Shaver Engineering Library http://www.engr.uky.edu/library Website for the College of Engineering library. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:25:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 en SEL Fall 2009 Open House http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=131 http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=131#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:25:02 +0000 Susan Smith Events http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=131 Wednesday, November 4th, the Shaver Engineering Library was open, but a little more entertaining than usual.  With help from our sponsors, we had four video games available for engineering students to play.  Provided by David Applegate from GameStop, students were able to play from 11-4.  IEEE rep Barry Holquist was also on hand to talk about IEEE, Explore, student membership and hand out giveaways.

Pizza Hut delivered pizzas provided by UK Libraries around noon and 3 PM to hungry crowds of student and faculty. 

Jeff “Podge” Rion helped temendously with tech support issues as did Daniel Naas (Fine Arts Library).  A big “Thank You” to COE IT and WTYL AV departments who provided hardware at the last minute.  A special thank you to former SEL student assistant Brandon Daniels who took a day off from work to also help with the event.  Brandon also designed the posters for the event. 

 

]]> http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?feed=rss2&p=131 Knovel University Challenge - Let’s Get Going UK! http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=129 http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=129#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:28:40 +0000 Susan Smith News Events E-Place http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=129 Knovel is back again this fall with their University Challenge.  Currently we rank 8th in the participating universities.  We have 48 students registered and we need 52 more to guarantee us an iPod Nano as a prize.  So please register now!  You could win a Wii, iPod Nano or free music!

]]> http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?feed=rss2&p=129 New UK Science Library Update http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=128 http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=128#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:09:14 +0000 Susan Smith News http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=128 This past spring and summer three UK campus libraries have been busy getting ready to consolidate into the new Science Library.  This includes Chemistry/Physics, Geological Sciences and Map Library and the Math Library.  All three facilities are being consolidated into one collection in King Library - South. 

The Geological Sciences and Map Library will stay in their current location, but elements of the other two libraries will be moving in on their floor, as well as the second and fourth floors.  One of the major renovations is getting the new elevator installed.  This should hopefully be completed by the end of the month. 

In November, the Chemistry/Physics and Math libraries plan to begin moving their collections into King.  At this time there is no set date as the elevator must be completed prior to the move. The Science Library will be open in November and completely operational in the Spring 2009 semester.

 

]]> http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?feed=rss2&p=128 SciFinder Is Now Available Via The Web http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=127 http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=127#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:18:25 +0000 Susan Smith News E-Place Services http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=127 You can now access SciFinder via the Internet. Remember when you register that you must use your UK email address or you will not get access. 

Mac users will be happy to know this will work very well for them.  It will also work well for you off-campus users via the proxy server.  There are some differences so if you have any problems please contact Jan Carver at the Chemistry/Physics Library at 257-5954.

 

]]> http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?feed=rss2&p=127 New Databases for Fall 2008 http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=95 http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=95#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:40:49 +0000 Susan Smith News E-Place http://www.engr.uky.edu/library/?p=95 This fall the UK Libraries have purchased two databases that will supplement our engineering collection.  The first is the Polymer Library.  You may know this database by its former name RAPRA Abstracts.  It is the primary database for information on plastics, rubbers, polymers, adhesives and composites.  International in scope, coverage goes back to 1972 and includes citations to academic research, business and marketing articles, and legislation.   Patent coverage began in 1994.  Access to this database is through the CSA Illumina platform.

The second database will fill a multidisciplinary gap in the area of textiles.  World Textiles covers all areas of textiles from manufacturing to materials, technology, application and research.  Coverage is from 1970 and includes scholarly sources, trade journals, conference proceedings, books and many other materials.  One of its strong features is extensive indexing of non-English language and less accessible publications. 

This Fall,  SciFinder Scholar is going to be accessible via the Internet.  Right now we still do not have a date, but as soon as it is available we will let you know. What this means for you is that you won’t have to go to specific computers or download software to access this database.  UK will still have a restricted number of seats, but you will be able to access SFS from any library or computer on campus.  Stay tuned!

 

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