Staff Details

Ann Bolek

Rank: Associate Professor of Bibliography
Position: Physical Sciences Bibliographer
Description:

Subject Guides for my Departments:

• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Engineering and Science Technology
• Physics
• Polymer Engineering
• Polymer Science

What's New:

• Reaxys trial until 20 September 2009 and training materials (August 2009)
• Link to ILLiad for Interlibrary Loan has changed (August 2009)
• Online access to 14 Elsevier Chemistry Book Series: Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, Advances in Catalysis, Advances in Chemical Engineering, Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Advances in Quantum Chemistry, The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology, Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry, Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, Profiles of Drug Substances, Excipients and Related Methodology (June 2009)
• 2nd Edition of Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis in Science Library (paper version) (June 2009)
• Royal Society of Chemistry Journals at RSC Web site with Advance Articles, HTML versions of articles with RSC Prospect features, reference links (June 2009)
• Annual Reviews (March 2009)
• Science of Synthesis (and online tutorials) (January 2009)
• Elsevier Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Journal Backfiles (December 2008)
• Web Version of SciFinder Scholar (May 2008)
• Royal Society of Chemistry Archive Added to OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (June 2007)
• Knovel (June 2007)
• Nature Online, Current and Archive Back to 1869 (May 2007)
• Science Online (April 2007)
• Springer Electronic Books, 2005- (March 2007)
• Library News & Announcements
• What's New at OhioLINK

Electronic Journals

• American Chemical Society Journals (including the Archives)
• American Institute of Physics (including the Archives)
• American Physical Society (including the Archives)
• American Society of Civil Engineers Journals, 1983-
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journals, 1990-
• China Online Journals (from off-campus)
• Elsevier Journals (including the Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science backfiles)
• IEEE Xplore, 1998- (journals, transactions, magazines, and some conference proceedings)
• InfoTrac Full-Text Journals
• Nature, 1869-
• OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center and the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Finder
• Optical Society of America Journals (including the Archives)
• Royal Society of Chemistry Journals (including the Archives)
• Science, 1880-2001, 1997-
• Springer Journals (including the Archives)
• Wiley Polymer and Materials Science Journals
• Selected Electronic Scientific Journals (Alphabetical):
  A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
• University Libraries' E-Journal Portal

Library Catalogs

• University of Akron Libraries Catalog (ZipLINK)
• Author and Title searches
• Subject and KeyWord searches
• Library of Congress Call Number and ISBN / ISSN searches
• View Your Library Account, Renew Library Materials, and Create a PIN
• OhioLINK Central Catalog (Combined Search of All Colleges and Universities in Ohio)
• OhioLINK Member Catalogs (Search of Individual Colleges and Universities in Ohio)
• WorldCat (Catalog of Libraries Worldwide) (from off-campus) (free version)

Impact Factors and Journal Rankings

• Journal Citation Reports
• Eigenfactor.org
• SCImago Journal and Country Rank Database

Off-Campus Access

• OhioLINK Remote Authentication for access to OhioLINK electronic journals and databases; view library account to create PIN
• Virtual Private Network (VPN) for access to all electronic resources; call (330) 972-6888 for help with installation

Patents

• Patent Searching
• Request Copies of Patents
• Patent Number Search (European Patent Office)

Other Links

• Akron Beacon Journal, 1994-
  (Sign onto Factiva, select Search, then Search Builder, then enter "your keyword and sn=akron beacon journal" in the search box)
• Akron-Summit County Public Library
• Cleveland Public Library
• Follow me on Twitter

Services

• Patent Searching
• Research Consultation