CHAT ONLINE:  QuestionPoint: a Web-based electronic reference service at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries provides "chat sessions" with reference staff .  This service is available Monday-Thursday 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, excluding University Holidays.  

Central Library News:

Circulation Corner: 

Interlibrary Loan form now Online ONLY!  

UTA Interlibrary Loan Online is a web-based system that lets you manage your Interlibrary Loan transactions from wherever you have access to the internet and a web browser.  Registration is required and only takes a few minutes.  For more questions regarding ILL Online click here:  Interlibrary Loan Online.

With ILL Online, you can:

• Log in to see your private Interlibrary Loan transactions
• Request materials that aren't available from the UTA Libraries
• Edit or cancel requests that you've made
• Check the status of your requests
• Update your contact information and other account information
• Find out if your ILL requests have arrived before we notify you (We'll still notify you using the method you specify in your ILL Online account profile.)
• Get your articles online if you've authorized electronic delivery of online articles
• Reinstate ILL requests that you had cancelled
• See a history of the requests you've made, cancelled, and received. These will be the requests you made after you started using ILL Online.

New Books:     To see a list of SEL "New Books" broken down by subject click on:   Subject Book List.

Call Numbers Q-R                Call Numbers S-T

Congratulations!!:  

"Don Liles, professor and chair of industrial engineering, and Dave Johnson, research engineer, were featured in the "Frames" Section of the FW Business Press. The Quality Certification Bureau presented TMAC with a plaque acknowledging working together to implement quality management systems for smaller manufacturers in Metroplex." [UTA Today 5/28/03]

"Geoffrey Grant, a former researcher at the Salk Institute and the chief executive officer of what is now one of the top 20 biotechnology firms in Canada, has been named director of the UTA-based Arlington Technology Incubator. Grant is currently the senior manager of research at the University of the North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) in Fort Worth. He will head the collaborative effort between the University and the Arlington Chamber of Commerce that was established last year to foster entrepreneurial and research growth with a focus on technology transfers related to UTA's growing scientific and engineering research efforts. While at the Health Science Center, Grant coordinated the licensing of UNTHSC technologies as part of the formation of six startup companies including one valued at $50 million and one that has raised more than $70 million from the venture market. Prior to joining UNTHSC, Grant was CEO of a small startup biotech company in Canada and was responsible for its development and conversion to a public entity, Microbiologix Biotech, Inc., now one of the top 20 biotech firms in that nation.  He also spent seven years as a research at the Salk Institute in its Department of Neuroendocrinology. He is the co-discoverer of somatostain, a growth hormone release inhibiting peptide. He will join UTA July 1."  [UTA Today 6/2/03]

"Former UTA Movin' Mav wheelchair basketball player Paul Schulte has been nominated for an ESPY Award and will be at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood July 16 when ESPN announces the winners live on the national cable network. Schulte was selected as one of three candidates in the "Best Disabled Athlete" division. A senior at UTA, Schulte is completing work on a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and was a four-time collegiate All-American for the Movin' Mavs between 1999 and 2002. He also led UTA to the 2002 national championship. As a member of Team USA at last year's Wheelchair Basketball Gold Cup in Japan, he was voted the tournament's best player after leading USA to the World Championship. Schulte was also the subject of a story in both the May 20 Forth Worth Star-Telegram and this month's edition of Sports 'N Spokes Magazine. In addition, he was nominated for a Laureus World Sports Award last month. For more about the award, go to http://espn.go.com/espy2003/s/03disablednominees.html."  [UTA Today 6/24/03]

Database Information: 

*Digital National Security Archive:

     The Digital National Security Archive contains fifteen collections of declassified primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.that led to key policy decisions in the post-World War II era. The documents have been obtained through extensive use of the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The collections are fully indexed and cross-referenced with complete chronologies of events, comprehensive glossaries and detailed biographies of the actors in these events.

*Oxford Reference Online:

     Updated annually.  Provides full-text access to more than 100 titles from Oxford University Press.  The collection includes subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference works in more than twenty subject areas.  

Spotlight:   CollegeSource Online:     

     1994-present. Updated weekly. CollegeSource Online features the full-text of over 20,000 College Catalogs, in complete cover-to-cover, original page format, representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools in the US and other countries. In addition, find profiles and maps for most schools and link directly to their web sites. Search colleges and universities by: major, tuition, state, enrollment, degrees, and affiliation. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read CollegeSource catalogs.

**Send comments about the databases to: Antoinette.

Engineering News:
For specific library news relevant to Engineering subject areas, click on the department.

Engineering and Computer Science Databases. This link provides information to subject databases, internet resources and guides & bibliographies relevant to each engineering discipline. 

What's New @ IEEE for Libraries, includes information about new journals, conference proceedings, and other IEEE features.

Welcome to students participating in the Engineering Summer Camp - Bridge to Engineering

Exhibits:

  Current exhibit:  "Fly Away, Fly Away - Birds of a Feather"     

For previous exhibits, visit the exhibits online. 

Instruction Info:

Internet Sites:

Reference Corner:

Reference Source Spotlight:

Science News:
For specific library news relevant to Science subject areas, click on the department.

Science and Mathematics Databases.  This link provides information to subject databases, internet resources and guides & bibliographies relevant to each science discipline. 

Staff News: 

Previous Issues:

December 2001