bX Recommendation Service

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After a successful trial of the bX Recommendation Service this year, Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce that this service will remain functional within its electronic documentation portal, Portail bnu. This service provides recommendations based upon the articles and journals that you access, a bit like Amazon’s “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought…” service.

To try out the bX Recommendation Service, please follow the steps provided within the attached guide : bX Quick Guide.

If you have any questions or would like to provide us with feedback, please feel free to post your comments on this blog. We look forward to hearing from you!
 

The How-To Series / Manuel d’Utilisation – #2

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Episode 2: How do I find a database if I know the name or part of it?

In this instalment we will look at locating a database where we know the name or part of the name.

First, connect to Consortium Luxembourg’s electronic documentation portal at www.portail.bnu.lu.

Once you put the portal into the language of your choice (I will use English), you will see a menu in the top-left hand side of the screen:

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Leçon 2: Comment trouver une base de données quand je connais son nom exact ou seulement une partie du nom?

Dans cette partie, nous allons voir comment trouver une base de données lorsque nous connaissons son nom complet ou seulement une partie du nom.

Veuillez d’abord vous connecter au portail de documentation électronique du Consortium Luxembourg sur : www.portail.bnu.lu.

Après avoir choisi votre langue de portail (je vais opter pour le Français), vous verrez en haut à gauche de l’écran le menu suivant:

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[pour tous les détails, cliquez ici…]
 

Rock’s Backpages

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Following on from the successful trial of Rock’s Backpages last month, Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of Rock’s Backpages to its Electronic Documentation Portal. Rock’s Backpages is an on-line library of popular music journalism, sourced from freelance contributions to the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day. It is the ultimate rock & roll on-line library – an ever-growing archive of legendary interviews, classic features, and ground breaking reviews.

Rock’s Backpages is available via Consortium Luxembourg’s electronic documentation portal under the letter “R” on the “Find Database” tab.

 
Note: Except for materials in the public domain, all of the content of Rock’s Backpages is the property of Backpages or its content suppliers and is protected by copyright laws. This includes text, graphics, logos, icons, images and software. The compilation of all content on the Rock’s Backpages website at www.rocksbackpages.com is the exclusive property of Backpages and is also protected by copyright laws. The content and software on the website may be used for research or teaching purposes. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, performance, or for any commercial use not expressly permitted by Backpages is prohibited.
 

The How-To Series / Manuel d’Utilisation – #1

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Episode 1: Where is the bnu portal and how do I login?

Over the next few weeks, we are going to explore how to make use of Consortium Luxembourg’s electronic documentation portal.  Let’s start slowly with the basics – where is the portal and how can I login?

The bnu portal can be accessed in a number of ways:

  1. By clicking on the link from the home page of the National Library: www.bnl.lu;
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Leçon 1: Où trouver le portail bnu et comment s’y connecter?

Au cours des prochaines semaines, nous allons découvrir comment utiliser la documentation électronique du portail du Consortium Luxembourg. Commençons lentement avec les choses basiques – où trouver le portail et comment s’y connecter?

On peut accéder au portail bnu de plusieurs manières:

  1. En cliquant sur le lien de la page d’accueil de la Bibliothèque nationale: www.bnl.lu;
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[pour tous les détails, cliquez ici…]
 

IBFD: Platform Enhancements

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To make the user experience simpler and more efficient, the following enhancements have been added to the IBFD Tax Research Platform:

  • All the tables in the Quick Reference Tables collection can now be exported to Microsoft Excel
  • The “See Also” box, which displays the latest developments and related information for the document you are viewing, is now also available for the Key Features collection
  • The collections National Legislation, EU Law en Treaties, now include a bi-lingual display which allows an easy and direct side-by-side comparison of two language versions (if available) of a law
  • Export any selected text, document or entire chapter contained in the Country Analysis collection to Microsoft Word for simple and quick further processing. This feature is also available for the Country Surveys. Other collections will follow.

To access IBFD, from within the University of Luxembourg and the National Library of Luxembourg only, click here or go to the letter “I” under the “Find Database” tab.
 

New! Oxford University Press Journal Collection

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Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of the full collection of journals from Oxford University Press to its electronic documentation portal.

The 2011 Oxford Journals Collection includes 228 titles in the fields of medicine, life sciences, mathematics & physical sciences, law, humanities, and the social sciences. It contains some of the world’s most prestigious highly-cited titles, two-thirds of which are published in collaboration with learned societies and other international organizations.

What are the benefits to you, the user?

  • High-quality content – according to the 2007 Journal Citation Reports, one fifth of these titles are in the top 10% and over two thirds in the top 50% of their subject category.
  • Integrated searching via PubMed and Google Scholar
  • OpenURL linking via CrossRef
  • Supplementary material available such as video, audio, and images
  • CiteTrack alerts users when chosen articles and authors are cited
  • Links to similar articles help to guide research
  • Download references using EndNote, ProCite, BibTeX, and RefWorks
  • Widen author searches by linking directly to Google Scholar

More details are available here.

In 2012, you will automatically have access to the expanded 2012 Collection consisting of 238 titles.

You can access the Oxford University Press collection via the letter “O” in the Find Database tab, by clicking here or search for individual journals via the “Find e-journal” tab.
 

Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy New Update

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The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy has recently had a significant update which includes 10 brand new articles and 7 revisions, including contributions from some of the most celebrated authors in the field.

Examples of new essays available to read now:

For a complete summary of the Logic, Language and Mathematics update, visit the What’s New page.
 

Taylor & Francis – Library and Information Science

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Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of the Library and Information Science Collection from Taylor & Francis to the BnU Portal.

This collection includes, among others:

  • Collection Management;
  • Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship;
  • Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve;
  • The Reference Librarian;
  • The Serials Librarian.

For a full list of the journals available in this collection, click here.

These journals are available by searching for the journal name via the “Find e-journal” tab or by selecting the “Taylor and Francis Library and Information Science Collection” entry via the “Find databases” tab under the letter “T”.
 

The Journal “Nature” Now Available

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Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of the journal Nature to the BnU Portal.  You now have access to not only the most recent 4 years via Nature itself but also most articles from 1997 to last year via Ebsco.

Access to Nature is available by searching on the title “Nature” under the “Find e-journal” tab of the BnU Portal.