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- EEVL Xtra
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- IEEE TOC Alerts Available by Email and RSS
EEVL Xtra
EEVL Xtra is a free service which can help you find the following in engineering, mathematics and computing:
- Articles
- Books
- Best Websites
- Technical Reports and Data
- Full Text Eprints
- Research
- and free Extras (see below)
What About Google?
"EEVL Xtra searches parts of the Web that Google doesn't, and EEVL Xtra helps you find subject-based information, which Google doesn't do very well. Many of the things you'll find through EEVL Xtra come from the 'Hidden Web', and are not indexed by Google."
There are several free 'Xtra Extras':
- Hot Topics: Indepth reports on topical issues
- Trends: Civil Engineering trends articles, from Emerald
- Design Data: Validated Engineering Design Data information
- Newsletters: 11 free newsletters from Pro-Talk
- Magazine Subscriptions: Trade Publications Free to Qualified Professionals
- Jobs: latest job vacancies from over 30 sources
- Industry News: latest engineering, mathematics and computing news from over 60 sources
- Bookstore: Discounts on new technical books
- Offshore Engineering: free service providing information on publications and meetings in offshore engineering
- Internet Tutorials: 14 free Internet information skills tutorials
- Manufacturing: free Recent Advances in Manufacturing bibliographic database, containing details of over 40,000 articles from more than 500 leading journals
- Internet News: free monthly newsletter
- Gateways: The Pinakes subject launchpad, linking to more than 50 major subject gateways
Added 11/1/05
CU - Free Library Cards
The University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder Libraries recently began charging $75.00 for a public library card. Department of Commerce employees may obtain an affiliate card free of charge. To apply visit Norlin Library and show your current NOAA / NIST / NTIA employee ID badge. The card needs to be renewed every year and allows you to check out books for 90 days.
Note that CU's Gemmill Engineering Library provides access to standards, including ASTM, ANSI, IEE/IEEE, ISO/IEC, ITU, SAE, Military and NASA. Most standards are not listed in the Chinook catalog, but library staff will be happy to help you locate them.
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Added 11/8/05
Get Books Delivered To Your Office!
Main / Branch and InterLibrary loan (ILL) books can now be delivered straight to your office
Place a book hold through the library catalog, even if the book is sitting on the shelf and not checked out. You may also request items via email or phone. We will call you when the book is available and schedule a delivery time.
Request a Main / Branch Library Book:
- Search for the book in the Catalog
- Choose "Request Item" (yellow button)
- Enter your ID number and name (Contact the Library for your ID number)
- Choose "Hold"
- Re-enter your ID number
- Select Main or Branch in the "Pick Up At" field
- "Submit Request"
Request an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Book through ILLiad
Added 11/22/05
IEEE TOC Alerts Now Available by Email and RSS
"Researchers may now receive notification of the online posting of new IEEE journals in the format of their choice: email or RSS (
What is RSS?). Users select which IEEE journal(s) they want to know about, then receive notification whenever a new issue is posted online, along with a link to the issue's table of contents in the IEEE Xplore digital library."
Each email contains a direct link to the latest issue's table of contents. Sign up at any journal's home page in IEEE Xplore, or at: ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocalerts_signup.jsp
See also: Stay on top of industry trends with a monthly What's New @ IEEE newsletter
Added 11/30/05
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