New: Encyclopedia of Archaeology

New content in ScienceDirect. Direct link to the Encyclopedia of Archaeology:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780123739629

New content in Oxford Reference Online

The latest update to Oxford Reference Online includes new and updated science-based content ranging from nursing to cosmology.
The new entry title is The Oxford Companion to Cosmology, and there is updated content in five new editions of Oxford dictionaries.
Read more at http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/whatsnew.html

All content on Blackwell Synergy is merging into Wiley InterScience

On June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content—including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before print—will be incorporated into Wiley InterScience.
Blackwell Synergy will close on Friday June 27th and the migration will be completed by Monday June 30th. Over the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable.

After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available.

Grove Music Online will be Oxford Music Online

The old http://www.grovemusic.com/ site will cease to exist, and all customers will be automatically redirected to the new http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/

Web of Science coverage expanded

700 new regional journals have been added to Web of Science. The newly identified collection contains journals that typically target a regional rather than international audience by approaching subjects from a local perspective or focusing on particular topics of regional interest.
See more http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/press/2008/8455931/

Ny förbättrad e-boksläsare från Adobe Digital Editions

Adobe har publicerat en ny version av programmet Digital Editions som används för att läsa e-böcker. Programmet har bl.a. följande nya egenskaper:

• stöd för operativsystemet Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard
• genom att registrera sig till Adobe ID (gratis) kan användaren läsa kopieringsskyddade e-böcker på fler än en dator
• stöd för det nya EUPB-formatet
• förbättrat stöd för PDF-böcker.

Läs mera och ladda ner en gratis uppdatering på adressen Adobe Digital Editions 1.5.

(ur Ellibs News)

New content in Oxford Scholarship online

A new subject module in Music has been added to the Oxford Scholarship Online website, as well as 159 new titles as part of the May 2008 content update.
For a list of new titles and round-up of features in all subjects visit the 'What's New' page at:
http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/whats_new.html

Samtliga digitaliserade kommentarer från Norstedts Juridik nu tillgängliga via Zeteo

Under slutet av förra året och början av 2008 digitaliserade Norstedts Juridik ett stort antal nya kommentarer som tidigare fanns i bok- eller pärmform: Norstedts gula bibliotek, Norstedts blå bibliotek och Laghandboksserien. Biblioteket har förvärvat samtliga kommentarer och de finns nu tillgängliga via plattformen Zeteo.

Online training: Introduction to ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information and includes online eBooks, Reference Works, Handbooks, Book Series and a rich journal collection of over 2,500 titles. The online training session offers an overview of its content and capabilities In 45 minutes you will learn about:

• ScienceDirect search options
• Search refinements using filters
• New functionalities (reference information, article evaluation and toolbox)
• Creating alerts (Email and RSS alerts)
• Collaborative Tools

Read more and register: http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/bECU001/mXV86N8/uRM084/xMOIPN8

New database: Translation Studies Bibliography

We now have access to Translation Studies Bibliography. TSB is a searchable database of more than 14,000 annotated records. The bibliography is enhanced by a thesaurus and covers material related to transfer and mediation, intra- and interlingual translation, intercultural communication, adaptation, interpreting, localization, multimedia translation, language mediation, terminology and documentation

Datastream sägs up 31 dec

Universitetets prenumeration på databasen "Datastream" förnyas inte nästa år. Tillgången till Datastream upphör därmed från och med 1 januari 2009.
Lämna gärna kommentarer.

FAR Komplett - ändring i tillgänglighet

Från och med 30 maj är FAR Komplett endast tillgänglig på följande platser: huvudbiblioteket (gäller även trådlösa nätverket) och utanför campus (kräver ett SU konto). FAR Komplett är alltså inte längre tillgänglig på övriga SU datorer eller på FEK.

Test: New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online

The library has a trial subscription until June 9, 2008. You can help us evaluate this resource by trying it out and leaving your comments.

The online edition of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics contains the full text of the 8 volume print edition with over 1,850 articles. In addition, the online Dictionary incorporates quarterly additions and updates.

Ny Databas: Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History focuses on the role women have played throughout world history and includes over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies.

