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May 1998
Contents
- Library Survey – Send Us Comments by May 8th
- On the Net
- ACS Web Journals Now Available
- Science Magazine is Available via the Web
- Springer-Verlag Journals Available on the Web
- Key Links to E-Journal Pages on Campus
- Job Information on the Internet
Library Survey – Send Us Comments by May 8th
Stanford's Science and Engineering Libraries need your help
in determining future library needs for space, collections,
services. Important decisions will be made over the next few
years that will greatly influence the shape and scope of
future library support.
To help us plan, we developed a user survey. Your reponse to
it would be of enormous help. Paper copies of the survey are
available in the Swain Library and it is also available on
the web. The URL is:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/serg/survey.html
If you have not had a chance to fill out the survey yet, I
would appreciate it if you would do so by May 8th. Many
thanks to those who have already responded.
Thank you very much for your support!
On the Net
FYI, here's a couple local items of potential interest.
- California Legislature Internet Caucus
http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/sen/clic/clic.htm
- The California Legislature Internet Caucus is a bipartisan,
bicameral partnership created by Members of the Legislature
to serve as a resource for vision, information, education,
and advocacy on issues pertaining to the Internet and our
future. Caucus members welcome your suggestions - both for
the operation of the Internet Cause and for the design of
their web site.
- Silicon Valley Web Directory
http://www.best.com/~mentorms/home.htm
- The Silicon Valley Web Directory is a hierarchical index and
directory with its own search engine to over 6,200 world wide
websites about Silicon Valley, the computer industry, and the
San Francisco Bay Area. This is a non-commercial directory that
features primarily non-commercial home page links. The Directory
covers the 10 counties surrounding the San Francisco Bay. It
includes every cultural, entertainment, sports, and recreational
resource website in the region.
- Blue Ribbon Committee Report on UC-Berkeley Libraries
http://cois.chance.berkeley.edu/tvcp/new.html
- Contains a PDF version of the Report of the Blue Ribbon Committee
on the University of California at Berkeley Library, April 1998.
While still under under construction, here are two web pages that
I've been working on. Please send comments and suggestions for things
that you'd like to see on these pages
(graceb@stanford.edu).
- Internet Guides and Search Engines
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/internetguides.html
- Selected Resources for Patents, Inventions, and Technology Transfer
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/patents/index.html
ACS Web Journals Now Available
I am very pleased to announce that journals published or co-published
by the American Chemical Society are now available to the campus community.
Work is underway to add them to the Libraries E-journal page and to do the
technical work so that you can access them from off-campus.
Full Text is Available Via the Web:
Table of Contents and Some of the Text is Available Via the Web:
Science Magazine is Available via the Web
We now have a site license for Science Magazine. The URL is:
http://www.sciencemag.com/,
which includes the full text of all articles from about January 1997 to present.
Springer-Verlag Journals Available on the Web
For calendar year 1998, we have free access to the full-text
of 278 journals published in these disciplines by Springer-
Verlag: chemical sciences, computer science, economics,
engineering, environmental lsciences, geosciences, life
sciences, mathematics, and physics. The URL is:
http://link.springer-ny.com/forum.htm
Key Links to E-Journal Pages on Campus
Here's two web pages you might want to bookmark:
Job Information on the Internet
Scouting for jobs? There's a number of resources on the web
that are available. Be sure to check out:
See also URLs at the end of this article. For the long term, my
plan is to identify resources that should be added to the CPPC
list rather than to maintain a separate list. That way you can
have one-stop shopping. Note that the web pages for societies
may also include job postings.
After checking identifying potential jobs, you might want to
visit the web site for the organization as many now contain
detailed information on activities and resources that are
available. If you are considering an academic institution,
be sure to check out the library's web pages too as it is a
unit that will have a key role in supporting your efforts.
Because a lot of information is not on the web, here's some
additional search tips:
- Consult a directory that contains a geographic index to
determine what companies are in an area (e.g. Directory of
American Research and Technology Swain Ref T 176 .I65).
- Search the organization index in CAS Online, SciSearch or
ABI Inform (a business database) to see what research and news
is being published by or about an organization. The organization
indexes include names of corporations, academic institutions,
and even government labs.
- Search US Patents via the IBM Patent Server to see what
patents a company is publising. The URL is:
http://www.patents.ibm.com/ibm.html.
In corporations, most
research is published in patents rather than in journals
because the company wants to own the intellectual property
rights of the research.
- Contact the CPPC, Swain Library, or Business Library staff
if you need help. That's why we're here!
- Academic Position Network
- Searchable by geographic location, subject area of interest,
type of position, and type of institution.
- ACS Job Bank
- Includes jobs posted in C&E News. Must enter your ACS membership
number. I'm a member and can do a search for you if needed.
- America's Job Bank: a Product of the Public Employment Service
- Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and NYSERNet, search
by keyword, and occupational code. Links to employers' sites,
and employment agencies.
- Bio Online Career Center
- Updated weekly, includes bioscience/biotechnology jobs plus
career guides.
- Biospace
- California Servers
- Includes CA companies but have to browse list by company name.
- Career Choices for Chemical Engineers: Online Resources
- Career Magazine
- Includes job opening database that is searchable by location,
skills and title.
- Career Mosaic
- Search by keyword, job title, company, city, state, zip code,
and country.
- Chemistry and Industry Magazines Job Search
- Updated daily and international in scope, search by geographic
region, sector, area of chemistry and type of jobs.
- Chronicle of Higher Education: Job Openings
- Updated weekly, search by location, keyword, type of position, and
subject area of interest.
- Job Hunt: A Meta-List of On-Line Job Search Resources and Services
- Created by Dane Spearing at Stanford. Contains a treasure trove
of resources.
- Job Search for Chemical Engineers
- Includes company listings by type of industry; links to other job databases.
- Nature Magazine's International Science Jobs
- Browse by subject or geographic location. Updated weekly.
- The Riley guide: Employment Opportunites and Job Resources on the Internet
- Great place to start. Includes a lot of general information as
well as links to job databases.
- Science Magazine's Professional Network
- Part of Science magazine, incl. jobs, career resources, etc.
It's possible to check boxes for subject and geographic areas
of interest.
- The Scientist
- Job listings posted weekly.
- SciTechJobs.com
- Recruitment site for qualified professionals working in industry,
business, healthcare, and education. It is possible to voew job
opportunities by position, discipline, organization and location.
Updated every Thursday. Provider: Nature and Scientific American.
- Silicon Valley Web Directory--Employment Opportunities, Agencies, Services, and Resources, Career, Human Resources
Grace Baysinger
Head Librarian & Bibliographer, Swain Library of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/index.html
Head, Science and Engineering Libraries Resource Group
