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The ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents service makes it easy for academics, researchers, students and anyone else to keep up-to-date with newly published scholarly material by enabling them to find, display, store, combine and reuse thousands of journal tables of contents from multiple publishers. You choose the journals you’re most interested in and receive updates through your RSS feedreader. Also, individual citations can be exported to RefWorks.
- ticTOCs is easy to use, and it’s free.
- Find 12,571 scholarly journal Table of Contents (TOCs) from 437 publishers.
- View the latest TOC for each journal.
- Link to the full text of 375,517 articles (where institutional or personal subscription allows).
- Export TOC feeds to popular feedreaders.
- Select and save journal titles to view future TOCs (Register to ensure your MyTOCs are permanently saved).
ticTOCS is a project of a consortium consisting of: the University of Liverpool Library (lead), Heriot-Watt University, CrossRef, ProQuest, Emerald, RefWorks, MIMAS, Cranfield University, Institute of Physics, SAGE Publishers, Inderscience Publishers, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), Open J-Gate, and Intute and funded by JISC.
July 7th, 2009
Faculty of 1000 Biology is the next generation scientific literature awareness tool for working biologists. This revolutionary online research service comprehensively and systematically highlights and evaluates the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a Faculty over 2000 of the world’s leading researchers.
The Faculty Members select, rate and comment on 1-2 of the most interesting papers they read each month, providing a consensus map of the latest scientific literature. With unique customization features and sophisticated searching facilities, users are kept up-to-date with evaluations of the current literature by the world’s top researchers.
Features
• My F1000: customize your own page to display the most recently selected papers in your fields of interest.
• Email alerts: tailored to your areas of interest and sent to you regularly.
• Advanced search: to run and store simple or sophisticated searches.
• Top 10s: the most viewed papers from the past month selected by the Faculty.
• Hidden Jewels: the most viewed papers from less obvious journals.
• Linking: each evaluation links to PubMed
November 20th, 2008
There will be two RefWorks presentations on Wednesday, October 08, 2008. The first session is at 12noon, the second is at 5pm. Both sessions are in Science and Engineering Library Room 090.
This is a great opportunity to learn how to use RefWorks and anyone is invited to attend! We will cover everything from setting up an account to creating a bibliography and in-text citations. The presenter will be FAES Librarian, Eboni Francis.
October 8th, 2008
Staying up with your own field, much less with the other disciplines in agricultural and related sciences, is a challenging task. Subscribing to alert services, journal tables of contents and other automated information services are useful tools. The content specialists at CABI, the organization that produces the abstracting and indexing service CAB Direct, offer a new current awareness tool called “Hand picked…and carefully sorted.” This blog is written by specialists and highlights new research areas, interesting publications and what they call “signposts”– new information that we need to pay attention to. Recent topics include “nanotechnology in food” and “organic biofuels”. You can subscribe to this blog as an RSS feed.
March 6th, 2008
Plant Management Network announces the launch of its next-generation resource for those involved in soybean production and management. Focus on Soybean is an online-only web portal for growers, crop consultants, and researchers seeking information on producing healthy, high-yielding soybean crops. The central feature of the site is its educational webcasts. These currently include 15 narrated presentations totaling more than five hours of talks targeted toward consultants and producers. All are authored by university extension specialists recognized for their expertise and research related to soybean management practices.
January 11th, 2008
The science gateway that makes science information more accessible and useful to researchers, teachers, and learners wherever they are located commemorated its 5th Anniversary today.
Founded December 5, 2002, in response to the profound effect of the World Wide Web on science communications, Science.gov (www.science.gov) connected citizens to science as never before. Today, Science.gov Version 4.0 is available and searches more than 50 million pages of science information from thousands of Web sites as well as from deep Web databases inaccessible by Google and other popular search engines.
December 5th, 2007
“If you’re concerned with how far food travels before it gets to your plate, you just may be a ‘locavore,’ the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2007 Word of the Year… The ‘locavore’ movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or even to grow or pick their own food, arguing that fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better. Locavores also shun supermarket offerings as an environmentally friendly measure, since shipping food over long distances often requires more fuel for transportation.” Read the rest of the press release.
The New Oxford American Dictionary is available as a part of the OhioLINK Electronic Book Center.
November 14th, 2007
Get ready for your next big test or job interview with LearningExpress Library. LearningExpress features online, interactive practice tests for the: ASVAB, Civil Service Careers, GED, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, PPST Praxis I, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship and much more. LearningExpress’ online, interactive practice tests offer instant scoring, detailed answer explanations, and a personalized analysis that identifies your strengths and weaknesses in each major content area so you’ll know how to prepare.
LearningExpress also includes courses, career building tools, writing aids and helpful e-books.
To use LearningExpress Library, you first set up your own individual account. If you are off-campus, use the OhioLINK remote authentication proxy URL (or your institution’s off-campus access method) to connect to LearningExpress, create an account, and then log into LearningExpress with your individual username and password.
LearningExpress Library is available to all OhioLINK users and all Ohioans as part of the Ohio Web Library.
