Archive for the 'Scholarly Communication' Category

Library-News Mailing List Discontinued

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

A number of years ago, the Library set up a mailing list, Library-News@listserv.uic.edu to distribute news about the library via email. Faculty were encouraged to subscribe to Library-News to receive updates about the library and particularly about library collections.
No messages have been sent out on Library-News for more than a year, as the […]

JCR 2006 citation measurements, Impact Factors and Rankings released

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Journal Citation Reports on the Web recently released 2006 citation measurements, including new rankings based on impact factors.
The JCR is an online quantitative database, published by ISI Thomson Scientific, for comparing and evaluating the impact and influence of journals in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences.
If you need help learning to use the […]

New resource: ResearchNow from Berkeley Electronic Press

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

The Library is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of ResearchNow from bepress.
ResearchNow is a database of scholarly information drawing its content from several primary sources:
The roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press journals in social sciences, law, medicine, engineering, computer science, etc.
All working papers, preprints and other “grey literature” content from institutional repositories hosted […]

UIC Library offers patrons free access to full text on the Internet

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Searching Google Scholar for access to full text articles and books is growing in popularity as online availability of scholarly materials increases; however, there is a barrier when some publishers try to charge for downloaded articles and chapters. All current UIC students, faculty and staff have the right to get articles for free by […]

BioMed Central and UIC

Friday, January 26th, 2007

This is a reminder to all faculty and researchers that because UIC is a BioMed Central supporter member, you receive a 15% discount on the article processing charge when you publish your research in any one of BioMed Central’s open access journals. Over 140 online journals are published by BioMed Central covering […]

Behavior and Social Issues Now Published by UIC Library

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Behavior and Social Issues Now Published by UIC Library
Broadening its efforts in electronic journal publishing, the UIC Library introduces Behavior and Social Issues (BSI) to its publication program. BSI joins First Monday and AIDS Book Review Journal, both also published by the Library. Sponsored by the Behaviorists for Social Responsibility, BSI is edited by Professor […]

Journal Impact Factors and Rankings Are Newly Revised

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

The ISI Journal Citation Reports, published by Thomson Scientific, recently incorporated the 2005 citation measurements, including new rankings based on impact factors.
The ISI JCR is an online quantitative database for comparing and evaluating the influence of journals in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences.

Lecture by John Unsworth on Digital Humanities Takes Place April 28, 2006

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

The University of Illinois at Chicago University Library’s 2006 Nakata Lecture features John Unsworth, dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and expert on cyberspace policy and digital humanities.
Unsworth co-founded Postmodern Culture, the first peer-reviewed electronic journal in the humanities, in 1990. In 2000, he […]