3/5 emergency E-Resource Gateway outage

Due to severe problems with today's E-Resource Gateway / Find It reindexing job, the UW-Madison A-Z list of online journal article databases, etc. is in a failed state.

Per the vendor's recommendation, we need to restore the index from Tuesday night's backup.

This work will be done at noon today (Thursday, March 5th) and will require a complete outage of the E-Resource Gateway / Find It.

We are not absolutely sure about the timing, but expect the outage to be less than one hour.

For those who have done work within the E-Resource Gateway, anything data updated since Tuesday night will be lost.

We apologize for the inconvenience!

Library computer print system maintenance

Staff will be upgrading the memory on the GoPrint transaction server tonight at midnight in an effort to alleviate some previously reported problems. Sites can expect a brief outage (less than 1/2 hour). We recommend a reboot of the print release station computer around 12:30.

If you ever notice a print station with a blank screen or with all the buttons grayed out, first try refreshing the screen with the mouse/keyboard. If that doesn't work, wait 5 minutes and then reboot that print station's computer.

The vendor has been notified and we hope for a timely resolution to this issue. Please contact the Library Technology Group Helpdesk if you have any questions.

Also of interest:

• Laser printing at Steenbock Library - color or black & white
  
• Debit card machine at Steenbock - how to buy a copy/print card
• MyWebSpace - 1 GB free online storage for faculty, staff & students
• Flash drives at DOIT Tech Store - 1 GB is now just $8.95
  

Plant + insect movie archive

The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization that preserves public access to websites, out-of-copyright book texts, audio (including live music), and video in digital format. Over 158,000 movies can be watched online, or downloaded as files, including:

• Andy Leigh: Terrestrial Plant Ecophysiology (2008) - "Biologist Andrea Leigh speaks to Shannon Jones about her research into how leaves deal with heat." University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.


• Gardening (1940) - "Follows a boy and a girl through a garden-raising project from the selection of seeds to the harvesting of the crops. Includes radishes, carrots, tomatoes and potatoes. Emphasizes aspects of soils, growth, role of the sun, insect pests and the various parts of plants used for food--leaves, stems, buds and roots."


• Goodbye, Mr. Roach (ca.1959) - "Detailed film about cockroaches, their habits and methods of extermination, with a harrowing sequence of roach nymphs hatching." Clemson College Extension Service.


• Goodbye, Mrs. Ant (1959) - "The life cycle and habits of the ant, and how to control and exterminate them with insecticides. Begins with a wonderful sequence in which we hear ants screaming "We're hungry! We're hungry!"" University of Georgia, Agricultural Extension Service.


• Hemp for Victory (1942) - "U.S. government propaganda film made during WWII touting the virtues of hemp. The film was aimed at farmers at a time when the miltary was facing a shortage of hemp, it shows how hemp is grown and processed into rope and other products."
  


• The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936) - "Classic drama which details the Great Plains during the Depression. With Cinematography by Leo Hurwitz, Ralph Steiner, Paul Ivano and Paul Strand. Selected for the 1999 National Film Registry of "artistically, culturally, and socially significant" films."


• The Southerner (1945) - "Jean Renoir's classic tale of a cotton picker (Zachary Scott) who moves his wife (Betty Field) and children to a run down farm in hopes that they can grow their own cotton and make for a better future."


• Weed Ecology: Competition (2008) - "[Powerpoint] lecture about crop/weed competition for resources." Andrew Kniss, University of Wyoming.
  


• Who Shall Reap? (1969) - "Insects or humans? Weeds, diseases, and other pestilence that confound farmers and threaten the worlds food supply."


• Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth protecting pollinators (2008) - "Northern Michigan teens are on a mission to protect pollinators by helping butterflies and restoring native plants to areas of the Upper Peninsula."

Bergey's manual of bacteriology

Bergey’s manual of determinative bacteriology

• Use this to determine which species a bacterium is, based on its physical characteristics
• Google Books - selected pages of current edition
  
• Steenbock Library (QR81 A5) - current edition in Reference (non-circulating), current & older editions on 3-hour Reserve, and older editions on 1st floor circulate
  
• Ebling Library (QW15 B4962m) - current edition in Reference, and older editions circulate
  
• Plant Pathology Library (QR81 A5) - current edition in Reference, and older editions circulate
  

Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology
Volume 1: The archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic bacteria
Volume 2: The proteobacteria
Volume 3: The firmicutes (new edition coming soon)
Volume 4: The bacteroidetes, planctomycetes, chlamydiae, spirochaetes, fibrobacteres, fusobacteria, acidobacteria, verrucomicrobia, dictyoglomi and gemmatimonadetes (new edition coming soon)
Volume 5: The actinobacteria (new edition coming soon)

• Use this if you already know genus and species
• Current vol. 2 = Online e-book
• Steenbock Library (QR81 B46) - current edition in Reference, current & older editions on 3-hour Reserve, and older editions on 1st floor circulate
  
