Biology Library News

eJournals added, Feb. 2012

Evolutionary Applications

Full text, v.1, 2008 ; open access; Wiley Open. [Officially open access, v.5, 2012+ but earlier articles all seem to be OA now also.]

F1000 Posters: Open Repository for Posters and Slides

Full text, June 2010+; open access.

Frontiers in Genetics

Full text, v.1, 2010+; open access; PubMed Central.

Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience

Full text, v.1, 2011+; open access; Springer/PubMed Central.

Neural Systems & Circuits

Full text, v.1, 2011+; open access; Biomed Central/PubMed Central.

Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Full text, v.1, 2011+; open access; Springer/PubMed Central.

New eJournals added, January 2012

ACS Synthetic Biology

Full text, v.1, 2012+: WU access only; American Chemical Society.

African Invertebrates

Full text, v.49, 2008+; WU access only; BioOne.1.

Agricultural History

Full text, v.75, 2001; WU access only; Agricultural History Society/Metapress.

Agricultural History

Full text, v.1, 1927-3 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR

Agricultural History

Full text, v.1-39, 1927-1965; freely available; Core Historical Literature of Agriculture

Annales Botanici Fennici

Full text, v.45, 2008+; WU access only; BioOne.1.

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Full text, v.45, 2008+; WU access only; BioOne.1.

Biology Open

Full text, v.1, 2011+; open access; Company of Biologists.

Cell Reports

Fulltext, v.1, 2012+; open access; Cell Press.

Estuaries and Coasts

Full text, v.29, 2006 - 5 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR; continues Estuaries.

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews

Full text, v.5, 1996+; WU access only; Wiley Interscience. [Subscription re-established by anthropology funds.]

Freshwater Science

Full text, v.31, 2012+; WU access only; BioOne.1; formerly Journal of the North American Benthological Society.

Journal of Resources and Ecology

Full text, v.1, 2010+; WU access only; BioOne.1

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Full text, v.1, 1988+; open access; Society for Microbial Ecology and Disease.

SpringerPlus

Full text, 2012+; open access; Springer Open.

Some other journals added in anthropology.

EJournal access problems

We often have access problems early in each calendar year. Often these are due to invoice problems or systems changes at the publisher. Please report access problems so we can get them repaired quickly. Email Ruth , use Ask Us! or use the EResources Problem Report form. Thank you!

Ejournals & databases added, Nov. 2011

Advances in Nutrition

Full text, v.1, 2010-1 year ago; freely available; PubMed Central.

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Full text, v.33-120, 1919-2006; freely available; Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Full text, v.117(2), 2003+; temporarily freely available. [I expect we will have paid access as soon as it is available.]

F1000 Rankings

Faculty of 1000 has added its unique article and journal ranking assessments to that F1000 site.

FEBS Open Bio

Full text, v.1, 2011+; open access; ScienceDirect.

ISRN Bioinformatics

Full text, 2012+; open access; International Scholarly Research Network.

ISRN Biomathematics

Full text, 2012+; open access; International Scholarly Research Network.

ISRN Biophysics

Full text, 2012+; open access; International Scholarly Research Network.

ISRN Cell Biology

Full text, 2012+; open access; International Scholarly Research Network.

ISRN Ecology

Full text, 2011+; open access; International Scholarly Research Network.

ISRN Microbiology

Full text, 2011+; open access; International Scholarly Research Network.

ISRN Molecular Biology

Full text, 2012+; open access; International Scholarly Research Network.

ISRN Zoology

Full text, 2011+; open access; International Scholarly Research Network.

Ejournals added, Oct. 2011

Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics

Full text, v.1, 2011+; WU access only; Project Muse.

New York Review of Books

Full text, 1963+. This will be a handy source to read popular book reviews and essays. Reviews are keyword searchable. Enjoy!

Open Biology

Full text, v.1, 2011+; open access; Royal Society.

Viruses

Full text, v.1, 2009+; open access; MDPI and PubMed Central.

Resources added to biology library web pages in Sept. 2011

COBRA Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive Preprints, working papers, some peer reviewed journal articles

Nature Precedings

Full text, 2011+; freely avaialble; not really a journal but a permanent, citable archive for pre-publication research and preliminary findings. The archive allows for researchers to share documents, including presentations, posters, white papers, technical papers, supplementary findings, and non-peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Eresources added for biology, August, 2011

Embryo Project Encyclopedia, a project of Arizona State University, supported by the National Science Foundation and the Max Planck Institute among others. The aim of the project is to "identify and understand the agents of change shaping embryo research and its multiple contexts."

Epigenetics

Full text, v.1, 2006+ ; WU access only; Landes Bioscience, due to Becker Library subscription.

Laboratory Animal Research

Full text, v.27, 2011+; freely available; PubMed Central.

Nature Communications

Full text, v.1, 2010+; WU access only; many articles are freely available; Nature. [Becker Medical Library pays for this access.]

Adam R. Navis, "Viktor Hamburger", Embryo Project Encyclopedia (2007) ISSN: 1940-5030. [includes links to short referenced articles about related people and terms]

Biology-related ejournals added, July 2011

Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia

Full text, v.1, 2010+; freely available; ScienceDirect.

American Scientist

Full text, v.30(no.2), 1942-5 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR; continues Sigma Xi Quarterly.

