PubGet: what do you think?

Pubget ”is a search engine for PDFs in the life sciences. We index nearly 20 million life science research documents, including those in PubMed®.” It has been set up to enable links to full-text artitcles from the wide range of journals to which we provide access. The search options are quite basic but a browser toolbar button (PaperPlane) allows you to search in Pubmed and link with ease to a PDF in Pubget. It also provides a convenient way of viewing the latest issues of journals. We're interested to know what you think of it.

New Database: Social Policy and Practice

Social Policy and Practice, has been added to the Library's List of Health & Medicine Databases. This resource simultaneously searches databases including AgeInfo, ChildData and Social Care Online. Many of its records relate to grey literature e.g. reports, legislation, local/national government documents, organisations, policies, press coverage and service user knowledge. Its main focus is on applied research and practice.

To find other grey literature, researchers may also like to check out Subject Gateways & Organisations for Health & Medicine.

Weekend Access to Web of Knowledge & Endnote Web

Web of Knowledge and Endnote Web are about to be upgraded in order to introduce enhancements to refined searching and impact factors.

As a result, there will be brief periods of disrupted access to Web of Knowledge from 2pm on Sunday 1st February. This will also effect access to Web of Science, Biosis Previews, Journal Citation Reports and Medline (the Web of Knowledge version).

Access to Endnote Web will be similarly disrupted from 2am on Saturday 31st January.
Both periods of disruption are expected to last a few hours.

Access to databases & other resources for your subject

Upgraded Web of Knowledge & Endnote Web

An upgrade of Web of Knowledge and Endnote Web has resulted in the following enhancements:

• ISI Conference Proceedings has been merged into the Web of Science database: Therefore, when you click on the times cited links within either Web of Science or Web of Knowledge, you can now view records for conference papers as well as journal articles. A new search field, conference paper, has been added and applies retrospectively to past papers as well as those to be indexed in the future.
  
• Academics: if your conference paper has been indexed, this may help increase the number of times it is cited.
  
• Web of Science: author names and addresses are now linked and furthermore, links to the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) have been incorporated.
  
• Visual citation mapping: an option to simplify the maps through limiting date ranges has been introduced.

For more information about the upgrade, you might like to view this short presentation (provided by MIMAS).

New Look SportDiscus

You may have noticed that SportDiscus has been upgraded with a fresher, more 'state of the art' design. The previous functionality remains much the same e.g. you can limit your results to peer-reviewed literature.

If you set up an 'account' while the previous version was livew, your password is still valid - you may want to set one up to enable you to retrieve results between sessions and re-run previous searches.

Note you can opt to search for keywords within the full-text of some articles as well as within references and abstracts.

Please do contact me if you would like any assistance with this database.

Search 3 databases at once!.. new improved Web of Knowledge!

The following Web of Knowledge databases have been updated:

• Web of Science (sciences / social sciences...)
• Biosis Previews (biosciences / health)
• ISI Proceedings (conference proceedings)

As a result of improved functionality, I've replaced links to the above sub-databases with a single link to Web of Knowledge. You can search and organise your results within Web of Knowledge in the same way as you would do within the sub-databases. However, if you'd prefer to search them individually, enter Web of Knowledge and click on the select a database tab.

Web of Knowledge is listed, alongside the others, via the databases for Health & Medicine / Sport & Exercise. You can find help via:

• user guide (produced by the Library)
• online via Web of Knowledge
• Web of Science Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• Endnote Web Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• by contacting me

Changes to EMBASE & PsycINFO

The following OVID databases have just been upgraded and whilst some of the same functionality remains, you'll notice several changes:

• Embase
• IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
• PsycINFO

To do a basic search in any of these, I'd now recommend you click on the furthest tab which is Advanced OVID Search (or in PsycINFO, OVID Syntax). If you're doing a standard keyword search, remember to deselect map to subvect heading.

Help with using the new interface is available via the Database Field Guide and Help sections of each database.

I've also helped produce guides to the new version of EMBASE and PsycINFO. You might like to refer to these guides if you use IBSS as it shares much of the same functionality. You can also contact me for advice.

Journal & Book Additions 11/07

We now subscribe to both the online and print versions of:
Education for Primary Care (shelved at Per 36 on Level 5).

...and here's a few recently added-to-stock book titles (remember you can request photocopies of chapters to be posted to you via the Library Article Request Service: http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/guides/lars.html

Statistical Methods for Health Care Research.
Barbara Hazard Munro. - 5th edition, 2005

Psychology of Physical Activity : determinants, well-being and interventions .
Stuart J. H. Biddle and Nanette Mutrie. - 2nd edition, 2008

Coaching for Long-term Athlete Development : to improve participation and performance in sport. Ian Stafford, 2005

For more information, please search the Library Catalogue

ELIN: for easy searching

The Library is very pleased to announce the launch of ELIN@Bath (Electronic Library Information Navigator). In ELIN, you can access a significant proportion of the Library's online articles, e-journals, e-books and databases from within the one user-friendly location.

ELIN can be accessed via the Library homepage at http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/ and at http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/elin/ ELIN will be trialled alongside the Library's existing web pages and catalogue for one year.

One of its main benefits is that you choose to only search for articles available in full text. This includes articles from journals to which the Library subscribes and open access journals. You can then follow a link to the full text.

In My Collection, you can save your search queries and results for retrieval at a later date. You can also receive email alerts when new articles are published that relate to your queries.

If you register with databases such as Web of Science and SportDiscus, you can also save searches for later retrieval and set up email alerts. For more information, check out the online guides for these resources on the Library webpages or contact P.G.Bradley@bath.ac.uk

A New Web of Knowledge

Over the next few months, the Web of Knowledge databases will be gradually upgraded, resulting in a new appearance and a range of enhanced functions. For example, it will become easier to switch between searching an individual database, such as Web of Science, and searching across all of the Web of Knowledge.

While the upgrade is being undertaken, you will be able to preview/use either the new versions of the following Web of Knowledge databases (or continue using the existing versions):

Web of Science
BIOSIS Previews
ISI Proceedings

To preview and use any of the above, connect to the relevant database via the Library's Databases or Resources for your Subject. After entering the database, click on the preview the new version button which you will find at the top of the web page. On the following page, look for the button further down the page to take you to the resource (you don't need to click on take the next step).

If you have stored a saved search within the old version, this can be retrieved within both the new and old Web of Knowledge. However, if you have produce a saved search within the new version, you will not be able to access this in the old database.

It is anticipated that the marked records function should be available in the new Web of Knowledge from November 2007. The new version of Journal Citation Reports has yet to be released.

Please send us any comments you would like to make about the new version of Web of Knowledge

Latest Journal Additions

The Library now subscribes to the following journal titles. To connect to these, please go to the Library's A-Z of E-Journals.

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (1998 onwards)
Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity (2006 onwards)

Just a reminder that to search across the contents of a range of journals, it's best to search the Library's databases for health & medicine or sport or exercise.

New Journal titles via SportDiscus

Excellent news about the new Ebsco version of SportDiscus! The Library is now subscribing to the 'Full-text version' of the database via http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/info/sp.html

This enables you to access many new journal titles online, both via SportDiscus and the Library's E-Journals A-Z at http:www.bath.ac.uk/library/ej/ - the majority of new titles have already been added to this list.

You can still access articles on blue and white 'links' icons within the database but you can now also click on html and pdf links to access further full-text content. Here are just some of the new titles (coverage of each includes current issues as well as different levels of back files):

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
Advances in Exercise and Sports Physiology
Human Movement
Human Performance
Isokinetics and Exercise Science
Journal of back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Journal of Drug Issues
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
Journal of Motor Behavior
Journal of Nutrition and Behavior
Journal of Musculoskeletal Research
Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Journal of Professional Exercise Physiology
Journal of Sport Behavior
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
Olympic Coach
Pediatric Exercise Science
Physical and Health Education Journal
Rehab Management: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Rehabilitation
Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition
Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation
Spinal Cord
Sports Biomechanics

Library guides for the new resource are available via the website. Please contact me if you have an questions about using it: P.G.Bradley@bath.ac.uk

Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports has just been updated, providing journal impact factors up until and including to 2006. You can search JCR to assess to what extent a periodical is cited across a range of journal literature.

JCR can also be accessed via the Web of Knowledge: available via the databases listing for your subject area at: http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/subjects/

SportDiscus for Everyone!

Good news! Recently there's been a significant increase in the use of SportDiscus. In response to this, the Library has updated its license to permit access for an unlimited number of simultaneous users. This change has already come into force. SportDiscus is just one of several databases provided by the Library which cover sport and exercise literature. These are located via: http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/subjects/sp/