About SEL
The Science & Engineering Library (SEL) is located in  the basement of Nedderman Hall (Room B03).  SEL houses materials in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics for the College of Science and all areas of engineering (biomedical, civil & environmental, computer science, electrical, industrial & manufacturing systems, materials science amd mechanical & aerospace) for the College of Engineering.  SEL also provides outreach service to the UTA/Fort Worth Campus and the Automation and Robotics Research Institute (ARRI).

HISTORY of SEL
Science and Engineering was originally located on the third floor of the Central Library.  In the mid-1980s, plans were being made for a new Engineering Building, which would hopefully include space for a Science and Engineering Library. On October 8, 1988, Engineering II was dedicated.  In January of 1989, the Science and Engineering Department moved from the Central Library to Engineering II and the new Science and Technology Branch Library.  This appears to be the first library on campus to contain compact shelving.  In 1991, Engineering II was renamed Nedderman Hall in honor of Wendell H. Nedderman.  Nedderman came to Arlington State College in 1959, as the first Dean of engineering and in 1972, became President of the University of Texas at Arlington.

General News
Our Group Study Room (GSR) provides an excellent place for students to study with fellow classmates and/or work on assigned projects.  The GSR is located adjacent to the copier room, comfortably seats eight and has an erasable marker board.  The GSR Policy requires reservations be made to use the study room for a maximum of two consecutive hours per group.  UTA IDs are required for use of the room. Reservations are made at the Circulation Desk.

Circulation Corner  

To put books and homework solutions on reserve for your students, contact Connie Eley @ ext. 4518 or eley@uta.edu.  Check Reserves Services for more information.  When resources aren't available in the UTA Libraries' print, microform or electronic collections, use Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services. 

Library Liaisons

Contact the library liaison for your department to arrange individual or class instruction sessions for database searching or library resources and services, tours of SEL and collection development concerns.

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

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

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

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

Research Tools
Library Research at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries: A Hypertext Guide

Exhibits                     April's exhibit is a triple treat!!!
We are showcasing books to commemorate MATH AWARENESS MONTH, ASTROLOGY WEEK (April 15-21) and NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK (April 14-20) which has a theme of: "ReDiscover America @ your library".

New Books
This new books list specifically pertains to SEL disciplines and is updated bi-monthly.  To see other new books added to the general library collections, click on the "New in PULSe" tab when searching PULSe, the online catalog.  Then, you can select and/or limit by Location: (Central, SEL, AFA, Special Collections), Display: (last week, last 2 weeks, last 3 weeks, last 4 weeks), or Sort by: (call number, author or title).  Sorting by call number is recommended when looking for books on specific disciplines.  See Call Numbers, to know more about call number classification on specific science and engineering disciplines. 

E-Journals
The electronic journals page, only includes links to collections containing full text journals available electronically. The UTA Libraries subscribe to many other journals and magazines which are available in the Libraries. Consult the Online Catalog (PULSe) to determine if a journal is available in non-electronic format at UTA. Access to some journals may be restricted to UTA faculty, students, and staff.  

Below are just a few of the e-journals available by collection:
American Chemical Society
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library
American Society of Mechanical Engineering
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Wiley InterScience

Database Spotlight

RefWorks          Trial ends April 30, 2002.

RefWorks is an Internet-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. These references can be used in writing bibliographies for papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. Various writing styles are accommodated.

Reference Corner
The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries' Adopt-A-Journal program is a way to enhance the vital information resources that support teaching and research on campus. 

Coming soon: New Reference resources list.

Staff News 
Barbara, Jason and Antoinette attended the Texas Distance Learning Association's Annual Conference in Ft. Worth, TX.
Jason and Antoinette attended the Texas Library Association's (TLA) Annual Conference in  Dallas, TX.
Antoinette presented a poster session at TLA titled:  Taking UTA's Science & Engineering Library to the World, A New Manager's Perspective.
Delores received a UTA Library "Bright Idea" award at the bi-monthly library staff meeting.

Previous Issues
December 2001
January 2002 
February 2002
March 2002