new features – Library Services

Taylor & Francis Online Mobile

Taylor & Francis Online have introduced a mobile version of their database allowing you to access the resource via iPhone, Android, Blackberry and tablet devices. It’s free to use, and can be set up in a few minutes when you are on campus.

Getting started on Taylor & Francis Online Mobile involves simply typing the url www.tandfonline.cominto the browser of a mobile device. There is also help and instructions available to get users started at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/help/mobile.

As a member of the University, you can extend access to your mobile device for 180 days by pairing it to our library. An email alert will be sent to you three days before the pairing expires.

If you are connecting to Taylor & Francis Online Mobile via the University wireless network GreenNet, your device will be paired to the library automatically.

To pair your device with an institution, view the video demo or follow the instructions below:

Pairing process

Visit the full site while authenticated via the My Learning page in the university portal when you are on campus. (If you’re not sure how to login to e-resources via the portal, you can select this link to find out what to do).
Click the Mobile link at the top of the screen.
You will be directed to a page where you can sign in or register to receive a mobile pairing code. Save the code once you have received it – you will then be able to use it for five minutes.
On your mobile device, go to www.tandfonline.com, tap the Settings icon and select Device Pairing.
Log in here then enter the pairing code and tap Verify Code.
Go to My Account to check your pairing status.

If you do not pair your device to Taylor & Francis Online you will still be able to access content that has been made free to view.

The mobile site works on the following versions of Android, iPhone and Blackberry:

iPhone and iPod devices running OS 3.2 or later
iPad 3.2.2 or later
Android 2.2 or later
BlackBerry OS 6 (including the Torch 9800)
BlackBerry Tablet OS devices (including PlayBook)

If your mobile device is not supported you can still view Taylor & Francis Online, but will be directed to the full version of the site rather than the mobile.

Zetoc Alerts

There is an additional new functionality available when using Zetoc Alerts. A user’s Alert list(s) name can now be renamed. Mimas have provided an Alert Help Guide.

Zetoc provides access to the British Library’s Electronic Table of Contents. The database contains details of around 20,000 current journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year from 1993 to date. Zetoc is updated daily. You can see a list of the journal titles covered by Zetoc.

Digimap Roam

EDINA has developed a new mapping facility, called Roam. Still in a development phase, Roam offers the usual search functions as well as “slippy maps”, the click-and-drag function used to position a map, familiar to users of other popular online mapping facilities. It is easier to locate your map, easier to zoom in and out, and now offers maps at 12 different fixed scales. An additional small scale Ordnance Survey mapping product, MiniScale, has been included, and other datasets (e.g. Strategi and OS MasterMap) are available at more than one fixed scale.

Currently Roam is available to all registered users of Digimap’s Ordnance Survey Collection. From the OS Collection Home page; you will find the new icon next to those for Classic and Carto.

Roam will run in Beta alongside the current Classic facility until January 2010 when Classic will be withdrawn entirely. Regular updates will be made to Roam to add new functionality, such as MyMaps, prior to its release as a full service in January 2010.

Web of Knowledge new features

In early February there will be new features and enhancements to the ISI Web of Knowledge e-resource.

ISI Web of Knowledge

Log queries to Search History.
– Including “Search within results”, Refine and Analyze.
Funding acknowledgements:
– Captured since August 2008.
– Searchable and exportable.
– 3 fields: Grant Agency, Grant #, Funding Acknowledgements.
CAB Global Health.

ISI Web of Knowledge Additional New features

Scientific WebPlus
– Now uses the Thomson Reuters default login system, so that the ISI Web of Knowledge login credentials can be used.
Shibboleth compliance update:
– to comply with regulations regarding a single sign in.
Distinct Author Identification System – Web of Science:
– All author clusters have been updated.

For a preview of these changes and additions please see the Thomson Reuters presentation at: http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/support/documentation/presentations/Q409updates.ppt

Emerald InTouch

Emerald have developed a (beta) web 2.0 style platform aimed at the publisher / journals communities, which has been adapted and branded for their customer base. The public site is available for users to create public or private communities and comes with a range of content generation and community tools. You can add widgets and other personalisation features familiar to users of iGoogle, MyYahoo and many other sites.