Beckman Library

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Beckman Library

• Room 1215 Beckman Institute
• William Mischo, Librarian
• Kathy Bush, Library Operations Asst.
• Kevin Messner and Karin Thogersen, Graduate Assts.

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Contact Info

• Telephone [phone] and 244-1850
• Email library_at_beckman.uiuc.edu
• Web Site http//www.library.uiuc.edu/bex

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Collections

• Approx. 60 print journals, including Science,
  Nature, PNAS many other titles not collected
  elsewhere on campus
• Small reference collection
• Newspapers New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
  USA Today, News Gazette

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Facilities

• 7 public computer workstations, all with Internet
  access, primarily for access to Library Gateway,
  bibliographic databases, and electronic journals
• 2 workstations with Microsoft Office
• Television/VCR (w/headphones)
• study space

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Services

• Document Retrieval/Photocopy Service
• Copy materials from any on-campus library (or
  place Interlibrary Loan requests for off-campus
  materials)
• 15 cents/page (covers cost of copy)
• All citation verification is free
• Submit requests by paper form in library, online
  request form on web site, or email

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Services

• Beckman Publications Display Case
• if you have a recent (previous year) publication
  youd like to have on display, send us a reprint
  or clean copy, or simply email us a citation to
  let us know

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Whats New in the Library?

• UIUC Library Gateway
• Interlibrary Loan
• Online Library Catalog
• Simultaneous Search Aid
• PubMed LinkOuts

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UIUC Library Gateway

• Left-hand bar on Beckman Library home page
• Access to library catalogs, electronic journals,
  interlibrary loan

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Illinet OnlineUIUC/ILCSO Library Catalog

• ILCSO Illinois Library Computer Systems
  Organization
• resource sharing, Universal catalog
• Link to catalog http//www.library.uiuc.edu/catal
  og

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Simultaneous Search

• Tom Habing and Bill Mischo, Grainger Engineering
  Library and Information Center
• Simultaneous searches of Current Contents,
  INSPEC, Compendex, Applied Sci. and Tech. Index,
  UIUC Library Catalog, and Google
• Link to search interface http//g118.grainger.uiu
  c.edu/searchaid/nopx2.asp

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Simultaneous Search

• Presents CC, INSPEC, Compendex, and ASTI search
  results in OVID-like format
• Where available, links are given directly to full
  text of document

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PubMed Link-Outs

• Links to full text articles directly from
  bibliographic record
• Must access PubMed through UIUC Library web pages
  to see links
• Similar services being implemented in other
  databases (CSA, OVID)