LANL Research Library Newsletter - March 1998
Are your research papers online in the Research Library's collection? The Research Library will archive your papers electronically and facilitate access through the online catalog. Contact Allan MacKinnon in the Report Collection at allan.mackinnon@lanl.gov or by phone at 7-8953.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library achieved Level 2: the Roadrunner Award in its first application. The Roadrunner Award recognizes organizations for significant progress in building customer-focused processes through their commitment to and implementation of quality principles. These organizations have documented a solid approach to quality management and are on their way toward implementing their plans and procedures.
The Laboratory's Research Library is the first library to be honored with the Quality New Mexico Roadrunner award. It was recognized for providing distinguished service in support of scientific research. The Research Library was cited for integrating a strong customer focus with visionary planning and using a well-defined process, Strategic Business Management, for managing its business.
In addition to recognition by the New Mexico Legislature on February 4, 1998, there will be an Awards Ceremony with Governor Johnson at the 1998 Quality New Mexico Conference in Santa Fe on March 5-6.
Donna Berg
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A new interface for electronic databases debuts--visit the new "home page" for Electronic Databases.
New Web pages for Electronic Databases
This new web site makes it easier to find databases by:
1) Featuring quick links to the top databases offered by the Research Library
2) Providing three ways of searching for databases -- keyword search, alphabetical listing, and subject categories
3) Providing more descriptive information about databases, to enable informed choices for which database to use
4) Collecting information on all databases available through the Research Library in one area. This interface includes databases available on CD-ROM, via Telnet and on the WWW; databases subscribed to by the Research Library and databases available free on the Web which match LANL research needs. Over 70 databases are currently listed.
Note that databases with a name in the style "XXXX at LANL" are locally designed and maintained by the Research Library and will tell you if the journals, books, reports, etc. they cite are available in the Research Library, and provide links to electronic versions of the material.
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Some publishers and society presses are now ready to experiment with this new way of permitting access to their information. The Los Alamos Research Library is one of the first institutions to not only provide desktop access to needed databases, but to now link the journal article to the citation database. The Library's "Library Without Walls " Project has been developing the systems to make this work. Our partners in this effort are Elsevier and Academic Press. We now have over 225,000 articles linked to citations in Biosis® at LANL, the DOE Energy Science and Technology at LANL and SciSearch® at LANL (access on the Electronic Databases page). These articles are available in PDF format to Laboratory employees.
The articles are made available through contractual agreements that expect us to make our best effort to enable access only to Los Alamos staff. We are granted the right to use this material for non-commercial purposes at the Laboratory and we ask for your cooperation in not sending content for use outside Los Alamos. Our contracts specify that users may NOT distribute content to computers and file servers in any other locations outside the Laboratory. Provided that the copyright information attached to each article is retained you may:
-download, save, and print articles for personal use
-store articles for use in either paper or electronic form.
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COS Funding Opportunities is updated daily and can be searched by sponsor, amount, deadline, eligibility of applicant, funding type, and area of interest. For help using Funding Opportunities or to find out about other financial gold mines on the Web call the Research Library at 667-5809 or send email to library@lanl.gov.
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| 3/3 | BIOSIS at LANL | 1-1:30 |
| 3/4 | Finding Addresses and Phone Numbers on the WWW | 1-1:30 |
| 3/4 | Research Library Tour | 1-1:30 |
| 3/5 | InfoSurfing: Basic Web Searching Strategies | 2-4 |
| 3/10 | Introduction to Electronic Library Resources | 1-1:30 |
| 3/11 | Research Library Tour | 1-1:30 |
| 3/18 | Finding Addresses and Phone Numbers on the WWW | 1-1:30 |
| 3/19 | InfoSurfing: Basic Web Searching Strategies | 2-4 |
| 3/26 | Earth Sciences Web Resources | 1-1:30 |
Classes are free, but you must pre-register by using the email links above to send a message to library@lanl.gov or calling the Library Service Desk at 7-5809. Please include your name, the date and title of the session, and your email address in your message.
Special classes and orientations can also be arranged; call 7-5809 for more information.
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