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UTA Science & Engineering
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http://libraries.uta.edu/sel
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Teleconference - Cheating and
Plagiarism Using the Internet
Sponsored
by UTA Center for Distance Education and UTA Libraries
When: Thursday, April 3, 2003 Time: 1:30-3pm Where: College of Business, Rm. 154
-GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Librarian: Joshua Been -
Josh is dedicated to empowering all academic departments on campus to increase the accuracy and flexibility of their research using GIS. He seeks to do this in three ways. First, the library will serve as a data repository for spatial and attribute data sets so that students and faculty from all disciplines will have easy and centralized access. Second, Josh will serve as a tutor for those students currently enrolled in a course utilizing GIS. Third, he will work closely with faculty and students who are not as familiar with GIS to increase its use in the classroom and in research. This will be accomplished through workshops, class presentations, and consultation services.
Before taking on this position at UTA, he worked as the government information librarian at Texas A&M International University, an information specialist at Galaxy.com, and political science librarian at the U.S. Military Academy. It was during his tenure at Texas A&M International University where Josh's passion for GIS led to his current position. In the spring of 2002, he co-taught a graduate-level Sociology course, entitled 'Using GIS to Examine the Social Organization of The Mexican-American Family in Social Structural Context on the Border.' Recent workshops/presentations held by Josh include: Accessing Census 2000, Mapping Government Data Using ArcView GIS, Obtaining Summer Government Internships, Federal and State Laws, and a series of joint workshops with the City of Laredo focusing on grants and statistics research.
-GIS Workshop Series -
Central Library, Room 510
These are free
and open to every faculty, staff, and student. An entire GIS project will
be completed by the participants of the workshop. The only prerequisite is
a basic comfort level working with computers in a PC environment.
TITLE: Domestic Crime Distribution in Arlington,
TX and its Relationship With the Family
TITLE: Where to Place an Extension of the Texas Department of Human Services in Arlington, TX
TITLE: Where to Open a Pizzeria in Tarrant County
TITLE: Where to Place a Campaign Headquarters in Tarrant County
TITLE: Using GIS in the Classroom
GIS Lab Hours in Room 510 - Tuesday - Friday 4:00 - 5:30 and Saturday 12:00 - 8:00
-National Library Week (April 6-12). Calendar of Events.
Rivers flowing in SEL
The library's eight wireless
laptops now have names. Each one is named for a famous River:
Amazon, Brazos, Nile, Ohio, Pecos, Red, Rio Grande and Trinity. They
have also been included in the Course Reserves section of PULSe.
From the "Course Reserves" tab, search by Department and scroll
down to: "SEL: SEL Laptop" to see the status of each one:
if it is available and/or when it is due back, if it is checked out.
Check these titles out:
| New Titles | Call Number |
| Learning and generalisation : with applications to neural networks | Q325.5 .V53 2003 |
| Concurrency and hardware design : advances in petri nets | QA76.58 .C662 2002 |
| Successful evolution of software systems | QA76.758 .Y365 2003 |
| Ethics, equity, and international negotiations on climate change | QC981.8.C5 E92 2002 |
| Coral reefs : cities under the sea | QH541.5.C7 M87 2002 |
| Essential CG lighting techniques | T385 .B76 2003 |
| Microscopy techniques for materials science | TA417.23 .C65 2002 |
| Water quality : diffuse pollution and watershed management | TD420 .N69 2003 |
| High and mighty : SUVs--the world's most dangerous vehicles and how they got that way | TL230.5.S66 B73 2002 |
| The moonlandings : an eyewitness account | TL789.8.U6 A5844 2003 |
| Complete guide to preventive and predictive maintenance | TS192 .L4667 2003 |
Congratulations!!:
*Dr. Frank Lu (Mechanical &
Aerospace Engineering) was selected to receive the 2003 John De Young
Outstanding Teaching Award.
*Professor Frank Lu and his partner, Victor V. Golub of the Russian Academy of Sciences' High Energy Density Research Center, are conducting one of six projects funded by the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF). They will be developing materials and techniques to protect buildings from blast waves from terrorist-type explosions.
