Friday, June 12, 2009

Digital TV Transition

DTV.gov - what you need to know about the digital TV transition

The historic technological transition to digital television is in progress. Television stations that are still broadcasting in analog will make the complete transition to digital by June 12, 2009. Need help with the transition? Get information and resources from a federal government web site DTV.gov. This site is sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Please view the links to learn about what DTV is and FAQs.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Web of Science: Cited Reference Search & Citation Mapping

Do you know Tarver Library has a wonderful electronic resource Web of Science which you can use to discover who is citing your published article and how your research is influencing newer research? You can locate this resource via our Tarver Database List. Your Mercer University ID (MUID) number is required for off-campus access.

Don't know how to use the Cited Reference Searching to locate the citation information? Please view this online tutorial (06:54 minutes).

Citation Mapping is another great feature offered by Web of Science. This powerful new tool allows you to visualize citation connections between articles and their citations. Go forward and backward in time to track citing and cited references; color code, re-configure and organize your citation maps to discover trends in citation activity.




Please view the Citation Mapping Online Tutorial (06:27 minutes).

Monday, June 1, 2009

Hot Document in June

Budget of the United States Government 2010

Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other related and supporting budget publications are included, which may vary from year to year. About the Budget of the United States Government.

GPO has signed and certified the PDF files to assure users that the online documents are official and authentic. The digitally signed PDF files should be viewed using Adobe Acrobat or Reader version 7.0 or higher. Download the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Here is the Description of Budget Documents Fiscal Year 2010.

The Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal year 2010 is also available on GPO's Federal Digital System.

The printed version of the President's Budget is available in our collection. The display of Budget of the United States Government 2010 will be at the Tarver Library Government Documents area soon.