• Ebling Library (QW4 B496m) - older editions circulate
  
• Plant Pathology Library (QR81 B46) - older editions in Reference
  
• Primate Center Library (QW4 B496) - older editions circulate

Also of interest:

• Bergey's Manual Trust
  

Proquest: New online full text publications

New Content (full text coverage)

• Agriculture Business Week (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Agriculture Week (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Bio-IT World (Sep 2008 - current)


• Business of Global Warming (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Chemicals & Chemistry Business (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Ecology, Environment & Conservation (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Ecology, Environment & Conservation Business (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Energy Business Journal (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Energy & Ecology (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Energy & Ecology Business (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Energy Weekly News (Jan 7, 2008 - current)


• Food & Farm Week (Jan 7, 2008 - current)

Permission Changes

• Biophysical Journal - Ended full text coverage Dec 15, 2008. Abstract and citation coverage continues.


• Europe Environment - Removed backfile of full text coverage. Abstract and citation for backfile coverage remains.

CSA/Proquest journal database downtime: 2/21-22

CSA Illumina / Proquest database maintenance

• Saturday, Feb. 21 at 9:00 p.m. to Sunday, Feb. 22 at 9:00 a.m.

Databases affected include:

• ABI/Inform - business
• Alt-Press Watch
• American Periodicals Series - historical (1741-1900)
• ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
• Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
• Conference Papers Index - environmental and life sciences focus
• CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences - search images, charts, graphs, tables
• CSA Technology Research Database collection
• Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest Digital Dissertations)
• EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
• Ethnic NewsWatch
• GenderWatch
• Hoover's Company Records
• NTIS - technical reports of federal government-funded research
• Oceanic Abstracts
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers - New York Times, etc.
• ProQuest Newspapers
• ProQuest Research Library - multidisciplinary

Library database outage: 2/15

Notice: Electronic Resources Outage

Due to scheduled system maintenance, access to licensed UW-Madison Libraries online databases and journals will be unavailable for off-campus users between 6-10am on Sunday, February 15th, 2009.

Knovel e-books: Acrobat 9.0 bug

Update 2/17/09: Knovel believes they have fixed the problem described below.
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If you use Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 (the latest version), you may currently experience difficulties accessing PDF documents in the Knovel e-book database.

Knovel is working on the issue, but they do not have a time estimate for fixing this bug.

Titles affected include:

• Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment
• Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
• Biology Data Book
• Cereals: Novel Uses and Processes
• Cereals Processing Technology
• Chemistry and Technology of Agrochemical Formulations
• Dictionary of Agricultural and Environmental Science
• Encyclopedia of Agrochemicals
• Fruit and Vegetable Biotechnology
• Fruit and Vegetable Flavour - Recent Advances and Future Prospects
• Fruit and Vegetable Processing - Improving Quality
• Fundamentals of Soil Behavior
• Handbook of Farm, Dairy, and Food Machinery
• Handbook of Herbs and Spices
• Handbook of Organic Food Processing and Production
• Handbook of Residue Analytical Methods for Agrochemicals
• Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water
• Lockhart & Wiseman's Crop Husbandry - Including Grassland
• Mycotoxins in Food - Detection and Control
• Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water - Human Exposure and Risks
• Practical Dehydration
• Renewable Bioenergy - Technologies, Risks, and Rewards
• Stability and Shelf-life of Food
• Sustainability in Agriculture
• Technology of Cereals
• Water Encyclopedia
• Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology

New journals: Biocomputation, data mining, biomechanics

Current articles from these new Inderscience journals are available for free download. Future articles may be requested by UW faculty, staff and students for free via Library Express.

International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation - bio-inspired computation methodologies derived from the animal and plant world, such as algorithms mimicking wolf schooling, plant survival processes, etc.

International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management - solutions relating to "data chain management" - the design, development, deployment, management, measurement, and adjustment of data warehousing, data mining, data modelling, data management, and other data analysis techniques.

International Journal of Experimental and Computational Biomechanics - experimental, computational and theoretical works in biomechanics, emphasising the importance of different approaches (experiments/clinical work, modelling and theory) to solve the complex modern issues faced by biomechanicians.

Garden Expo: Feb. 13-15

The 16th annual Garden Expo will be held at the Exhibition Hall of the Alliant Center in Madison, Wisconsin, February 13-15, 2009.




The Expo features exhibits, seminars and workshops for the gardener and landscaping enthusiast. Many of the speakers are staff with UW Cooperative Extension.




Also of interest:

• Seed catalog collection at Steenbock Library (1st floor, by vending area)
• Gardening collection at Steenbock Library - books and periodicals on commercial and organic gardening, landscape design, composting, floriculture, pest management, and related topics (search MadCat)
• "A lot in common" and "Beyond organic: the vision of Fairview Gardens" and "Ours to decide: the story of a community, an alliance and a piece of land everybody wants" and "Upon these grounds: exploring the White House garden" (documentary films)
• Fresh market vegetable resource CD
• Interactive manual and photo-library of woody landscape plants (DVD)

[Thanks to Steenbock Library Blog]