Vol. 3, No. 14

. DSM IV-TR AND MORE
Don't forget we now provide full text access to the DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) as well as a collection of journals and textbooks relevant to psychiatry. Check it out!

REPORT: DIPLOMAS COUNT
In addition to caps and gowns, the 2010 graduation season also means the arrival of the 5th Annual edition of  Diplomas Count: Graduation by the Numbers, a special report by Education Week.

Graduation Rate Trends
This interactive map allows users to explore changes in state graduation rates for every state and the District of Columbia over the past decade
EdWeek Maps
Examine graduation data and other indicators across the United States using the EdWeek Maps database.
Customize Your Own Reports
The EPE Research Center’s database of more than 1,000 state-level, K-12 education indicators spans more than a decade. Build custom tables, charts, and maps using data from Diplomas Count 2010.

 

NEW BOOK
This book has been added to the collection of books that supports the CLIC's Children's Engineering Center.
TITLE: Papercutting
LOCATION: Children's Engineering Center Area
CALL NUMBER: TT 870 .H66 2007

NEW OECD FACTBOOK
OECD Factbook 2010 is a comprehensive statistical annual ebook with more than 100 indicators covering: • Economy • Agriculture • Education • Energy • Environment • Foreign Aid • Health and Quality of Life • Industry • Information and Communications • Population / Labor Force • Trade and Investment • Taxation, Public Expenditure, and R&D, The Factbook provides data for all OECD member countries as well as selected nonmember economies and area totals. For each indicator, there is a short introduction followed by a detailed definition of the indicator, comments on comparability of the data, an assessment of long-term trends related to the indicator, and a list of references for further information. The ebook also includes a focus chapter on the economic crisis and beyond. A table and a graph illustrate the key message and a dynamic link (StatLink) for each table directs the user to a web page where the corresponding data are available in Excel® format. Download the iPhone/iTouch app to read the 2010 edition  for easy consultation of OECD Factbook indicators at any time, whether you are online or offline!

NEWSLETTER
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NEW VIRGO INTERFACE COMING JULY 15

IMPACT FACTORS

• The 5-Year Journal Impact Factor which is the average number of times articles from a journal published in the past five years have been cited in the JCR year. For journals in subjects where citation activity continues to rise through several years, this metric allows more of their total citation activity to be included in a critical performance metric.
  
  
• Eigenfactor™ Metrics, comprising the Eigenfactor ™ Score and Article Influence Score, use JCR citation data to assess the influence of a journal in relation to other journals. These metrics, based on five years of citation activity, consider not just the count of citations but the structure of the citation network. Eigenfactor Metrics are available only for JCR years 2007 and later.
  
  
• Journal Self Cites provides analyses of journal self citations and their contribution to the Journal Impact Factor calculation. Rank-in-Category reveals the ranking of a journal in its subject categories based on the Journal Impact Factor. An accompanying Impact Factor box plot depicts the distribution of Impact Factors for all journals in a category.

   

  COVERAGE
  The National Library of Medicine database MEDLINE/PubMed is going back in time. MEDLINE/PubMed now offers access to more than 60,000 articles indexed in the 1947 Current List of Medical Literature (CLMN).

  Created in 1971, MEDLINE initially contained citations to journal articles published mostly from 1966 onward. But in 1996, NLM began to expand its retrospective coverage with the addition of more than 307,000 citations, originally published in the 1964 and 1965 Cumulated Index Medicus.

  “Some contemporary medical questions can only be answered by consulting the older literature,” says NLM Director Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD. “Our goal is to go back as far as World War II, at least, to make older, printed indexes electronically searchable.”

  With the addition of the 1947 citations, the MEDLINE/PubMed subset now contains over 20 million citations produced during 63 years of indexing of biomedical literature.

   

  DATABASE ACCESS
  Graduates of UVa degree programs have access to a number of research resources provided by the UVa Office of Engagement and the University Library:
  • CINAHL – The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature offers index coverage of journals in nursing , biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and 17 allied health disciplines.
  • Health Library – provides health and wellness information including consumer health; illustrations, animations, video, and images; and alternative medicine.
  • Academic Search Alumni Edition – includes the full-text for more than 3,350 journals in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering, physicians, psychology, and religion and theology.
  • Business Source Alumni Edition – provides access to nearly 1,450 full-text business magazines and journals.
  • Business Book Summaries – provides comprehensive summaries of more than 700 business books.
    
    Registration with  HoosOnline is required to access these databases.