Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics

Another interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about scholary publishing, "Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics".

NIH Success Rate Hits All-time Low

Article in BioTechniques journal, NIH Success Rate Hits All-time Low , states that in 2011 only 18% of new research project grants were funded.

Who Gets to See Published Research?

Article in The Chronicle of Education, "Who Gets to See Published Research?", looks at the proposed Research Works Act and questions if taxpayers help pay for research should they be able to freely access the results in journal articles.

Open Science article in NYT

From the Science section of the New York Times: "Cracking Open the Scientific Process". This article takes a look at how research is currently done and proposes some new models of making the process and results more open. Mentioned in the article is the book, "Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science" by Michael Nielsen, which can be checked out from the TSRI Library.

New Library Catalog & Journal List

The Kresge Library now offers the next-generation catalog and search tool, powered by the OCLC WorldCat Local database software. The new catalog provides the library user both a local view of the library materials held at the libraries in La Jolla and Jupiter, as well as a global view of the collective library collections around the world, allowing users to scale searches using the power of the Web to create the information service that best matches their needs.

The new catalog is the main tool the Kresge Library provides to identify links to e-journals and e-books and print books available for loan. It also searches the full Medline database in the same search command. The catalog provides easy-to-use links to the familiar SFX menu and ILLiad request tools. Also available are embedded tools for citing and exporting citations to EndNote and creating and sharing lists.

More information about the new catalog may be found at http://scripps-libraries.worldcat.org/ . Check out the help guide to find out more about searching, using limits and how to renew books in the new system.

The KresgeLibrary has also launched the next-generation A-Z E-journal List, powered by SFX software, the same company that provides the SFX@TSRI tool.

Users are encouraged to explore the features of both these new tools. Previously bookmarked catalog and journal list sites must be updated to point to the new addresses. Contact the Kresge Library at ext. 8705 or email helplib@scripps.edu with questions or comments.

New Books December

These are the new books added in December. Check out the Library's catalog for availability.

• Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology: Imaging Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease


• The Biology of Alzheimer Disease


• The Dopaminergic Mind in Human Evolution and History


• Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanisms


• Model Organisms in Drug Discovery