HSLS Update

Electronic Access to Methods in Enzymology

In the field of biochemistry, Methods in Enzymology has been the laboratory standard for more than 50  years.  With 400+ volumes, it provides the definitive source for articles ranging from basic theory to sources of equipment and reagents, as well as information about specific laboratory techniques, and preparation of enzymes or metabolic intermediates.

The full text of Methods in Enzymology is available from 2000 to the present via HSLS electronic access through ScienceDirect. (Prior to 2000, volumes are available in the Falk Library under call number QP601 .C719).  ScienceDirect also enables quick and easy searching of the table of contents from volume one, 1955, to the present. Email alerts can be created easily to monitor this series for new articles of personal interest. Beginning with volume 410, 2006, HSLS will receive Methods in Enzymology in electronic format only.

HSLS also provides electronic access to Methods: a Companion to Methods in Enzymology on ScienceDirect.  Methods: a Companion focuses on rapidly developing techniques in experimental biological and medical sciences.  Some recent topics include:

• preparation and use of brain slices;
• apoptosis: isolation and characterization of proteins;
• analysis of viral gene expression in differentiated tissue.

Access to both Methods in Enzymology and Methods: a Companion is available on the HSLS Web site through Electronic Resource Title Search at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/resources>. Enter the title word 'methods' in the search box, and select from the matching drop down menu 'phrase at start of title'. Then select the desired title and link.

--Charlie Wessel