1. Science and Engineering Resources:
Physics and Astronomy
Joseph Kraus
Penrose Library
Associate Professor
Science and Engineering Reference Librarian
February 14, 2011

2. Concerns with Assignment Two
1A. Degrees what?
1B. Search for CAS-RN with the hyphens.
5A. Physica B+C is not in Penrose for 1980.
5B. Minus Zero for the cite to the Molecular Informatics
journal.
URLs – Don’t just cut and past the URL from the
browser bar.

3. The assigned readings
What did you think of:
Scholarly research and information practices: a domain
analytic approach
Relying on electronic journals: Reading patterns of
astronomers
Optional - National study of information seeking behavior
of academic researchers in the United States
Another optional - International Year of Astronomy (IYA
2009): Selected Resources

4. Readings for next week are
Read one of these two:
Fowler Book Chapter (PDF in Bb, print in Ref.)
Tucker Book Chapter (PDF in Bb, print in Ref.)
Accessibility and Use of Information Sources Among
Computer Scientists and Software Engineers in Israel
Scholarly publishing in the Internet age: a citation analysis
of computer science literature

5. The assignment due February 28th
Hand out the assignment for mathematics and computer
science resources.

6. Housekeeping
Presentation topics: go to http://lis4375.wetpaint.com/
Please contribute or comment on the blog.
I will provide a chance for extra credit if needed.

7. Demo Physics and Astro Resources
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/ads_abstracts.html