New Patent Databases on Ei Village

I am pleased to announce that we have added a new database, Ei Patents, to the Ei Village platform, which we use to access the engineering databases Compendex, Inspec, and NTIS. The addition of patents to the suite of databases we get on the Village allows us to search across a wide range of topics in engineering and applied science in a broad range of literature (patents, journal articles, conference papers, unclassified government documents, and technical reports) from within a single search interface.

Ei Patents includes records for patents issued by both the United States Patent & Trademark Office (US) and the European Patent Office (EP). The two patent databases can be searched together, separately, or in conjunction with Compendex, Inspec, and NTIS. Enhanced access to patent searching via the Village includes indexing, abstracting, and analytics. In addition, records in the databases link out to the full text of patents on the web.

You can connect to any of the databases (Compendex, Inspec, NTIS, or Ei Patents) by title via http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/DatabasesbyTitle.html
or go directly to http://www.engineeringvillage2.org (assuming you're authenticated) to check it out.

New Web of Science Interface

The search interface for Web of Science (Science Citation Index et al.) has been updated. The new interface offers a number of advantages and enhanced features, summarized below.

(1) The default is now a federated search (Web of Science files and MEDLINE). One can easily switch to single file searching via prominent tab on the search page. The column on the right allows you to customize your access including saving searches and current awareness.

(2) The search results page is reformatted as follows. The refine/analysis features now appear on the left, rather than the right. Sort options remain in the upper right. Print/email/download features are clearly laid out at the top and bottom of the results page. The brief display gives clear full-text links and a link to the citing (forward in time) articles.

(3) When you mark articles on any results page, the checked articles are now automatically submitted to your "marked list" folder. You no longer need to manually save to your marked list before leaving the page.

(4) Search History (i.e., multiple sets) is now linked at the top of nearly every page: search page, brief results page, and individual record page.

(5) The individual record page has in the right-hand column links to citing articles, cited references, related records based on overlapping references in similar bibliographies, and records for that article in other databases.

New Engineering Books in SEL - November 2007

SEL HD69 .P75 W5522 2007—The Wiley guide to project control /edited by Peter W.G. Morris and Jeffery K. Pinto, Wiley, 2007.

SEL HE5614 .M84 2007—Multimodal safety management and human factors: crossing the borders of medical, aviation, road, and rail industries /edited by José M. Anca, Jr., Ashgate, 2007.

SEL QA76.9 .A25 K315 2005—Error correcting coding and security for data networks: analysis of the superchannel concept /G. Kabatiansky et al., Wiley, 2005.

SEL QA76.618 .C64 2007- Evolutionary algorithms for solving multi-objective problems, 2nd ed./Carlos A. Coello Coello, Gary B. Lamont, David A. Van Veldhuizen, Springer, 2007.

SEL QA280 .M85 2007—Multiscale analysis of complex time series: integration of chaos and random fractal theory, and beyond /Jianbo Gao, et al., Wiley, 2007.

SEL QA402 .M343 2007- Continuous and discrete time signals and systems /Mrinal Mandal and Amir Asif. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL QC611.8 .N33 S77 2007—Structural nanocrystalline materials: fundamentals and applications /Carl C. Koch, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL QD381 .C473 2006— Introduction to polymer science and chemistry: a problem solving approach /Manas Chandra, CRC Press, 2006.

SEL QD382 .C66 F74 2007—Self-doped conducting polymers /Michael S. Freund and Bhavana A. Deore, Wiley 2007.

SEL QH90.8 .T68 C758 2007 - Toxicants in aqueous ecosystems: a guide for the analytical and environmental chemist / T.R. Crompton, Springer, 2007.

SEL T55 .G586 2008—Occupational safety and health for technologists, engineers, and managers /David L. Goetsch, Prentice Hall, 2008.

SEL T385 .B592 2007—Enhanced visualization: making space for 3-D images /Barry G. Blundell, Wiley, 2007.

SEL TA331 .M66 2005—Error correction coding: mathematical methods and algorithms /Todd K. Moon, Wiley, 2005.

SEL TA355 .V57 2007—Vibration of axially loaded structures /Lawrence N. Virgin, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TA357 .D855 2007—Fluid dynamics with a computational perspective /Paul A. Durbin, Gorazd Medic, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TA418.78 .M44 2007-Granular physics / Anita Mehta et al., Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TA418.9 .N35 N68 2006— Principles of nano-optics /Lukas Novotny, Bert Hecht, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

SEL TA418.9 .C6 B368 2008—Finite element analysis of composite materials /Ever J. Barbero, CRC Press, 2008.