*Basavaraj Patil, Sarvesh Sharma, Yousuf Saifullah, College of Engineering graduates are among the seven authors of IP in Wireless Networks, "the first network professional's guide to integrating IP in 2G, 2.5G, and 3G wireless networks," according to the publisher, Prentice Hall. [UTA Today, 3-11]
*Dean Carroll named "Engineer of the Year" by the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE).
| New: These database are now available from the UTA Libraries Online electronic resources web page. | |||
| BioOne | CHEMnetBASE | ENGnetBase | Current Index to Statistics Extended Database (CIS-ED) |
A current collection of over 50 online, full-text journals in the subject areas of biology, ecology and environmental sciences. Most are peer-reviewed serial publications of smaller scientific societies with coverage beginning in 2000. Journals are searchable as a group or by individual titles. Full-text articles are available in PDF and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat® Reader.
Chapman & Hall/CRC chemistry handbooks: Handbook of Chemistry & Physics, Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD) (Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds, Dictionary of Drugs [formerly Pharmasource], Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, Dictionary of Natural Products, Dictionary of Organic Compounds), Polymers: A Property Database, and Properties of Organic Compounds. All books can be searched for specific terms, or handbooks can be read individually using the Adobe Acrobat® Reader.
Current Index to Statistics - Extended Database (CIS-ED):
1975- to present. Some pre-1975 coverage for some titles. Updated as new information is received. The CIS-ED is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. References are drawn from 1,300+ journals (174,000+ articles in journals), proceedings and edited books (42,000+ articles) and other sources. The database contains the cumulative contents of the CIS print volumes ending with v. 25, 1999. Core journals include: Journal of Applied Statistics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A-D, Statistica Nerlandica, Sociological Methods and Research, Statistics in Medicine, Probability in the Engineering and Information Sciences, and many more. This database is a joint venture of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
Chapman & Hall/CRC handbooks in engineering disciplines. Electronic versions of over 130 books in areas including aerospace, civil, HVAC, electrical, materials, optics, industrial/manufacturing, biomedical, and computer engineering. All books can be searched for specific terms, or handbooks can be read individually using the Adobe Acrobat® Reader.
Spotlight: ProQuest Digital Dissertations
1861- to present. Updated monthly. . The Dissertations Abstracts database contains citations for dissertations and theses from institutions in the North America and Europe. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include abstracts. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include abstracts. Titles published from 1997 forward have 24 page previews and are available as full text PDF documents. Full-text available in PDF can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat® Reader.
**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.
Current
exhibit: 
"Get Rattled! Texas
Rattlers and other poisonous SNAKES"
For previous exhibits, visit the exhibits online.
Distance Learning: Do you plan on teaching a distance learning class during the coming semester? To help your students find research-related items more easily, contact your subject librarian to develop a webpage specifically tailored for course needs. It can include links to individual articles for course readings, relevant webpages, instructions for accessing online resources from your home, and more.
| New Titles | Call Number |
| The Cambridge handbook of physics formulas | QC61 .W67 2000 |
| The circuits and filters handbook | TK7867 .C4977 2003 |
| Spon's estimating costs guide to minor works, alterations, and repair | TH435 .S72537 2002 Temporarily Shelved at Bindery; due back April 5, 2003 |
| Handbook of nanoscience, engineering, and technology | TK7874.8 .H35 2003 |
Reference Source Spotlight:
The Cambridge dictionary of statistics
Everitt, Brian
QA276.14 .E84 2002
The Cambridge dictionary of statistics is a reliable and up-to-date sourcebook defining some 3500 terms in all area of statistics. Areas covered include medical, survey, theoretical, applied statistics, genetics and bioinformatics. The definitions are short, simple, informative, and usually include a reference to a scholarly work where more information can be found about the subject. Also included are over 100 short biographies of important statisticians.
Science
News:
For specific library news
relevant to Science subject areas, click on the department.
| Biology | Chemistry | Mathematics | Physics | Archived Issues |
Science and Mathematics Databases. This link provides information to subject databases, internet resources and guides & bibliographies relevant to each science discipline.
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