Friday, May 30, 2008

Interlibrary Loan

I just noticed one of the reference librarians returning her Interlibrary Loan book (ILL). I urge you to take advantage of this fast and efficient service, if you haven’t done so already. The staff will borrow books and journal articles for you, and if you live outside Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall, or Tarrant counties they will mail the books to you (most journal articles are delivered electronically to your ILL account). To find books on your subject that are in other libraries, check the WorldCat Database. For more information about Interlibrary Loan, click here.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Book Reviews

If you need a book review, and you’ve already tried the obvious databases Book Review Digest and Book Review Index Online and your book wasn’t included, you might want to try the Book Review Guide that the McDermott Librarians have put together for you. Either follow the links or go to the Library Home Page -- How To -- then Guides and Tutorials.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Citation Tracker in Scopus Database

If you need to know if your article has been cited and when and where it was cited try the database Scopus. Its Citation Tracker service will provide the information that you need.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Gas Prices

Nobody is happy at the gas pump these days. So here are some tips at fueleconomy.gov from the Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It's an excellent source of timely, practical, and authoritative information about gas prices, alternative fuels and vehicles, and much more.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Oxford Reference Online

The award-winning Oxford Reference Online database has recently been upgraded to include seven new titles plus four new editions of reference titles. The database contains the full text of over 200 reference books and dozens of English and bilingual dictionaries, plus 50,000 in-depth articles, hundreds of links to valuable web resources, and thousands of maps and illustrations, all produced by the authoritative Oxford University Press. ORO provides efficient one-stop-shopping for facts, definitions, biographies, and dates in one scholarly, full-text database.
The upgrade includes the following new titles:
Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists, Oxford Companion to Black British History,
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation, Oxford Companion to Irish History, Oxford Companion to Scottish History, and the Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia.
For the computer science student, Oxford Reference Online includes A Dictionary of Computing and A Dictionary of the Internet.
For the business and economics students the database contains: A Dictionary of Economics, A Dictionary of Business and Management, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, A Dictionary of Economics, A Dictionary of Finance and Banking, A Dictionary of Human Resource Management, The Handbook of International Financial Terms and A Dictionary of Statistics.
You can access Oxford Reference Online by clicking on the 0 in the alphabetical list of databases or by typing the individual title into the catalog.
We have a limited number of seats in this database, so if it’s busy when you try it, just try again later. As always, if you need further help or clarification, please let me know carol.oshel@utdallas.edu