Summer Hours:  
       Mon-Thu 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.    Fri 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Sat 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.    Sun 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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).

Science and Engineering materials were 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. (UTA Library archives)

Circulation Corner  

*Reserves:  To put books and homework solutions on reserve for your students, contact Connie Eley @ ext. 1416.  Check Reserves Services for more information.  

*The library doesn't have a copy:  When resources aren't available in the UTA Libraries' print, microform or electronic collections, use Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services. 

Database Spotlight
American Chemical Society Journal Archives          Trial ends June 30, 2002.
1879-present. Full text (and image) access to most of the entire runs of ACS journals back to 1879. Articles are still being added during the trial, but tables of contents are available now. Full-text articles are delivered in HTML and Adobe Acrobat format. Get Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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

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.

Exhibits

  Railroad Engineering: Is the future of urban transportation high speed rail?
Want to know about "Rail Trips of the World," "Going to Seattle via the train in the 1850's," "Railway engineering," or "Subways and high speed rails?" Then bring your conductor's cap to SEL and take a trip, via Barbara's exhibit on: Railroad Engineering.

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.

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. 

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.

Research Tools
Library Research at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries: A Hypertext Guide 
TILT, Texas Information Literacy Tutorial 
Research Strategies 
Flow of Scientific Information in research

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.

Staff News 
Barbara, Jason and Antoinette attended various programs at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia from June 13-19, 2002.

Previous Issues
December 2001
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March 2002 
April 2002
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