For those of you using Macs, there is an interesting update to a Dashboard widget that allows you to browse the archives of well-known geophysical research journals, including those from the AGU, AMS, and EGS. JournArch now also allows you to search Google Scholar, and archived content from AGU, AMS and EGS. This widget was developed by an oceanographer at MIT, and is available for free.
We will now have access to all seven JGR titles:
Earth Surface
Solid Earth
Planets
Atmospheres
Space Physics
Oceans
Biogeosciences
We previously only had access to the first four of these titles. During our renewal, we opted to save quite a bit of money by opting for the JGR All package, which will provide online-only access to the entire JGR series.
We will no longer receive the print issues of any JGR titles. The new issues will be available online starting with the first issues of 2007, of which none have been released just yet.
In case I missed some people with my message regarding AGU-published journals (specifically Journal of Geophysical Research), you can see the details of our options on my wiki. Please let me know how you feel about these options.
After months of struggling with Springer, we finally have restored access to Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences. The new SpringerLink platform is rather clunky, but it's great to finally have access again. Go to http://library.wlu.edu/details.asp?resid=430 to see the updated record. If you have problems with this new platform, which is still in beta, please contact me.
New to the library website is GeoScience World. This is a free index produced by several geoscience societies and institutes, allowing users to search many different journals. For more information on this resource, see the "More Information" page at http://library.wlu.edu/details.asp?resID=902.
The 2006 Virginia GIS Conference will take place at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center in Roanoke, Virginia on October 23 and 24. Presentation proposals are due by June 15. For more info, visit http://www.rvarc.org/vagis.
A copy of the announcement is available on my office bulletin board.
Everyone has seen those GoogleEarth maps on websites, in classrooms, and even on the national news. If you have ArcGIS data that you'd like to see shared among GoogleEarth users (mainly consumers and laypersons) check out Arc2Earth.
We now have access to Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Full text is available from 2006 on, and abstracts are available from 1994. If you have a personal AGU membership, you may be able to access the full text of these articles.