SciSearch 1900-1944 now available

The Research Library has made available another almost half century of citation data in the SciSearch database. Bibliographic information for the older, core scientific literature published 1900-1944 is now available to LANL customers via SearchPlus.

You now have access to over 850,000 fully indexed journal articles from more than 200 scientific journals published in the first half of the twentieth century. This includes full bibliographic data, cited reference data and links to the full text.

This new data covers such early twentieth century science as:
* Marie Curie's discovery of the radioactive elements polonium and radium and the key to a basic change in the way we study matter and energy.
* Einstein’s theories of relativity that turned classical physics on its head.
* Frederick Banting's and Charles Best's creation of a pancreatic extract--insulin.
* Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery that the mold Penicilium notatum destroyed the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.

Benefits of extended backfiles
* Researchers can return to landmark studies of the past for technical details and historical perspective; learn how and when problems were first encountered and how they were dealt with; and gain a fresh perspective
* When a hot topic emerges in an established field and new information changes a field’s focus of research, researchers can gain new insights and immediate data from work done in the past
* Backfiles reveal how past ideas and techniques have become the basis for today’s standards; showing how past work forms the context of today’s knowledge.

Final list of journal cancellations has been posted

After a vigorous customer feedback period, and in combination with cost and usage information, the Research Library has made its final decisions on journal cancellations for the coming year.

Decisions are primarily based upon usage level (how many times the fulltext of a journal article has been downloaded) as well as cost per use. Cost per use is determined by comparing a journal's subscription price with the number of downloads from that journal. These two pieces of data have been proven over time to provide a very accurate picture of the value of an item to the organization and were used in conjunction with the feedback we got on the forum.

We would like to sincerely thank all those who took the time during this process to provide feedback and for your support of the Research Library. We know that our collections are very valuable to our customers. We also believe that Laboratory management values the Library, its content, and its services and will continue to support us in being a world-class Research Library in support of world-class science.

The Research Library will be cancelling the following journal subscriptions beginning January 2007. These links will direct you to a login page requiring a CryptoCard for access.

Biology
Chemistry
Earth and Environment
Engineering
General
Math and Computer Sciences
Physics
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