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Now you can find information related to the Scholars' Mine as part of the Wilson Library blog! A new "category" has been established called "ScholarsMineNews" so all information about Scholars' Mine will automatically be put on the Scholar's Mine Home Page as well as the Library home page. Stay tuned for further updates!
ReferenceUSA is now available from Wilson Library. ReferenceUSA provides information on businesses and people that is useful for researchers, students, and job seekers. The library has purchased access to the US businesses database, which contains information on 14 million businesses, and the Corp Tech database, a directory of 95,000 high-tech companies. Each database allows users to perform custom searches based on criteria such as business/industry type, geographic area, and business size. To use the ReferenceUSA databases, please visit the databases page on the library website, or click here.
The GeoRef interface has changed recently. A new vendor, CSA, has been selected to provide access to the database, which is purchased consortially for all four UM campuses. The database contains the same content as previously. If you have any questions about searching the new interface, pleace contact the Reference Desk by calling 341-4007 or sending an email to library@umr.edu.
Wilson Library has added the Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS) Database to its database holdings. The IRIS Database allows users to search for information on over 9,000 active federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. In addition to grants for faculty, the database also contains information about fellowships and scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students. IRIS provides an alert service that allows users to create search profiles and have alerts delivered automatically via email or the Web. The IRIS Expertise Service enables researchers to create detailed electronic CVs and post them to a Web-accessible database for viewing. To use IRIS, visit the page listing the library's database holdings on our website, or click here.
The newest version of SciFinder Scholar, the world's most comprehensive bibliographic database in the field of chemistry and related disciplines, is now ready for download. Download instructions for SciFinder Scholar 2007 can be found at the databases page on the library website, or by clicking here. Note that access to older versions of SciFinder Scholar will cease at some point, so please install the 2007 version at your earliest convenience.