A Monthly Update
6/4/10
Publishing Your Research With an Eye for Impact
Many journals, especially in the sciences and social sciences, are measured for the influence they have in a given discipline. Two standard measures are used, the Eigenfactor Score (EF) and the Article Impact Score (AI). They can be valuable tools in helping an author decide where to publish for maximum impact.
Eigenfactor Score:
A measure of the overall value provided by all of the articles published in a given journal in a year. The algorithm is described here.
Article Impact Score:
A measure of a journal’s prestige based on per article citations.
To see these impact scores in operation, visit eigenfactor.org.
New Credo E-Reference Titles
Credo Reference provides the Muhlenberg community online access to hundreds of recognized encyclopedias aimed at academic audiences. Here are just some of the titles added in the last month to an ever-growing collection.
The 9/11 Encyclopedia
Dictionary of Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Dictionary of Travel and Tourism Terminology
Encyclopedia of Energy
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: a Political, Social and Military History
Infomaniac Tip
by Jen Jarson, Information Literacy and Assessment Librarian
More to Google Maps Than Meets the Eye…
Sure, you can use Google Maps to get directions from point A to point B, but did you know about all the other useful things Google Maps can help you do? Here’s a sample:
- Get directions via text message, providing on-the-go directions
- Create walking itineraries with Google City Tours, helping you to map your exploration
- Find banks, restaurants, shops, and more around a given location, making it easy to find what you’re looking for in places you’re already planning to be
Check out the Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Google Maps Could Do (via Lifehacker) for more ideas (with links to more information for each item).
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