July 17, 2009
New Metrics in JCR
JCR has also added the Eigenfactor™ Score and the Article Influence™ Score for 2007 and 2008 data sets. The Eigenfactor is similar to the 5-Year Impact Factor except that the Eigenfactor excludes self-citations, and includes citations to journals in science and social science. The Article Influence determines the average influence of individual articles in a journal, and is normalized, with a mean score of 1.00. Scores higher than 1.00 show above average influence. More information about these scores can be found at http://www.eigenfactor.org.
To account for journal self-citations, JCR now includes an adjusted Impact Factor, which excludes self-citations. To view the details of self-citations and the adjusted Impact Factor, click on the specific journal title in the result list.
July 14, 2009
100,000 Articles Requested
The Library started using the ILLiad interlibrary loan software in 2002 for requests for books and articles needed for your research here at TSRI. ILLiad allows users to track their requests and to receive articles electronically. You do have to register once in order to use this service and it is open to TSRI employees, faculty, and students.
If you have any questions about the ILLiad interlibrary loan service, please contact the Library at 4-8705.
JACS Journal Club
June 24, 2009
New Google Search Options
What is the wonder wheel?
The wonder wheel is a visual tool that shows you related and connected terms to your search terms, which allows further discovery.

The timeline feature
The timeline feature shows you how many search results are found year by year. Click on a particular decade in the timeline and Google brings up results that reference that year.

For more info on Google's new search options and to watch a short video, check out the Google blog.
June 15, 2009
Keep Up-to-Date with Podcasts
Keep even more up-to-date on science news by listening to podcasts! Many of the major science journals have weekly or monthly podcasts where they highlight content from the journal, interview scientists and report on what's happening in the scientific community. The NIH has a bimonthly Research Radio podcast covering the lastest research findings. There's even lecture podcasts from universities like Stanford, MIT and UC Berkeley available for free from iTunes U.
You can listen or sign up to the RSS feed for these podcasts through iTunes(for both mac and pc), or other free podcasting software such as Odeo or Juice or by going directly to each website. An advantage of using iTunes or other software is that you can consolidate and update your podcasts in one central place.
Listen to them online, or even better, put them on your ipod or mp3 player. Even listen to them in your car during your commute by hooking up your ipod or mp3 player to your car stereo.
- Podcast resources
- Science podcast
- Cell podcast
- PNAS podcast
- Nature podcast
- Nature ChemPod
- iTunes U - you have to download iTunes (free) to access iTunes U
May 27, 2009
Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs added
May 13, 2009
The Lancet H1N1 Flu Resource Centre
"Healthcare professionals will have immediate access to timely, accurate information aggregated from diverse online resources and journals. The global medical community will benefit from this resource."