Use the InterLibrary Services (ILS) Article Request Form to request individual journal articles from the Library Storage Facility (LSF) located at the Pickle Research Campus (PRC).
Staff will scan articles and deliver them electronically. Electronic delivery of storage articles through ILS is available to borrowers affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin.
For more information go to http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/ils/electronic.html
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 21 (UPI) — U.S. researchers have directly linked higher grades with getting adequate sleep.
Researchers said those students reporting few nights of adequate sleep had a mean grade point average of 3.08 compared to 3.27 for those who reported no sleep deficiencies.
“The more days students get adequate sleep, the better GPAs they attain,” study leader Dr. Ed Ehlinger of the University of Michigan’s Boynton Health Service said in a statement. “There is a direct link between the two.”
Other factors tied to lower GPAs were excessive television or computer screen time, gambling, use of alcohol and tobacco and stress.
In the study, 69.9 percent of college students reported they were stressed and of those, 32.9 percent said stress hurt them academically. The mean GPA for stressed students was 3.12 compared to 3.23 for students who did not see themselves as stressed.
“Our study shows that there is a direct link between college students’ health and their academic achievement,” Ehlinger said. “This is the first time that anything like this has been published where grade point average is linked to all these behaviors.”
The study was based on a 2007 survey of 9,931 randomly selected two- and four-year college students.
Source: UPI.com
200 Million Pages of U.S. Government Science Resources Now Available on the Internet
The latest version of Science.gov—Science.gov 5.0—was launched Sept. 15th, allowing users to search additional collections of valuable science resources; more easily target their searches; and readily find links to information on a variety of science topics. Science.gov is a free, integrated single-search gateway to reliable science and technology information from 17 organizations within 13 federal science agencies.
Science.gov 5.0 improves upon the previous version, Science.gov 4.0, by offering seven new databases and portals which allow researchers access to over 200 million pages of scientific information. New information available includes thousands of patents resulting from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development(DOepatents); documents and bibliographic citations of DOE accomplishments (DOE R&D Accomplishments Database); millions of electronic scientific documents from around the world known as e-prints (Eprint Network); and comprehensive and peer-reviewed toxicology data for thousands of chemicals (HSDB Hazardous Substances Databank) as well as more than 3 million references to worldwide literature on the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms (TOXLINE Toxicology Bibliographic Information). New information also includes a digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature (PubMed Central) and cancer-related information of all kinds for all audiences (Cancer.gov), including support and treatment resources for patients, comprehensive descriptions of research programs and clinical trials for healthcare professionals and the general public, and funding opportunities for researchers.
Another key feature of Science.gov 5.0 is a “clustering” tool which helps target searches by grouping results by subtopics or dates. This technology was recently developed through a DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program award.
In addition to quadrupling the amount of searchable content and enhancing the search technology, Science.gov 5.0 now provides links to related EurekAlert! Science News and Wikipedia, and provides the capability to easily download research results into personal files or citation software.
Science.gov is hosted by DOE’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), within DOE’s Office of Science. In addition to DOE, Science.gov is supported by contributing members of the Science.gov Alliance, including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, and the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, with support from the National Archives and Records Administration.
