Productivity App Series: Dropbox

Finding it hard to keep up with the ever-growing number of free productivity apps?  To keep you in the know, New@Norris will feature a series of posts highlighting a variety of tools that will enhance your scholarly life.

Mobile App Show and Tell Planned for Noon, May 29

It’s easy to buy a smart phone or tablet, but harder to figure out which apps to install. Which are the best for taking notes, commenting on PDF files, or other academic needs? Which of the clinical information apps are the most user-friendly and reliable? Present your favorite apps and watch other’s presentations about their favorite apps at the Norris Library’s Mobile App Show and Tell on Tuesday, May  29^th noon-1 PM in the East Conference Room.

Save the Date for Mobile App Show and Tell

It’s easy to buy a smart phone or tablet, but harder to figure out which apps to install. Which are the best for taking notes, commenting on PDF files, or other academic needs? Which of the clinical information apps are the most user-friendly and reliable?

F1000 App Added to SciVerse

A new Faculty of 1000 app has been added to SciVerse.  The F1000 app displays a badge next to any article that has been identified as important research by the experts at F1000.

Next Generation Lexicomp Online Available

Lexicomp Online has been re-engineered for increased speed, ease and more direct access to drug information.  A new default view and a variety of enhancements are planned for roll-out March 26.  Click the “Try it Now” button on the Lexicomp Onlineline splash page to try the new interface. 

Norris Library Now on Google+!

Google+ (said aloud as “Google plus”) is a social networking tool available through Google. Anyone with a Google account can sign up, add friends and institutions to their circles and send and receive pictures and posts to stay connected with people around the world.

TOXNET: NLM'S TOXicology Data NETwork

The Division of Specialized Information Services of the National Library of Medicine provides free access to TOXNET (TOXicology Data NETwork), a cluster of twelve searchable databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals and environmental health. The web interface is designed as an easy way to search databases of varying formats and content and can be used to locate toxicology data, literature references, and toxic release information on particular chemicals as well as to search and identify chemicals that cause specific effects. TOXNET offers a variety of ways to display and sort information. Its “Multi-Databases” feature provides an integrated search of any or all of the databases in the cluster and its “Search All Databases” feature provides a list of TOXNET databases in which a search term is found, each paired with the retrieval record count and with links to the Search Results page of those databases.

Mobile TOXNET is now accessible with any mobile device.

ToxLearn, a multi-module toxicology tutorial, is available to provide users with an introduction to basic toxicology principles.

Pivot Connects Funding and Research Expertise

Pivot  is a powerful new tool that combines funding and collaboration opportunities for researchers and graduate students.  Formerly separate Community of Science (COS) databases, (COS Funding Opportunities, COS Expertise and COS Scholar Universe), Pivot is pre-populated with USC researcher profiles (and others) and matches them to current funding opportunities in the COS database.

Google Scholar Citations

Have you heard about Google Scholar Citations?  It “… provides a simple way for authors to keep track of citations to their articles. You can check who is citing your publications, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics. You can also make your profile public, so that it may appear in Google Scholar results when people search for your name.

Attention Google Fans!

Is Google your go-to search engine?  Are you using it to find articles for your research or class projects?  Try using Google Scholar to find relevant materials across disciplines in articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.