Research Information Service - SBS Newsletter - February 2013

UQ Library has recently purchased the Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006. The Sunday Times broke some of the key stories of the 20th Century, including the exposure of Kim Philby as a Soviet double agent and campaigned successfully for compensation for those adversely affected by Thalidomide.

The advanced searching option allows searches to be limited to specific sections of the newspaper, e.g. Business, Finance and Markets.

The Library has subscribed to the new Data Citation IndexSM from Thomson Reuters. This database is designed to be the first single source of data discovery for the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities. Data Citation Index fully indexes a significant number of the world's leading data repositories of critical interest to the scientific community, including over two million data studies and datasets. The records for the datasets, which include authors, institutions, keywords, citations and other metadata, are connected to related peer-reviewed literature indexed in the Web of KnowledgeSM.

Sydney Morning Herald Archives

The Library has revived its subscription to the online archive of the Sydney Morning Herald, covering the years 1955-1995. This is the only digital version of a significant Australian newspaper from this period, so it is an important resource for researchers in all areas of Australian studies. You will need a username and password to access it, and these can be obtained from the Library website

Theatre in Video

Theatre in Video "contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. This release includes 265 videos, equaling approximately 338 hours."
Coverage: 1930s onwards

New Purchase Suggestions

Recommendations for purchase of books to support your research are welcomed. These can be sent to your Research Information Service Librarian or can be submitted using the "Request a purchase" form in My Library

Update on Metrics

In a recent announcement from Thomson Reuters the Book Citation Index is expanding, with a new partnerships arrangements with top publishers such as Elsevier, Johns Hopkins University Press and the University of Chicago Press. These publishers, among others, will greatly enhance available content in the Index by adding 10,000 books in 2013, increasing the total to nearly 50,000 books from a variety of commercial, non-profit and university presses worldwide.

Metrics in the Arts and Humanities

The latest Issue of the Elsevier publication Research Trends is entitled "New Perspectives on the Arts & Humanities" and presents a series of articles that illustrate the potential and the limitations of the application of bibliometric techniques in the assessment of the Arts & Humanities. Included among the articles are the following:

Evaluating the Humanities: Vitalizing 'the forgotten sciences'

Towards a comprehensive citation index for the Arts & Humanities

Mapping the multidisciplinarity of the Arts & Humanities

Citation characteristics in the Arts & Humanities

Metrics Assistance

Library staff can assist with metrics and citation analysis for research grant applications and for promotion applications. Publications on metrics are available on the Research Support webpage and personal assistance contact your Research Information Services Librarian

The Library's Strategic Plan

The Library is developing a new strategic plan for 2013 - 2016. To help us align our strategies for the future with the wishes and expectations of our user community, we are asking the question: If the Library genie offered you three wishes - what would you wish for ?

Please tell us what you would wish for on the Library's Strategic Planning Blog

We are also asking people if they would like to do a short video interview (around a minute) telling us what services they would like from the Library. The videos will be drawn together as a collage to be screened at the launch of the official start of the planning process. If you would like to be part of the video presentation please click "Yes" at the bottom of the "genie wishes" form.

EndNote workshops

Endnote X6 is now available and EndNote workshops will be held in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library in Ezone 2 on :

Wednesday March 6, 2013, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Friday March 22, 2013, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon
Wednesday April 3, 2013, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon

The workshop will cover setting up an EndNote library and importing references from databases and working with EndNote and Word to write papers and create bibliographies.
Booking is not required however there are only 17 places available. Please bring a USB to the workshop.

Spotlight on My Library

Did you know that My Library is the UQ Library website designed just for you! When you log in you will see widgets dedicated to specific activities, such as:

Library Contacts - request a consultation with a librarian, request a training class or request a purchase
My activities - a summary of your current loans, holds, fines, document delivery
My Favourite links - put links to your favourite databases, ejournals and websites here.

You can customise My Library to suit your own needs.