Numerous improvements have been made to TechXtra
Numerous improvements have been made to TechXtra http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ the free technology search service. TechXtra is provided by the ICBL and Library at Heriot-Watt University. Using TechXtra, anyone can find articles, books, the best websites, the latest industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, thesis & dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in engineering, mathematics and computing. TechXtra searches over 4 million items from 31 collections in technology, and provides several additional services. For full details of the improvements, please see the TechXtra News Blog http://techxtranews.wordpress.com/ Changes include: New full text indicators on search results pages, which show the likely availability of full text. Faster searching of the Arrow and CISTI databases, where you can find Australian and Canadian research. Updated RAM (Recent Advances in Manufacturing) http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ram/index.php database. Over 100 new sources of job announcements and industry news in the OneStep Jobs http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/onestepjobs/ and OneStep Industry News http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/onestepnews/ services. A new TechXtra SRU service <http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/sru/?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&que ry=management&x-categoryID=1> . More free magazine http://techxtra.tradepub.com/ subscriptions. Further collections will be added to TechXtra in the future. Details will be announced on the TechXtra News Blog http://techxtranews.wordpress.com/ . Want more? There's a list of Ten Science Search Engines http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/science-search-engines/ Roddy MacLeod MA, DipLib, MCILIP Senior Subject Librarian Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel (0131) 451 3576 Fax: (0131) 451 3164 R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk Home: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html Blogging at: http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/ http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/ Library workshops: http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/workshops.html http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/workshops.html Twitter: http://twitter.com/libram http://twitter.com/libram Heriot-Watt University is a Charity registered in Scotland, SC000278 -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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