Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Grainger Engineering Library [PAGE 11]

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Information materials take the forms of periodical literature citations, tables of contents, and full-text documents. The databases include: • 1NSPKC, which provides comprehensive access to journal and report literature in electrical engineering, computer sciences, and physics. • TTie IEEE/1EE Publications CD-ROM database, which contains the full text of all publications since 1989 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the British Institution of Electrical Engineers. • COMPENDEX (Comprehensive Engineering Index), which covers journal and conference literature in virtually every field of engineering. Materials published in the last two years can be delivered as full text on-line or by fax within two working days. • The Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is available as full text on-line. • Current Contents, which contains the tables of contents of 7,000 journals, all available on-line within two weeks of publication. • Literally hundreds of subject-specific commercial databases, including Aerospace, Metals, Energy, and Chemistry; as well as nine databases produced by H. W. Wilson & Co., such as the Applied Science and Technology Index. All are available on-line, and some can be accessed from remote connections. In addition, the Grainger is generating a specialized database to help library users navigate the holdings of the main University Library, one of the world's largest academic collections. Included in this database are the tables of contents of all new journals in the Grainger Center's collections and all College of Engineering class notes on reserve throughout the campus library system.

Access in the Electronic Information Age

Amid the electronic wonders of one of America's most extensive and technologically advanced information retrieval centers is also one of America's most accessible libraries. Central to the technology and the philosophy of the Grainger is its role as an academic library, emphasizing accessibility to scientist and student alike. New users are invited to become familiar with the Grainger Centerfayexploring the building with a multimedia tour presented at computer kiosks located on each floor. By simply touching the screen, library patrons can bring up a visual directory of the entire building, tour the center, locate materials by call number, or learn about the individual who made it all possible, W.W. Grainger. The main circulation desk offers not only state-of-the-art electronic document delivery and interlibrary loan services, but the same traditional circulation services offered by lilmirios (or u century.