewers look at their manuscripts, which may help them to submit better papers.
The lecture will cover those aspects, relevant when preparing and submitting a manuscript for a scientific journal e.g. originality, Hot Topics, format of the article, selection of the journal, language, building blocks, ethical and copyright issues.
Dr Riaz Agha, Managing and Executive Editor of International Journal of Surgery (and Junior Doctor at Addenbrooke's!) will present the workshop and share his experiences with the audience and answer questions.
We believe that these sessions will be oversubscribed (indeed the afternoon session is nearly full just from being advertised on the Medical Library website) and so booking is essential. Bookings can be made via the Medical library website at
The University completed the transition from ATHENS access to locally authenticated access via Shibboleth on the 1st August. Users will no longer be able to access a resource via the ATHENS alternative login route.
The recommended access route for electronic resources is via eresources@cambridge or, in the case of ejournals, ejournals@cambridge, which include the correct links.
Users off-campus should log in using the links provided by publishers on their web sites marked "Institutional login", "Log in via your home institution" or "Shibboleth".
A trial has been arranged to the new reaction searching and synthesis planning tool for chemists, Reaxys. The trial starts 1 September and ends 31 October 2009 and can be accessed at the URL: https://www.reaxys.com.
Reaxys is based on the combined content of the Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases. Access to the Beilstein and Gmelin databases is currently via the CrossFire service. In 2010, CrossFire will be replaced by the new interface Reaxys.
A webinar describing navigation of the Reaxys interface to the databases can be accessed at any time by registration by any individual in writing to: webinars@reaxys.com. Some hard copies of the quick reference guide will be available from the Chemical Engineering and Rayleigh Libraries in due course. Alternatively you can access the Reaxys Training centre at: http://www.info.reaxys.com/training-center to download copies of the guide and other materials and demos.
New Content Added to the Health and General Sciences & Life Sciences Collections on JSTOR - Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, and Journal of Field Ornithology.
JSTOR offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.
The archives are being expanded continuously with a current emphasis on international publications as well as collections of other content types such as pamphlets, images and manuscripts from libraries, societies, and museums. New initiatives to support innovations in scholarship, such as using the archives for text mpre-publication sharing of ideas among scholars, are also underway.
Access to JSTOR content at http://www.jstor.org/ is available on-campus without passwords and off-campus via Raven passwords.
New titles:
The following journals have been added to the JSTOR archive. More detailed information about all JSTOR titles and collections, along with delimited lists, can be accessed from JSTOR’s Available Collections page at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/archives/collections.jsp.
The Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery is an international journal of the medicine and surgery of both captive and wild birds. Published materials includescientific articles, case reports editorials, abstracts,new research, and book reviews. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=javianmedsurg
Published on behalf of the Association of Field Ornithologists,Journal of Field Ornithology publishes original articles that emphasize the descriptive or experimental study of birds in their natural habitats. Articles depicting general techniques, emphasizing conservation, describing life history, or assessing published studies or existing ideas are appropriate. The Journal is especially interested in field studies conducted in the Neotropics and those involving participation by nonprofessional ornithologists. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jfielorni
A bibliography of Afrotropical birds, 1971-1990, compiled by R. J. Dowsett, C. H. Fry & F. Dowsett-Lemaire. Liege: Tauraco Press; 2007. Balfour Library shelf mark: qKZ.6 (50)
Butterflies of West Africa: Text and Plate volumes, by Torben B. Larsen. Stenstrup: Apollo Books; 2005. Balfour Library shelf mark: QNB (38i-ii)
Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et gaumatres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tomes 1 et 2 : The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa, volumes 1 and 2, by Didier Paugy, Christian Leveque and Guy G. Teugels. Paris: IRD, MNHN, MRAC; 2003. Balfour Library shelf mark: VZ.6 (25i-ii)
Modern applied statistics with S, 4th ed., by W. N. Venables and B. D. Ripley. New York: Springer; 2002. Balfour Library shelf mark: EBB (86d)
Donations:
The birds of Pasvik, by E. I. Khlebosolov ... [et al.]. Ryazan: NP "Golos gubernii"; 2007. Balfour Library shelf mark: KZ.4 (5)
Important bird areas in Africa and associated islands: priority sites for conservation, edited by Lincoln D. Fishpool and Michael I. Evans. Cambridge: BirdLife International; 2001. Balfour Library shelf mark: qKZ.6 (48)
New books donated by Cambridge University Press:
Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models, by Andrew Gelman and Jennifer Hill. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2007. Balfour Library shelf mark: EBB (87)
Theses:
Assessing the economic aspects of aquatic invasive species in Great Britain, by Matthew Paul Julius Oreska. (M.Phil.) Cambridge; 2009. Thesis (459)
Demographic analysis of the impact of conservation action on stone curlew populations, by Alison Johnston. (Ph.D.) Cambridge; 2009. Thesis (460)
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) sentinel behaviour: variation in height and contribution, by Mico Tatalovic. (M.Phil.) Cambridge: 2008. Thesis (461)
This website celebrates the life, work and impact of Charles Darwin. There are lots of articles about who Darwin was, what he did and why he matters. You can also read about modern case studies which showcase some of the evidence supporting Darwin's theories. Use the menu to the right hand side of the page to explore the headings: Life, Work, Evolution, Impact, Updating Darwin, Case Studies, Applications, Darwin and Cambridge Today, For Kids, For Teachers.
