Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering

The Library has just acquired the following Dekker publication:

Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering

The print copy has not yet arrived but you will probably prefer to use the electronic version which will be added to the Technology and Engineering and Agriculture Reference Resources on our website in due course. In the meantime link to it through the Library catalogue.

Have a look at the encyclopedia if you are teaching undergraduates in any aspect of food, environmental or agricultural engineering as it is quite accessible with plenty of practical examples. Its coverage of genetic biotechnology is not strong - Kirk-Othmer would be a better source in this case.

Library teaching and research consultations

The beginning of semester, which is approaching (too) quickly, is a very good time for grounding your students in the use of the library and information resources. If the Library has taught your students in the past please remember that you will need to reconfirm this soon. If you haven't made use of this service, we are able to take new bookings but will need time to prepare a session that will suit the specific needs of your paper. There will be some additional teaching space this year within the Library but it is always a good idea to get in early to make sure that our Training Room is available at the time you want it. We are of course happy to come out to speak to students within lectures as well. Please phone Bruce or Rae on 7814 or email us.

Your postgraduate students can benefit from a one-on-one research consultation with either Rae or Bruce. We will outline the main information resources available to them and teach them the use of databases and electronic sources in detail. A research consultation can provide the basis for ongoing contact between a student and the Library over the course of their degree. A research consultation is especially useful at the beginning of their thesis or research project, before they have wasted a lot of time or fallen into bad habits!

Cell Press Journal Archives

Elsevier ScienceDirect have made available electronic access to the archives of all eight Cell Press journals:

Cancer Cell
Cell
Chemistry & Biology
Current Biology
Immunity
Molecular Cell
Neuron
Structure

As the access is "complimentary" it does not include issues from the most recent twelve months, but note that the Turitea Library has print subscriptions to Cell, Neuron and Curent Biology. Of these titles Molecular Cell, Cancer Cell and Chemistry and Biology are new to Massey. The publicity material promises archival access back to volume one but this does not yet appear to be the case for all titles. A further title Cell Metabolism is due to be launched this month, but it is likely we will have to wait a year before receiving online access.

All electronic titles can be accessed through a Journal Search on the Library Catalogue.

Digitisation of Royal Society of New Zealand Journals

The Royal Society of New Zealand is progressively digitising back issues of its journals back to voume one. These are freely available over the web and we have added links from the Library catalogue in order to indicate the full holdings available. To date they have completed back to 1994

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1994-

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 1994-

New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1987-

New Zealand Journal of Crop & Horticultural Science, 1994-

New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 1994-

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1994-

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1994-