Applied Math and Science Education Repository

AMSER (Applied Math and Science Education Repository) is a portal of math and science educational resources and services that are open source and available to the public. Included in the site are university publications and websites, the websites of professional organizations, and content from agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Also included are teaching tools for classroom use or personal study (great resources if you're looking to learn a little about a new field or want a refresher on a topic). Click on the "Resources" tab to browse by topic, or search for keywords using the site's search options. Register with AMSER to receive updates on the latest additions to the repository.

AMSER is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and is being created by a team of project partners led by Internet Scout.

Open access, peer-reviewed journals in biology, chemistry, and physics

BioMed Central is an open access, peer-reviewed publisher of 199 journals covering topics medical and biology topics such as biotechnology, biochemistry, plant chemistry, cheminformatics, and more.


Many BioMed Central journals are citation-tracked by Scopus and Google Scholar, and many also have Impact Factors. BioMed Central also offers additional products and services that require a subscription, but the majority of BioMed Central information is open access and freely available to all. Register for free with the site for alerts and updates, as well as additional information.

BioMed Central also supports open access publishing as a sustainable model for scientific publishing, as it allows increased and more timely access to and dissemination of current and developing research:

"Authors publishing with BioMed Central retain the copyright to their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution License. This license allows articles to be freely downloaded from the BioMed Central website, and also allows articles to be re-used and re-distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited..."

Visit the BioMed Central website for more information, or to browse their growing journal collection. You can also visit PhysMath Central and Chemistry Central for open access chemistry, physics, and math journals.

New Content in IEEE Xplore

IEEE recently announced a partnership with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the AVS that brings AIP/AVS content to IEEE Xplore. NASA Glenn IEEE Xplore users will soon be able to browse and search five highly-cited applied physics journals within IEEE Xplore:

• Applied Physics Letters (AIP)
• Journal of Applied Physics (AIP)
• Review of Scientific Instruments (AIP)
• JVST A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films (AVS)
• JVST B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures (AVS)

Full-text of all five journals, dating back to 1930, will be available with the upcoming release of the latest version of IEEE Xplore. Watch the Glenn Science & Engineering Library website for announcement of the availability of these journals.


Other enhancements include modifications to the PDF viewing banner which lets users know that access is being provided by their organization, giving it a smaller size and incorporating controls to allow users to close the banner. Also, IEEE Xplore Mobile (Beta) is now available. Users can now quickly access IEEE Xplore digital library articles from any web-enabled phone by simply visiting http://m.ieeexplore.ieee.org on your phone’s browser. IEEE Xplore Mobile (Beta) will allow you to:

• Search IEEE Xplore on the g0
• Retrieve the top 10 search results for your query along with full article abstracts
• E-mail the individual results to yourself or your users

(Full-text is only available to NASA Glenn users at a NASA Glenn authenticated IP address.)

Please contact the Glenn Science & Engineering Library at 3-5762 for additional information or assistance.

Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 30th anniversary articles

During 2009 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS) celebrates its 30th Anniversary. In honor of that anniversary, FFEMS is offering FREE access to a series of special anniversary papers from authors who published papers in FFEMS' inaugural year, 1979. These special papers, which will review the evolution of fatigue and fracture research over the last 30 years, will be made available throughout 2009. Check back often for new additions to available papers.

Encompassing the broad topic of structural integrity which is founded on the mechanics of fatigue and fracture, the journal is concerned with the reliability and effectiveness of structural components of any scale, geometry or material. The journal publishes original contributions intended to stimulate the intellectual innovation that generates elegant, effective, and economic engineering designs. It is interdisciplinary and includes papers from engineers, metallurgists, materials scientists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, and mathematicians.

Track trends in research with ScienceWatch.com

ScienceWatch.com, from Thomson Scientific, offers news and trend analysis about current and emerging research in science and technology fields including chemistry, physics, and medicine. Track existing, fast-moving, or emerging research areas, new papers, and more, all identified using Thomson Scientific's citation statistics. You can also see interviews and subscribe to podcasts related to emerging trends and field experts, all at no charge from your desktop. Thomson Scientific is the provider of free content resources such as ScienceWatch, Expert Essays, and Highly Cited.com, as well as subscription-based resources such as Dialog, ISI Web of Knowledge, and Web of Science.