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July 1995 LANL Research Library Monthly Newsletter
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ASK - Anomalous State of Knowledge: An anomaly in one's state of knowledge, or lack of
knowledge, with respect to a problem faced. The start of the information retrieval
process. Call 7-5809 or e-mail ref@lanl.gov to ASK.
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1. Free taxi service to and from the Library
2. Nuclear Structure References
3. New items on the Research Library's Web page
4. New reference sources in history, geography, and business
5. New current awareness service from Elsevier
6. MathSci on CD-ROM
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1. Free taxi service to and from the Research Library
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Don't let crowded parking lots keep you out of the Research Library! Call JCI at 7-TAXI
(7-8294) for FREE taxi service to the Research Library from your Laboratory site. There is
no charge to your cost codes for this service. Take advantage of all the resources at the
Research Library without the hassle of parking problems or tickets. Call 7-TAXI today!
Anne Menefee, amenefee@lanl.gov
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2. Nuclear Structure References
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Nuclear Structure References is a new database which has been added to the standalone
CD-ROM collection in the Research Library. Nuclear Structure References contains over
130,000 references for low- and medium-energy physics and is complete as of December 1993.
The National Nuclear Data Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory periodically publishes
this bibliographic information in Nuclear Data Sheets: Recent References. This CD-ROM
version is a collaborative effort between Lund University and the Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory Isotopes Project. Please ask at the Research Desk to use this CD-ROM.
Jeane Strub, jstrub@lanl.gov
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3. New items on the Research Library's Web page
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The LANL Research Library is continuing to make improvements to the information that we
provide on the Web. In order to make Laboratory staff aware of these recent changes , we
are providing you with a list of the changes and other improvements.
The list of LANL Hot Topics has been moved from the home page to its own page. Along with this change, we have also moved the previous hot topics from the subject page to this page. This has been done preparatory to the redesign of our home page. Some of the new hot topics include the following two reports: Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program (DOE Office of Defense Programs, May 1995) and Energy R&D: Shaping our Nation's Future in a Competitive World Final Report of the Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and Development, June 1995 (Yergin Report).
We have continued to make additions to our subject pages both in terms of the content of the existing pages and the addition of new pages over the past months. Some of the additions are listed below.
There are three new subject pages. There is an International Affairs Page where one can find The Dispatch (Dept. of State weekly), International Narcotics Control Strategy Annual Report, United Nations Daily Highlights, and United Nations Daily Journal. A Legal Resources Page provides disability information and intellectual property information such as U.S. Copyright Law, Patent Law, and Trademark Act, and relevant treaties. Thirdly, a Nuclear Information Resources Page contains links to information on nonproliferation, nuclear explosions, treaties, nuclear data, and nuclear power. Included on this page is a photograph of Trinity.
Changes to existing pages:
1. General Reference Page: Links have been made to Local Times around the World, WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server, and Federal Travel per Diem Rates, both US and foreign.
2. Computer Science Resources Page: Links have been added to the Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing, Russian-English Dictionary of Computer Terms, Unified Computer Science TR Index, Harvard Computer Review, C++ Tutorial Textbook, Fortran 90 Software Repository, Index to Multimedia Information Sources, and Internet Computer Index.
3. Electronic Texts Page: The Internet Resources Newsletter which is a monthly newsletter of links to new Internet resources has been added.
4. Engineering Resources Page: Several electrical engineering dictionaries, an electrical engineering circuits archive, and links to several semiconductor data sheets and other product information have been added.
5. Government Resources Page: A link has been added to the New Mexico State Government Web Page.
6. Legal Resources Page: The Green Paper on Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure has been added.
7. Physics Resources Page: A list of Laws, Rules, Principles, Effects, Paradoxes, Limits, Constants, Experiments, & Thought-Experiments in Physics, Nobel Prize winners, the Lund Nuclear Data Service Home Page (provides nuclear structure data, decay data, computer programs, and links to other nuclear data service sites) have been added. Links have also been added to some astronomical sites, including a glossary, list of organizations, list of acronyms, space calendar, and information about the solar system.
We would like to hear from you regarding the usefulness of the information already available or suggesting new additions that would be of use to Laboratory staff. Please address all comments to lib-info@lanl.gov.
The URL for the Research Library's web page is: http://lib-www.lanl.gov.
Mona Mosier, mmosier@lanl.gov
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4. New reference sources in history, geography, and business
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Highlighted below are a few new sources in history, geography, and business available in
the Research Library Reference collection:
America Places Dictionary
E 154 .a48 1994
This four volume set (Midwest, Northeast, South, West) is arranged by state and then by
county for local context and historical significance. A state and national index is also
provided. The 45,000 entries cover states, counties, cities, towns, townships, villages,
as well as Indian Reservations, military bases, and major geographical features. Entries
provide descriptions, precise location, population, zip code and name origins when
possible.
Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 1995
G 1 C88 1995
This two volume set is a compilation of US Dept. of State reports on contemporary
political and economic conditions and country background notes; listings of worldwide
leaders and chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments; listing of US
Embassies, consulates, and foreign service posts; travel warnings and consular information
sheets for countries; Visa information; World Health Information for travelers; and
customs and duty tips for returning citizens. Also included is the status of the world's
nations and treaty organizations.
Health and Environment in America's Top-Rated Cities
HN 60 .H43 1994
This statistical handbook profiles 71 cities designated as "Top-Rated" by
various surveys. Covers topics such as children's well-being, superfund sites, toxic
releases crime, mortality, health care cost and reform, air and water quality, recycling
policies, marriage and divorce, pollen calendar, leading cause of death and more.
Information Please Business Almanac and Desk Reference
HF 5003 .I5 1994
Drawn from over 500 sources, it covers over 700 specific topics including thousands of
addresses and phones and fax numbers. Focuses on ten key areas; marketing, finance,
international, human resources, corporate planning, personal computers, communications,
corporate administration; office management, legal issues and government. Includes
excellent glossary of business terms and index.
Market Share Reporter
HF 5410 M35 1994
Begun in 1991, this is an annual compilation of published market share data on companies,
products, and services as taken from periodicals and brokerage reports for several
previous years. Organized by two-digit SIC categories, and then by four-digit SIC. Details
include characteristics, a list of products and producers and their percentage of the
market share; source data and some pie charts. Four categories of market share data are
covered: corporate market share; institutional shares (countries, states, etc.); brand
market share and product/commodity/service facility shares. Indexing by source, place,
products/services, company, and brand.
Hoover's Handbook of World Business
HG 4009 .H67 1995/1996
Companion piece to Hoover's Handbook of American Business, this volume consists of
one-page profiles on 165 important foreign companies from Europe, Asia, Latin America and
Canada. Profiles give historical and narrative overviews of the companies; personnel,
product, and competitor information; and financial data. Also includes "Lists of
Lists" compendium. Indexed by company/industry/people/location.
Lou Pray, lpray@lanl.gov
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5. New current awareness service from Elsevier
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Having trouble keeping up with the scientific literature in your field? For researchers
working in electrochemistry or synthetic metals Elsevier Science Publishers is offering a
free new service to help you stay abreast of the latest research.
Articles accepted for publication in future issues of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry are previewed in a new publication called INJEC. Published four times a year, INJEC contains titles and authors from all accepted papers scheduled for upcoming issues. INJEC is available free of to electrochemists and can be mailed directly to your office.
Synthetic Metals Contents Lists is a new publication available for free to scientists working in the field of conducting polymers and molecular metals. Each issue contains the tables of contents of up to three volumes of the journal Synthetic Metals.
If you would like to receive either of these free publications, please call the Research Desk at 7-5809 or send an e-mail message to ref@lanl.gov.
Nancy Sprague, nsprague@lanl.gov
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6. MathSci on CD-ROM
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MathSci on CD-ROM is now available through the public terminals in the Research Library
over our network, LIBNET. MathSci in the CD format covers two publications - Mathematical
Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. MathSci online (either through DIALOG or
STN) covers seven publications. The additional five publications are Current Index to
Statistics, Index to Statistics and Probability, ACM Guide to Computing Literature,
Computer Reviews, and Technical Reports in Computer Science. Having two products with
almost identical names but different coverage is confusing.
MathSci, in either version, covers Mathematical Reviews, the foremost abstract and review publication in the mathematical sciences. The fields covered besides mathematics include "mathematically related research in statistics, computer science, physics, operations research, engineering, biology and other disciplines." MathSci allows one to search by the well defined primary and secondary subject codes that have been developed by the American Mathematical Society. MathSci also allows one to search by reviewer or to limit searches to only articles that have been reviewed.
The use of TeX in producing Mathematical Reviews makes the abstracts in MathSci a bit messy to read but these can be downloaded and then read with a TeX viewer. Currently, the library does not support access to any TeX viewers.
The most exciting news regarding MathSci may still be in the future. The newest product or service is called MathSciNet. Scheduled for online release in early 1996, MathSciNet will allow access to Mathematical Reviews from the earliest entries in the 1940's to current full reviews that are entered and updated daily. There is a demo web site at http://www.ams.org/web/mathscinet/msn-home.html.
Frances Knudson, fknudson@lanl.gov
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