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.

Academic Earth

Academic Earth is a collection of videos from top scholars at US Universities. A great resource containing both computer science and mathematics categories.

Google Books

Google book search provides a simple way to search for books in a range of subject areas. Where the titles are out of copyright, or access has been granted by the publisher, full text download is available.

You will find that full text access is limited via Google and most contemporary titles will have either limited preview or snippet view of the books. More information about the different types of views provided can be found here. Still, like all things Google, it’s a great developing service and the snippets may help you to decide if you want to read the whole text.

Check the online catalogue (OPAC) for availability of titles at Wolverhampton Learning Centres.

Maths Projects

A selection of undergraduate maths projects are now available for consultation at the 2nd floor help desk in Harrison Learning Centre.

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Free ebooks from National Academies Press

The National Academies Press offers a whole host of free online books on a range of scientific topics including computing, technology, and maths.

Many titles in are in Adobe PDF format and can be downloaded for free by chapter or entire book. Check the FAQs for access details.

The site also features weekly podcasts and provides a feed for the latest titles.

SciTalks

SciTalks is “smart people on cool topics” – contains great videos featuring speakers on a range of scientific topics. Some of the subjects covered in the information technology category include the rise of Google and Amazon, web development, Internet history, the future of computing, linux, information security, ubiquitous computing… the list goes on. Also has a modest maths category with subjects such as statistical science and logic.

DMOZ

The Open Directory Project is a large directory of web sites put together by a global community of volunteer editors. It contains extensive computing and maths sections.

New subject pages

The subject web pages for computing and maths have been revised and updated and are hopefully, easier to use. They include a section for students and a section for staff and researchers. They contain all the relevant links and information to get you started finding resources for your subject. Why not try the new SCIT search to find quality information in computing and IT, or check out my delicious links for some of the best sites?

Feedback is welcome; comment here or drop me an email.

Indexed blog

Indexed book

I recently came across an interesting blog called Indexed which gives daily thoughts in the form of graphical diagrams. New posts are made each weekday about various general topics.

Thought it was worth sharing as something a little bit different you might wish to subscribe to.

The author of the blog, Jessica Hagy, has also published a book (pictured above).

Congratulations to SCIT researcher

Warm congratulations to Mike Thelwall who has been named the ‘number one expert in the field of informetrics’. To find out more about Mike’s work, visit the cybermetrics research group page and his webometrics blog which now has a long overdue place on the blogroll here. Many of Mike’s research papers can also be freely accessed via the University’s repository WIRE.