Halvdagsseminarium om Elseviers produkter på Stockholms universitetsbibliotek 11 juni

The idea of the session is to provide users, admin staff and anyone with a stake in the Elsevier products a chance to see the latest developments, ask questions and provide feedback on anything Elsevier related. We are going to keep the sessions as informal and free from sales talk as possible, and have structured the morning so that you can attend the sessions that are most relevant to you. At the end of the final session we will provide a free lunch.

Date, location & time
Wednesday 11th June
Stockholm University Library (Stora växthuset)
09:00 - 11:45 with lunch from 11:45

Programme

09:00 - 09:15 - Introduction and usage overview for the area + intro to the quiz
09:15 - 10:00 - ScienceDirect, what's happened and where's it going + introduction to 2Collab
10:00 - 10:15 - Coffee break
10:15 - 11:00 - Scopus, the developments and how is it being used, with specific emphasis on research performance indicators.
11:00 - 11:30 - Return on Investment (ROI) study and summary
11:30 - 11:45 - Questions
11:45 - Lunch

Presenters
Sandra Grijzenhout - Account Manager for the Nordic Countries.
Mervyn Bregonje - Product Sales Manager for the Nordic Countries
Chris James - Account Development Manager for Northern Europe and South Africa

Please register for the session using the link below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=R_2fUKSHkrOFbMeslkPfYNDw_3d_3d

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:

Chris James
Account Development Manager - Northern Europe and South Africa
Elsevier B.V.
Tel: 0031 (0)20 485 3243
Mob: 0031 (0)6 1251 8416
Fax: 0031 (0)20 485 3042
Email: CD.James@Elsevier.com

Sök i uppslagsverk och ordböcker

Universitetsbiblioteket har en omfattande samling av uppslagsböcker i elektronisk form. Under länken Uppslagsböcker har du nu direkttillgång till Nationalencyklopedin och Encyclopedia Britannica, samt möjlighet att hitta hundratals andra uppslagsverk och ordböcker inom ett flertal ämnen och språk.

Distansåtkomst - tillfälligt avbrott

Tisdag den 13 maj kl.10:00-12:00 sker uppdatering av universitetsbibliotekets proxyserver. Det kan medföra störningar och korta avbrott i distansåtkomsten till vissa e-resurser.

Ny databas: Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) is a UK data service providing access and support for an extensive range of key economic and social data, both quantitative and qualitative, spanning many disciplines and themes. Write to ejouren@sub.su.se and include your person number and indicate if you are a student, researcher or employee at Stockholm University.

Lösenord krävs. Skriv till ejouren@sub.su.se med en beskrivning av din tillhörighet (student vid SU, forskare vid SU, osv...) och ditt personnummer.

KluwerArbitration utökas med Investment Arbitration

Databasen KluwerArbitration har utökats med en helt ny sektion - Investment Arbitration - som innehåller följande:

• The full text of almost 1700 Bilateral Investment Treaties
• More than 20 Multilateral Investment Treaties
• Investment related court decisions and awards
• Plus the following authoritative publications:

* R. Doak Bishop, James Crawford and W. Michael Reisman, Foreign Investment Disputes: Cases, Materials and Commentary
* Charles H. Brower II, Jack J. Coe Jr. and William S Dodge, NAFTA Chapter Eleven Reports, Volume I: Primary Materials
* Norbert Horn and Stefan Kröll, Arbitrating Foreign Investment Disputes: Procedural and Substantive Legal Aspects
* Meg N. Kinnear, Andrea K. Bjorklund and John F.G. Hannaford, Investment Disputes under NAFTA: An Annotated Guide to NAFTA Chapter 11
* Lucy Reed, Jan Paulsson and Nigel Blackaby, A Guide to ICSID Arbitration
* Seymour J. Rubin, NAFTA and Investment
* M. Sornarajah, The Settlement of Foreign Investment Disputes
* Peter Wolfgang, Arbitration and Renegotiation of International Investment Agreements, 2nd ed.

Demo av nya plattformen för Literature Resource Center samt The Economist Historical Archive

Databasen Literature Resource Center (med Scribner Writers Series och Twayne's Authors Series modules, LitFinder och MLA International Bibliography) har migrerat till en ny plattform.

Den 8 maj kl. 13-15 kommer en produktspecialist från Gale till Stockholms universitetsbibliotek för en demonstration av LRC samt arkivet till tidskriften The Economist.

För mer information och anmälan.