Text messaging is ideal for answering simple questions that require brief answers. If longer responses are necessary an email may be sent to an email address you provide. For in-depth questions, see Ask a Reference Question.
The phone number is posted on the following Text Messaging information page, which is only available to validated Yale students, staff, and faculty.
Hours- Text messages will be responded to as soon as possible. Staff are available to answer text messages from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm on weekdays. If a message is received off hours, a response will be sent by the following business day. If you do not receive a response as soon as you would like, try our IM service or call us at 432-3439. See other options at Ask a Reference Question. A Library-wide Instant Messaging reference service is available for longer hours.
NOTE: Text messaging reference is a service provided by Yale Science Libraries free of charge. Cell phone service providers may charge for sent or received text messages. By sending a text message to this Library service, you give permission to Yale Science Libraries to reply to your text message.
Please include your yale.edu email address in your text message.
]]>Within your browser page, you can highlight and right-click words or terms to automatically search Orbis.
LibX also places cues in web pages you visit if your library has resources related to that page. Whenever you see the cue (a small Y), click on the link to look at what the Library has to offer. For instance, book pages at Amazon or Barnes & Noble will contain cues that link to the book's entry in Orbis. Cues are displayed at Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, and other pages
Quick full text access to journal articles: LibX uses Google Scholar to search for articles and directs the user to the electronic copy subscribed to by your Library. Select a citation, then drag-and-drop it onto the Scholar button on the toolbar. You can use this feature even from inside a PDF file, which makes retrieving papers referenced in a PDF file a snap.
Obtain the extension for Firefox from
http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=4B5E8B70
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ALTERNATIVE: For those not wanting to "clutter" their web browser space, you can download Search Engine Plugins that will perform the same "highlight and right click" options.
* For the Orbis OPAC see
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=yale&sherlock=yes&opensearch=yes&submitform=Search and select "Yale Library Catalog (Orbis)".
* For the Google Scholar link see
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=google+scholar&sherlock=yes&opensearch=yes&submitform=Search and select the first "Google Scholar".
The libraries’ BioMedCentral membership represented an opportunity to test the technical feasibility and the business model of this OA publisher. While the technology proved acceptable, the business model failed to provide a viable long-term revenue base built upon logical and scalable options. Instead, BioMedCentral has asked libraries for larger and larger contributions to subsidize their activities. Starting with 2005, BioMed Central article charges cost the libraries $4,658, comparable to a single biomedicine journal subscription. The cost of article charges for 2006 then jumped to $31,625. The article charges have continued to soar in 2007 with the libraries charged $29,635 through June 2007, with $34,965 in potential additional article charges in submission.
As we deal with unprecedented increases in electronic resources, we have had to make hard choices about which resources to keep. At this point we can no longer afford to support the BioMedCentral model.
We believe in the widest possible access to scholarly research supported by workable business models and should BioMedCentral develop a viable economic model which allows them to more equitably share costs across all interested stakeholders, we would consider renewing our financial support.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns about this policy.
Ann Okerson, Associate University Librarian for Collections, Yale University Library
R. Kenny Marone, Director, Medical Library
David Stern, Director, Science Libraries
The software is available from the usual library web site -- http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/scifinder/sfsdownload.html
The new features include:
* Combine answer sets.
* Launch a new structure search or refine your current structure search by clicking on any structure in an answer set.
* Categorize: sort and evaluate information in your answer sets by creating a histogram for easy analysis.
For more information see http://www.cas.org/products/sfacad/index.html
Paul can be reached at 2-2928 or at paul.civitelli@yale.edu
]]>His email is joseph.murphy@yale.edu and his phone is 2-9519. He will be located downstairs in KSL.
Joe brings a B.S. in physics, an MLS from the University of Hawaii, experience working in various libraries, and a familiarity with librarians within ALA and SLA. He also displays a willingness to learn and make immediate contributions. His responsibilities will be reference desk coverage, virtual reference, instruction coordination for the science libraries, physics collection development, exchange and gift collection development, preservation coordination, and many other tasks.
]]>The Yale Libraries have just begun an evaluation of the DiscoveryGate interface to the Beilstein and Gmelin databases. The vendor is hoping to move us off the current CrossFire interface over time. The trial will last through Nov. 23rd.
The advantages to this interface are: (1) web based interface, requiring only a simple download plug-in, and (2) Mac compatibility.
Databases available during this trial period are:
* CrossFire Beilstein
* CrossFire Gmelin
* MDL® Available Chemicals Directory
* MDL® Screening Compounds Directory
* MDL® Reference Library of Synthetic Methodology
* MDL® Solid-Phase Organic Reactions
* ORGSYN Database
* Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations
* Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis
* MDL® Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry
* MDL® Drug Data Report
* MDL® Metabolite Database
* MDL® Toxicity Database
* ChemInform Reaction Library
* Current Synthetic Methodology
* Derwent Journal of Synthetic Methods
* National Cancer Institute Database
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To set up access:
1. Download PC or MAC installer at https://www.discoverygate.com/
2. Once installed, return to https://www.discoverygate.com and select "Home" on the header toolbar.
3. From that page, you can open any of the three applications show--Search Databases, Integrated Major Reference Works and xPharm
Please send comments to david.e.stern@yale.edu
]]>REMINDER: Our list of online journals is now the best tool to locate most journals.
]]>Cost:
8.5 X 11 sheet is $1 per page
11 X 17 sheet is $2 per page
KSL hours:
Mon - Thurs 8:30 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Fri 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Sat 10:00 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Sun noon. - 7:45 p.m.
With this new interface, you can now find Citations to zoological articles based upon specific articles, authors, and keywords. It is possible to follow research fronts from seminal articles in the field.
From the full record, located by selecting an individual article title, select the option on the bottom right labelled
"View Citations" in order to discover who has cited the article since it was published.
Link to this new service option through the URL
http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=299
The software is available from the usual library web site --
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/scifinder/sfsdownload.html
You will NOT need to reload the site preferences file. The preferences are now embedded into the zip file.
The new features, which emulate those of the latest PC version, include: