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VCU Libraries now provides online access to the Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. Topics range from biomimetic materials and hydrogels to nanoscale neurosurgery and tissue engineering. The content is searchable, there are cross references to related articles in the encyclopedia, and citations link to a Google Scholar search for the article.
Librarycasting SE is beginning to also provide some iPod-ready video tutorials. These have been specially adapted to fit the small video iPod screen. The first one is entitled "Finding New / Recently Purchased Books."
Download Links (right-click on link for pc, shift-click for mac):
(2.7 MB, 1 minute 1 second).
(1.7 MB, 1 minute).
Mobile Technology Fair 2006, covering "the latest trends in mobile computing technology" will be held at the Tompkins-McCaw Library on the MCV Campus on Thursday, April 6. The schedule includes vendor exhibits and presentations on a variety of mobile technology applications (PDA, blog, tablet PC, GIS, iPod, etc.).
Engineering Village is offering 4 web-based training sessions in March. They are:
Ei Patents - 3/7 and 3/21
Faceted Searching and Browsing - 3/14
Introduction to Engineering Village 2 - 3/28
Engineering Village provides 3 powerpoint presentations covering search techniques, rss/blog and faceted searching. There is also a 17 page user guide which briefly highlights the main features in EI (searching, thesaurus, RSS, blog, alerts, facets, etc.), and a quick tour animation
The National Library of Medicine has produced several screencast tutorials for the PubMed database. The tutorials are 1 - 7 minutes in length, and include audio. Topics covered are:
- searching PubMed by author, subject
- finding a specific journal
- saving searches, citations online using MyNCBI
- using the MeSH controlled vocabulary (subject terms)
- and others ...
A more traditional webpage-based PubMed tutorial is also available.