The Open Channel:
Environmental Engineering 
Library Newsletter
(July 2003)
Liaison Contact: Barbara Howser
Tel: 817-272-7519
Email: howser@uta.edu
Science & Engineering Library
Nedderman Hall, Basement, 030D


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  Fri  8am-6pm 

 Sat  10am-6pm 

 

Happenings in SEL

Group Study Rooms 
We now have 3 group study rooms. The Emerald, Ruby, & Sapphire Rooms are very popular with the group study crowd.  Currently, only the Emerald Room has a plasma screen. Each room has a whiteboard.  Reservations are required and same day advanced reservations are accepted.  Users must show a UTA ID card to check out the rooms.

Photocopiers
Two photocopiers have been moved to the Northwest wall, same side of the Library as the Bound Journals.  The third photocopier is adjacent to the glass wall, near the fish tank.

Happenings at Central Library

New elevators!
All 3 elevators have been replaced.  They talk to you! Go experience the latest people-moving technology in Central.

Sam's Click Cafe
Asbestos abatement and construction is underway to expand the Internet Cafe.  Expansion plans include adding 48 PC's.

Online Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan form online only.
Click here to sign up if you haven't already done so.

New Books in SEL

Reference Titles
Freshwater issues : a reference handbook
Ref. TD345 .S65 2003

Circulating Titles

Atmospheric pollution : history, science, and regulation
TD883 .J37 2002 

Methods of environmental impact assessment
TD194.68.G7 M48 2001

Water and the environment
TD345 .V36 2002

Water follies : groundwater pumping and the fate of America's fresh waters
TD223 .G58 2002

More titles will be added to this list ASAP

 

New Databases
Corporate Affiliations
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Archival data may go back as far as 1976. Updated throughout the year, some companies may report weekly. The database provides corporate linkage information on more than 170,000 of the most prominent parent companies and their affiliates. The database includes major public and private businesses in the United States and throughout the world. Information is compiled and updated from information supplied by the listed companies themselves, as well as from research gathered from business publications and annual reports. Company records may include all or some of the following data: net income and net worth, subsidiary relationships, assets and liabilities, percentage of ownership, number of employees, mailing address, years in business, phone and fax numbers, fiscal year-end, e-mail addresses, key personnel (names and titles), web site, Board of Directors, business description, investor relations information, SIC codes, counts of plants and showrooms, sales, outside legal firms, earnings, auditor, and stock information. Generally, public companies from the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX exchanges are included. 

Global Books in Print
Find title, author, ISBN, and publisher information for over 5 million books available in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.  Includes forthcoming books, out of print books, children's titles, videos, prize information and more. Global Books In Print combines Books In Print with British Books In Print.

Digital National Security Archive 
The Digital National Security Archive contains fifteen collections of declassified primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, that led to key policy decisions in the post-World War II era. The documents have been obtained through extensive use of the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The collections are fully indexed and cross-referenced with complete chronologies of events, comprehensive glossaries and detailed biographies of the actors in these events. 

Rand Texas
An online source for Texas and U.S. statistics. Contains more than 80 databases, ranging from industry employment to immigration to school test scores. Much of the data is available at the national, state, county, city, and zip code levels. All of the data is updated on a regular basis. Major categories covered include: business and economics, health and socioeconomic data, population and demographics, government finance, education, census. 

Internet Sites of interest

Visit One of Scientific American's 2003 Sci-Tech Web Award Winners:

The Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century

NASA Technology Portal
This is the newly redesigned Technology Portal Web site from NASA, which serves as a hub for virtually all technology related developments in which NASA is involved. The portal is continually updated with news and event information, and a Streaming Media Center plays both live and archived video from NASA TV. Visitors can browse technology features for commercial and educational applications. A "Just for Kids" section has many resources for children, such as multimedia activities and basic space concepts.
[Scout Report, July 4, 2003]

Einstein Archives Online
"Caltech and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created a new Web site called Einstein Archives Online. The site makes available more than 3,000 pages of the famed scientist's notes on research projects, lectures, and speeches, and includes personal papers and a diary Albert Einstein kept during the 1930s. The online archive also features a searchable database that provides catalog information for 43,000 items written by or about Einstein. Site administrators hope that the site will appeal to students and schoolteachers, as well as scientists and professors."

Instruction Services
Distance Learning:  Do you plan on teaching a distance learning class during the Fall 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.

For that matter, I am available to conduct library instruction sessions for any of your classes or research groups.  I am mobile, that is, I can come to your classroom or lab.  I can also arrange for these sessions to be held in electronic classrooms in Nedderman Hall, Ransom Hall, or the Central Library.  I would more than happy to help you help your students develop their research skills.  I can generalize the session or customize it to a particular assignment.  If interested for this semester or any future semester, please contact me.

 

Library Liaison

Hi, my name is Barbara Howser.  
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.