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AeroNews
Library Newsletter for Aerospace Engineering
(January 2004)
 
Liaison Contact: Barbara Howser
Tel: 817-272-7519
Email: howser@uta.edu
Science & Engineering Library
Nedderman Hall, Basement, 030D
Top News of the Month
Computer Account Necessary 
Web Site of the Month
Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Interlibrary Loan SEL UTA Libraries Online Online Catalog

Computer Account Necessary 

Computer accounts are now required to access the UTA Libraries computers.  Students, faculty, and staff must activate their Windows NT Account.  Students and faculty/staff having difficulty activating their NT accounts can request assistance from the Office of Information Technology Help Desk within Sam's Click Cafe in the Central Library.

Non-UTA affiliated persons may obtain one day guest accounts at the OIT Help Desk in the Central Library or at Information Service Desks in the Architecture and Fine Arts Library and the Science and Engineering Library.  Persons under the age of 18 must have a signed Parental Consent Form.  The guest accounts expire at midnight of the same day.   

Graduate Research Seminars | News to Use | Reminders | Useful Web Sites | New Books

Graduate Research Seminars - Free
Engineering - Sunday - Jan. 25, 2004 from 1:30-4pm in Ransom Hall 311 A/B
Math - Wednesday - Jan. 28, 2004 from 12noon-2pm in Pickard Hall 315
Science - Saturday - Jan. 24, 2004 from 1:30-4pm in Ransom Hall 311 A/B 
Register at: http://libraries.uta.edu/instruction/Grad-Seminars/spring04.html

News to Use

New Database
Safari Tech Books Online
2002-present. Updated monthly. Web access to full text of information technology books from O'Reilly, Que, Sams, and others. All text can be searched with a multi-book search engine, or specific titles can be selected for chapter-by-chapter reading. Safari offers content in many categories, including software how-to books, certification guides, database technology, Linux/Unix, Macintosh, .NET, and Web administration and development. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Printing in the Library
A new print management system, called Pharos, has now been installed in the UTA Libraries.  Instructions for printing are provided at each print release station.

Reminders

Useful Web Sites

Internal Revenue Service - The Digital Daily - 1040 Central

Some Recent  New Books in SEL

Reference Books
The standard handbook for aeronautical and astronautical engineers
Ref TL 509 .S664 2003

Circulating Books
Driving emissions to zero : are the benefits of California's zero emission vehicle program worth the costs?
TL 220 .D578 2002

Race to the sky : the Wright brothers versus the United States government
TL 540.W7 G596 2003

Single stage to orbit : politics, space technology, and the quest for reusable rocketry
TL795.5 .B88 2003

Wings: a history of aviation from kites to the space age
TL 515 .C76 2003

 

Yes, that's me in the photo.  So, if you see me around, say "Hello", 'cause I may not recognize you.  I am the liaison for the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.  I provide library instruction sessions to classes, small groups, or to individual students  to enhance their research skills. I am also available to meet with you to discuss how the library can more effectively meet your research and instructional needs. For more information, please contact me by e-mail or telephone 817-272-7519.