ISTL is a great resource for those of us in science and technology libraries. I'm happy to report on the tables of contents from the last two issues.
Winter 2010
- Evaluation of an Audience Response System in Library Orientations for Engineering Students by Denise A. Brush, Rowan University
- Open Access Citation Advantage: An Annotated Bibliography by A. Ben Wagner, University at Buffalo
- Information Portals: A New Tool for Teaching Information Literacy Skills by Debra Kolah, Rice University and Michael Fosmire, Purdue University
- Are Article Influence Scores Comparable across Scientific Fields? by Julie Arendt, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Using Course Syllabi to Assess Research Expectations of Biology Majors: Implications for Further Development of Information Literacy Skills in the Curriculum by Andrea L. Dinkelman, Iowa State University
- Developing the Oregon ExplorerTM -- a Natural Resources Digital Library by Janine Salwasser and Bonnie Avery, Oregon State University
- Virtual Research Environments: From Portals to Science Gateways by Phoebe Ayers, University of California, Davis (book review)
- Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism by Melissa L. Gold, Millersville University
- End-User Patent Searching Using Open Access Sources by Pat LaCourse, Alfred University
- Selected Internet Resources on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by Erin O'Toole, University of North Texas
- Five Minute Screencasts -- The Super Tool for Science and Engineering Librarians by Olivia Bautista Sparks, Arizona State University
- The Future of arXiv by Robert Michaelson, Northwestern University
- Preparing Science Librarians for Success: An Evaluation of Position Advertisements and Recommendations for Library Science Curricula by A.R. DeArmond, A.D. Oster, E.A. Overhauser, M.K. Palos, S.M. Powell, K.K. Sago, and L.R. Schelling, Indiana University
- A Season of Change: How Science Librarians Can Remain Relevant with Open Access and Scholarly Communications Initiatives by Elizabeth Brown, Binghamton University
- E-Books in the Sciences: If We Buy It Will They Use It? by Rajiv Nariani, York University
- How to Read Scientific Research Articles: A Hands-On Classroom Exercise by Roxanne Bogucka, University of Texas and Emily Wood, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom
- A Framework for Evaluating Science and Technology Electronic Reference Books: A Comparison of Five Platforms in Chemistry by Meghan Lafferty, University of Minnesota
- Electronic Scientific Data & Literature Aggregation: A Review for Librarians by Barbara Losoff, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Determining the Scope of Collection Development and Research Assistance for Cross-Disciplinary Areas: A Case Study of Two Contrasting Areas, Nanotechnology and Transportation Engineering by Jeanine M. Williamson, Lee D. Han, and Monica Colon-Aguirre, University of Tennessee
- Researching Climate Change: Trends in US Government Publications Distributed By the Government Printing Office by Kari Kozak, University of Iowa, and Laura Sare, Texas A&M University
- International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009): Selected Resources by Mandy Taha, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and Joseph R. Kraus, University of Denver
- Author Identification Systems by A. Ben Wagner, University at Buffalo
- I Am Not Captain Dunsel! A (Former) Head of an Academic Branch Library Replies to Steven Bell by Susanne J. Redalje, University of Washington
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