eCALS

Steenbock Library presents several drop-in workshops every semester. They are open to everyone, and all include hands-on practice.
Can’t make a scheduled workshop? Set up a time for yourself or your group. Use the online Request form or contact Amanda Werhane at 890-2684.

UW-Madison Libraries: What You Really Need to Know
Wednesday Sept 2, 4–5:15 p.m., Steenbock Library, Room 105

An introduction to the many research tools and services the UW-Madison libraries offer: MadCat (the library catalog), journal databases, other electronic materials, conveniences such as book retrieval and your online library account, and ways to get help finding and using campus library resources. (more…)

CAB Abstracts, FSTA, Agricola and other databases have a new look. For many years these databases have been accessed via Silver Platter (aka WebSPIRS). Silver Platter is being discontinued, so we have moved most of our Silver Platter databases to new vendors.This will mean changes in how you search the databases and how you export records to EndNote or RefWorks. However, the content remains unchanged. Here are the details… (more…)

What does copyright mean to you? For some researchers it means knowing if the image of an 800-year old artifact can be placed on a website without obtaining permission first. For some IT staff it means knowing what to do about legal peer-to-peer software that could be used to violate publishers’ copyright. (more…)

Steenbock Library is happy to announce that campus libraries have recently negotiated new mutli-year licensing agreements with some journal publishers. As a result of these negotiations, you now have greatly increased access to journals from Elsevier, including some titles that had been canceled in the past. Among the hundreds of titles available from this publisher are such titles as Applied Soil Ecology, Bioresource Technology, Food Policy, Journal of Insect Physiology, Science of the Total Environment, Scientia Horticulturae, and the journal Stem Cell Research, which began publication in 2007. (more…)

In accordance with Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 ), the NIH voluntary Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-05-022) is now mandatory. The new policy is effective April 7, 2008. An information session about the NIH Public Access Policy is being held for CALS: (more…)

Steenbock Library reminds you that course reserve requests must be submitted by December 20, 2007 to guarantee that everything will be available for your students by the first day of spring semester classes. Requests submitted after that date will be processed in the order received. In general, items requested between Dec. 21 and February 1 will be processed in about two weeks. When the “rush” lets up in about the third week of the semester, turnaround time is shorter. (more…)

The Dissertation Calculator, available on the website of the campus Center for Instructional Materials & Computing, enables graduate students to enter start and anticipated completion dates to generate a step-by-step dissertation plan of action. (more…)

Steenbock Library is offering a workshop on Managing Your Citations with EndNote and EndNote Web on Wednesday November 28th, Noon– 1:30 p.m. in Room 105 Steenbock Library. (more…)

Thomson ISI, the company behind Web of Science and Journal Citation Reports, has just released Essential Science Indicators Special Topic: Stem Cells. According to this international analysis, UW Madison ranks 7th in the “Institutions” category when the data is sorted by total number of citations to its stem cell research articles. (more…)

Do you use Wiley�s Current Protocols for your research? If so, please take a look at a new online product purchased by Steenbock Library, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. (more…)