Access to the Materials Science Backfiles covering 108 journals with the earliest dating from 1946, has just been activated. This enhanced access is a joint effort with the College of Engineering’s Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Mechanical and Mechanics Engineering Department. To access, please go to Electronic Databses by Title and click on ScienceDirect or go directly to Materials Science Backfiles.

Sean McCallum, a student in UNIV241 class, recommended this useful resource which, I think, is worth reading. According to Sean, “The document is called Preventing and Defending Against Clandestine Nuclear Attack and is accessible from the Terrorism Research Center. It was produced by the Defense Science board of the Department of Defense in 2004. It outlines strategies that the board reccomends for the prevention of a clandestine nuclear attack from any means other than a conventional delivery system (ie smuggled nuclear materials).”

Excerpt from the official web site of the Nobel Foundation: “The 20th century saw revolutionary breakthroughs in many fields of science and technology. Besides the many discoveries and inventions in the fields of electronics and telecommunications, few of the leaps forward had more direct impact on people’s lives and society at large than the advances in nuclear science. Below you can learn more about one particular aspect of the nuclear revolution: the development and spread of nuclear weapons.”

Read the full article at: The Development and Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Chemical & Engineering News, July 17, 1995 reported an interesting article in which chemists recalled their work on the Manhattan Project, the first atomic bomb test, and the ethics of using the bomb against Japan.

Read the full article at: Chemists Reminisce On 50th Anniversary Of The Atomic Bomb.

With our enhanced searching capabilities, electronic resources such as ACS Journals Online, IoP Electronic Journals, ScienceDirect, or any specific journal title can be located through our online catalog. Using the ‘Title’ field in ‘Search Library Catalog’ link in our newly redesigned ‘Drexel University Libraries’ Home Page, you can access any available resource you need.

Examples: ACS Journals Online, IoP Electronic Journals, and ScienceDirect

I will be at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference next week. There, I will be representing Drexel at the Engineering Libraries Division of the ASEE. See Get Acquainted Handout to learn about what nation’s engineering libraries are doing and their interest areas from futuristic perspectives. I will also be presenting a paper titled ‘LIBRARY EXPERIENCE FOR APPLIED ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS’ – Session 3448 in the Engineering Technology Division of the ASEE. This paper would not have been possible without the invaluable assistance I received from Joshua Roberts – Assistant Information Services Librarian and Dr. Vladimir Genis, a faculty member in the Applied Engineering Technology Program of the Goodwin College of Professional Studies.

The 2005 data are now available for Journal Citation Reports on the Web. Journal Citation Reports presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate journals and their impact and influence in the research community. Covers more than 7,000 of the worlds most highly cited, peer-reviewed journals in the physical and social sciences. Offers access to citation statistics from 1997 onward Enables users to sort data by: Impact Factor, Immediacy Index, Total Cites, Total Articles, Cited Half-Life and Journal Title.

Access from the Library Website: Databases by Title and then click on Jounal Citation Reports.

Starting Monday, June 19, when you access your library account and library electronic resources from off campus, you will be asked for your Drexel email user name (for example, abc12) and password. This means that logging in to the library will be just like logging in to DrexelOne Portal. You will no longer need to use your University ID number.

For more information, see News and Events: Library Logon to change, 6/19/2006

This was announced in EurekAlert’s Technology and Engineering News section (Public Release: 9-Jun-2006). Excerpt: ‘Springer and the Nano Research Society have announced a new partnership to publish Nanoscale Research Letters (NRL), which will be the first nanotechnology journal from a major commercial publisher to publish articles with open access.’ Read the full article at: First nanotechnology journal from a major publisher to offer open access.

Recent issues (1995 to present) of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology have been activated. With this activation, we now have full access to all issues of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (1973-Present). It can also be accessed from Browse/Search Electronic Journals by Title or Subject Category page and then searching for this title.