Reference Resource of the Month - Elsevier Encyclopedias

The Library subscribes to a range of titles from this authoritative publisher. These can either be searched simultaneously or browsed individually (the green icon means the Library subscribes to the title and you have access).

Science related titles you can browse include:

• Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II
  This comprehensively surveys the literature from 1980 onwards
• Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry
• Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology
• Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition
• Encyclopedia of Genetics
• Encyclopedia of the Human Brain
• Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition
• Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences

Looking for more? Don't forget to check the subject options on our Reference Resources page. Access to these can also be via the Recommended Reference Resource links on our Subject Guides

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education Now Online

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Education is now available online. This includes the latest issue which is currently Winter 2005 - although the Spring issue cannot be far behind!

Import of Google Scholar Records into EndNote

Users of Google Scholar often ask if it is possible to capture bibliographic records into EndNote - happily this functionality has now been added. From Google Scholar open Scholar Preferences and set the Bibliography Manager to Show links to import citations into EndNote. Save the preferences and then each time you search on Google Scholar most of the records will show an Import into EndNote link. Click on this and you will be prompted for the EndNote Library to save the record into.

You should be aware that quality control on Google Scholar is not always as good as on paid-for databases. Imported references do not include abstracts or keywords and journal titles may be abbreviated. In any case you should generally (always?) repeat your Google Scholar search on a formal database like Web of Science - Google Scholar does not include references from some major publishers like Elsevier.

IT Help for Students in the Library

In the modern era university study requires that students are able to use standard information technology - word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software and a basic understanding of operating systems are more or less taken for granted while some courses demand more advanced skills. Students these days are generally pretty IT-savvy but as anyone who has lost a file or had a document mysteriously reformat itself knows it is sometimes necessary to seek help from a higher power in the form of an IT expert.

The Library's Information Commons has two student-friendly IT Assistants - Summer (Natsuki Shimizu) and Jamie Munn - who are available to deal with a huge range of issues, from the occasional student who has never used a computer before to the desperate PhD student needing to produce a perfect document by yesterday. No problem is too big or too small, no question too basic - and if they don't know the answer they will point the student in the right direction. Jamie and Summer are available from 8am to 6pm weekdays and make the needs of students their No 1 priority.

FOODnetBASE - Problem Opening PDF Files

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