Georgia Tech Library News

Shock & Vibration Digest covers essential areas related to shock and vibration, including noise, vibration technologies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains 100,000 records, which are selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as: Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of Vibration & Control, etc.

To access this database use the A to Z list of databases on the Find Articles page.

For information on urban affairs, community development, urban history or other areas of urban studies take a look at Urban Studies Abstracts. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies, and Canadian Journal of Urban Research.

To access this database use the A to Z list of databases on the Find Articles page.

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors 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.

Sept. 16, 2008
2 – 3:30 pm
Library: Neely Lobby (1 West)

Speaker: Fredda Blanchard-Fields
Professor of Psychology
Chair, GT School of Psychology

Title: Older adult expertise in emotion regulation: Gains and costs.

Abstract:
Despite research that shows cognitive decline as we grow older, changes in emotion show a positive developmental trajectory. This talk will address two questions.
– What are the skills older adults possess and use when regulating their emotions?
– Under what conditions are older adults more effective and least effective at regulating their emotions?

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Poster

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Library and Information Services
lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392

The Library is hosting a week of events to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution (September 17th, 1787). Check the Library Calendar for events like voter registration, a presentation by William Winders, and screenings of a documentary on America’s presidential election in 2000.

View the flyer | View the Constitution Day Q&As

From September 8-12, there will be significant noise on the 3rd Floor-West due to materials relocation. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause.

9/5/08, 4:50 pm:

The ScienceDirect problems finally have been resolved. You should no longer be asked to choose an organization and should have access to all GT-entitled journals.

Important: Please clear your browser’s cache and try again if you are still having problems.

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We’ve had a busy summer. Here are a few new things in the library:

• The HVAC construction is finished in the East building. Now we’ll have better control of AC & heat.

• There is a lot of new equipment for you to borrow at the circulation desk: laptops, calculators, voice recorders, a portable USB hard-drive, and a collection of portable DVD players in both the PAL and NTSC formats.

• The Library West Commons: refreshed all the computers, installed a new print system, added more dual display monitors, new iMacs and scanners, added iWork & iLife software, and added several walk-up / quick-use computer stations.

• 600+ new DVDs: War of the Worlds, Night Watch, Juno, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Last Emperor, and many more. Check them out in the East Commons near the Circulation Desk.

• New search tools. We are beta testing a new catalog interface and a new metasearch engine. (more info to follow)

• Several new faces: Catherine Murray-Rust (Library Dean), William Baer (Librarian for Mechanical Engineering & Distance Learning), and Sherri Brown (First Year English Instruction Librarian.)

• Launched a new virtual reference system. Ask! Us your questions via email, IM, or phone.

• Hosting an exhibit of student work from Professor Emma Crandall’s Spring 2008 English 1102 class. The exhibit is called “Dude Art” and can be found in the lounge corner of the East Commons.

• Processed a collection of historic Georgia Tech ledgers (1887-1999) including accounts payable and receivable records, student rolls, time sheets, dormitory records, budgets, and some correspondence. The ledgers primarily document student and financial records at Georgia Tech, but they also provide documentation of the day-to-day operation of the first fifty years of the school’s existence (1885-1935). The later volumes, particularly those dating from after ca. 1960, contain mainly budgetary and financial information.

The Georgia Tech Library is looking for volunteers interested in testing software. This will primarily be web products, such as a new catalog interface and related search tools, however additional projects may turn up.

We’re looking for people with all levels of experience who can give us quick and honest feedback

Please contact Brian Mathews for further information.

UPDATE: 7/23/08, 12:33 pm: AIAA resources are back online again.

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Due to web services problems on the entire AIAA site, all AIAA e-resources are currently unavailable.

They report @ http://www.aiaa.org

System Down Notification (Tuesday, 22 July 2008)

AIAA web services are temporarily down for servicing. AIAA is working at returning service as soon as possible.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please check back later.

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We will update this post when it’s back up and running again.

UPDATE

—– Forwarded Message —–
From: “Katie Gohn” <katie.gohn@usg.edu>
To: “GALILEO Users” <GALILEO@mailbox.gsu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:53:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Galileo] Re: ProQuest Temporarily Unavailable

Good Afternoon,

The problems with ProQuest have been resolved. If you continue to
encounter problems, please submit a comment to GALILEO using the contact
us button.

Thanks,
Katie

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From: “Katie Gohn” <katie.gohn@usg.edu>
To: “GALILEO Users” <GALILEO@mailbox.gsu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:03:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Galileo] ProQuest Temporarily Unavailable

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Good Morning,

ProQuest databases are currently unavailable.  We have reported this
issue to ProQuest and hope that the issue will be resolved ASAP.
Further information about this problem will be posted to the list.

If you have any questions or need more information, please use GALILEO’s
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