What is New (March 2010)

Information for SISSA Library Users


NEW: online access to

The subscription to the "American Mathematical Monthly" is print only.

NEW: online access to


NEW: access to 2 new journals of the American Chemical Society: ACS Chemical Neuroscience and Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

NEW: trial access to the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) until the end of March 2010. JoVE is a video journal for biological research.

A new Book Acquisition Request Form is available for SISSA users in order to propose the acquisition of textbooks or monographs.

NEW: trial access to 18 Expert Reviews journals until the end of April 2010. The titles are: Anticancer Therapy; Anti-infective Therapy; Cardiovascular Therapy; Clinical Immunology; Clinical Pharmacology; Dermatology; Endocrinology and Metabolism; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Hematology; Medical Devices; Molecular Diagnostics; Neurotherapeutics; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Ophthalmology; Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research; Proteomics; Respiratory Medicine; Vaccines.


NEW: access to 30 Mathematics online journals, "Euclid Prime" on Project Euclid. "Project Euclid's mission is to advance scholarly communication in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. Project Euclid is designed to address the unique needs of low-cost independent and society journals. Through a collaborative partnership arrangement, these publishers join forces and participate in an online presence with advanced functionality, without sacrificing their intellectual or economic independence or commitment to low subscription prices. Full-text searching, reference linking, interoperability through the Open Archives Initiative, and long-term retention of data are all important components of the project".


SISSA users have access to 2940 Springer (Kluwer, Humana Press) full-text e-books published from 2005 to 2007 in PDF format on the Springer Link platform. The collection includes handbooks, monographs, textbooks on Mathematics & Statistics, Physics & Astronomy, Chemistry & Materials Science, Biomedical & Life Science.

You can browse or search the SpringerLink database for author, title, date, series, ISBN number, or look into the following Html lists:


NEW: access to Springer Protocols. "SpringerProtocols is the largest subscription-based electronic database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences. Compiling protocols from Humana’s successful book series Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Biotechnology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuromethods, as well as from a vast number of Laboratory Handbooks, such as The Biomethods Handbook, The Proteomics Handbook, and the Springer Laboratory Manuals, SpringerProtocols offers researchers access to nearly thirty years worth of time tested, easily reproducible, step-by-step protocols for immediate use in their lab."


NEW: access to the AIP (American Institute of Physics) journals and online journal archive (1930-): Applied Physics Letters (1962-), Chaos, Journal of Applied Physics (1931-), Journal of Chemical Physics (1933-), Journal of Mathematical Physics (1960-), Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Physics of Fluids (1958-), Physics of Plasmas (1989-), Physics Today, Review of Scientific Instruments (1930-).

NEW: access to LOCUS, SIAM'S online journal archive 1953 to 1996 : SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization ... and other titles (17 SIAM journals)


Trial access to CRC Press / Taylor & Francis online resources : handbooks, monographs, textbooks on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Neuroscience (until March 4, 2009)

new Link Resolver to access online Journals :SFX

New subscription to: MRS Bulletin (online full-text available)

New subscriptions to: Development, PCCP Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (online full-text available)

SISSA users have online access to the backfiles of 38 Elsevier journals on High Energy Physics/Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics from the beginning until 1994 on ScienceDirect via IP recognition. The High Energy/Nuclear Physics and Astronomy collection comprises: Nuclear Physics (1956-1966), Nuclear Physics A (1967-1994) and B (1967-1994) and B Proceedings (1987-1994), Physics Letters (1962-1966), Physics Letters B (1967-1994), Physics Reports (1971-1994), Annals of Physics (1957-1994), Journal of Geometry and Physics, Reports on Mathematical Physics, Computer Physics Communications (1969-1994), Computer Physics Reports (1983-1990) and many other titles. The complete list is available on ScienceDirect . (Online access to other Elsevier journals starts from 1995).

New subscriptions to: Networks and Heterogeneous Media, Psychophysiology, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Social Neuroscience (online full-text available)

New subscriptions to: the Journal of Biological Chemistry (online full-text available) ; Science, Technology & Human Values and Social Studies of Science (SAGE Publications, online full-text available)

New SISSA Digital Library contains papers, preprints, lecture notes, PhD thesis, articles of SISSA authors (will be complete in 2008).


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