Monthly Archives: December 2013

Web Of Science (WOS) license expires; must export search data by December 31, 2013

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The UT Southwestern Library’s subscription to the Web Of Science (WOS) and Journal Citation Reports: Social Science Edition databases will expire on December 31, 2013. (The Library will continue the subscription to Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition.)

Information formerly retrieved in WOS is now available from Scopus.  WOS and Scopus databases are used by many faculty and researchers on campus to retrieve and retain information found in thousands of journals.  As budget resources shrink, databases with content duplication are subject to cancellation.

Researchers and faculty who have “saved searches” or “search alerts” located on WOS must move those searches and alerts to another database before December 31 to avoid losing the search retrieval and automatic updating capabilities of alerts.  Scopus is the recommended alternative resource for researching science, medical, and technical information.

The Library is recommending the following steps to export your search data from WOS and input it into Scopus.

HOW TO RETRIEVE YOUR WOS SAVED SEARCHES (THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 31, 2013)

  1. Go to WOS via the UT Southwestern Library website and sign into your WOS account.
  2. Click “Saved Searches” to view history of all searches.
  3. Download or print a copy of each WOS Search History that will be transferred to Scopus.
  4. Click the “Citation Alerts” tab and print or download the list of searches.
  5. For expired searches, you may want to “Open” and “Run Search” to retrieve final results from WOS.

HOW TO INPUT YOUR WOS SEARCH STRATEGIES INTO SCOPUS

  1. Go to Scopus via the UT Southwestern Library website to sign in to or register for a Scopus account.
  2. Enter each search into Scopus using terms from your WOS search history.
  3. Review results and edit searches as needed before saving and/or setting up alerts. These Library-recommended Scopus Tutorials/FAQs can help you build your search, save searches, and set-up alerts.

HAVING PROBLEMS VIEWING SCOPUS CORRECTLY?

  1. Go to Scopus via the UT Southwestern Library website.
  2. Click on the Settings icon (looks like a cog in the upper right of the IE window).
  3. Choose “Compatibility Mode Settings” from the menu.
  4. Add “scopus.com” to the website URL field.
  5. The screen should auto refresh and display correctly.

For assistance with search questions please go to Ask Us. For feedback to the Library regarding services and products, please use the Library Feedback Form.

Book and "rush" article requests via Interlibrary Loan suspended December 16 to January 2

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Need a book or “rush” journal article not owned by our Library? If so, place your requests via Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) by Friday, December 13, 2013.

Beginning Monday, December 16, 2013, the Library will not process any requests for books and “rush” journal articles from other libraries. Why? During the holiday season, most libraries from which we borrow resources do not lend materials. Non-rush article requests may also be slower or delayed.

Processing of book and “rush” article requests will resume in full on Thursday, January 2, 2014.

If you have any questions about this matter, please email the ILL Office or call 214.648.2002.

Assistant VP for Library Services Laurie Thompson retires; Gonzalez named as Interim Library Director

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Laurie ThompsonKelly GonzalezLaurie Thompson, Assistant Vice President (AVP) for Library Services, has retired after a 35-year library career, the last 10 of which were spent at the UT Southwestern Medical Center Library. Laurie will continue her current responsibilities as editor of the MLA News, which is published by the Medical Library Association, and explore other editing opportunities with Libraries Unlimited.

Dr. J. Gregory Fitz, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost and Dean of the UT Southwestern School of Medicine, has named Kelly Gonzalez as Interim Library Director until a new AVP is appointed. Kelly joined the UT Southwestern Medical Center Library in 2005 and was appointed Deputy Director in 2008.

 

 

 

Library adds new Springer Ebook Collection in Biomedical and Life Sciences

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ebooksspringerThe Library now has access to more than 900 additional Springer ebooks as part of a purchase with UT System ALCEP (Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program) funds, which are allocated by the UT System Board of Regents for a one-time consortium purchase. The new books are included in the Springer eBooks Biomedical and Life Sciences 2011-2012 collection, and they have been added to Ejournals and Ebooks A to Z and will be added to the Library catalog.

To browse the individual titles in Ejournals and Ebooks A to Z, please click the following links: