Farewell to the printed monograph

The University of Michigan Press is announced couple of weeks ago that it will shift its scholarly publishing from being primarily a traditional print operation to one that is primarily digital.
Press officials expect well over 50 of the 60-plus monographs that the press publishes each year -- currently in book form -- to be released only in digital editions within two years. Readers will still be able to use print-on-demand systems to read a print monograph. However, the digital monograph will be the primary way of publication. While many university presses are experimenting with digital publishing, the Michigan announcement probably the first one by a major university press.

Please click here to read the full article in Inside HigherEd.
Jayati

Scitable

Scitable is a collaborative learning space for science undergraduates, a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science.

In Scitable, faculty can create a classroom group and student can as ask expert for question or access 200 key concepts.

Jayati

Best Science Books 2008

Here are Best Science Books list from 3 renowned publications.

New York Times - The 10 Best Books of 2008
Publishers Weekly - Top 10 Sci-Tech Books
Booklist Online - PW's Best Books of the Year

Enjoy & happy holidays!
Jayati

PubMed Advanced Search Option

PubMed Advanced Search will soon no longer be a beta site. It is now the place to go to use features such as field searching and limits. It looks like many of us are looking forward to use this advance search option in PubMed.

For more information please click here.

Jayati

Tenth GIS Day

GIS Day(November 19th, 2008) is part of the National Geographic Society's Geography Action, to promote geographic literacy in schools, communities, and organizations, with a focus on the education of children. GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society. More than 80 countries will participate in holding local events such as corporate open houses, hands-on workshops to celebrate GIS days.

Jayati

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike made landfall as Category 2 hurricane near Galveston, Texas, on September 13, 2008. The USGS has created a web page depicting pre- and post Hurricane Ike photos. This page also includes data relevant to coastal impacts to severe storms.
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/ike/

Jayati

Vadlo

Vadlo is a search engine brought to you by two biology scientists who wish to make it easier to locate biology research related information on the web.
The search engine is still in beta, allows users to search within five categories: Protocols, Online Tools, Seminars, Databases and Software. I really like the Powerpoint seminars search and the daily research cartoons section.
http://www.vadlo.com/
Thanks,
Jayati