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A provisional eJournals search is in place until we can repair the system. “FindIt @ GT” links from within sources also should take users to working FindIt menus.

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FindIt is currently down, affecting the eJournals search page and linking to eJournals from within sources such as databases and GIL.

An update will be posted once the problem has been resolved.

Thanks for your patience.

The FindIt! system is currently down. This affects access to the ejournals search page and all linking to ejournals from the databases and the GIL Catalog. Access to ejournals is therefore currently not available. We are working on this problem and will restore access as soon as possible.

FYI, this may affect access to Taylor & Francis journals from 2-5pm on Saturday, 10/13.

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Subject: [lib-eresources] informaworld Maintainance Advance Notice
From: info@informaworld.com

Dear Account Administrator,

Please be advised that there will be a period of scheduled maintenance on the informaworld website on Saturday 13th October. Between 09:00 BST and 12:00 BST you may experience some slowness of response and potentially some small periods when the site is unavailable. We hope this does not cause you inconvenience.

Yours faithfully,

informaworld support
support@informaworld.com

informaworld is the online home of publications from Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare
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Tuesday Talks: Georgia Tech Faculty Speaker Series - Research for all of us!

The Georgia Tech Library is sponsoring a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

This semester the series features the following lectures:
Sept. 4 - John J. Bartholdi, III, Professor ISyE, and Manhattan Associates Professor of Supply Chain Management and Research Director, The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute
— “Self-organizing Logistics Systems”

Oct. 2 -Michael Goodisman, Assistant Professor, Biology –
“Meet your neighbor! An introduction to social insects in Atlanta”

Nov. 6 - Tucker Balch, Associate Professor, Interactive and Intelligent Computing — “Making Computer Science 101 Fun with Robots”

All lectures are free, and will be held in the Georgia Tech Library. Light refreshments will be provided.

To view promotional posters, video recordings, PowerPoint presentations, etc. from past Tuesday Talks visit SMARTech.

For more information, please call 404-894-4530 or email:
prgroup@library.gatech.edu

Interested in finding out about the political, economic and cultural influence of a person or event on the historical scientific community? The History of Science, Technology and Medicine database is the best place to start. This databases offers an extensive collection of journal articles, books and proceedings on the influence science has had from prehistory forward. Look for the “FIND IT AT GT” button to locate the full text articles.

Can Math Improve Your Hockey Game?

Based on a review found in the MathSciNet database, Andrew C. Thomas thinks so! By using a semi-Markov process model, Thomas demonstrates the scoring effectiveness some commonly used hockey strategies in his article, ‘The Impact of Puck Possession and Location on Ice Hockey Strategy’ in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (2006,Volume 2, #1).

MathSciNet indexes over 50,000 new reviews of math books, journal articles and proceedings each year covering the areas of Pure and Applied Math, Core and Applied Statistics, Computer Science and Related Physics applications. Look for the “FIND IT AT GT” button to locate full text versions of the items reviewed.

Tuesday Talk: Making Computer Science 101 Fun with Robots

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Location: Neely Lobby
Speaker: Tucker Balch; Associate Professor - Interactive and Intelligent Computing

View Poster

Abstract: “We’re trying an experiment here at Georgia Tech: We’re teaching freshmen Computer Science 101 (CS 1301 to be exact) with personal robots. Every student has her own robot to take home and work with. All the fundamentals of CS are taught in the context of programming a mobile robot with sensors, motors, a camera and a speaker. During this talk I will report on our success with this approach.”

THOMSON SCIENTIFIC INTRODUCES THE “NEW FACE OF RESEARCH” WITH
ISI WEB OF KNOWLEDGE
Thomson Scientific, leading provider of information solutions to
the worldwide research and business communities, announced that its ISI Web of
KnowledgeSM platform will introduce an entirely new approach to finding, analyzing and sharing
information. The new version will present a new face of research designed to address the unique demands and research needs of a diverse, global user community, enabling them to follow new and innovative research pathways. This extensively redesigned ISI Web of Knowledge will prove easy for novices to navigate, while continuing to provide the powerful capabilities seasoned users appreciate.
The user-focused design of ISI Web of Knowledge will introduce a unique approach to searching, discovering and organizing premier scholarly research.
For a look at this new desgn, see http://isiwebofknowledge.com/media/swf/wokdemoshell.html

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
2:00 - 3:00
Location: Neely Lobby
Speaker: Michael Goodisman, Assistant Professor, Biology
View Poster

Social insects, including ants, bees, wasps, and termites, are ‘among the greatest achievements of evolution’. They dominate terrestrial environments and make up a substantial part of the animal biomass. The tremendous success of social insects stems from their ability to effectively manage ecological problems through their complex social systems. In fact, the formation of the remarkable societies displayed by social insects represents one of the major transition points in evolutionary history. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the biology of social insects. I will focus on discussing the development and importance of social insect societies. I will then discuss the natural history of important social insects found locally, including fire ants and yellowjackets.

Taylor & Francis journals through Informaworld will be offline between 7:00 & 8:00 pm on Friday night, Sept., 21.

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Subject: [lib-eresources] informaworld Maintainance Advance Notice
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:55:19 +0100
From: info@informaworld.com

informaworld support
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