Archive for July, 2011
Library Workshop: EndNote For Beginners: Thursday, August 4
EndNote For Beginners
Are you writing a research paper or ready to start your thesis? Want an easy way to store, manage and search for bibliographic references? EndNote for Beginners may be just the quick start session you need. Learn what EndNote is and the basics of how it can work for you to organize the articles you’re reading and create bibliographies within a word processing document. We’ll cover how to get your references into EndNote and what to do with them once they’re there.
Thursday, August 4
2:00-3:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328
Library Workshop: Researching Caltech Online: Tuesday, August 2
Researching Caltech Online
Looking for information about retired faculty, Caltech buildings, or Seeley G. Mudd? Interested in when a specific speaker gave a Watson Lecture? Wondering when Bill Nye the Science Guy was the Commencement Speaker? Want to know where to find information about current student activities, as well as what was going on in 1972? Come and familiarize yourself with CaltechCampusPubs (http://caltechcampuspubs.library.caltech.edu/) and other web sources for Caltech information available on campus.
Tuesday, August 2
2:00-3:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328
New Journal Subscriptions
The Library has recently subscribed to Journal of Terramechanics, Ocean Modelling and Nature Communications.
Accessing Institute of Physics (IOP) Journals Today
IOP is having trouble with some of their old (pre-IOPscience) URLs. Until they have resolved the issue, please use this URL to access journals like Astrophysical Journal and Astronomical Journal. IOP is working to resolve the issue.
NSF Data Management Plan support
Find all you need to know (or tell us what’s missing) in our Data Management Guide. Also, use our template to create your plan.
June 2011 New Books and Journals lists
The lists of new books and journals added to the libraries’ collections during the month of June 2011 are now available. This month’s book list includes book cover images for many items, and links to Amazon to allow you to browse the books electronically. Please note that we provide no guarantee that Amazon has contracted with the publisher to allow viewers to browse specific books.