Belgian Journal of Botany

Full text, v.123, 1990-3 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR.

Bulletin de la Société de Botanique de Belgique

Full text, T. 1, 1862; WU access only; JSTOR; continued by Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Botanische Vereniging.

Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Botanische Vereniging

Full text, T. 1-122, 1862-1989; WU access only; JSTOR; continued by Belgian Journal of Botany.

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Full text, v.1, 2010+; freely available; ScienceDirect.

Sigma Xi Quarterly

Full text, v.1-30(no.1), 1913-1942; WU access only; JSTOR; continued by American Scientist.

Biology-related journal and database access added (or discovered) in June, 2011

Advances in Space Research

Full text, v.1-14, 1981-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Advances in Water Resources

Full text, v.1-17, 1977-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Full text, v.31-72(no.2), 1984-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Agricultural Meteorology

Full text, v.1-30, 1964-1984; WU access only; Science Direct.

Applied Ocean Research

Full text, v.1-16, 1979-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

BioRisk: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Risk Assessment

Full text, v.1, 2008+; freely available; PenSoft.

Cell and Bioscience

Full text, v.1, 2011; freely available; BioMed Central/PubMed Central.

Cell Biology International Reports

Full text, v.17, 2010+; freely available; Portland.

Comparative Cytogenetics

Full text, v.1, 2009+; freely available; PenSoft.

Cretaceous Research

Full text, v.1-15, 1980-1994; WU access only; ScienceDirect; WU does NOT have online access to 1995+.

Deep Sea Research

Full text,1953-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+; title varies - v.1-8: Deep Sea Research; v.9-23: Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts; v.24-25: Deep Sea Research; v.26-39: Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers and Deep Sea Research Part B. Oceanographic Literature Review; v.40-41: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers and Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.

East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal

Full text, v.5, 2011; WU access only; Project Muse.

Endocrine Development

Full text, v. 10, 2007+; WU access only; Karger Book Series; due to Medical Library subscription.

Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science

Full text, v.1-11, 1973-1980; WU access only; ScienceDirect.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Full text, v.12-39, 1981-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Frontiers in Physiology

Full text, v.1, 2010+: freely available; PubMed Central.

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Full text, v.1, 2009+: freely available; PubMed Central.

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Full text, v.1, 2011; freely available; Genetics Society of America/Highwire.

Geobios

Full text, v.11-27, 1968-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Geoderma

Full text, v.1-64(no.2), 1967-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Journal of Arid Environments

Full text, v.24-28, 1993-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Full text, v.1-20, 1975-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Marine Micropaleontology

Full text, v.1-24(no.2), 1976-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

NeoBiota

Full text, 2011+; freely available; PenSoft.

NTIS/NTRL (National Technical Reports Library)

'The National Technical Information Service acquires, indexes, abstracts, and archives the largest collection of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports in existence. The NTRL offers access to these authenticated government technical reports to libraries and technical information users.' This is a subscription site that includes indexing for 2 million+ titles with links to over 600,000 full-text reports (in PDF). More info.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Full text, v.1, 1965+; WU access only; Science Direct. [1965-1994 access added.]

PhytoKeys

Full text, v.1, 2010+; freely available; PenSoft.

Precambrian Research

Full text, v.1, 1974+; WU access only; Science Direct.

Progress in Oceanography

Full text, v.1-34, 1963-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have access online to 1995+.

Quaternary International

Full text, v.1, 1989+; WU access only; Science Direct.

Quaternary Research

Full text, v.1, 1970+; WU access only; ScienceDirect/Academic. [1970-1994 access added.]

Quaternary Science Reviews

Full text, v.1-28(no.14), 1982-2009; WU access only; Science Direct.

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Full text, v.1-84(no.2), 1967-1994; WU access only; Science Direct; WU does NOT have online access 1995+.

Subterranean Biology

Full text, v.1,2011+; freely available; PenSoft.

Open access in the news

• In case you missed this, the WU faculty senate adopted a resolution which encourages faculty members to make their scholarly and creative works freely available online. Article in WU Record | WU faculty open access resolution
• As you consider publishing with the open access resolution in mind, you may have questions about your options, your copyright, etc. I may not have all the answers but I'd be happy to discuss these issues. Call or email me or stop in at Olin Library. Thanks. Ruth Lewis rlewis@wustl.edu 314-935-4819
• There has been a lot of discussion this month about a new open access journal that won't even be available until summer, 2012! Little is known about exactly how this journal will operate or even what its title will be. However since it's coming from the Wellcome Trust, the Max Planck Society and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute it will probably be excellent. Announcement Watch for the call for papers! Indications are that there will be no author fees, at least initially. [Nov.5, 2011: I learned that the title of this new journal will be eLife and the first issue is expected in late 2012. ]
• 2010 impact factors are now available in JCRweb. While the impact factor is not the only or even best method to evaluate the quality of a journal, it is one method that is widely discussed. Some open access journals in the biomedical & life sciences are ranking well. Katie Newman at UIUC Library has posted a nice summary: 2010 Impact Factors are Out!.
• Also interesting: Open access comes of age Nature 474, 428 (2011) | doi:10.1038/474428a | Free Science, One Paper at a Time (on Wired blog), about Jonathan Eisen's efforts to republish his father's papers