Links to books digitized by the University of California and other
Google Books partners can now be found in Melvyl. Depending on the copyright status of the book, Google Books will return a full text view, a limited preview, a snippet, or a record view. In some cases, cover art is also shown.

More information on this and other scanning projects is available on the Frequently Asked Questions page.

ProQuest databases will be unavailable due to software upgrades this weekend for approximately 12 hours starting at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26. ProQuest databases include Dissertations & Theses, Digital Sanborn Maps, and ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

Web of Science users can now directly export their citations into BibTeX, a bibliographic management tool.

To use this function, select the citations you'd like to save and scroll down to the bottom of the page. In the "Output Records" section, go to Step 3 and select the "Save to BibTeX" option.

Direct exporting into other bibliographic management tools including EndNote, Reference Manager, and ProCite is also available in Web of Science. More information on BibTeX can be found at BibTeX.org.

The Library and the College of Chemsitry have jointly funded a site license for the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) system, a source of crystallographic data for organic molecules and metal-organic compounds and associated software.  Please note, for those asociated with the College of Chemistry, access to the CSD system through the College research facilities remains as it always has, this site license simply allows UCB students, faculty and staff the right to install the CSD system on their own computers for academic purposes, if they so desire.

To use the CSD system, you must install the data and software programs onto your computer.  The programs and data files are being distributed via the web through a UC shared site.  Since these files are so large, you cannot directly download them; instead, you must copy the ISO files onto CDs and then use the CDs to install the programs.  You will need site and confirmation codes the first time you run the CSD.  These codes are available at the above site along with the files.  If you have questions about this site license, please contact me at mmahoney(at) library(dot)berkeley(dot)edu. 

There are 3-4 CSD updates each year.  You will need the site and confirmation codes to download the update files.  There is also a mailing list to alert uses when updates are available.

Computing Reviews is the latest addition to our collection of online resources for faculty, staff, and students. Computing Reviews offers reviews of computing literature written by experts in the computer science field and qualified by the Association of Computing Machinery. It includes reviews of journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters. Use the UC-eLinks button to find full text of reviewed works.

See other recommended online databases at the Engineering Library's Article Databases page!

EndNote filters for many commonly used databases have recently been revised. Go to the EndNote Import Filters page to download the filters individually or as a complete set.

Using an out of date filter may result in your citations importing incorrectly into your EndNote library. It is best to check the EndNote web site on occasion to see if the filters for databases you use have been recently updated.

Updated versions of filters for the following resources are available:

• PubMed
• OCLC WorldCat
• CSA Databases including NTIS, EconLit, ERIC, Environmental Science and Pollution Mgmt, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, PsycINFO, Metadex, and more

During the month of April, the library will have online trial access to the Materials for Medical Devices Database from ASM International. Materials for Medical Devices is a set of mechanical, physical, biological response, and drug compatibility properties for the materials and coatings used in medical devices. Off-campus access is available via the library proxy server or the campus VPN. Please send comments or questions to lngo (at) library (dot) berkeley (dot) edu.

The NIH Public Access Policy affects you if you have a current NIH grant, have students or staff whose salaries are paid by NIH, or are paid by NIH yourself. Beginning on April 7, if you have received NIH funding for research published in a peer reviewed journal, or your salary is paid by NIH, you will need to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy. The library has developed a guide on the NIH Mandate with information on how to comply.

Important Dates

• April 7, 2008: all articles based on research funded by the NIH must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.
• May 25, 2008: NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) when citing an article that falls under the policy and is authored or co-authored by the investigator, or arose from the investigator's NIH award. This policy includes applications submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates.

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), part of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), publishes The Climate Atlas of the United States. The latest edition is version 2.0, published in 2002.

The atlas is a great resource for climate maps of the entire United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Users can map a wide range of climate data including temperature, precipitation, wind, pressure, mean percentage of visibility, and record maximum heating degree days, just to name a few of the many possibilities. The data are based on the period from 1961-1990.

Read more about the atlas on the Earth Sciences and Map Library blog.

Recent local, national and international headlines* indicate the importance of open access in scholarly communication. The UC Berkeley Academic Senate Library Committee and the Library are co-sponsoring a discussion about what this means for UC Berkeley and the University of California System. Details of the discussion are:

Date: Monday, April 14

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Place: Men's Faculty Club, Seaborg Room

Participants: Prof. Mike Eisen, Molecular & Cell Biology; Prof. Nick Jewell, Public Health; Prof. Randy Schekman, Molecular & Cell Biology

Moderator: Thomas Leonard, University Librarian

*Recent headlines:

• Mandate to provide public access to NIH-funded research findings
• Berkeley Research Impact Initiative to provide subsidies for UC Berkeley authors to make their research publications freely available
• Harvard Arts and Sciences faculty vote to adopt an open access mandate
• SCOAP3 is an experiment led by CERN to change the way high-quality journals in high energy physics are published