July 28, 2009

Wiley Online Books Added

We've added a number of new online books to our collection. Please search for them by title in our Library catalog, ELLeN:

  • Pharmacokinetic profiling in drug research

  • Mass Spectrometry in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Pharmacokinetic optimization in drug research

  • HPLC for pharmaceutical scientists

  • Enzyme Systems that metabolize drugs and other xenobiotics

  • Pharmacokinetics and metabolism in drug design

  • Drug discovery and development, vol.

  • Human drug metabolism

  • Drug bioavailability

  • Directed molecular evolution of proteins

New Online Reference Works

The Kresge Library is pleased to announce online access to two major reference works: Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II and Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III. There are unlimited concurrent users and 24/7 access.


Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II content comprises of drug research, covering major therapeutic classes and targets, research strategy and organization, high-throughput technologies, computer-assisted design, ADME and case histories. Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III comprises of applications in organometallic chemistry with a strong organic synthesis focus, and provides an overview of developments in this field as well as future trends.


We hope you will find the online access to these resources useful in your research and coursework.

July 27, 2009

The NeuroNetwork

The NeuroNetwork is a free professional networking site devoted to the study of the brain. The site's debut is today, and includes news, a blog, forums, groups, events and a section for videos. Members receive free access to some journal articles. You can create virtual groups for your lab or based on interests.

July 17, 2009

New Metrics in JCR

Journal Citation Reports (JCR®) has added several additional journal metrics. JCR now reports the 5-Year Impact Factor. Because some fields have a longer lag in citation rate, the normal 2-Year Impact Factor may not capture the true influence for some journals.

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 recently surpassed 100,000 articles requested through its ILLiad interlibrary loan service. We had a Library open house on July 1st with cake to celebrate. About 50 people came to help us celebrate, learn about ILLiad and to congratulate our interlibrary loan staff for a job well done.

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

The Journal of the American Chemical Society,has launched the JACS Journal Club,where the lab-based journal club goes global. Students, postdocs, and faculty can ask questions and comment on current research reported in the ACS flagship journal. "Five things you need to know" is the discussion area where authors share what does and doesn't work in their experiments, and you can add comments or tips of your own. The JACS Journal Club is part of JACS Beta,an experimental website that explores different and innovative ways to share chemical research.