Science Librarian Peggy Dominy announces the addition of POLYMERSnetbase to our collections: it is a collection of 57 CRC Handbooks, obviously focused on polymer research. Each of the titles is listed in our catalog as well as in our database lists.

Check it out: http://www.library.drexel.edu/cgi-bin/r.cgi?url=http://www.polymersnetbase.com

Sameer Kalghatgi, a doctoral candidate in the College of Engineering, won an iPod Shuffle in Knovel’s University Challenge by using the Knovel online engineering reference handbooks available through the Drexel University Libraries to answer the Challenge questions.

“ . . . thanks to Knovel it was easy to complete the challenge. Knovel is very user friendly, intuitive, fast and gives accurate results. I managed to answer the questions in a matter of minutes just because I had access to Knovel database. Kudos to Knovel for coming up with such a database which I am sure would make life easier for many graduate students like me and faculty. Thank you Knovel. ”

Engineering Librarian Jay Bhatt congratulates Sameer Kalghatgi.

Access to the Historical and Current New York Times is now available through the Proquest interface.

• New York Times (Historical) — Full Text coverage of the New York Times from 1851 – 2003, including original images.

• New York Times (Current) — Full text of the New York Times from 1980 to present (no images). Full text of New York Times Magazine and New York Time Book Review from 1997 to present.

Both are now included in the Interdisciplinary and Law databases lists, as well as via the Newspapers Online page.

Hagerty Library is now offering Instant Messaging (chat) reference, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. IM us via AIM or Yahoo Messenger at drexellibraryref. Visit our Ask a Question page to see if we’re online, or put us on your buddy list!

ILLiad, Drexel Libraries’ new Interlibrary Loan system, will make it faster and easier for members of the Drexel community to submit and track their loan requests.

With ILLiad:

• You can check the status of your request any time, anywhere without having to contact the ILL Department.

• All journal article requests are available electronically in PDF format. (Articles are housed on our server for 30 days during which time they can be viewed and printed.)
• Journal article forms are pre-populated if accessed thru SFX.
• You can renew your items online.
• You can view your borrowing history.
• You only have to enter your name, address, and other personal information into the system once, upon registration.

Try ILLiad today!

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