IEEE Xplore® Upgrade Provides New Tools for Researchers
IEEE recently released several new research options for its IEEE Xplore online delivery platform, which powers IEEE online subscriptions for organizations and individuals. New features available through IEEE Xplore 2.4.2 include: Citation (Known Item) Search, allowing for the quick retrieval of documents by commonly used citation information; Tabbed Search Results, providing users with a more efficient reorganization of search results; Improved Author Search; Expert Now Subscriptions for Institutions; and several other enhancements to improve the user experience. Additionally, this release includes test features: Application Notes, which consolidates practical and applied content for working engineers and Technology Surveys, which provides concise, expert summaries of two leading edge technologies with links to key papers in the field. For full information on these and other features on IEEE Xplore, visit
IEEE Educational Courses for Institutions Now Available in IEEE Xplore®
With the recent upgrade to IEEE Xplore earlier this month, institutions are now able to purchase a subscription for their entire organization to IEEE Expert Now educational courses through IEEE Xplore. IEEE Expert Now provides users access to over 70 courses on a wide variety of technology topics from IEEE’s best workshops and tutorials, offered as self-paced learning modules. Learn more
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Join IEEE for Lunch at the Online Information Conference Next Month
Information professionals and their colleagues are invited to attend the annual IEEE Luncheon at London's International Online Information Conference this December. At the luncheon, IEEE will present new ideas in technical research, news about the IEEE collection, and updates about the IEEE Xplore® digital library. Both IEEE customers and those interested in obtaining access to IEEE online publications are welcome. The luncheon will be held 5 December 2007 in the Pembroke Suite of the Hilton London Olympia at 1:00 p.m., and registration is required. Please RSVP to Phyllis Buchta at p.buchta@ieee.org
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IEEE Brings Valuable Information to Sub-Saharan Africa
Schools in the sub-Saharan region of Africa are finding IEEE Xplore® extremely useful for learning the historical pathways of technology as well as researching the latest advancements. Felix Akorli, Manager of the Telecommunication and Computer/Software Engineering program at the National University of Rwanda, recently commented that his students “are addicted to using IEEE journals for their research” because of the “rich contents of the publications and their importance in research.”
IEEE Xplore also helps save time and money because it lets users see what has already been done in different technology areas, allowing students and researchers to focus their attention on what should be done in the future, according to Mengesha Mammo from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Beza Negash, from the Graduate School of Telecommunications and Information Technology in Ethiopia, noted that IEEE publications not only provide users with technology-related information, but also expands their knowledge on how to write proper technical and competitive research papers. According to Negash, IEEE “plays a great role and impacts the innovation, development, and application of electrical and electronic technologies” because it continues to publish “up-to-date, high standard, scientific and technical information in many engineering research disciplines.”
IEEE Xplore, which delivers full text access to the world’s highest quality technical literature, is currently available at 59 universities in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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Library Advisory Council Meeting Highlights E-Resources; Millennial Disconnect
The IEEE Library Advisory Council (LAC) had their annual meeting last month in New York City, New York, USA. Formed in 1999, the Library Advisory Council is a group of international corporate, academic, and government librarians who consult with the IEEE to develop products and policies. Scheduled over two days, the meeting allowed members to discuss important issues and developments related to libraries and the IEEE.
Important highlights included a presentation on the expanding role of e-resources in technology development and updated U.S. patent guidelines by Anthony Breitzman, Principal and Director of Research, 1790 Analytics. The meeting also included a discussion about best practices in resources access and delivery methods with Sharon Shaw, Advanced Micro Devices and Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering. Several upcoming IEEE Xplore® research and development projects were also presented by Barbara Lange, IEEE Staff Director, Product Management. Additionally, Richard Sweeney, University Librarian, New Jersey Institute of Technology, discussed the “Millennial Disconnect” and how networking sites, the Internet, cell phones, and changing work ethics have affected, and been affected by, the millennial age group. Other presentations included information about extracting trends from an emerging publishing market, information research in France, open access journals in the telecoms sector, and rights management in a corporate environment. View the presentations
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Sign Up for Free Email Alerts with IEEE Xplore®
Free email alerts are now available from IEEE Xplore, allowing users to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in a variety of rapidly changing technology fields. Customers can personalize alerts from over 10,000 new technical documents, updated monthly, with options to receive automatic RSS feeds or email alerts. Learn more
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In Brief: New Issues Now Available on the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library
Over 800 journal issues and conference proceedings have been added to the IEEE Xplore digital library in November. Some of the highlights include:
IEEE Communications Magazine
Features guest editorials on wireless mesh networks, the quest for optical communications, and topics in internet technology.
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
Contains articles on detecting bone density using statistical shape models, creating an automated methodology for fetal heart rate extraction knowledge-based data analysis, and implanting RFID technology in teeth.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Highlights quantum-dot laser technology, the polarization control of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, and several optical-based technologies.
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Features articles on using dynamic graph cuts for efficient inference in markov random fields, representing images using nonorthogonal haar-like bases, the robust recovery of shapes with unknown topology from dual space, and orthogonal neighborhood preserving projections.
2007 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics – Conference Proceedings
2007 IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation – Conference Proceedings
View the full list of additions.
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IEEE Transactions on Robotics is Top-Rated Robotics Journal in Re-Issued 2006 Journal Citation Reports
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) is the top ranking journal in the robotics category in the 2006 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) with an impact factor of 1.763, the highest in this category. The impact factor is a calculated figure indicating the average number of times articles published in the previous two years are cited in the current year.
When the JCR was originally published in June, T-RO appeared to have slipped to third place in this category. After the data was analyzed by Editor-in-Chief Alessandro De Luca, it was determined that a number of 2006 citations were missing. The JCR publisher, Thomson Scientific, confirmed the error and corrected it in the recently re-issued version of the 2006 JCR. JCR includes data for nearly 6,200 highly cited titles in a wide variety of disciplines.
The IEEE Transactions on Robotics has ranked number one in the Robotics category for several years and specifically for the five year period 2002 - 2006.
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IEEE Participates in Charleston Shop & Swap
At the 2007 Annual Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, IEEE participated in a "shop and swap" workshop for e-resources librarians to share marketing ideas and best practices. Speakers included Barbara DeFelice, Director of Digital Resources, Dartmouth College; Karen Hawkins, Director of Publications and Information Marketing, IEEE; and Ruth Wolfish, Client Services Manager, IEEE. Best practices and tips for creating a successful e-resource event – like creating flyers, managing logistics, and implementing library awareness campaigns – were discussed. The event was attended by over 25 librarians and included a presentation on how to get, and keep, students’ attention for library events, as well as results and reactions from previous campaigns. See presentation
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