Keeping current: What's new in engineering information?

Online Information 200713.15 - 13.45 Wednesday 5th Dec

STM Information in Focus – Theatre C

Roddy MacLeod

Heriot Watt University

R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk

Keeping current: What's new in engineering information?

• News sources

• Publishers and content providers exhibiting at Online 2005

• Some other players

• Some interesting developments & trends

• Handouts – URLs and Stands

News sources

Publishers’ pages for librarians

• http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/librarianssupportinfo.librarians/alertingservices

Stand 514 Fiz Karlsruhe/STN International

• Patent information INPADOCDB - 51 million records from 80 patent-issuing organisations

• AnaVist 2.0 - interactive analysis and visualization software

• STN Express available at no cost!

Stand 304 CAS

• USPATOLD Now Available on STN

• STN AnaVist® Now Includes Derwent World Patents Index

Stand 304 ProQuest

• ProQuest to Launch CSA Illustrata: Technology

Stand 334 Sage Publications

• SAGE publishes the top ranked title in Robotics – International Journal of Robotics Research

• Joint special issue – available free– The International Journal of Robotics Research and International

Journal of Computer Vision

• SAGETRACK• New titles to SAGE

– Building Services Engineering Research & Technology – Lighting Research & Technology– Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

• SAGE and Hindawi agreement on OA journals

Stand 334 Sage Publications

Stand 506 Elsevier

• Elsevier to publish two journals for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

• Referex E-Books triples in size and scope – 3 new collection;

– 1,600 e-books

– Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Computing, Security & Networking, Civil & Environmental Engineering.

• Engineering Village Introduces Record Tagging

Stand 506 Elsevier

Stand 506 Elsevier

Stand 704 IEEE• New Journals Announced for 2008

– IEEE Transactions on Haptics

– IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

– IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

– IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

– IEEE Transactions on Services Computing

– IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine

– IET Power Electronics

Stand 704 IEEE

Online Collection of Educational Courses IEEE Expert

Free trial www.ieee.org/expertnow

IEEE Joins with Sci-Tech Societies to Create Scitopia.org

Stand 346 IET / Inspec

• New Inspec Direct platform– Details at http://inspecdirect.theiet.org/

• IET journals – 30% more content

• New: IET Renewable Power Generation

• New: IET Synthetic Biology

• Forthcoming: IET Power Electronics

Stand 410 Springer

• SpringerLink Engineering collection– 2,040 eBooks, 120 journals, 15 Online Reference

Works • Springer Reference (print and online)

– Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics – Springer Handbook of Speech Processing – Springer Handbook of Robotics (2008)

• Bestseller: Leonardo´s Lost Robots by Rosheim• Forget-Me-Not

– Journals transferred to Springer

Stand 410 Springer

RSS feeds

Stand 316 John Wiley

• Security and Communication Networks– Free access in 2008

• Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering– Major new reference work

• Communications Technology, Electrical & Systems Engineering Backfiles Collection – 24,000 articles

Stand 528 Thomson Scientific

• INPADOC Patent Family and Legal Status database on Dialog has been enhanced

• Broadened coverage of patents from China in Derwent World Patents Index

• Military and Federal Specifications and Standards added toTechstreet

• Techstreet award

Stand 614 Institute of Physics

• Five new journals in 2008 – Astronomical Journal

Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics Communications in Theoretical Physics Computational Science & Discovery Journal of Breath Research

• IOPscience - new journals platform launched • Hosting Russian translation titles from Turpion • Community websites relaunched

– PhysicsWorld – Compound Semiconductor – Nanotechweb – CERN Courier  

Stand 406 BSI Business Information

• New BSOL launched at Online 2007

• New BSI Shop and catalogue

• BS 25999 Business Continuity Self-assessment Online

Stand 406 BSI Business Information

Stand 500 CISTI• NRC Research Press

– Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science• Goes Green (electronic only in 2008)

• full-text HTML version – search & reference linking (began Sept. 2007) - in addition to the PDF version

• CISTI Library Services– Pay Per Article

• search, order, immediate download from electronic collection (including Elsevier); articles from print collection arrive < 24hrs.

– eBook Loans • >20,000 eBooks immediate access

• 30 day loan @ $25

• Partnership with MyiLibrary

Stand 414 Taylor & Francis

• iOpenAccess expanded

• New - International Journal of Optomechatronics• 2008 new journals

– International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education

– International Journal of RF Technologies– International Journal of Sustainable Engineering– Journal of Building Performance Simulation– The IES Journal part A: Civil & Structural Engineering

Emerald

• 11 out of 15 journals have TS impact factors• Engineering Web Portal – 1.9m hits• Manuscript Central for the submissions and peer-review

process • Anniversaries

– Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology – 80– Industrial Lubrication and Tribology – 60– Engineering Computations – 25– International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology – 20

• Emerald Backfile digitisation

http://engineering.emeraldinsight.com/

Morgan & Claypool

• Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science. “Lecture” format, provides focused treatments of rapidly moving areas of interest

