CRC Press electronic resources will be unavailable this weekend due to system maintenance. The downtime will last from 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 1 until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 2.

CRC Press electronic resources include all of CRCnetBASE, a compilation of electronic books published by CRC Press. The subject collections include ENGnetBASE, ENVIROnetBASE, MATHnetBASE, NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE, NUTRITIONnetBASE, TOXICOLOGYnetBASE, and more.

From the BioMed Central Blog:

We're pleased to announce the launch of our new BioMed Central YouTube channel, which brings together videos of our authors and editors talking about their work, BioMed Central's journals, and the benefits of open access publishing.

Video is an increasingly important way for researchers to communicate their results, and BioMed Central is at the forefront of developments in this area. We encourage authors and editors to upload suitable videos to YouTube and contact us so that we can add these videos to the BioMed Central channel. [More...]

Many of the Cal libraries will close early on Wednesday, November 21. All will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23. Some will also be closed on the weekend. 

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently published the NIST Standard Reference Database #152, the Cryogenic Materials Properties Dabase online as a freely available resource. NIST has published over 80 of its databases freely available online, including the Ceramics WebBook, the Chemistry WebBook and the Kinetetics and Solubility databases.  A complete list is available at the NIST Data Gateway.

Not all NIST database are free though.  The Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library is considering purchasing online access for the NIST TRC Thermdynamic Tables for Hydrocarbons and Non-Hydrocarbons.  If you have comments on this database, please send them to mmahoney@library.berkeley.edu. 

This week, BBC News published a batch of articles on Future directions in computing. These articles provide short and non-technical introductions to quantum, light, spin, chemicals, DNA, and plastics. They are part of the BBC News special report on The Computing Age, which highlights news in computer science research and technology.

If you want to find research into these future directions, try keyword or author searches in INSPEC - the most comprehensive article database in computer science, electrical engineering & physics. Learn more about searching INSPEC with our Quick Guide to INSPEC (pdf).

The following UC Berkeley web services will be unavailable from 5:00 p.m. to midnight on Friday, November 9 due to necessary software maintenance:

» Library websites
» Library hours & locations
» Search the Library Web
» Historic topographic maps and other digital collections
» Library blogs and wikis

The Pathfinder and Melvyl catalogs will still be available, as will our electronic journals and databases.

Most of the science and engineering libraries will be closed Monday, November 12 for Veterans Day. Both the Bioscience & Natural Resources Library and the Engineering Library will be open 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Library hours for November 12

Tha National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently released the 2nd edition of Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. The style guide provides assistance to authors and students in compiling and formatting lists of references for their publications and papers.

This new edition updates and supersedes the National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation and the National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation. Supplement: Internet formats.

UC Berkeley now has access to the Encyclopedia of Modern Optics online. According to the publisher, this encyclopedia covers such subjects as light & optics, lasers, optical fibers & optical fiber systems, optical materials, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and applications in control and manufacturing, data processing and storage, applications in environment, engineering, defence, ocean study, medicine and biology.

Access is available from all campus computers. UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students can also access this resource from off campus via the Library Proxy Server.