The IDRC Digital Library provides full access over the Internet to IDRC’s rich research archive. In addition to making information more freely available, this initiative provides IDRC-funded researchers with a much-needed outlet to publish and showcase their work.

About IDRC
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is one of the world’s leading institutions in the generation and application of new knowledge to meet the challenges of international development. For more than 35years, IDRC has worked in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

excerpted from IDRC news release April 23, 2007.

Scopus will do this by considering the publication records of an individual, the number of papers published over n years and the number of citations for each paper. The result will be a single number, the “h-index”.

To provide additional clarity, Scopus will include a set of visual aids that present a transparent overview of citation and publication patterns over time. This will reveal whether the h-index is dependent on a few highly cited papers or whether the author’s papers have a relatively consistent volume of citations.

Scopus is available on- and off-campus to U of T students, faculty and staff via our U of T Library subscription. Scopus contains abstracts and references from over 15,000 peer reviewed journals from 4,000 publishers worldwide, with links to full-text where available.

ACM is including

• 2,200 courses from SkillSoft® covering a wide selection of topics in computing and information technology (IT) as well as business management and leadership.
• 1,100 authoritative books on innovative IT and computer science technologies, and
• the newest books on practical business skills from leading E-Book providers Safari® and Books24x7

U of T students, faculty and staff have on- and off-campus access to the complete ACM Digital Library through our U of T Library subscription.

About the ACM Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library includes bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since 1985.
About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery http://www.acm.org, is an educational and scientific society uniting the world’s computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field’s challenges. ACM strengthens the profession’s collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.

excerpted from ACM Press Release May 3, 2007.

Researchers at University of Toronto will access full text content directly via our U of T Library subscriptions to these societies’ publications.

Founding partners include the American Geophysical Union, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Electrochemical Society, IEEE, Institute of Physics Publishing, Optical Society of America, SPIE, Society of Automotive Engineers and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Other organisations will be invited to join as the project progresses.

Scitopia.org will aggregate the entire electronic libraries of key players in major science and technology disciplines. Users will be able to search from more than three million documents, including peer reviewed journal content and conference proceedings, spanning 150 years of science and technology. Visitors to scitopia.org will be presented with a simple, but function-rich interface. They will be able to search for full text articles using a fielded approach, for example, by article title or author name.

source:  KnowledgeSpeak April 2007

We also have a number of e-books and e-journals. To see a full list of e-books and e-journals go to e-resources and type fuel cells. Here are a few of the e-journals:

• Fuel Cell Technology News
• Fuel Cells
• Fuel Cells Bulletin

Here are some additional resources from the open web:

CADDET: Centre for Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies

CADDET boasts one of the world’s most detailed repositories of information on renewable energy and energy-saving technologies, and is well worth a visit. Established in 1988 by the International Energy Agency, its scope is clearly international. A major goal has been to provide insight on renewable energy and energy-saving technologies that have worked in other countries. Managers, engineers, architects and researchers will find a wealth of documents on cost-effective technologies that have been successfully applied in industry, agriculture, transport and other sectors. From the left menu choose Technologies. Detailed search options allow you to focus a search by country, technology, energy efficiency or renewal, and publication type. Returning to the left menu, Technical Brochures leads to some 400 publications, the last of which was published end of 2003. Sadly, the CADDET website ceased collecting new information in March 2005.

Fuel Cell Today

Fuel Cell Today is an extremely comprehensive global portal whose goal is to accelerate commercialization of fuel cells. This site is an important resource to anyone seeking introductory information, context or latest developments in fuel cell/hydrogen technologies and industry.

• IP-based access through any campus network computer
• PDF file delivery allows users to save, print, or e-mail any title
• Unlimited simultaneous access – perfect for courses of every size

Synthesis titles are currently available in the below areas, and will eventually cover computer science and mechanical, civil, chemical, materials, and aerospace engineering:
• Antennas
• Biomedical Engineering
• Communications
• Computational Electromagnetics
• Computer Science
• Digital Circuits and Systems
• Image, Video, and Multimedia Processing
• Signal Processing
• Solid State Materials and Devices
• Speech and Audio Processing

If you have any questions or comments about this service, don’t hesitate to contact us!

This five-volume reference work covers all aspects of geology including earth history, earth materials, surface processes, regional geology, economic geology, engineering geology, petroleum geology, geochemical and mineral exploration, and the history of geology.

The techniques of remote sensing and other tools of investigation that have advanced rapidly over the last few decades are described in detail.

Marks’ standard handbook for mechanical engineers, 2006 edition

Canadian highway bridge design code, CSA S6-06 (on CSA shelves beside Reference Desk)
Concrete Design Handbook/Cement Association of Canada, 3rd edition 2006

Handbook of industrial drying /Mujumdar. CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2007

Canadian & American mines handbook, 2006-2007

Scott’s Ontario Manufacturers 2006