Library Notes

The Galter Library provides access to resources of biomedical interest through its Web site, the Health SmartLibrary. The resources described below may also be accessed through records in the Northwestern University libraries’ shared catalog, NUcat.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Total Access Collection (Ovid)

The Galter Health Sciences Library has licensed the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Total Access package of 250 journal titles. The titles are now accessible, with no simultaneous user limitations, through Ovid.

John Wiley & Sons / Wiley InterScience (backfiles)

In 2004, Northwestern University libraries began collaboratively licensing electronic access to the entire Wiley InterScience suite of titles. In early 2005, the Galter Library agreed to contribute funds towards the collaborative NU library licensing of Wiley InterScience backfiles. The additional collection is now activated and provides access to varying back year ranges for the titles. While chemical title backfiles had been licensed earlier, the most recent licensing provides backfiles to subject suites such as biotechnology, neuroscience, cell and developmental biology, genetics and more. For more information (the titles and the years now available), go to Wiley's backfile description pages or begin your search now.

Web of Science (back years)

In late 2004, additional back years became available for the popular science databases in Web of Science, well-known for their "who's citing whom" features. The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) portion of the gateway now covers 1955-present (the arts & humanities, and social sciences coverage differs). To access the ISI Web of Knowledge gateway and its Web of Science suite of databases, go to: http://isiknowledge.com/

Other general interest online resources

Newpapers etc.

Please refer to the Northwestern University Library’s newsletter, Library Briefings,for information on newly licensed resources or newly available online resource backfiles. These resources are usually licensed for the entire Northwestern University community and can be accessed on both campuses. Some resources may be of more interest to the humanities fields, but some may have relevance to the entire Northwestern University community. For example, one noteworthy item in the Spring 2005 issue is the announcement about availability of archives of newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and New York Times.

IDAL becomes CARLI

Galter Health Sciences Library users may have noticed that some online resources are labeled as being available through IDAL, the Illinois Digital Academic Library. IDAL has enabled the Galter Library and other libraries at academic institutions through Illinois to provide free access to online resources the libraries may or may not have licensed on their own. This has included providing state-wide access to: EbscoHost databases, Health Source and others, (including journal full-text content contained in them), Mary Ann Liebert journal titles, and other resources. Northwestern University and other libraries have also been able to take advantage of other online resource licensing consortial discounts for additional resources not available in the core suite licensed by IDAL.

In late June 2005, following the recommendation of a Vision and Leadership Transition Team (VLT), IDAL and two other Illinois library organizations merged into a new organization: The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, or CARLI. Galter Library and other academic library users throughout the state accessing the online resources formerly available through IDAL should notice no major changes in access to the resources to which they have become accustomed.

A newsletter for patrons of the Galter Health Sciences Library

Summer 2005 New Series #37

Electronic Resource Update

Ramune Kubilius, MALS, AHIP, Special Projects/Collection Development Librarian, r-kubilius@northwestern.edu

Summer 2005

New Series #37