New Product: CSA illustrata, technology (images, charts, computer science, engineering, architecture, robotics)

This one has been in the works for a while.
Basically, one can search for graphics in the literature, such as tables, charts, illustrations, etc. :

"Deep indexing for tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature.

"Deep indexing" categorizes data, variables and other content represented in tables, maps, photographs and other figures. Usually, indexing of research articles is done at a rather high, general level where only the key concepts of the work are represented by a dozen or so index terms. But by going deeper and specifically indexing the content associated with all the individual tables and figures, CSA Illustrata enables the researcher to find information that otherwise would not be retrievable in traditional, article-level and full-text indexing systems."

Access it here:
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.csa.com/
htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=ucab&access=ucab282&db=
objectsclust-tech-set-c

More info and samples here:
http://csaweb107v.csa.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/factsheets/
objectsclust-tech-set-c.php?SID=0vkdkt0prbl76jrdaruhtteru2

Find tables, figures, graphs, charts etc. from scholarly research and technical literature - CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences

The library has just subscribed to a neat new product, CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences.

It searches for tables, graphs, maps, images, etc. in the scholarly literature. For example, if you are looking for maps of the grizzly bear's range in Kananaskis (or a picture of the grizzly itself), you can use Illustrata.

The database is not in our Research Databases list yet, so use this link in the meantime:
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=
http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?
username=ucab&access=ucab282&db=objectsclust-nats-set-c

From CSA:
CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is interdisciplinary, covering a wide variety of journals from all major areas such as: biology, earth sciences, environmental studies, medical sciences, agriculture, fish and fisheries, education, geography, veterinary science, food and food industries, pharmacy and pharmacology, meteorology, public health and safety, water resources, conservation and forests and forestry. CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is the first in a series of CSA Illustrata databases of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature. Coverage includes 1977 to current.