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• IEEE offers free online training in the IEEE Xplore database:
  Are you getting the most from your research? IEEE holds monthly "Searching with IEEE Xplore" online training events, offering tips on searching the IEEE online collection and maximizing the potential of the IEEE Xplore delivery platform. Session dates for February and March have just been announced. These free online events require a high-speed Internet connection and a voice line. Space is limited, and advance registration is required, so sign up now at: www.ieee.org/products/onlinepubs/form/free_training_form.html
   

• Engineering Village 2 database has some exciting new enhancements:
  Engineering Village 2 provides access to Compendex, Scirus (web site abstracts), U.S. and European patent databases, CRC Press handbooks, and industry specs and standards. New features include the following: 
   

  • The “Easy Search” tab consists of a single 'Google-like’ search box, which connects to the Compendex database. The list of results is accompanied by a sidebar that allows you to refine searches further by author, controlled vocabulary terms, publisher, etc.
     

  • By default, Compendex sorts search results by "relevance." You can also re-sort search results by date, author, source, or publisher.
     

  • Other resources linked through Engineering Village 2 (including IHS Standards, GlobalSpec, Scirus, USPTO, etc.) can now be accessed via a list of “More Search Sources.” This appears at the bottom left side of the Quick Search and Expert Search search screens.

  For more information about updates, visit the Ei Update Online Newsletter.
   

• Database Spotlight:
  For news and updates on library databases go to the new "Database News and Downtimes" link: http://library.uta.edu/Main/sysDowntime.uta.  Link is found under the <Research> tab on the libraries' homepage.  

• Reference Spotlight:

  Computer science handbook, 2nd Edition, 2004
  QA76 .C54755 2004
  With a broadened scope, more emphasis on applied computing, and more than 70 chapters either new or significantly revised, the Computer Science Handbook, Second Edition is exactly the kind of reference today's computer scientists, software engineers, and IT professionals need. All of the material found in the first edition is now up to date and augmented by a wealth of additional coverage. The discussions now reflect the explosive growth of the Internet, the increasing importance of subjects like massively parallel computation, and the key issues at the intersection of the technology and the people it impacts.

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December 2001