Research Blogging

A while back now, I posted about Blog Scholar, a site which acts as a portal to academic blogs. Another resource I have just come across is Research Blogging. This has similar aims to Blog Scholar but the focus here is on bringing together blog posts about peer-reviewed research. The site guidelines mean that blog writers use a “blogging on peer-reviewed research” icon when they are posting thoughts on research rather than a simple mention or link to the work. In addition, a full citation of the work being cited is generated.

You can view the latest Computer Science posts or view the available RSS feeds from the site to subscribe to areas of interest.

Gameology 2.0

Photo credit: Call To Adventure on Flickr

Gameology is a “scholarly community dedicated to the study of videogames”. The resources have been put together by a group of academics and iinclude essays, videos, and images. The site has a detailed bibliography of articles and other sources on the subject. The articles are likely to have a slant towards humanities rather than a technical approach as they note in the “about” page but other views are welcomed.

You may find the links section useful for further reading and, although they don’t appear to be tweeting much at the moment, you can also follow Gameology on Twitter.

Journal Info

I have received a few queries recently about how to choose journals to publish in. If you are a researcher, you may find Journal Info worth a look. Journal Info is a tool to assist researchers in choosing a journal for publication. Indexing major databases, the site currently covers around 18,000 journals, providing details such as cost, quality, and accessibility. Of interest to SCIT research are the information science, mathematical statistics, and numerical analysis and computing categories. For more information about the service, check the FAQs.

IET TV

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) provide a service called IET TV offering webcasts from engineers, technologists, and key industry speakers. The IT channel currently has over 160 presentations. To keep up-to-date with new features, the RSS feed is available here.

View the most recent webcast below, a discussion about cloud computing from Wayne Horkan, CTO, Sun Microsystems:

Cloud Computing Interview Wayne Horkan, CTO, Sun Microsystems A Pre-conference Discussion on Cloud Computing 2009-02-25 03:34:22.0 IT Channel >> go to webcast>> recommend to friend

New Intute tutorial for Computer Science

The Intute Virtual Training Suite has had a make-over and a new tutorial has been developed for Computer Science and Informatics, replacing the previous ICT tutorial. The tutorial is a good place to start when learning how to search the web for academic sites, and to help you to develop your internet research skills, while picking up useful links along the way. The tutorial also features new sections on social media sites and tools in computer science subject area, bookmarking, and RSS feeds.

Trial to InfoSci-Books

We currently have a trial to InfoSci books online. This allows access to chapters from IGI Global, a publisher of scholarly research in computer science and information technology.

To access the login details, visit the Databases A-Z page and click on the Current Database Trials link at the top. You will be prompted for your University IT account username and password to open the document which will provide the username and password for InfoSci books. The trial will run until 31st July 2009 during which time you will be able to search and download full text chapters.

Please feedback any comments about the resource by commenting here or contact me by email.

125 years of the IEEE

I’m a bit late with this post given that it’s already May but 2009 is the 125th year of the IEEE and their celebration website is well worth a look if you haven’t already.

The site has lots of great features including a whole range of videos from speakers discussing how emerging technologies can change the world, and the Engineering the Future Day on 13th May.

The IEEE celebration can also be found hanging about on social sites Facebook and YouTube and event pictures are available on Flickr.

Don’t forget that Learning Centres have an online subscription to the IEEE Computer Science Digital Library for access to IEEE journals and conference papers.

SCIT Librarian on the Web

The www is a fast moving place and the sheer volume of information that can be found from a simple search is mind boggling. Hopefully you will be finding SCIT Blog a useful source to help you identify useful sources for academic research, but did you know you can also subscribe to my Delicious links and, now even follow me on Twitter?

In my guise as SCIT Librarian, I can be found on the web picking up all the useful snippets of information relevant to SCIT students and staff. If you are a Twitter user you can follow me on Twitter where I will post quick updates and links to useful stuff, and all the best academic websites for computing and maths are stored and tagged in my Delicious account.

You can subscribe to the RSS feeds from SCIT Blog, Delicious, and Twitter however you wish to receive the updates. I’d love to get your comments and feedback about any of the services, so feel free to comment here or @SCIT_Librarian on Twitter.

Grid, Distributed & Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is a hot topic at the moment. GridResources is a “subject tracer” blog which seeks to bring together resources for grid, distributed, and cloud computing. Regularly updated, the blog is a recommended starting point for research in the area.

Some suggested further reading on the subject include this short introduction to cloud platforms by David Chappell.

Video debates from British Computer Society

Stay up-to-date with the latest debates in the world of IT with the British Computer Society video series. The most recent debate is “IT’s help in the credit crunch: What can IT do to help enterprises cope in the current economic climate – and is it all bad for IT professionals?” View the video here.