Journal Search Full-Text – mobile version
The Scholars Portal Journal search is now available on your mobile device!
This search allows you to view the Scholars Portal Journal Search easily on your mobile phone making searching much more convenient!
Library Purchase Requests
Purchase Requests
You can request materials for purchase such as:
- Print book
- e-books
- Journals
- Journal backfiles
- Information resources and databases
Purchase requests can be made by filling out this form. Please add a much information as possible, including information about the need for the material.
You can also send me an e-mail directly with the request information.
Arxiv.org – Business Plan
Arxiv.org is moving to what they call a “collaboratively governed, community supported resource.” The pre-print server used to be exclusively funded and maintained at Cornell. Over the past few years they have been exploring the development of a more sustainable business model that will relieve some of the fiscal pressure from Cornell while still maintaining an open server that will allow the fast dissemination of scholarly research pre-prints that it is so well known for.
Why does this matter to you?
uWaterloo library recognizes that uWaterloo research are among the heaviest users of Arxiv.org worldwide. Therefore, we agreed to contribute to Arxig.org in 2010 and 2011 at the Tier 1 level of support. (Supporters 2010, 2011). This is intended to help Arxiv.org during the “3-year interim strategy (2010-2012)” that will result in the framework for their new business plan.
What else is changing?
Arxiv.org is also changing their interface! They are working with CERN to migrate to Invenio. You might already be familiar with the interface if you use the integrated High-Energy Physics database Inspire.
Read more about the Arxiv.org business plan and updates
New Books – January 2012
Keep up-to-date with our math collection! Review this list of new book purchases. Feel free to send comments to Laura Bredahl.
You can also come to the Davis Centre Library to view the New Books shelf.
Open this PDF to view the book purchases:
New Books – August to December 2011
Keep up-to-date with our math collection! Review this list of new book purchases. Feel free to send comments to Laura Bredahl.
You can also come to the Davis Centre Library to view the New Books shelf.
Open this PDF to view the book purchases:
September 2012 – December 2012 Book Purchases for CS and Math
Synthesis Lectures by uWaterloo Faculty
David Toman and Grant Weddell have published a new book with us in our Synthesis Lectures on Data Management:
“Fundamentals of Physical Design and Query Compilation” (July 2011)
We have access to all of the Synthesis Lecture series which includes collections 1-4. You can gain access via the Research Databases page at the library under “Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science“
You can find other materials from uWaterloo faculty there as well.
Enjoy!
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New Book Purchases
Keep up-to-date with our math collection! Review this list of new book purchases. Feel free to send comments to Laura Bredahl.
You can also come to the Davis Centre Library to view the New Books shelf.
Open this PDF to view last months purchases:
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ACM Digital Library – UPDATE
ACM Digital Library has been updated.
Enjoy their new interface
- greater integration of “The Guide” and full-text database
- Proceedings are now called Conferences
- Author Profiles
- Institutional Profiles
(http://librarians.acm.org/march-2011)
ACM Digital Library – access through uWaterloo:
http://testtube.uwaterloo.ca/Go/index.cfm?resource=163
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Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
The Association of Research Libraries has recently published the Report of the Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices in the latest issue of Research Library Issues, June 2011. Members of this Task Force include our own University Librarian, Mark Haslett.
This is an important document stating the support ARL has for continuing ILL service across international boarders.
The report highlights their key findings which focus on the importance of ILL service in providing equitable international access to research in a cost saving and co-operative environment. They encourage that when dealing with publishers libraries should ensure that contracts include clauses that allow the international sharing of materials via ILL.
They also recommend that ILL makes a shifts towards electronic sharing, moving away from practices such as printing out articles for distribution as has been the practice for years. E-book interlibrary loan policies are also identified as an area that needs to be clarified. Ideally e-books would be able to be loaned temporarily just like their print counterparts, as a whole book not just selected pages.
Visit our ILL service at the Library website http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/GetIt/fromOtherLibraries.html
James G. Neal, Larry Alford, Mark Haslett, Catherine Murray-Rust, Winston Tabb, Lizabeth Wilson, and Prudence S. Adler. “Report of the Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices.” Research Library Issues: A Quarterly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, no. 275 (June 2011): 1–6. http://publications.arl.org/rli275/.
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TOEFL Materials at the Library
There will be some great additions to the Library’s TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) materials. These materials are highly sought after and will make TOEFL materials for students more accessible.
The materials will be placed in the Dana Porter Library controlled access collection. Controlled access materials should be requested at the circulation desk.
Cracking the TOEFL iBT
McGraw-Hill’s conquering the TOEFL listening section for your iPod, 2009
The Official guide to the new TOEFL iBT. 3rd ed. c2009
Library Call Number: PE1128
Practice exercises for the TOEFL test : test of English as a foreign language, 6th ed, c2007
Library Call Number: PE1128 .S524
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