The Chronicle of Higher Education

August/September 2016 Database of the Month

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle’s website features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; an archive of previously published content; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.

If you are on campus, simply go to Chronicle.com for access. If you are off campus, access The Chronicle by using links available on the library website, or by going to Chronicle.com and creating an account using your @fau.edu email address.

MarinLit: a database of marine natural products

MarinLit is a database dedicated to marine natural products research. The database was established in the 1970s by Professors John Blunt and Murray Munro at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. It was designed as an in-house system to fulfil the needs of the University of Canterbury Marine Group and has evolved to contain unique searchable features and powerful dereplication tools. The extremely comprehensive range of data contained along with these powerful features makes MarinLit the database of choice for marine natural products researchers.

MarinLit is text and structure searchable. Queries can be built across a number of fields and parameters. Along with comprehensive information on relevant published articles and compounds, MarinLit provides dereplication tools based on experimental and predicted data.

For video tutorials and other information, please see the MarinLit Blog created by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

BrowZine

Read Articles on your Tablet with BrowZine!

Web-based Version: http://www.browzine.com/libraries/246/

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Browsing journals and scanning articles is a leading way researchers stay abreast of trends in their field. With the decline of print, databases have become the primary way publishers deliver journals. Databases, however, are designed for searching, not reading. BrowZine unites articles from databases into complete journals, then arranges them by subject on a newsstand, allowing users to browse, read and monitor scholarly journals on the web or their mobile device. Currently, BrowZine works with iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire (based on Android platform), and a web-based version of the application was released in July 2015.

With BrowZine you can:

Browse all library subscribed content from 2005 to present in leading journals from publishers such as Nature, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley.
Save up to 64 journals on a custom book shelf.
Request notifications whenever new content is released in any journal, much like subscribing to a journal and receiving each new issue in the mail.

Here is a list of all publishers currently compatible with BrowZine:http://support.thirdiron.com/knowledgebase/articles/132654-what-publishers-do-you-support

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My Bookshelf for BrowZine.com (Update 12/1/2015)

The first stage of My Bookshelf for BrowZine.com has now been released! If you have previously set up a BrowZine Sync Account and added journals to My Bookshelf, these titles will appear on My Bookshelf in Browzine.com. If you are new to Browzine.com, you may easily add journals right away! During this initial stage, changes made to My Bookshelf will not sync across devices.

Synchronization of My Bookshelf across platforms will become available in stage two. This will coincide with the release of app updates 1.8 for iOS and 1.3 for Android. BrowZine expects these updates will be approved and released by Apple and Google in December 2015. We will make further announcements once the updates are made available.

Getting started with My Bookshelf is easy. The My Bookshelf feature will automatically activate as part of the BrowZine.com platform.

Sync My Bookshelf and get alerts on ALL devices (Update 3/4/2016)

Starting next week, you can sync My Bookshelf and get article alerts on all of your devices – web, iOS, and Android too!

What’s in the update?

If you use My Bookshelf on BrowZine Web you will now start receiving new article alerts, just like on mobile
If you make changes to My Bookshelf on any device – add journals, read articles – My Bookshelf will synchronize across the web and all your mobile apps.

What do I need to know?

Download and install the latest version of the app when it becomes available, iOS 1.8.0 and Android 1.3.0
A BrowZine Account to use My Bookshelf on mobile devices will now be required, just like on the web, so content may be synced between all platforms
If you have been using My Bookshelf on the web and on your mobile device, your new BrowZine Account will initially default to what you have configured on the web. After that, any changes you make on any device will be synced across all devices.
Unread article counts will be cleared the first time you use the new update

More information is available here.

FAU Undergraduate Journals Published Open Access

The FAU Digital Library has made available online the Spring 2016 issues of the Florida Atlantic University Undergraduate Research Journal (FAURJ) and the Undergraduate Law Journal (ULJ) published by undergraduate student clubs at FAU. Both undergraduate journals are peer-reviewed and showcase the research and scholarship of Florida Atlantic University students. Working closely with their mentors and advisers these student clubs provide members with opportunities to participate in editorial and publishing experiences.

FAU Undergraduate Research Journal

The Council for Scholarship and Inquiry (C.S.I.), an FAU student club, works closely with the Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (OURI) to produce the FAU Undergraduate Research Journal (FAURJ). Their goal is to showcase high quality undergraduate research in all fields, supply younger students with an idea of the standard of research, and promote inquiry-based activities at FAU.

FAU Undergraduate Law Journal

The Undergraduate Law Club at FAU is committed to publishing a periodical designed to facilitate, foster, and promote legal education and review. Student club members have a variety of interests in legal affairs ranging from business law to foreign affairs. With the assistance of faculty and advisers the Undergraduate Law Journal (ULJ) has become one of a small number of undergraduate law journals produced nationally.

The Florida Atlantic University Undergraduate Research Journal (FAURJ) and the Undergraduate Law Journal (ULJ) are published open access enabling wide dissemination of FAU’s student scholarship. The Digital Library works with student editors of both clubs to publish their journals online using the Open Journal System (OJS), an open-source software. Visit here to view other open access journals published by the Digital Library.

Nursing Assessment in Video

April 2016 Database of the Month

Nursing Assessment in Video provides demonstrations and step-by-step instructions for performing physical assessments of patients.

Nursing Assessment in Video is an online database that provides access to the best-selling assessment series of training videos from Medcom Inc. Each title features leading industry experts providing hands-on demonstrations and step-by-step instructions in key assessment areas. All content was produced since 2012, so users can depend on the collection to deliver the most accurate, up-to-date information available.

Topical Coverage

Titles in Nursing Assessment in Video include:

The Respiratory System
The Key to Quality Patient Care
The Musculoskeletal System
The Digestive System
The Integumentary System
Head and Neck, Mouth and Throat
Eyes, Ears, and Nose
The Male Genitourinary System
Head-to-Toe Assessment
The Female Genitourinary System
The Cardiovascular System, Part 1: Anatomy and Subjective Data
The Cardiovascular System, Part 2: Objective Data
The Nervous System, Part 1: Anatomy and Subjective Data
The Nervous System, Part 2: Objective Data

Human Rights Studies Online

March 2016 Database of the Month

Human Rights Studies Online is a research and learning database providing in one place comprehensive, comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide from 1900 to 2010. The collection is growing to include 75,000 pages of text and 150 hours of video that give voice to the countless victims of human rights crimes in the 20th and early 21st centuries.

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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

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.

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American Consumer Culture: Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965

November-December 2015 Database of the Month

American Consumer Culture: Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965 provides a unique insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century. This research database provides access to the complete market research reports of the era’s foremost consumer analyst, Ernest Dichter, market research pioneer and widely-recognised ‘father’ of Motivational Research.

The collection is a treasure trove of information on some of America’s best known brands, containing thousands of reports commissioned by advertising agencies and global businesses in a booming era for consumerism, ‘Madison Avenue’ advertising and global brands on consumer goods ranging from tobacco and broadcasting to cars and hotels. Use the fully searchable interactive chronology to discover fascinating facts and events in the history of American consumerism; gain a deeper insight into Dichter and the world of market research through essays and further resources; and view hundreds of advertising images in the Ad Gallery.