Good News from SciFinder Scholar!

To assist with your budget planning, we are pleased to announce that there will be no SciFinder price increase for your institution in 2012.

Only SciFinder provides access to the world’s largest curated collection of information on disclosed chemistry and related research. In 2011, we improved the overall SciFinder experience with faster response times and productivity features and content enhancements, including:

• Bioactivity and target indicators and relevance ranking to help you quickly find the substance information most relevant to your research.
• Experimental procedure content to help you efficiently determine lab preparations and plan synthetic pathways.
• Answer set sorting by number of citing references for easy access to historically influential papers and authors.
• SciPlanner^TM, an interactive workspace to plan your work and organize search results before heading to the lab.
• SciFinder Mobile, a smartphone-optimized version of SciFinder that provides anytime, anyplace access to explore research topics, substances and more.

We also had another year of significant database growth. New content added to SciFinder in 2011 included more than

·         8.7 million substances.
·         8.6 million reactions.
·         1.3 million references.

With the start of a new semester....REMEMBER

There are several ways to contact a librarian for research help

Meebo chat here: www.eckerd.edu/library

 Email a librarian: libref@eckerd.edu
Call: 727-864-8207

Visit the reference desk in the library 

And of course you may contact me directly at 727-864-8475 or halll@eckerd.edu

Try OneSearch: The Better Way to Search

Search for Articles, Books and More at the Eckerd College Library Homepage

Shop at the Library's Annual Fall Book Sale

Shop Early......Shop Often!

Join us for the Eckerd College Library Annual Fall Book Sale in the Library Lounge.

Wednesday, November 9-Saturday, November 12

Please contact a librarian at libref@eckerd.edu for more information

Try OneSearch

The Eckerd College Library is proud to announce OneSearch, the next generation information discovery tool for the Eckerd College community.  OneSearch combines the simplicity and speed of a Google search with the quality and reliability of scholarly databases.  Whether you need to find an empirical research article, a psychological case study, or literary criticism, OneSearch takes the guesswork out of choosing library resources and it quickly delivers content from many scholarly disciplines via a single search box.

Beginning, October 31st a beta test version of OneSearch will be available from the library homepage for your use and evaluation.  We enthusiastically invite EC students, faculty, and staff to try OneSearch today and provide feedback using the blue “Give us Your Feedback” link located in the upper right corner of the search screen.

If you ever have a question

There are several ways to contact a librarian for research help

Meebo chat here: www.eckerd.edu/library

 Email a librarian: libref@eckerd.edu
Call: 727-864-8207

Visit the reference desk in the library 

And of course you may contact me directly at 727-864-8475 or halll@eckerd.edu

Less print in a digital age?: 5 Myths About the 'Information Age'

You may think that print is dead but this article could change your mind!

Spring 2011 Biological Oceanography PowerPoint Professors Smith and Szelistowski

Hello students! I hope you all found the library instruction session useful and beneficial.  Here is the powerpoint presentation from your session and don't forget always feel free to ask for help from your librarians!