SWANK Digital Campus

Digital Campus_Slide_April 2017

Digital Campus by Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. allows students to legally view course-assigned films once they are logged into Blackboard or FAU’s electronic library. Providing digital access to these films allows educators to enhance the distance learning experience.  We now have access to numerous documentaries and the top 200 films on Digital Campus.

Benefits of using Digital Campus include:

Saving time: Valuable class time can be spent on other activities, since students can view the films outside of class.

Convenience: As long as students have Internet access on a PC or Mac, and they have downloaded the necessary free software, students can quickly and easily view assigned films from wherever they are located.

Access on demand: Having to wait to obtain a copy of a checked-out DVD is no longer a concern with Digital Campus titles. Faculty can fill out a form any time to request access to a film that is provided by Digital Campus.

Simultaneous use: Once access to the film has been provided, all students enrolled in the course can simultaneously view it.

Use of Digital Campus is limited to current FAU faculty, staff, and students.

Web of Science Updates

See the newest Web of Science features:

Saved Marked List
This feature allows users to curate datasets over multiple sessions by saving their work in progress in a market list.
Read more or watch Saving Marked Lists.

Emerging Sources Citation Index
Emerging Sources Citation Index is designed to extend the universe of publications in Web of Science with additional high-quality, peer-reviewed publications of regional importance and in emerging research fields.
Read more or watch Emerging Sources Citation Index.

Usage Count Feature
Located on the summary page as well as the full record, a usage count will be displayed for the Last 180 Days (rolling) as well as Since 2013 (all time). The count reflects the number of times the article has met a user’s information needs as demonstrated by clicking links to a full-length article at the publisher’s website (via direct link or OpenURL) or by saving the metadata for later use.
Read more
or watch Item Level Usage Counts.

ORCID and ResearcherID Integration
Web of Science incorporates author identifiers for researchers who established an ORCID but not a ResearcherID.
Read More or watch Author Identifiers (ResearcherID and ORCID) in the Web of Science.

For training see,  https://www.youtube.com/user/wostraining.

nature.com Complete

Picture1Nature com complete leaflet_Page_1

February 2016 Database of the Month

Nature.com Complete provides full-text access to 80 titles from Nature Publishing Group and partner societies, with archives dating back to 1869. Search across life science and physical research journals, life science review journals, clinical review journals, as well as complimentary web content. Some of the signifcanct titles include Nature, Nature Protocols, Nature Communications, Nature Methods, and Scientific American.

See the nature.com Complete list of publications.

World Oceans Day – June 8

The ocean: the body of water that links us all, from the oxygen we breathe to the pharmacopoeia that it yields.   In observance of World Oceans Day this month FAU Digital Library highlights Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) for its development of research at FAU and its significant contributions to FAU’s institutional repository.  

The HBOI digital collection showcases the research of the institute’s scientists and field experts working to advance ocean-related innovation, exploration, research, education and conservation. From developing ways to preserve coral reef systems and to analyzing organisms in search of compounds with disease-fighting potential, HBOI has, for more than 40 years, contributed to our understanding of  Ocean Science. Stay informed about HBOI research by subscribing to their e-bulletin.

Web of Science – January Database of the Month

Explore the world’s leading citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. FAU’s edition of Web of Science consists of the following  three citation databases containing references cited by the authors of the articles.

You can conduct traditional searches across the databases  or  do cited reference searching. This type of search allows you to find articles that cite a previously published work.  Other tools include Citation Maps, a graphic representation of citation relationships, and the Analyze Tool. Also see Web of  Science Training Opportunities.

ScienceDirect – October Database of the Month

Elsevier’s ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering high impact journals in the fields of Science, Engineering, Humanities and the Social Sciences. Florida Atlantic University has access to over 1,000 of these titles, including archival collections in Business and Management, Biochemistry and Genetics, Economics, and the complete Cell Press backfiles.

The platform offers sophisticated search and retrieval functionality and new tools that allow efficient downloading of content that can be shared, stored and passed to colleagues. One can search by authors, titles, topics and utilize all your favorite boolean operators, or search on one or more disciplines. This system also produces alerts for new articles online and when a new journal issue hits the “stands.”

Features that allow for a customizable research experience, include: Continue reading

JSTOR – September Database of the Month

Update (09/07/10): JSTOR has undergone  a major platform change and has a new look, see JSTOR Platform Highlights for more information. Also, if you are looking for a list of FAU Libraries’ subscription databases, go directly to Indexes/Databases.

Start your research with JSTOR

JSTOR offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary digital archive to support scholarship and teaching. FAU has JSTOR access to almost one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire database is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images (including search results from ArtStor), and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.

Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous and related titles, but the most recently published issues (past 3-5 years) are not generally available. However, several publishers provide links to the recent content on their own website, and you can include these article citations in your JSTOR search by checking the “Search for links to articles outside of JSTOR.” If FAU has access to these articles, you can click the “Find it at FAU” button to access the full text.

From Astrochemistry to Zoology

The FAU Libraries now has Von Nostrand’s Scientific Encylopedia available online.  Since 1938 this reference has been an important and comprehensive scientific resource for scientists, consultants, teachers, and students. Over 10,000 up-to-date entries include topics ranging across disciplines, including animal science, anatomy, astronomy, atmospheric science, chemistry, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, earth science, energy sources, information science, life science, materials, mathematics, mechanical engineering, medicine, mining, physics, physiology, planetary science, plant science, power technology, space science,  and structural engineering.
Continue reading

Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts – February Database of the Month

Overwhelmingly cited by a majority of aquatic science librarians as their primary database, the ASFA series (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts) is the premier reference in the field of aquatic resources.  A growing international network of information centers provides input to ASFA, by monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature. ASFA is a component of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS), formed by four United Nations agency sponsors of ASFA and a network of international and national partners.
Continue reading