Christmas farewell + presents

Farewell from the Turitea Science Librarians
The Turitea Science Librarians (Bruce, Chris, and Noelene) are away from next week on leave. We 'reopen' on Monday 15th January 2007. We look forward to serving you again in the New Year. In the meantime if you require library assistance, do not hesitate to contact the library's Information Desk (ext 2121; email: AskLib@massey.ac.nz; or use the Ask A Question form).

To close the year we are pleased to announce are two free 'presents':

• Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
  Vol 1 1868 - Vol 88 1961: now online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/
  Now you can browse and search historic New Zealand science from your desktop! Contributors include: William Colenso, Thomas Hocken, Ernest Rutherford and many other Kiwi scholars and scientists. Recent volumes of RSNZ journals remain available at http://www.rsnz.org/publish/journals.php
  
  
• Google Patents
  http://www.google.com/patents
  Find fulltext patents using the worlds leading search engine. Currently only US patents are available, but other countries will be included in due course. In the meantime, to find patents other countries (including New Zealand) check out our Patents page.
  

Reference Resource of the Year: Wiley InterScience

The Library is delighted to promote its expanding range of quality science reference resources available via the Wiley platform. Its major encyclopedias offer comprehensive coverage of the sciences.

Comprehensive Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  Spans the entire spectrum of life sciences with over 4,000+ peer-reviewed articles. Aimed at all levels: researchers, postgraduates and undergraduates, the articles provide comprehensive and authoritative coverage, written by leading scholars in the field. (ELS includes the full content of the Encyclopedia of the Human Genome)
• Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences
  3000+ updated entries covering all aspects of theoretical and applied statistics. This is an invaluable resource for advanced users of statistics in any discipline, as well as statisticians and mathematicians
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
  Now into its 5th edition, Kirk-Othmer is the premier encyclopedia for chemistry and all its related applications offering comprehensive articles with extensive referencing for further research.
• Ullman's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
  This new 7th edition offers 1000+ high quality entries by 3000+ authors who are experts in their fields. Covers all aspects of industrial chemistry and related areas.

Specialist Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Of Polymer Science and Technology
  Provides information about polymers, plastics, fibres, biomaterials, elastomers, and polymerization processes in around 300 articles.
• Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology: fermentation, biocatalysis, and bioseparation
  Presents the state-of-the-art in biotechnology focusing on fermentation, biocatalysis and bioseparation in 250+ entries by experts in the field
  

Handbooks

• Bailey's Industrial Oil and Fat Products
  The classic reference on the chemistry and processing technology of edible oils and fats as well as industrial and non-edible derivative products. Now in its 6th edition.

Other Reference Resources

A wide range of reference tools from other providers and research areas are also avilable via our Reference Resources page.