Elsevier has announced that access to the Beilstein and Gmelin databases (via the Crossfire interface) will be replaced with Reaxys as of December 2010. To give you a chance to test Reaxys, NCSU has access for a trial period until February 2010. Please access the Reaxys trial and give us your feedback.

Reaxys is a web-based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, bibliographic data, chemical patent info and chemical reactions. With Reaxys, you will have access to Beilstein, Gmelin, and Patent Chemistry Database data. In addition, Reaxys contains pharmacological, ecotoxicological, and toxicological data; specific bioassay results; and logPs, toxicity values, and other valuable data.

It is very important to get your feedback on Reaxys before we lose Crossfire access and switch to this new platform. Please let us know your thoughts by responding to the survey on the trial page.

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"The Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments, a companion volume to the recently-published Encyclopedia of World Climatology, provides the reader with an entry point to the rapidly expanding field of paleoclimatology—the study of climates of the past. Highly interdisciplinary in nature, paleoclimatology integrates information from a broad array of disciplines in the geosciences, ranging from stratigraphy, geomorphology, glaciology, paleoecology, paleobotany to geochemistry and geophysics, among others."

Access this online encyclopedia through the library's catalog.

See below for recent articles from the NCSU Libraries Digital Repository.

Forestry and Environmental Resources

Wood and Paper Science

Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Through 11/13, the library has trial access to the online resource, GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources), which

* Provides authoritative and interactive content on emerging green technologies
* Discusses sustainability issues from a multidisciplinary and global perspective
* Includes discipline-specific coursework in economics, environmental studies, law and many others
* Acts as a critical thinking tool by showing how different content types work together and improving 21st century information literacy
* Educates researchers and exposes the critical connections between human activity and it's consequences

Please try this resource and give us your feedback on its usefulness for your teaching and research.

See below for recent articles from the NCSU Libraries Digital Repository.

Forestry and Environmental Resources

Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

Wood and Paper Science

Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences