Professor Andy Van de Ven

Professor Andy Van de Ven, the Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational Innovation and Change from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management is visiting QUT. Professor Per Davidsson is advising that as part of the preparation of Professor van de Ven’s visit on May 19-22 the Research Support Office has acquired 10 copies of his book ‘Engaged Scholarship’ – available for short term loan from Thu Nguyen (Z735; ext. 81084).
For a full list of QUT library holdings of Professor van de Ven’s works please see our holdings at the library

American Statistical Association (ASA) Journal Collection

QUT Library now provides online access to the American Statistical Association (ASA) journals as listed below:
Journal of the American Statistical Association
American Statistician
Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics
Journal of Computational & Graphical Statistics
Technometrics

Access to the following ASA related journals has been available for some time.
The Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics: Available via Sage Premier and numerous ProQuest databases
Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research : Currently freely available online. New journal in 2009.
Journal of Statistics Education : Freely available online.
Journal of Statistical Software : Freely available online.
Statistical analysis and data mining : Online via Wiley InterScience
Statistical Surveys : Freely available online.

Link to an individual journal via a Journal Title search of the QUT Library Catalogue.

British Theses Online

EThOS (the Electronic Theses Online Service) http://ethos.bl.uk is new to QUT and is designed to improve research theses access to those who need it. You can register free, limiting your search to those theses available immediately for download, bring up the record, then add to basket, checkout, agree agree to terms, continue with order, download file. For more information on how to find theses and dissertations, please see QUT library subject guide Theses and Dissertations http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/theses.jsp

Improve your students academic skills with Studywell

Academic skills advisors at QUT have developed an online repository of tutorials, workshops, videos, and web resources to help your students improve their study and assessment at QUT. Studywell is accessed via blackboard > community and type “studywell or via the the library homepage at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/about/contact/academicskillsadvisors.jsp

 

 

Informit enhancements

Informit has introduced several enhancements in Informit V3.3 to be aware of.

 

1.     Custom Database Screen

A new custom database screen has been added to Informit.  This screen allows customers to prioritise certain databases to list at the top of the Databases screen. Use Informit Admin – ‘Custom Databases’ field to specify databases to show on this screen.

 

 

2.     Email Alerts – New Databases

The search alerts functionality has been extended to cover new databases.  Alerts are now available for:

 

·         A+ Education

·         AGIS Plus Text

·         Australian Public Affairs – Plus Text

·         Informit e-Library – Business Collection

·         Informit e-Library – Engineering Collection

·         Informit e-Library – Humanities and Social Sciences Collection

·         Meditext

·         RequestTV 

 

 

3.     RSS Feed Changes

Table of Contents RSS feeds are now available for each journal and replace the current Issue Feeds for Journals.   New Title RSS feeds from databases remain the same.

 

RSS feeds and Authentication

Some RSS Feeds from Informit databases require authentication and a current subscription in order to view the feed content.   Many people use RSS feed aggregators such as Google Reader or Bloglines in order to view RSS feeds. This is not possible with most Informit databases as those aggregating services do not have access to Informit content even though the person subscribing to the RSS feed does.

 

Only databases with freely available metadata, such as Informit e-Library collections, may be subscribed to via feed aggregators.

 

The only way to successfully subscribe to RSS feeds from Informit is to use a built in RSS reader on your desktop such as the one in Internet Explorer 7 or “Live Bookmarks” within Firefox.  Many other add-in / plug-in products that read RSS are available for these browsers and Windows / MacOS in general. 

 

 

4.     Other Fixes / Changes

• On the Database screens, ‘Title List’ links have been renamed to ‘Browse Titles’
• ‘Move to top’ (^top) links have been added between sections on Databases screen
• TVNews/RequestTV databases now show episode titles if available on program Title page

 

Exciting new eBook…Global Entertainment and Media Outlook

Are you wanting your students to develop good marketing plans for an entertainment related product or service? Well, we now hold the Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2008-2012,  which will help students scope the size of industry sectors and sub sectors. Together with annual report data for major corporations,  market share data can be calculated for specific sectors.  Fifteen entertainment and media segments are covered, ranging from Internet Advertising to Theme Park and Amusement Parks, spanning a global perspective.

