Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability (ESQ&R)

The Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability offers extensive coverage of this field important to engineers, technologists, statisticians, quality managers, and related professions. Includes case studies as well as the usual range of articles in around 400 entries covering academic, business and governmental aspects. The ESQ&R complements and extends coverage of quality and reliability statistics in the Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences.

The ESQ&R can be searched via its homepage, Table of Contents , or Topics pages.

Other major references sources are listed on our Reference Resources pages.

Also . . . . . . check out our other encyclopedias from Elsevier and Wiley.

New: Journals Page on Library Website

The Library has replaced the E-Journals page on its web site with a set of new journal pages giving more comprehensive information about journals, in both print and electronic formats.

Included is information on publishing in journals, journal citations and rankings, and the process for obtaining new journal subscriptions.
Access to e-journal packages is still made available via the new pages, but if you had bookmarked the e-journals page you will need to change the link. We apologise for any inconvenience.

If you are looking for a specific journal title – use the Journal search on the Library catalogue (ie: click on the Journals tab from the Catalogue home page).

Database Trial - Scopus

The Library is currently trialling Elsevier's Scopus database (through until the end of June 2008). Scopus is a multidiscplinary database - with greater breadth than Web of Science (about 4000 more titles) and with some of the equivalent citation searching features. Its coverage of "regional" journals is also broader than Web of Science currently provides. Universities and research institutions in the United Kingdom are using Scopus as a way of tracking citations, and several of the New Zealand university libraries also subscribe.

We would welcome your feedback on Scopus - both for citation tracking and topic searching.
The Library is not planning to subscribe to Scopus instead of Web of Science, rather it be would be complementary to our current database holdings (should funding permit).

Access the Scopus trial via the Library web site's "What's on Trial" page. Feedback can be submitted via the Trials page, or by emailing your comments to libcol@massey.ac.nz.

New Titles from FoodnetBase

Just a selection of recent additions from the 302 titles now available.

Olive Oil: Chemistry and Technology, Second Edition

Optimizing Women's Health through Nutrition

Handbook of Food Engineering, Second Edition

Wine: A Scientific Exploration

Sociology for Pharmacists

Handbook of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Second Edition

Sports Nutrition: Energy Metabolism and Exercise

Understanding and Controlling the Microstructure of Complex Foods

Handbook of organic food safety and quality

MasseyLink - Have your say

Back in January we told you about MasseyLink, the little icon that appears next to records on your database searches - by clicking on it you will often achieve a much more direct link to the article than by searching the library catalogue and even if you don't MasseyLink will automatically open the catalogue for you with details for the appropriate journal.

Our staff have been monitoring and fixing problems as they occur and so far progress has been pretty smooth. At the library we generally hear from you only when things don't work as they should, which is as it should be, but this time we would really like to hear from you if you have found MasseyLink useful or if you have suggestions of how it could be improved. If you have used MasseyLink please take a moment to email us with your reaction and ideas.

Bruce White