Update - Blackwell e-journals move to Wiley InterScience

As of 6/30/2008 the Blackwell-Synergy e-journals are linking to the main WileyInterscience web page rather than directly to the journal level. This is part of the ongoing process of migrating the Blackwell content over to the Wiley InterScience platform. Wiley is actively working to resolve this issue and they hope to have it resolved within the next few days.

WorldWideScience.org - Explore The Global Science Gateway

WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway linking national and international scientific databases and repositories. This site allows users to search scientific information collected from around the world. Much of the information in this database is not available via conventional web searching.

Wiley InterScience & Blackwell Synergy - Scheduled Downtime

Access to Wiley InterScience and Blackwell Synergy will be unavailable the weekend of the 28th and 29th of June, during which time Blackwell Synergy content will transfer to Wiley InterScience.

This change is part of the merger of Blackwell Publishing with John Wiley and Sons. The merger will result in a combination of all Wiley-Blackwell's online products onto a single online platform.

All Blackwell Synergy journal content will move to Wiley InterScience as of June 30, 2008, at which point Synergy will cease to be available. Beyond this initial phase, Wiley-Blackwell is planning to launch a next-generation online service in 2009 that will include the best features of both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience and which will introduce innovative new functionality and capabilities.

Accessing recent Chron. of Higher Ed. articles

To access the text of the recent Chronicle of Higher Education articles, use the LexisNexis Academic link:








After you click on the link the following appears. Leave the search terms box empty (unless you're looking for something specific) and just enter a date range at the bottom of the screen. For example, use the "date is after" option if you're looking for something in the last couple of weeks or so.




















After hitting the SEARCH button, the following is displayed. Click on the title(s) to go to the full text.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics now available online.

Access to version 2008 of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (corresponding to the 88th edition of the printed book) is now available to the University community. The Handbook covers all types of physical science data commonly encountered by scientists and engineers. Major tables of numerical data are presented in the form of interactive tables. Substances in these tables can be retrieved by searching on name, formula,or CAS Registry Number, and such a search can be combined with a request for a desired property.

News from Project MUSE

Project MUSE introduces linked subject headings
(reproduced from Project MUSE's recent email announcement)

Users of Project MUSE articles and Tables of Contents in our recently-launched new format may have noticed an additional feature - "clickable" subject headings for each article, allowing fast and easy connections to related content in Project MUSE. Built upon the rich controlled vocabulary classification of all MUSE articles and reviews with Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) by our in-house professional cataloging staff, this new functionality quickly connects scholars to additional relevant content to enhance their research.

Linked subject headings are a powerful discovery tool for users. Following a subject heading link brings the user to an alphabetical listing of all current subject headings utilized for MUSE articles, with the selected heading as the entry point in the list. The researcher may then view additional articles that share the same subject heading, or peruse further articles with related headings. The list of subject headings is annotated with the current number of MUSE articles and reviews to which that heading is assigned.

One of the many benefits of the linked subject headings is the ability to refine a research topic when articles with a more specific focus are needed. Conversely, the linked subject headings can guide a user to articles with a broader approach when the assignment requires a more general discussion of the research topic.

MUSE has always assigned LC subject headings to articles to help users identify the topics discussed within an article and in turn, to select articles most suitable to their research. Now, by simply clicking on a subject heading, users can move from subject to subject, article to article, exploring topics and articles related to their search topic.

All MUSE articles and Tables of Contents produced since mid-April 2008 offer the new linked subject headings functionality; as older content is converted to the new format, the feature will also become available for archival articles, reviews, and Tables of Contents.

Wiley InterScience Scheduled Maintenance 5/25

Due to essential site maintenance, access to Wiley InterScience will be temporarily unavailable on the following dates:

Saturday, May 25th beginning at 7.00AM, unavailable for 4-8 hours
Thursday, May 29th beginning at 4.00PM, unavailable for about 1 hour