New Books  added to library stock during May included:

Ethnobiology and the science of humankind / edited by Roy Ellen.
Oxford : Blackwell ; London : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2006.
ANTHROPOLOGY B 28 ELL

Handbook of human symbolic evolution / edited by Andrew Lock, Charles R. Peters. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press , 1996
ANTHROPOLOGY B 30 LOC

Jackson, Michael, 1940-
Excursions / Michael Jackson.
Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2007.
ANTHROPOLOGY D 10 JAC

The psychology of Harry Potter : an unauthorized examination of the boy who lived / edited by Neil M
Dallas, Tex. : BenBella Books, c2006.
ANTHROPOLOGY D 10 MUL

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Due to the current refurbishment, the audiovisual collection is temporary unavailable.

Shortly it will be re-housed on the second floor in the Anthropology Periodicals and DVD & Video player Room.

Once the refurbishment is completed the collection will return to its previous location near the Main IssueDesk.

Some changes:
– DVD disks will now be kept at the issue desk, the boxes will still be on the shelves and available to be browsed, however you will need to go to issue desk to borrow the disk.
– All audiovisual materials will be available to borrow as week loans.

The UCL Library Services Teaching & Learning Support Section (TLSS) provides a digital course reading service, comprising online reading lists and digital readings.

Anthropology staff are invited to email me with copies of reading lists, or to send them directly to TLSS.

Prompt submission of reading lists before the deadline (8 weeks before the start of term) will enable us to process and identify any new or additional stock that needs to be purchased, and add your list to the online system.

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We currently have a trial for Scopus, Elsevier’s abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web resources.

Updated daily, Scopus covers a wealth of information sources, including:

• 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers;
• over 1,200 open access journals;
• 386 million scientific web pages;
• 22 million patent records from 5 patent offices.

More information about Scopus can be found at http://www.info.scopus.com.

Access is available via IP authentication at http://www.scopus.com. The trial expires on 30th June 2008.

If you wish to personalize Scopus by creating search alerts, document citation alerts and saved searches, you can register by clicking on the Register link on the top right-hand corner of any page.

We currently have two printed guides available: Scopus User Guide and Scopus Research Performance Measurement/Bibliometrics User Guide.

Please email me if you would like some of them.

All UCL libraries will close on the 12th June for the annual Staff Conference with the exception of the following libraries:

– UCL Ophthalmology Library: 09:00-17:00
– UCL Institute of Child Health Library: 09:00-18:00
– UCL Institute of Neurology Library: 09:00-13:00
– UCL Institute of Laryngology & Otology & RNID Library: 09:00-17:30
– UCL Institute of Orthopaedics Library: 09:00-17:30
– Royal Free Hospital Medical Library, UCL Library Services: 09:00-22:00