What's New

Dec 23 , 2011

Change in Service Hours

Dear Clients,

Starting in January, reference desk hours will be decreased due to staff shortages. Desks will now be staffed:

Monday – Friday : 10:00am –12:00pm, and 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Reference services are available outside of these hours by appointment only. Please note the libraries will remain open for clients to consult collections, scan/photocopy articles, use working and meeting spaces, and request interlibrary loans. These hours will remain in effect until further notice.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Feb 10, 2011

Learning Opportunity: RefWorks - Basic and Advanced

Your schedule is hectic? You are busier than ever?

RefWorks can help you:

• Get organized
• Save Time
• Bust the Clutter
• Network with Colleagues

Join the NRCan Library for two training sessions on RefWorks*

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Basic (in English): 9:30 - 10:30 am in Bldg. 3, Room 107 - Bells Corners Complex Learn to: * Create an account * Log in * Import data * Organize references * Create a bibliography and more

Advanced (in English): 11:00 - 12:00 am in Bldg.3, Room 107 - Bells Corners Complex Learn to: * Import data using RSS feeds or RefGrab-It * Use the advanced search tool * Globally edit references * Remove duplicates *Use RefMobile and more

Basic (in English): 1:30 - 2:30 pm in Gamble Hall - 615 Booth St. Learn to: * Create an account * Log in * Import data * Organize references * Create a bibliography and more

Advanced (in English): 3:00 - 4:00 pm in Gamble Hall - 615 Booth St. Learn to: * Import data using RSS feeds or RefGrab-It * Use the advanced search tool * Globally edit references * Remove duplicates *Use RefMobile and more

*RefWorks -- an online research management, writing and collaboration tool to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

Jan 13 , 2011

New NRCan-Wide License for the Electronic Journals of the American Chemical Society

The NRCan Library, as a member of the Federal Science eLibrary, has recently signed a license with the American Chemical Society that gives all NRCan employees access to the following 34 electronic journals (1996-):

• Accounts of Chemical Research
• ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• ACS Chemical Biology
• ACS Nano
• Analytical Chemistry
• Biochemistry
• Bioconjugate Chemistry
• Biomacromolecules
• Chemical Research in Toxicology
• Chemical Reviews
• Chemistry of Materials
• Crystal Growth & Design
• Energy & Fuels
• Environmental Science and Technology
• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry
• Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
• Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences
• Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
• Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry
• Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• Journal of Natural Products
• Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Journal of Physical Chemistry
• Journal of Proteome Research
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Langmuir
• Macromolecules
• Molecular Pharmaceutics
• Nano Letters
• Organic Letters
• Organic Process Research & Development
• Organometalics

Journals can be accessed at http://pubs.acs.org/action/showPublications?display=journals.

Feb 12 , 2010

Increased Access to Electronic Journals Via New Department-Wide Licenses

The NRCan Library has recently signed department-wide licenses with 2 major publishers, Wiley and Springer, that gives NRCan employees access to 147 electronic journals. Furthermore, the Springer license also gives us access to the subscriptions of Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Health Canada, and the National Research Council (1,494 journals).

Jan 11, 2010

New Research Database: Environment Index

A new research database, Environment Index, is now available to all NRCan employees. This database offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Index contains more than 1,957,000 records from more than 1,700 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=egh

Nov 16 , 2009

New Library Catalogue Features: Export to RefWorks and Google Books Preview

A recent upgrade to the new library catalogue has added two features that users will likely find very useful.

Export to RefWorks

You can now export catalogue records directly into RefWorks , a citation management tool that is available to all NRCan employees. Look for the Export to RefWorks link found on the upper right corner of a record summary section.

Google Books Preview

You can now preview a book within a catalogue record when available in Google Books. Look for the icon  or click on the preview tab found in the middle of the record summary section. For example, click on the following link, which will open up the record of The end of energy obesity : breaking today's energy addiction for a prosperous and secure tomorrow.

Sept 1 , 2009

GEOSCAN Enhancements: RIS Format and Google Maps Display

NRCan Library has just rolled out two enhancements to the GEOSCAN database: RIS format and Google Maps display.

RIS Format

As the discovery engine for ESS publications metadata, GEOSCAN now provides users with the ability to export their search results in RIS format, which is a standard tag format developed to enable citation programs to exchange data. It is supported by a number of bibliographic managers such as RefWorks, Reference Manager, EndNote, etc.

It's easy to use, here's how:

• Search GEOSCAN and display/select your results
• Click on the new RIS Format option in the left navigation bar (this will open up a download window)
• Either right-click on the download link to save the export file,or, click on the download link to view the export file and then use your browser's "Save As" function to save the export file as a ".txt" file.
• Import the saved file into your reference management software.

Google Maps Display

• Search GEOSCAN and display/select your results
• Click on the new  Google Maps option in the left navigation bar (this will open up a download window)
• Click on the download link

Aug 12, 2009

New Resource: Inorganic Crystal Structure Database

ICSD Web contains an almost exhaustive list of known inorganic crystal structures including their atomic coordinates.

ICSD provides information on:

• structural data of pure elements, minerals, metals, and intermetallic compounds
• structural descriptors (Pearson symbol, ANX formula, Wyckoff sequences)
• bibliographic data
• synthesis conditions

Original data is continuously extracted and abstracted  from over 80 leading scientific journals and additional 1,900 scientific journals. At present, the ICSD contains 120,000 entries and is growing.

Access to this database is restricted to Booth Street Complex (Ottawa).

May 15, 2009

New department-wide license for all seven American Economic Association journals

NRCan employees can now access current issues of all American Economic Association journals from their desktop.

• American Economic Review
• Journal of Economic Literature
• Journal of Economic Perspectives
• American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
• American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
• American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
• American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
  

All issues published prior to the last 2 years can be accessed electronically in Business Source Premier.