• NESLi2 agreement for Synthesis Digital Library• 100th Synthesis lecture available• New series:

– Human Language Technology, Environmental Science and Engineering;

– Engineers, Technology and Society; – Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship.

http://www.morganclaypool.com/

Knovel

• Two new subject areas– Earth Sciences and Medical Engineering

• New content partnerships– AIAA– NCRP– ASTM– ISA

Inderscience New journals in 2007

European Journal of Industrial EngineeringInternational Journal of Abrasive TechnologyInternational Journal of Applied Systemic StudiesInternational Journal of Automation and ControlInternational Journal of Biomedical Engineering and TechnologyInternational Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface EngineeringInternational Journal of Design EngineeringInternational Journal of Electric and Hybrid VehiclesInternational Journal of Internet Manufacturing and ServicesInternational Journal of Nano and BiomaterialsInternational Journal of Precision TechnologyInternational Journal of Materials and Structural IntegrityInternational Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems EngineeringInternational Journal of Surface Science and EngineeringInternational Journal of Sustainable DesignInternational Journal of Sustainable ManufacturingInternational Journal of System of Systems Engineering 

http://www.inderscience.com/

InderscienceNew journals in 2008

• International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics

• International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation

• International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems

• International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics

• International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering• International Journal of Molecular Engineering• International Journal of Nanoparticles• International Journal of Petroleum Engineering

http://www.inderscience.com/

Hindawi

Article: http://www.hindawi.com/going_all_the_way.pdf

Professional Engineering Publishing

• Professional Engineering Publishing launches Engineering Open Choice

• Proceedings Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology

Globalspec

Trends in 2007

• A number of new journals

Trends in 2007 - New journalsProceedings IMechE Part P: Journal of Sports

Engineering and TechnologyEuropean Journal of Industrial EngineeringInternational Journal of Abrasive TechnologyInternational Journal of Applied Systemic StudiesInternational Journal of Automation and ControlInternational Journal of Biomedical Engineering

and TechnologyInternational Journal of Computational Materials

Science and Surface EngineeringInternational Journal of Design EngineeringInternational Journal of Electric and Hybrid

VehiclesInternational Journal of Internet Manufacturing

and ServicesInternational Journal of Nano and Biomaterials

International Journal of Precision TechnologyInternational Journal of Materials and Structural

IntegrityInternational Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems

EngineeringInternational Journal of Surface Science and

EngineeringInternational Journal of Sustainable DesignInternational Journal of Sustainable ManufacturingInternational Journal of System of Systems

Engineering Advances in Acoustics and Vibration Advances in Artificial Intelligence Advances in Artificial Neural Systems Astronomical Journal Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics Communications in Theoretical PhysicsComputational Science & Discovery Journal of Breath Research

Trends in 2007 - More new journals

Advances in Fuzzy Systems Advances in Human-Computer Interaction Advances in Nonlinear Optics Advances in Optical Technologies EURASIP Journal on Information Security International Journal of Computer Games

Technology International Journal of Digital Multimedia

Broadcasting International Journal of Navigation and Observation International Journal of Power Management

Electronics International Journal of Quality, Statistics, and

Reliability IET Renewable Power Generation IET Synthetic BiologyInternational Journal of Optomechatronics

International Journal of Reacting Systems International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing International Journal of Telemedicine and

Applications International Journal of Vehicular Technology Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications Journal of Computer Systems, Networks, and

Communications Journal of Sensors Research Letters in Communications Research Letters in Signal Processing X-ray Optics and Instrumentation Engineering Education Journal of the Higher

Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre.

Optics and Photonics LettersSecurity and Communication Networks

Trends in 2007

• A number of new journals• Open Access

– WorldSciNet Open Access– Irish Research Council and open access– SAGE/Hindawi agreement

Trends in 2007

• A number of new journals• Open Access• RSS

– News, blogs, TOCs– Elsevier - Enhance your current awareness

services with RSS tutorial– IMechE feeds– ticTOCs Project

Trends in 2007

• A number of new journals• Open Access• RSS • Backfile digitisation

– Emerald John Wiley and Sons – The Royal Society Elsevier – Springer Sage– Blackwell AAAS

Trends in 2007

• A number of new journals• Open Access• RSS • Backfile digitisation• Federated searching tools

– Scitopia WorldWideScience– Scirus Scitation– TechXtra

Trends in 2007

• A number of new journals

• Open Access

• RSS

• Backfile digitisation

• Federated searching tools

• Sales in European online STM increase 10.5%

Trends in 2007

• Second Life

• Social networking

• Tagging

• New communications channels – sharing information

• SciTechNet(sm): Science and Technology Social Networking Services.

Keeping current: What's new in engineering information?

Online Information 200713.15 - 13.45 Wednesday 5th Dec

STM Information in Focus

Roddy MacLeod

Heriot Watt University

R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk