Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

We now have access to the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. You have access to full text back to Vol.1 1962.

The Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP) is an international journal for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in all fields of applied physics. The journal publishes articles dealing with the applications of physical principles as well as articles concerning the understanding of physics that have particular applications in mind. The journal not only covers all aspects of modern technology such as semiconductor devices including VLSI technology, photonic devices, superconductors, and magnetic recording but also covers other diverse areas such as plasma physics, particle accelerators, nanoscience and technology, and applied bioscience.

Chemistry - SciFinder Scholar Update

SciFinder Scholar 2007 is now available. Please update your software by following the instructions here. Before updating, please contact the Science Floor Q+1 for a username and password. These will be given by phoning you back on a UCC extension or by emailing to a UCC address in order to safeguard access rights.

New Multimedia area open

A new Multimedia area is now open and is located on Q+3.
It is positioned on the North East side of the floor (older section), and consists of 21 booths, 9 of which are doubles.

In terms of equipment, 19 of the booths have 26” Sony Bravia TVs. There are 4 Blu-ray HD players, 6 multiregional DVD (HDMI) players and 9 multiregional DVD/VCR ‘combis’. In addition 19 of the booths have Dell PCs. Two have the older audio equipment (for cassette, vinyl records). All seating is height adjustable with arm-rests.

Photoshop CS3 e-Books

Two new Photoshop CS3 e-books have been added to our Safari platform. You can read them online by clicking the relevant title.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book

Visual QuickStart Guide Photoshop CS3 for Windows and Macintosh

New Resource for Architecture - ARTstor

ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. The resources are available solely for educational and/or scholarly uses that are noncommercial in nature. Please read the Terms and Conditions of Use. Note: system requirements.

JSTOR Demo on YouTube

JSTOR offers full text of early back issues of all of JSTOR’s scholarly journals in all disciplines, in some cases back to the 19th century. YouTube offers some "getting started" videos.

Christmas Holiday Closing

The Boole Library will close at 1.00pm on Friday 21st December 2007 and will reopen at 8.30am on Wednesday January 2nd 2008.

Also note, due to some building work, the Library will close earlier at 8.45pm on Friday 14th December and will be closed all day on Saturday 15th December 2007. Details of our opening hours can be found here.