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Princeton University Library subscribes to all of the AIP Conference Proceedings. They are available online before they are cataloged in our Main Catalog. One can subscribe to the alerts. The latest title, Physics of Sustainable Energy, may be of great interest. Also, one of the papers is by Professor Robert Socolow.

AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1044

PHYSICS OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: Using Energy Efficiently and Producing It Renewably

Berkeley (California), 1-2 March 2008 ISBN: 978-0-7354-0572-1

Editor(s): David Hafemeister, California Polytechnic State University B. Levi, Physics Today M. Levine, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory P. Schwartz, California Polytechnic State University

“Safari Books Online introduces Apple mobile integration with Safari Bookbag - 30 Oct 2008

Safari Books Online, a US-based e-reference joint venture between publishers O’Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced Safari Bookbag, allowing the download of chapter and full book PDFs to the iPhone and iPod touch. Safari Bookbag can be installed via the Apple App Store for no additional cost. Safari Books Online claims to be the first online publisher to open their entire library to iPhone and iPod touch users.

Safari Books Online chose to integrate with Apple devices as its first mobile platforms after conducting a survey of its users. Among the respondents, 50 percent indicated the iPhone or iPod touch was the mobile device they used. The company plans to continue rapid expansion of its mobile strategy with other devices and readers in the months to come.

Bookbag users can synch their Apple devices with the ‘My Downloads’ section of their Safari Books Online accounts, which houses PDF versions of books that have been downloaded. To access titles on the iPhone or iPod touch, users can select the chapter of the book they want to download by simply tapping on the title of the book. With the Bookbag application, any iPod touch or iPhone with Internet access (Edge, Wi-Fi, 3G) can automatically transfer chapters of books from the Safari library. Once the books are downloaded, the PDFs can be read and accessed at any time, even without an Internet connection.”

Source: Today’s Knowledgespeak Newsletter.

Today, Knovel is releasing an upgrade to the tables with new usability enhancements and interactive tools that you’ll want to see for yourself. Check out screenshots here. Note also at this webpage, they advertize lots of online demonstrations, called Quickstart Webinars. They are free.

Princeton University’s link to the Knovel database:

Knovel Engineering and Scientific Online References
Collection of the latest leading technical and engineering reference books.

New Book in our Morgan & Claybook online “synthesis series”. This title will eventually be listed our online catalog:

Hitting the Wall: A Vision of a Secure Energy Future Synthesis Lectures on Energy and the Environment: Technology, Science, and Society 2008, 204 pages, (doi:10.2200/S00124ED1V01Y200805EGY003)

Princeton University Libraries now have a trial subscription to the Referex Engineering reference library from Engineering Village. This e-book collection contains hundreds of full text engineering books you can browse, search, and read from the comfort of your own computer or laptop. Subject coverage includes: Electronics & Electrical; Chemical, Petrochemical & Process; Materials & Mechanical; Civil & Environmental; Computing; and Security & Networking.

Beginning January 8, 2009, a keyword tag cloud will be added to each e-book title record to facilitate search and discovery.

Visit http://www.engineeringvillage.com/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=ebookSearch&database=131072 and let us know what you think.