 PriceWaterhouseCoopers are the publishers of this eBook. Please access this new resource which is useful to both the Business and Creative Industries student cohorts! Have a look  from the Library Catalogue at: https://secure.library.qut.edu.au/ebooks/pwc_GEMO803.pdf

Library Budget

Library funds now available for you!

The Library budget  for 2009 is confirmed – funds are now available for you to purchase both coursework and research resources.  This encompasses books, DVDs, computer software, however not journals.  If you wish to subscribe to a new journal, please advise your liaison librarian accordingly.

The librarians will purchase multiple copies of resources if required.  Please advise via email, or a printed list – we are ordering regularly, to ensure that funds are committed within specific timelines (we have a target commitment date of 50%  by the end of May).

EBL books now available on iPhone and iPod Touch

EBL have recently announced that EBL titles can be downloaded to the Sony Reader, but EBL’s new reader is already accessible on an iPhone and iPod Touch?

Patrons can access EBL  titles on their iPhone or iPod Touch through the normal webpages.

The image view in the reader will render the full book.  Scrolling works by using two fingers. EBL areplanning to offer a scaled down view more suitable for mobile access later this year.

And news just in… downloading EBL ebooks to the iPhone/iPod Touch is soon to follow.  Adobe have just announced a partnership with Stanza Reader, the reader application designed for the iPhone that will allow iPhone users to download EBL ebooks.

For more information see http://blog.eblib.com/?p=125 and http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/lexcycle-announces-support-adobe-ebooks/story.aspx?guid={783FD2BD-46D6-4C7D-A568-7000F854CE5B}&dist=msr_1

Annual Reviews Online

Annual Reviews Online : Reminder Are you after a review article for your research area? Why not consult Annual Reviews Online. Annual Reviews saves you time by synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in over 45 disciplines. Editorial committees comprised of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline select all topics for review, and the articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field. Annual Reviews publications are among the highest cited publications by impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Thomson-Reuters. Typically a volume of an Annual Reviews publication is released each year. You may wish to consult an Annual Reviews publication to get an overview of the research that has happened in that area for the past year and to identify principal contributors in your field. QUT Library has access to the Annual Review journals in the following subject areas, as listed below.

Economics (new in 2009) Financial Economics (new in 2009) Resource Economics (new in 2009) 

To access Annual Reviews Online go to the QUT Library homepage and select databases. In the Choose a database to search section enter annual reviews in the database title field and click Find databases. On the next page click the database name hyperlink to connect to the database. Or you may click the More details link to bring up a full one page description for this database. Annual Reviews Online is fully searchable. Alternatively link directly to the Annual Review journal of interest via a Journal Title search of the QUT Library Catalogue. NOTE: You may also Register by clicking the Register link on the Annual Reviews frontpage. Registered Annual Reviews users receive a variety of benefits as listed below: Benefits of Registration Include: get article recommendations based on your reading profile get emailed Table of Contents alerts get emailed citation tracking alerts create favorites lists save complex searches & get search alerts gain Pay Per Article access

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on the web: new functionality available

The new functionality, listed below, found in the latest release of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on the Web attempts to solve the problem of inappropriate use of Impact Factor values.

Five-Year Impact Factor : Gives a broader range of citation activity for a more informative snapshot over time.
For journals in subjects where citation activity continues to rise through several years, this allows more of their total citation activity to be included in a critical performance metric.

Eigenfactor : also a five-year metric, that uses citing journal data from the entire JCR file is designed to reflect the prestige and citation influence of journals by considering scholarly literature as a network of journal-to-journal relationships.

Graphic Displays of Impact Factor “Box Plots” : A graphic interpretation of how a journal ranks in different categories. It provides information about the distribution of journals based on Impact Factor values.

Rank-in-Category Tables for Journals Covering Multiple Disciplines : Allows a journal to be seen in the context of multiple categories at a glance rather than only a single one.

Journal “Self Citations” : An analysis of journal self citations and their contribution to the journal Impact Factor calculation.

To access the JCR on the Web go to the QUT Library homepage and select databases. In the Database title box enter jcr and select Find databases. On the next page select the database name hyperlink to connect to the database.

Or you may click the More details link to bring up a full one page description for this database.