December 18, 2009,

Starting today all access to SciFinder Scholar is via the web version. If you have not done so already, please register for access by click on the "Register for SciFinder Scholar on the web".

Contact Sandra Wong at swongj@sfu.ca for assistance.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Sandra Wong, Electronic Resources Librarian

" The University of Ottawa is the first Canadian university to adopt a comprehensive open access program that supports free and unrestricted access to scholarly research.

The University's new program includes:

• a commitment to make the University's scholarly publications available online at no charge through the University's repository, uO Research;
• an author fund to help researchers defray open access fees charged by publishers;
• a fund to support the creation of digital educational materials organized as courses and available to everyone online at no charge ;
• support for the University of Ottawa Press's commitment to publishing a collection of open access books; and
• a research grant to support further research on the open access movement."

Read the full press release at the University of Ottawa.

See the University of Ottawa's OA program website.

Two new Nature titles have been added to the collection:

• Nature Chemistry
• Nature Geoscience

November 2nd,
1pm - 2:30
Room 4000, Bennett Library

Learn how to use SciFinder Scholar on the web with this hands on session.
SFU Library will be phasing out the client version of SciFinder Scholar at the Christmas break, so here's a chance to get to know and practice with the web version.

• Explore by topic, substance or reaction.
• Save answer sets
• Create Keep Me Posted alerts.

A repeat of the September 2nd session. Contact Sandra Wong at swongj@sfu.ca if you have any questions.

From Thomson Reuters: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/crkn/

"KEEPING UP:CANADA is a webpage devoted specifically to Canadian research news, author interviews, case studies and any other information related to research and Canada"

See it at http://go.thomsonreuters.com/canada