Database News for July 2005

For several years, University of Arkansas researchers have had access to the full catalog of science and technology journals from Wiley Interscience online. This summer, the Libraries are adding to that package almost 100 electronic books in fields such as computer science, mathematics, statistics, and bioengineering.

The Libraries have purchased only about 10% of the more than 1000 ebook titles available from Wiley. Following is a list of titles in the collection:

A to Z of Mathematics
Advanced Calculus with Applications in Statistics
Advanced Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing
Anxiety Disorders
Applied Bayesian Modelling
Biodynamics
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Broadband Signalling Explained
Case Studies in Reliability and Maintenance
CMOS Electronics
Communication Patterns of Engineers
Data Communications Networking Devices
Design of Simple and Robust Process Plants
Engineering and Scientific Computations Using MATLAB
Essential Communication Strategies
Ethernet Networks
Evaluating Family Support
First Course in Stochastic Models
Foundations of Risk Analysis
Fundamentals of Computer Organization and Architecture
Global Materials Compliance Handbook
Guardians of Science
Guide to Analysis of DNA Microarray Data
Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology
Improving Product Reliability
Individual Diversity and Psychology in Organizations
Industrial Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Integrated Photonics
Intelligent Image Processing
Introduction to IP and ATM Design and Performance
JPEG2000 Standard for Image Compression
Managing IP Networks
Medical Imaging Physics
Microbial Fundamentals of Biotechnology
Microbial Transport Systems
Microscopic Techniques in Biotechnology
Modeling the Internet and the Web
Modern Groundwater Exploration
Molecular Motors
MPEG-4 Facial Animation
MRI
Nanocomposite Science and Technology
Nanotechnologie
Networked Futures
Networking Approach to Grid Computing
Neural Transplantation in Neurodegenerative Disease
Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators
Nonlinear Dynamics of Production Systems
Non-linear Microwave Circuit Design
Numerical and Analytical Methods for Scientists and Engineers Using Mathematica
PACS and Imaging Informatics
Parallel Computing on Heterogeneous Networks
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Phased Array Antennas
Planning, Construction, and Statistical Analysis of Comparative Experiments
Practical Genetic Algorithms with CD-ROM
Primer on Statistical Distributions
Probabilistic Method
Protein Microarray Technology
Quantitative MRI of the Brain
Quantitative Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces
Queueing Networks and Markov Chains
Real-Time Optimization by Extremum-Seeking Control
Regression Diagnostics
Regression With Social Data
Risk Modeling, Assessment, and Management
Robust Regression and Outlier Detection
Robust Statistics
Scheduling in Real-Time Systems
Secure Communication
Securing Wireless LANs
Security for Ubiquitous Computing
Self-Similar Network Traffic and Performance Evaluation
Small Area Estimation
Smart Environments
Software-Enabled Control
Spatial Statistics
Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments
Statistical Design for Research
Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions
Statistical Pattern Recognition
Statistics for Research
Stem Cell Biology and Gene Therapy
Sustainable Development in Practice
System Identification
System Integration
System Safety for the 21st Century
Systems Engineering Principles and Practice
Systems Engineering with SDL
Telecommunication Circuit Design
Telecommunication System Engineering
Telecommunications Optimization
Tissue Engineering of Cartilage and Bone - No. 249
Transport Phenomena and Unit Operations
Virtual Private Networking
Weibull Models
Wireless Data Technologies
Zukunftstechnologie Tissue Engineering

Records are still being added to the online catalog but you can browse current titles in InfoLinks under the title "Wiley Interscience Electronic Books." To see a list of all ebooks currently held by the Libraries, try a subject search for "text electronic book." Our ebook collection includes many conference proceedings from IEEE and ACM, literary and historical works from Alexander Street Press and the Making of America series, and business and management books from netLibrary.

If you have questions or comments about this new ebook collection, contact Patricia Kirkwood, Librarian for Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering.

Since 1967, the Philosopher's Information Center (formerly the Philosophy Documentation Center) has published the Philosopher's Index, a current, comprehensive, and easy-to-use subject and author index to:

• Philosophical articles
• Books
• Anthologies
• Contributions to Anthologies

The Index covers more than 550 journals from more than 40 countries back to 1940; the database is updated quarterly.

Through the CSA Illumina interface, users will find it easy to:

• access the Philosopher's Index from on or off campus
• check InfoLinks for local holdings of cited journals and books
• connect to full-text articles in databases such as JSTOR and Project MUSE
• place ILLiad interlibrary loan requests automatically
• export citations into the RefWorks bibliographic manager program

The Libraries thank the Philosophy Department for their support to help make this important resource accessible to the entire University of Arkansas community.

Effective July 1st, AMICO (the Art Museum Image Consortium database of fine arts images) became CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online). While the interface to this new version is almost identical to AMICO, users may notice some changes in content.

CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) offers rights-cleared,high-quality art images for class projects, art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, and research resources. This new database not only supports art history, studio art, and design departments, it also provides rich context for history, religion, and other humanities programs.

CAMIO is a growing collection with images from these member museums:

Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Asia Society Galleries
Brooklyn Children's Museum
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
The Detroit Institute of Arts
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Frick Collection and Art Reference Library
George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Library of Congress
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Louisiana State Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of Canada
Philadelphia Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Victoria & Albert Museum
Walker Art Center

If you have questions about art images online, contact Norma Johnson, the Fine Arts Librarian.

PAIS, the Public Affairs Information Service index to journal articles and government reports, is no longer available online to the UofA community through the FirstSearch service. PAIS was sold this past year to CSA, and the cost to subscribe on this new platform was prohibitive given the amount of use the database receives. The print volumes of PAIS, covering 1915 - 1995, are available in Ref-Index at call number Z 7163 .P9.

Many of the titles indexed by PAIS are available in the popular Ebsco and ProQuest databases. However, if you are concerned about this loss of access to the online version of PAIS, please contact Don Batson, Librarian for Political Science and Public Policy.