SEL TA418.9 .P6 D67 2006—Microporomechanics /Luc Dormieux, et al., Wiley, 2006.

SEL TA455 .C3 C374 2006—Carbon nanotubes: properties and applications /edited by Michael J. O'Connell, CRC Press, 2006.

SEL TA455 .P58 G47 2006- Engineering design with polymers and composites /James C. Gerdeen, Harold W. Lord, Ronald A.L. Rorrer, CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.

SEL TA645 .I62 2005: vols. 1 & 2—Structural health monitoring and intelligent infrastructure: proceedings of the Second International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, 16-18 November 2005, Shenzhen, China /editors, J.P. Ou, H. Li & Z.D. Duan, Taylor & Francis, 2006.

SEL TA654.6 .E73 2007—Earthquake engineering: application to design /Charles K. Erdey, Wiley, 2007.

SEL TA684 .A343 2007—Simplified design of steel structures, 8th edition /James Ambrose and Patrick Tripeny, Wiley, 2007.

SEL TA710 .M577 2005—Fundamentals of soil behavior, 3rd edition /James K. Mitchell, Kenichi Soga, Wiley, 2005.

SEL TA1520 .S24 2007—Fundamentals of photonics /Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich, Wiley, 2007.

SEL TA1634 .C644 2007 - Computational vision in neural and machine systems /edited by Laurence R. Harris and Michael R.M. Jenkin, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TC401 .E575 2007 - Environmental and water resources milestones in engineering history / edited by Jerry R. Rogers, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007.

SEL TG300 .C54 2007—Bridges /Richard L. Cleary, Norton/Library of Congress, 2007.

SEL TH4511 .G37 2008—Facilities planning and design /Alberto Garcia-Diaz and J. MacGregor Smith, Prentice Hall, 2008.

SEL TJ255 .S36 2007—Mechanical efficiency of heat engines /James R. Senft, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TK1010 .P68 2007— Power system stability and control /editor, Leonard Lee Grigsby, CRC Press, 2007.

SEL TK5103.2 .J87 2007—Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks: a cross-layer design perspective /Raja Jurdak, Springer, 2007.

SEL TK5102.5 .E54 2007—Random signals and noise: a mathematical introduction /Shlomo Engelberg, CRC Press, 2007.

SEL TK5105.59 .T575 2007—Mechanics of user identification and authentication: fundamentals of identity management /Dobromir Todorov, Auerbach Publications, 2007.

SEL TK7871.852 .H65 2007—Extended defects in semiconductors: electronic properties, device effects and structures /D.B. Holt, et al., Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TK7872 .D48 K37 2007—Protocols and architectures for wireless sensor networks /Holger Karl, Andreas Willig, Wiley, 2007.

SEL TK7872 .P38 B475 2007—Phase-locked loops: design, simulation, and applications /Roland E. Best, McGraw-Hill, 2007.

SEL TK7874.8 .E44 2005: vols 1-3—Emerging nanoelectronics: life with and after CMOS /edited by Adrian M. Ionescu and Kaustav Banerjee, Kluwer Academic, 2005.

SEL TK7895 .S62 H45 2007- Multi-application smart cards: technology and applications / Mike Hendry, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TP156 .C35 S77 2006—Structured catalysts and reactors /edited by Andrzej Cybulski, Jacob A. Moulijn, Taylor & Francis, 2006.

SEL TP248.25 .N35 N345 2007—Nanobiotechnology of biomimetic membranes /Donald K. Martin [editor], Springer, 2007.

SEL TP248.27 .M53 G57 2007- Microbial biotechnology: fundamentals of applied microbiology / Alexander N. Glazer, et al., Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TP814 .R34 2008—Sintering of ceramics /Mohamed N. Rahaman, CRC Press, 2008.

SEL TS156 .B432 2007—Six sigma statistics with Excel and Minitab /Issa Bass, McGraw-Hill, 2007.

SEL TS156 .T25 2006—Essentials of lean six sigma/ S. Taghizadegan, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.

SEL TS213 .H66 2007—Metal forming: mechanics and metallurgy /William F. Hosford, Robert M. Caddell, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

SEL TS1548.5 .H8 2007—Shape memory polymers and textiles /Jinlian Hu, Woodhead in association with The Textile Institute, 2007.