February 04, 2010

Trial Access to CRCnetBASE

The UM Libraries have arranged a one month trial for all of the CRCnetBASE products. We already subscribe to some; this trial includes all.

You can access our trial subscription to the database via our Trial Subscriptions page through Thursday, March 4. Please send any comments to your subject specialist.

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January 27, 2010

UM Physics Faculty quoted in New York Times

From today's University Record Update:
An article in The New York Times included comments from Gordon Kane, professor of physics, and Aaron Pierce, assistant professor of physics, who spoke about the possibilities that may grow out of experiments planned for CERN's Large Hadron Collider.

Read the full New York Times article.

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 11:20 AM

January 21, 2010

Online access to more ebooks from Wiley and Elsevier

Along with the CIC Center for Library Initiatives, the University of Michigan Library has purchased online access to many 2008-2009 ebooks from the publisher Wiley and the 2008-2010 ebook collection from Elsevier. (Exceptions apply, such as books in series and some standard textbooks.)

You can access the Wiley ebooks through Wiley Interscience.

You can access the Elsevier titles through ScienceDirect.

Records for individual ebooks will be added to Mirlyn soon.


(Off campus access to these ebooks will require a valid UM login.)

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 03:11 PM

January 20, 2010

Google Book Project comes to Shapiro Science Library

Starting January 20, Google is scanning books from the Shapiro Science Library. We have created a webpage with more information about which books are out for scanning now, when you may expect them back, and what to do if you need a book which is being scanned.

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 10:41 AM

January 19, 2010

Scientific American online access to end

We regret to inform you that, after careful review and consideration, the University of Michigan Library has decided not to renew our online access to the publication, Scientific American.

Read more.

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 12:47 PM