October 15th, 2007
The new version has JUST been released in beta!
AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics collects, indexes, and electronically distributes full text copies of scholarly research in the broadly defined field of agricultural economics including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development.
The majority of items in AgEcon Search are working papers, conference papers, and journal articles, although other types such as books chapters and government documents are included. AgEcon Search will serve as the permanent archive for this literature and encourages authors and organizations to use this electronic library as the storehouse for additional appropriate scholarly electronic works.
AgEcon Search is co-sponsored by the Department of Applied Economics and the University Libraries at University of Minnesota and the American Agricultural Economics Association.
April 5th, 2007
Science.gov is a search engine for government science information and research results. Currently in its fourth generation, Science.gov provides search of more than 50 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 1,800 scientific Web sites.
Science.gov 1.0 was launched in December 2002, providing for the first time wide public access and a unified search of the government’s vast stores of scientific and technical information. Science.gov is an interagency initiative of 16 U.S. government science organizations within 12 Federal agencies. These agencies form the voluntary Science.gov Alliance.
In May 2004 Version 2.0 was launched, introducing real-time relevancy ranking to government science retrieval. This technology, funded by the Department of Energy, helps citizens sort through the government’s reservoirs of research and return results most likely to meet individual needs. An advanced search capability and other enhancements were added.
A free and convenient “Alert” service was released in February 2005, allowing citizens to receive e-mail alerts about the most current science developments in their areas of interest. Up to 25 relevant results from selected information sources can be delivered. Results are displayed in the Alert email and in a personalized Alert Archive, which stores six weeks of alerts results. In the Archive, past activity can be reviewed and Alert profiles edited.
Science.gov 3.0 took relevancy ranked search to a higher level of precision. Launched in November 2005, Version 3.0 provided more refined search queries of federal science databases. Science.gov 3.0 deploys a sophisticated method for ranking science query results by using a complex system of metadata elements, when available, including information within title, author, date, abstract and/or other keyword identifiers. In addition, greatly enhanced fielded searching and the extensive Boolean capabilities offer new search options for Science.gov users.
In February 2007, the Science.gov Alliance launched version 4.0, which allowed even further refinement of search queries. For the first time, patrons could search within their original results. In addition, the relevancy ranking algorithms became more sophisticated, providing ranking of the entire full text of documents on sites where searchable full text resides. Date of the document was priority-weighted for ranking purposes. A new feature allows patrons to share search results via e-mail with colleagues and friends.
February 20th, 2007
RefWorks has launched a cool new feature! RefGrab-It works with your browser to capture bibliographic information from web pages, and gives you the option to import that data into your RefWorks account. If an ISBN number, PubMed ID or DOI exist on the web page, RefGrab-It will automatically search various web resources to get supplemental information that may be of interest to you. RefWorks may also locate RSS feeds related to that web page.
When you use RefGrab-It on a web page, it automatically opens a “temporary results page” in a new window. You can view the information and additional resources first, then decide if you want to import the data.
RefGrab-It is currently compatible with the Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers. For more information about using RefGrab-It with your browser, check out the RefWorks Help page.
December 5th, 2006
ReefVid is a cool new resource of FREE coral reef video clips for educational use.
Whether you’re talking to scientists or school children, nothing animates a presentation more than video of the subject. With support from The Royal Society, Prof. Peter J. Mumby from the University of Exeter (UK) has acquired video footage of a variety of reef-related phenomena during research trips. The full database of over 500 clips is available at ReefVid.org and is freely available for educational and research use. Simply select clips, download them to your hard disk, and insert them in PowerPoint or other presentation software!
November 7th, 2006
This year, the University Libraries has purchased a special subscription to Dissertation Abstracts!!
FREE full-text is now available for all recent (1997-) dissertations, but only until February 2007. We encourage everyone to use this database as you explore the research literature in your subject area. This is a rich resource that will complement the other resources that are available through the OSU Libraries.
October 12th, 2006
The University Libraries and the Office of Information Technology purchased RefWorks, which will create an online database of those articles which are of value in your research. Unlike EndNote, Procite, and Reference Manager, the RefWorks software is available from a server on the Internet, which means that you can access your personal bibliography from any computer which is connected to the Internet. Being “server-based” provides users with automatic updates to the RefWorks software, including new citation formats as they become available.
Many online databases allow automatic export of citations into your personal database, eliminating the need to rekey the bibliographic data. This feature insures accurate transfer of this information.
The RefWorks Write-N-Cite plug-in allows you to create footnotes and bibliographic citations as you write your paper–thesis, dissertation, journal article, or book–using Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer on a Windows or MAC computer.
When you are no longer associated with Ohio State University, the RefWorks staff will export your bibliography in a format that can be loaded into EndNote, Procite, or Reference Manager software on a personal computer.
One of our Librarians remembers a conversation with a graduating PhD who asked how to manage her 5,000 plus citations. The response included a comment that her life would have been easier if she had started putting her references into bibliographic management software when she began her dissertation research, but starting late would be better than never!
See one of the FAES Librarians for assistance in getting started with RefWorks!
October 12th, 2006
