November, 1999

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WHAT’S NEW

Staff

Tech Library is pleased to welcome our newest

staff member, Helen Zerling.

As the weekend circulation supervisor, Helen will provide reference service during weekend hours. Helen’s previous position was at the Health and Allied Public Service Branch of Illinois Central College.

http://www.sdc.org/—Socorro New Mexico's Internet Service Provider.

http://www.smartweb.fr/paris/index.html—Paris on the Web.

http://www.faoschwarz.com/—Just in Time for the Holidays.

http://www.thirdgen.org/—Classic Third-Generation Z-28 Camaros.

http://www.actioncat.com/postcards.html—Send cool online postcards.

http://keirsey.com/—Keirsey Temperament Sorter.

http://www.amrottclub.org/—Cute and cuddly Rotties.

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/nm/toc.htm#swallowtai

—Butterflies of North America from the United States Geological Survey.

http://www.itools.com/research-it/—Research it!—One Stop Reference Desk.

http://www.learn2.com/—Tutorials for Just About Everything.

http://www.kissthisguy.com/—Archives of Misheard Lyrics.

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/—The Dilbert Zone.

http://www.youmeworks.com/—Self Help Stuff that Works.

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/—HTML Goodies.

http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html—A Web of Online Dictionaries.

http://search.cnet.com/—A More Efficient Way to Search.

Good news for astronomy, electrical engineering, computer science, physics, physical chemistry, and material engineering students. Searching for journal articles in your field has just become quick and easy.

INSPEC at LANL is now available to the Tech community. INSPEC covers the world’s literature in all aspects of physics, electronics and computing from 4,200 journals and 1000 conferences. Books, technical reports and dissertations are also included.

If you have used SciSearch® at LANL, you will find INSPEC easy to search, because it has the same interface and help screens. When you are doing chemical searches or searching for astronomical objects, you might take a look at the help notes.

Coverage begins in 1969 and is updated weekly. INSPEC corresponds to the print publications Physical Abstracts (Tech Library has 1925—1996), Electrical and Electronics Abstracts (Tech Library has 1967—1996), and Computer and Control Abstracts (Tech Library has1971—1996). INSPEC covers these three indexes which we no longer receive in print format. If you are searching a topic in physics which goes back in time, you might want to search the print Physics Abstracts. You can find the subject key to INSPEC, INSPEC Thesaurus, in the Reference section (REF. Z695.1 .P5 I57 1995).

Access INSPEC from the library’s homepage (http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib) or go directly to http://inspec.lanl.gov/nmt/.

Have you been frustrated because you couldn’t look in SciSearch® for journal articles published before 1995? Good news! Tech Library contracted for access to journal articles published between 1985 and 1994 giving our users access now from 1985 to the present. Remember that SciSearch® at LANL is updated weekly and that it covers a broad range of journals in science, medicine, technology and related fields. SciSearch® is a superior interdisciplinary source for up-to-date citation information.

The Library was able to contract for 10 back years because the New Mexico State Legislature allocated capital outlay funds to Tech and other university libraries last Spring. Thanks are due Tech administrators, Pres. López, V-Pres. Peterson and others who lobbied on behalf of state academic libraries.

Now that we access almost 15 years of publication data, note the date range options. The default is 1997 to the present. If you want to search back years, you must change the date range.

If you want to learn more about search options, ask any staff member. We can arrange custom training sessions for groups as small as 2 or 3. Call -5891 (Reference Desk) or -5615 (Director’s office).

• Suggestion:

Response:

The phone books in the Library were obtained free of charge from USWest. Instead of buying more phonebooks we have set links to a number of online phone directories including USWest Dex (http://www.uswestdex.com/). This directory is easy to use and pretty fast. To find a list of other online phone directories, go to Tech Library’s homepage (http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/) select "Resources by Subject", then select "Reference Collection." If you need help accessing information in these online directories, please stop by the reference desk for assistance.

• Suggestion:

Response:

Beginning with the Fall semester, we have extended our hours until midnight most days, and we open earlier and close later on the weekends.

While classes are in session, library hours are:

• Suggestion:

There is currently artwork downstairs which we think is very nice. However, we will consider putting up some colorful posters and look into the chairs.

Response:

We apologize for the fluctuating temperature in the library. During the recent cold snap, Joe Pino, George Green, and Leo Guerra were making the rounds of all campus buildings, making sure the heat was working properly. They found a problem with one of our pumps, but they fixed it the same day. We can’t compliment Joe, Leo, and George enough. Thanks guys!

Audubon’s Birds of America REF QL681 .A97 1990

Birds of New Mexico REF QL684 .N6 B3

Birds of the Rocky Mountains REF QL683 .R6 J63 1986

Birds of the Trans—Pecos QL684 .T4 P38 1998

Field Guide to the Birds of North America REF QL681 .F53 1987

A Field Guide to Western Birds QL683 .W4 P4 1961

A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America REF QL686 .H68 1995

New Mexico Bird Finding Guide Q684 .N6 N38 1984

The Western Bird Watcher QL683 .W4 Z56 1985

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 All Saints Day	2 All Souls’ Day	3 Culture Day (Japan)	4 Mischief Night	5 Guy Fawkes Day	6 James Naismith’s Birthday
7 Marie Curie’s Birthday	8 Margaret Mitchell’s Birthday	9 Sadie Hawkins Day	10 Martin Luther’s Birthday	11 Veteran’s Day Remembrance Day	12 Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Birthday	13 Pacific Balloon Day
14 Claude Monet’s Birthday	15 Marianne Moore’s Birthday	16 William Handy’s Birthday	17 Queen’s Day	18 World Fellowship Day	19 Gettysburg Address Day	20 Rights of the Child Day
21 North Carolina Statehood	22 John F. Kennedy Assassinated 1963	23 Repudiation Day	24 Library Open 8am – 5pm John F. Kennedy Day	25 Library Closed Thanksgiving Day	26 Library Closed Soujourner Truth Day	27 Library Open 1pm – 5pm José Asunción Silva’s Birthday
28 Library Open 1pm – midnight Dismal Day	29 Louisa May Alcott’s Birthday	30 Mark Twain’s Birthday	Don’t	Forget	To	Read

Information for Calendar Events from:

American Book of Days REF GT4803 .D6 1978

Anniversaries and Holidays REF GT 3930 .G74 1983

Books of Festivals REF GT 3930 .S58 1990