Mimas are pleased to announce that Zetoc records can now include abstracts.
Inclusion of the abstract data is with agreement between the British Library and the publisher. Not all new article data will have abstracts included but the number is expected to increase as further agreements are reached. The abstracts when present are found on the 'Full record' page.
For examples please try the following links:
Mapping the sequence mutations of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus neuraminidase relative to drug and antibody binding sites.
If you require any further information or have any suggestions for enhancements to the Zetoc service, please contact the Zetoc support at: zetoc@mimas.ac.uk. Your feedback is always appreciated.
The University Library has acquired the following electronic journal backfiles in perpetuity with funding from HEFCE’s Capital Investment Framework (CIF). This initiative brings the University Library closer to meeting the demands of its users for online access to archival journal content, and further enriching access to the University’s online journal collections.
1. Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Science Citation Index
Access to the Web of Science Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Science Citation Index have been extended. The Science Citation ed to include retrospective data from 1900 to the present, and the Social Science Citation Index from 1956 to present.These resources are multidisciplinary indexes to the journal literature in the sciences and social sciences respectively, and fully index over 6,650 major journals in the sciences, and 1,900 journals in the social sciences.
To search the indexes: once you get to the eresources@cambridge page at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/, click on the "databases" tab, then click on "W" for the list of databases beginning with W, and then scroll down to find Web of Knowledge (which incorporates Web of Science). Click on this and you should get to the Web of Knowledge page. Then click on the Web of Science tab to search it, and you should see the new coverage dates on the screen under "Citation databases". Alternatively you should be able to bookmark Web of Knowledge on your internet browser, or create a shortcut for it on your desktop.
Web of Science requires a Raven login.
2. Springer Online Archive update package
An update package to the Springer Online Archives Collection which was purchased by the University Library in August 2008 is now available. This package adds online access to the full text of an additional 119 journal titles and more than 4,000 volumes from titles that have been taken over by Springer.
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, by F. Moore. Vols. 1-3. London: L. Reeve & Co.; 1880-1887.
Balfour Library class mark: qQN (1)
The book is open at: Plate 63 (from vol. 1): specimens of Papilionidae (swallowtail butterflies). This plate shows amazingly detailed bright green and subtle yellow coloured butterflies from different angles, as well as their pupae and caterpillars.
Frederic Moore (1830-1907) was a distinguished entomologist and a prominent Fellow of the Entomological Society for more than 50 years. He was also a Fellow of the Zoological Society and was elected an Associate of the Linnean Society in 1881. He joined the staff of the East India Museum in 1848 and worked there as Assistant Curator until its absorption with the British Museum in 1879. Moore’s principal interest was in Indian lepidoptera; his obituary in The Zoologist states “He was a pioneer in the study of Indian Lepidoptera, and he knew these insects intimately better than any man living”. He was also a talented botanical and zoological artist.
His principal works are A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East India Company, two vols. (1857-59), and The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, three vols. (1880-87). He was working on his major title Lepidoptera Indica at the time of his death; six volumes were published after his death and a further four have been published since, written by Col. C. Swinhoe.
The illustrations for The Lepidoptera of Ceylon are by two Singhalese artists, the brothers William and George de Alwis who worked as botanical artists at the Botanical Garden at Peradeniya. The Director of the Botanical Garden, G. H. K. Thwaites, was greatly impressed by William de Alwis’ botanical drawings and recommended to Sir W. H. Gregory, the Governor of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) that William should undertake a project to draw from nature the butterflies and moths of Ceylon. Thwaites supervised the drawings, many of which were illustrations of specimens he had collected himself. George de Alwis was also employed to copy some of the drawings already made and to prepare new ones.
The brothers’ drawings were, according to the Natural History Museum which owns the De Alwis Drawings Collection “considered to be of such accuracy that they were used by a number of authors publishing on the lepidoptera of Ceylon”. The 71 original watercolour drawings “depict with great accuracy the adult butterflies and moths, their larvae and pupae and occasionally associated food plants”. The drawings were lithographed and reproduced as colour plates in this book by Moore. The Balfour & Newton Libraries’ copy of this work was donated by the Governor of Ceylon.
Sources:
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1907-08): 56.
W. L. Distant. The Zoologist (4) (1907) 11: 239.
Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine (1907) 43: 162.
King’s College London libraries, Special Collections Online Exhibition:
Following a successful trial subscription, the Balfour Library is very pleased to announce that it has purchased an initial three year subscription to the Birds of North America (BNA) Online. The subscription will run until 30th June 2012.
