Engineering Library Blog

Need help with a data management plan? Try DMPTool

By Willow Dressel on March 6, 2013 4:44 PM | No Comments

Many U.S. funding agencies are now requiring researchers to submit a data management plan with their grant applications. DMPTool* provides guidance in creating ready to use data management plans for:

NIH, NEH, NOAA, NSF, Gordan and Betty Moore, IMLS

The tool has been customized for Princeton users. Log in with your Princeton NetID for additional Princeton specific help links and suggested text for researchers who will be using the DataSpace repository. Simply select Princeton University and log in with your Princeton netID and password.

Want to learn more?
View a brief video demonstration of the tool at https://dmp.cdlib.org/help/video_demo

Attend the Lunch 'n Learn session on April 24th at Noon in the Frist Multipurpose Room. http://www.princeton.edu/etc/seminars

For more general information about the data management plans visit:
http://libguides.princeton.edu/nsf-dmp

*DMPTool was developed by DataONE, Digital Curation Centre (UK), Smithsonian Institution, UC Curation Center, California Digital Library, UCLA Library, UC San Diego Libraries, University of Illinois, and University of Virginia Libraries.

Data Citation Index Trial

By Adriana Popescu on October 25, 2012 4:32 PM | No Comments

Princeton University has trial access to the Data Citation Index on the Web of Knowledge platform! Go to Select a Database tab and choose Data Citation Index to start exploring.

If you have questions about the trial, please contact: Patty Gaspari-Bridges, pattygb@Princeton.EDU or Tim Otto, timothy.otto@thomsonreuters.com.

The index coverage is continously expanding, adding 500,000 new records each year.

REPOSITORIES BY DISCIPLINE	COVERAGE
Life Sciences	48%
Social Sciences	20%
Physical Sciences	23%
Arts & Humanities	7%
Multidisciplinary	2%

IOS Press Journals

By Adriana Popescu on October 11, 2012 1:42 PM | No Comments

the library has free access until the end of 2012 to IOS Press Engineering Journals. Feedback about the journals and recommendations for subscriptions can be sent to Adriana Popescu, Engineering Librarian.

New EZProxy access to library resources from off campus

By Willow Dressel on June 14, 2012 2:08 PM | 1 Comment

Princeton University Library has launched the new EZProxy service to access online library materials from off campus. EZProxy does not require configuration, but must be used via the links provided by the library in the Articles and Databases page (http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php), the Main Catalog (http://catalog.princeton.edu/), SearchIt (http://searchit.princeton.edu/), or the Find It @PUL button. Using these links from off campus, you will be directed to CAS login screen (Central Authorization System). Enter your Princeton NetID and Password to connect. EZProxy is only available via the Princeton Library links above and is not connected to other URLs or links on the Web such as Google or Google Scholar.

There is currently a known issue with American Institute of Physics journals and the Chrome and Firefox browsers. Please use either Internet Explorer or Safari (depending on your operating system) with the EZProxy for AIP journals. Problems with EZProxy may be reported to lsupport@princeton.edu

A tip on finding articles from a bibliography or reference: Search for the Journal Title (not the article title) in either the Main Catalog or SearchIt Catalog+. Follow the link provided. If you are off campus, enter your NetID and Password for EZProxy, then navigate to the Volume, Issue, and Page of the article you are searching for. You can also try using the form provided by the library at http://sfx.princeton.edu:9003/sfx_pul/cgi/core/citation-linker.cgi?rft.genre=article

Further details on connecting to library resources from off site are available at http://library.princeton.edu/help/remoteaccess.php

Google wants you to become a better searcher

By Willow Dressel on June 1, 2012 4:05 PM | 1 Comment

In February, Danielle Russell, Über Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness at Google, gave a Princeton public lecture on literacy in the age of Google in which he discussed new skills that are important in knowing how to find and use information on the internet. Russell also demonstrated some very interesting search tricks that many people may not know about. http://lectures.princeton.edu/2012/daniel-m-russell/

To help people learn to use Google more effectively, they are now offering tips and tricks, training videos, and even lesson plans for teaching Google search in the classroom.

Book Citation Index trial in Web of Science

By Willow Dressel on May 25, 2012 3:14 PM | No Comments

Princeton University Library has a trial to the Book Citation Index in Web of Science until June 7, 2012. The Book Citation Index includes book content in science, social sciences, and the humanities from 2005 on. The Book Citation Index can be searched alone or with the full Web of Science by selecting the databases in the check boxes at the bottom of the screen. To try out the Book Index, simply visit Web of Science and start searching http://apps.webofknowledge.com/

For more information visit http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/bookcitationindex/

Please email wdressel@princeton.edu with questions or comments about the trial or leave a comment below.

Princeton Library now lending iPad2

By Willow Dressel on April 2, 2012 9:00 AM | No Comments

Princeton University Libraries will begin lending iPads on Monday April 2, 2012. Firestone, Lewis, and the Engineering library each have three iPads available for a two week loan period.

Each iPad comes pre-loaded with tons of apps and over 100 kindle e-books selected by Princeton librarians. For more information about iPads at the library visit http://libguides.princeton.edu/iPad

You can check to see if an iPad is available by clicking here or by searching in the catalog for iPad2. Holds can be placed on checked out iPads.

To check out an iPad, you need a current PU ID card and a completed iPad Lending Agreement form. Lending Agreement forms are available at the circulation desk or at http://libguides.princeton.edu/iPad. Princeton Library iPads are not available to visitors.

Einstein archives to be made available online

By Willow Dressel on March 27, 2012 3:09 PM | No Comments

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem recently received a grant from the Polonsky Foundation in the UK to improve the web portal to the online archive with a full catalog of the archive, cross referencing, and digitize the entire collection. 2000 documents are currently available online, with more to come.

Read the full article at the Guardian UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/mar/19/albert-einstein-archives-theory-of-relativity

Or visit the Einstein Archives Online at http://alberteinstein.info/

KnowItAll Spectra database webinar

By Willow Dressel on March 2, 2012 9:47 AM | No Comments

KnowItAll U Spectra database is giving a free webinar on the basics of using the AnyWhere database online and the KnowItAll desktop software.

KnowItAll, a subscription provided by Princeton University Libraries, is a searchable collection of over 1.3 million spectra, including structures and chemical property information.

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm Eastern USA (9 PST, 10 MST, 11 CST)
Duration: 1 hour
Where: Online from your office or home
Registration Fee: Complimentary

Register at http://www.knowitall.com/eventcenter

To try the database out online before the webinar visit http://www.knowitallanyware.com/
To download Windows client version, PU users go to http://www.knowitallu.com/gettingstarted

Engineering Library Research Clinics start today

By Willow Dressel on February 9, 2012 2:27 PM | 1 Comment

Research Clinics at the Engineering Library begin today. Every Thursday during the semester, come in to room 105 in the Engineering Library for help with your library questions and research.

Time: Thursday from 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Where: Engineering Library room 105

Who: Anyone who needs help, no appointment is necessary!