Category Archives: E-books of note

How to Write a Good Scientific Paper by Chris A. Mack…free download

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SPIE Press has published a book that should be valuable to all students and faculty in science and engineering: How to Write a Good Scientific Paper by Chris A. Mack.

We are pleased to announce that it is available, for personal use only, at no charge as a PDF eBook, with the link at the book’s web page.

Alternatively anyone can order How to Write a Good Scientific Paper from SPIE’s Bookstore as a softcover book.

Princeton University Library has a link to the online version here:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/10712422

From the description:  “This book is all about teaching the style and conventions of writing for a peer-reviewed scientific journal. From structure to style, titles to tables, abstracts to author lists, this book gives practical advice about the process of writing a paper and getting it published”.

Contents:Preface — Chapter 1. Getting started — Chapter 2. Structure and organization — Chapter 3. Language and style — Chapter 4. Figures and tables — Chapter 5. Citations — Chapter 6. Abstract and title — Chapter 7. What an editor looks for — Chapter 8. Picking the right journal — Chapter 9. Cover letter — Chapter 10. The editorial review process — Chapter 11. Review articles — Chapter 12. The ethics of scientific publication — Chapter 13. Authorship — Chapter 14. Plagiarism — Chapter 15. Double publication — Chapter 16. Editorial ethics — Appendix: A checklist for editors, reviewers, and authors.

 

Come hear about IOP Concise Physics e-books — Lewis 225 Friday noon

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On behalf of Morgan & Claypool Publishers, we would like to invite you to please join us

for a publishing presentation featuring the IOP Concise Physics e-Book collection.

Friday, October 13th at 12:15 PM

Lunch to Follow

Lewis Library (Room 225)

Joel Claypool (Vice President & Publisher) and Susanne Filler (Executive Editor) will:

  • Present the current state of the print and digital publishing industry
  • Demonstrate the industry-leading multimedia capabilities of the award-winning collection published in partnership with the Institute of Physics (IOP)
  • Discuss the publishing process from the initial proposal stage through to final publication

In 2014, Morgan & Claypool Publishers partnered with the Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP) to establish the IOP Concise Physics series, which is an award-winning collection of e-books written for students, teachers, and researchers. The IOP digital library has a growing worldwide dissemination via IOP’s large network of libraries and consortia, with over 600 institutions having unlimited access including Princeton University via:

https://pulsearch.princeton.edu/catalog?q1=IOP+concise+physics.&f1=in_series&search_field=advanced

The books within this series are intended to be shorter works (approximately 60-150 pages) with rapid publication timeframes.  Highlights include:

  • Full color in the print and e-book formats available for multiple e-reader devices
  • Multimedia capabilities such as unlimited videos and animations and no DRM
  • 115 published books with 250-plus manuscripts currently in development on emerging topics, cutting edge research, and innovative teaching methods

The IOP Concise Physics collection is actively seeking new book projects, and Joel Claypool and Susanne Filler would be happy to discuss this opportunity with you as well as elaborate on the expedited publishing process and streamlined workflow from the initial proposal stage through to final publication

For additional information about IOP Concise Physics, please visit

morganclaypoolpublishers.com/iop  /  iopscience.org

For additional books by Morgan & Claypool, please visit: http://library.princeton.edu/resource/4329

Please contact Susanne Filler at filler@morganclaypool.com / 908-630-7188 with any questions.

VIRTUAL TEXTBOOK OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry  
www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/intro1.htm
William H. Reusch, emeritus professor at Michigan State University, published his Introduction to Organic Chemistry in 1977. Readers may purchase it for a list price of $137.74; or they may access the Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry, which contains nearly the same information online, for free, on this surprisingly comprehensive website. Here readers will find a fully operational organic chemistry textbook, divided into the two overarching topics of General Principles and Functional Group Reactions. Within General Principles, readers will learn the basics of Structure & Bonding, Intermolecular Forces, Chemical Reactivity, Aromaticity, and other subjects. Functional Group Reactions covers Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Alcohols, and many other subjects. For readers looking for a comprehensive, freely available organic chemistry textbook, this site will be a true boon. [CNH]”

Source:  The Scout Report, Univ. of Wisconsin, Jan. 22, 2016

Table of Contents

 

ProQuest full text of scholarly journal content soon indexed by Google Scholar

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By Kurt Sanford, CEO

“ProQuest is enabling the full text of its scholarly journal content to be indexed in Google Scholar, improving discovery and research outcomes. Our goal is that by the third quarter of 2015, users starting their research in Google Scholar will be able to access full text via ProQuest.”

http://www.proquest.com/blog/pqblog/2015/Why-ProQuest-is-working-with-Google.html

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Tuesday, 18th August 2015

ProQuest Scholarly Content Now Discoverable in Google Scholar

By Africa S. Hands

From No Shelf Required:

ProQuest has marked another milestone in ease of access to its rich research content. The full text of its scholarly content – including journals and working papers – is now indexed in Google Scholar, enabling Google Scholar users to seamlessly discover and access their library’s ProQuest collections. Efficiency and productivity for both ProQuest and Google Scholar users is improved, while libraries benefit from increased usage for their subscribed collections.

Full story >>

http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2015/08/12/proquest-scholarly-content-now-discoverable-in-google-scholar/

Source via: ResourceShelf Newsletter – 8th September 2015

[ResourceShelf] Newsletter 643

Feynman Lectures on Physics — complete & free online

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics are now available in their entirety online and for free. “First presented in the early 1960s at Caltech by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, the lectures were eventually turned into a book by Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands. The text went on to become arguably the most popular physics book ever written, selling more than 1.5 million copies in English, and getting translated into a dozen languages.”

Source:  ResearchBuzz, Tara Calishain, Sept. 2, 2014

Knovel updates Yaws’ Critical Properties and Crude Oil Assays

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From today’s Knowledgespeak Newsletter (of the STM publishing industry):
Knovel expands Crude Oil Assay Database and boosts Chemical Data Records
Two of Knovel’s Critical Content Databases have received significant updates. Yaws’ Critical Property Database for Chemical Engineers and Chemists has increased by 160,000 data records to include almost 450,000 records in total. With this update, Knovel offers the largest compilation of correlations for chemical engineers online. In addition, the Crude Oil Assay Database has expanded to feature over 400 assays.
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Princeton has a subscription to Knovel.  The Knovel database is constituted mainly of engineering resources…some manipulable.

 

 

Climate Change, new publication from NAS & Royal Society

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NAS, Royal Society Release Publication on Climate Change 

“The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society, the national science academy of the U.K., released a new joint publication that explains the clear evidence that humans are causing the climate to change, and that addresses a variety of other key questions commonly asked about climate change science. “ClimatechangeNAS

From What’s New @ the National Academies, Feb.,27, 2014