Scholars GeoPortal:
March 1, 2012 - 09:46
This new GIS portal will allow access to selected large scale geospatial datasets owned and licensed by Ontario institutions. Sophisticated search, discovery and analysis tools will make vector and raster data readily available to you at your fingertips. The data can be exported in a number of popular formats, including as a shapefile, DWG, DXF, GeoTiff, and MrSID.
Scholars GeoPortal is being officially launched on March 1. Access the Portal at:
http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/scholars-geoportal
For more information, please contact the GIS Librarian, David Sharp
Announcing CURVE
October 31, 2011 - 10:21
CURVE (Carleton University Research Virtual Environment) is an open access repository that collects, preserves and makes accessible Carleton’s academic research output and creative work. Carleton faculty, staff and graduate students will be able to voluntarily deposit their work, ensuring long term preservation of their digital resources.
Why should you deposit your work in CURVE?
- Increased citation impact
- Long term preservation
- Quick, effective archiving of your scholarly work
- Meets some grant requirements for dissemination
Click here to learn more about CURVE.
Currently on Trial: Academic Complete
October 5, 2011 - 07:54Academic Complete is a multidisciplinary eBook database that covers all academic subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 30,000 titles from more than 220 leading academic and professional publishers. Each individual eBook in Academic Complete integrates with information in your library and on the web through the ebrary Reader software.
The trial ends October 26, 2011. Feedback should be directed to the departmental liaison.
Announcing two new eBook collections
September 23, 2011 - 11:35We now have access to two new eBook collections: National Academies Press ebooks and Sage Reference Online: 2011 Encyclopedia collection.
National Academies Press eBooks
The National Academies Press eBooks website offers access to books published since 1980 in numerous subject areas and reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. NAP produces more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health.
Sage Reference Online: 2011 Encyclopedia Collection
Sage Reference Online: 2011 Collection: Encyclopedia Collection allows access to 27 encyclopedias in the social sciences.
New interface for Scholars Portal Search databases
July 5, 2011 - 14:37This summer the Scholars Portal Search interface, used by many of our databases, will be discontinued. Most of these databases will be moving to the new ProQuest interface, which promises to help you “discover more”.
As well, all of our existing ProQuest databases on the old ProQuest interface will be updated to this new interface.
The remainder of the databases on the Scholars Portal Search interface that are not part of the ProQuest family will be redirected to the appropriate vendor site.
Which databases will be affected?
- EconLIT
- Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
- PAIS
- Philosopher’s Index
- PsycINFO
- Sociological Abstracts
- Canadian Newsstand
- CBCA
- Dissertations & Theses Full-Text
... and many more
What this means for you:
- Same content: no loss in coverage
- Updated interface with easier navigation using lightboxes
- Improved ability to refine searches
- All the same advanced features: special thesauri, ability to print, export to RefWorks, search alerts
For help with the transition:
- Quick Start Overview
- Brochure
- Contact our Research Help with any of your questions
When will this happen?
We will be starting to change our links over in early July and hope to have everything migrated by the end of the month.
