How to set up an RSS feed for this Library News Blog

Why not set up an RSS feed for this Library news blog and be alerted to new content as soon as it is available?

First register at an RSS reader web site such as Google Reader or Bloglines. There are many other feed readers also available - see these lists of feed readers: web-based, Windows, Mac or Linux.

Then subscribe to the Library blog by right clicking on the Atom (RSS) Feed and selecting 'Copy Shortcut'. Now go to your RSS reader and paste the feed into your reader. For example, if you use Google Reader, you select 'Add subscription' and then paste the URL by right clicking with your mouse and selecting 'Paste'. Then select 'Add'.

You can also set up RSS feeds for journal table of contents - see this Library page for more details.

Interested in TV commercials? Try DAVID Reviews

The Library now has access to DAVID reviews. This resource allows you to view/analyse over 10,000 TV commercials and find out who produced them etc. All comercials are presented in 16:9 widescreen at near broadcast quality.

To use this resource you must first register and you will be given a PIN number to use. When you register you MUST please use your University of Liverpool email address - @liverpool.ac.uk , @liv.ac.uk or @student.liverpool.ac..uk - NOT your embanet email address or any other email address.

Access is via the Management Collections page.

Acceptable Use of Library E-resources

The Library have recently been alerted by a couple of publishers to some unacceptable use of their e-journals. Please see our web page about acceptable use.

In particular, note that it is unacceptable to "systematically download, save, or print articles from an e-journal". The following examples are therefore unacceptable:

1. Downloading three entire volumes of the Annual Review of Nutrition
2. Crawling the ScienceDirect site

When publishers detect unacceptable use they will usually block the offending IP address. If the journal is being accessed via EZproxy then this will deny access to all of our users.

If the unacceptable use continues then publishers may block access to the whole University or even cancel our site licence agreement.

Note that CSD's Regulations for the Use of IT Facilities at the University of Liverpool state:

3. All Users of all Systems will:
b. Adhere to the terms and conditions of all licence agreements relating to the Systems which they use

and any user who is in breach of regulations may have their access to computing withdrawn either temporarily or permanently.

Thanks for your co-operation.

TRIAL: Inspec on Engineering Village until 27th April 2007

The Library have a trial of Inspec on Engineering Village until 27th April 2007.

To access this trial login to Athens and then follow the link to Engineering Village. The default search covers Inspec, Compendex and Referex (a collection of engineering e-books).

Inspec is the leading English-language bibliographic information service providing access to the world's scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing, information technology, manufacturing, production and mechanical engineering.

If you try Inspec, please leave a comment below.

New Public Health Guide to Searching the Online Library

For all MPH students and staff there is now an Introductory Guide to Searching the Online Library (Public Health) available from the Library web pages. This guide explains how to login to the Library, how to find a journal article, and how to find information on a subject using the following databases:

• Medline (OVID)
• ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) Databases
• Web of Knowledge
• ebrary (for e-books)

There is also advice on what to do if you have a problem accessing a resource. If you have any questions about this or any other Library matters please contact Stephanie Allen, Online Librarian at Online_Librarian@embanet.com.

ScienceDirect system downtime, Sunday March 11th

The Library has been informed that ScienceDirect will be unavailable for a planned period of downtime on Sunday, March 11, 2007 for approximately 7 hours starting at 01:00 AM EST (06:00 AM GMT). This is to adjust the system to take account the change to Daylight Savings Time in the United States. ScienceDirect apologise for any inconvenience this causes.

Key Note Market Reports now available through Athens

Last week I posted news about Key Note Market Reports. At the time they were not available through Athens, but they are now. So to access them all you need to do is go to the Management collections page, login to Athens with your Managed Windows Service (MWS) username and password using the blue Library login box, close the box, and then select the 'Connect' link for Key Note Market Reports.

Key Note Market Reports provide access to over 1000 full text market reports and assessment spanning 30 industry sectors including consumer, financial, industrial, business-to-business and lifestyle titles. On average, 14 new or updated titles are added each month. You can search via an A-Z list, by market sector or by using the quick/advanced search options. Reports typically include the following sections: executive summary, market definition, market size, industry background, competitor analysis, SWOT analysis, buying behaviour, current issues, global market, forecasts, consumer confidence, and further sources.

ScienceDirect and Scopus downtime Saturday March 3rd

Please be advised that maintenance has been scheduled on the ScienceDirect and Scopus platforms for Saturday March 3rd, 2007 resulting in some system downtime. It is anticipated that ScienceDirect will be unavailable for approximately 9 hours, starting at 11:30 AM UK time (06:30 AM EST).