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August 23, 2007

Google Scholar Library Links

Filed under: Library, Technology — ssteini @ 10:31 am

While this isn’t extremely new technology, this will be the first semester that I’ve incorporated Google Scholar Library Links in some of my library instruction sessions.

Milner Library is collaborating with Google, so that when when Milner Library provides online access to an article in Google Scholar, a “Find It @ ISU” link should appear in Google Scholar. It is not perfect; I have discovered that sometimes links display when online access is not available, and other times links do not display when online access is available. Nevertheless, if you’re a Google Scholar user, the library links provide a seamless way to access some resources from Milner Library.

It’s easy to get these “Find It @ ISU” links to appear. You just need to set your Scholar Preferences.

For more information, see the Google Scholar Library Links page.

August 3, 2007

New Renewable Energy Books at Milner

Filed under: Library, New Materials — ssteini @ 8:30 pm

Choosing Among Options

At ISU, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Economics, and the Department of Technology have teamed up to provide a new undergraduate major in Renewable Energy. In response to this, the Technology Librarian and I ordered 56 books this spring to support the courses being offered and research being conducted.

This week I checked the status of these books, and 48 of them are available in Milner Library, although a few of them are already checked-out. The available titles are:

  • Advanced Materials For Energy Conversion; II
  • Alternate Energy: Assessment and Implementation Reference Book
  • Alternative energy demystified
  • Alternative energy resources: The quest for sustainable energy
  • Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility
  • Alternative fuels: The future of hydrogen
  • Artificial Photosynthesis: From Basic Biology to Industrial Application
  • Big coal: The dirty secret behind america’s energy future
  • Biodiesel basics and beyond: A comprehensive guide to production and use for the home and farm
  • Bioprocessing for value added products from renewable resources: new technologies and applications
  • Careers in focus: Energy
  • Clean energy
  • Compendium of Sustainable Energy Laws
  • Developing Wind Power Projects: Theory and Practice
  • Energy Autonomy: The economic, social and technological case for renewable energy
  • Energy Science: Principles, Technologies, and Impacts
  • Energy switch: Proven solutions for a renewable future
  • Ethical markets
  • Fundamentals of renewable energy processes
  • Future For Renewable Energy 2: Prospects and Directions
  • Global warming in the 21st century
  • Grid Integration of Wind Energy Conversion Systems
  • Integration of alternative sources of energy
  • Kicking the carbon habit: Global warming and the case for renewable energy
  • National energy policy: Major federal programs and status
  • New and Renewable Energy Technologies For Sustainable Development
  • Renewable City: A Comprehensive Guide to an Urban Revolution
  • Renewable Energy
  • Renewable Energy in Europe: Building Markets and Capacity
  • Renewable Energy in Nontechnical Language
  • Renewable Energy Policy and Politics: A handbook for decision making
  • Renewable energy resources
  • Renewable energy resources: Basic principles and applications
  • Renewable Energy Systems: Design and Analysis with Induction Generators
  • Renewable energy: A global review of technologies, policies and markets
  • Renewable power in developing countries: Winning the war on global warming
  • Renewable resources and renewable energy a global challenge
  • Renewables-based technology: sustainability assessment
  • Sustainability and environmental impact of renewable energy sources
  • Sustainable energy and the states: Essays on politics, markets and leadership
  • Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options
  • Switching to renewable power: A framework for the 21st century
  • Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Energy Consumption: Fundamentals, Case Studies and Design
  • Transforming power: Energy, environment, and society in conflict
  • Wind electrical systems
  • Wind energy: proceedings of the euromech colloquium
  • Wind Energy: Technology, Commercial, Projects and Laws
  • Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security

If you are interested in one of these books, search the Milner Catalog to find the call number and status (e.g. available, checked-out).

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