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Released October 15, 2007; deadline was October 30, 2007. Congratulations to the winner of the drawing, Mergen Nachin!
The astute library-user may recognize the first column as ISSN numbers (unique numbers given to published journals); others may search Google to find this fact. Since the second column of numbers is rather meaningless at this point, the only thing to do is find out which journals the ISSN numbers correspond to. They are:
1541-0161 - Sound and Vibration
0013-4252 - Electrical Communication
0356-7133 - Aqua Fennica
0033-7579 - Radiation Effects
0097-8493 - Computers & Graphics
0374-3306 - Hasler Review
1573-4137 - Current Nanoscience
0030-3909 - Optica Acta
1365-7828 - Lighting Research and Technology
0304-3991 - Ultramicroscopy
0892-7022 - Molecular Simulation
1093-8001 - Network Magazine
0040-4403 - Texas Journal of Science
0043-7662 - Wood & Wood Products
1055-3614 - Object Magazine
0019-5596 - Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics
0140-4067 - Nuclear Energy
1073-1180 - Cell Vision
1463-5003 - Ocean Modelling
0167-9317 - Microelectronic Engineering
0556-2821 - Physical Review D
0723-4864 - Experiments in Fluids
1527-6988 - Natural Hazards Review
0737-3937 - Drying Technology
0167-9287 - Education & Computing
0049-8246 - X-Ray Spectrometry
Reading the first letter of each of these journal titles, in order, spells out "Search column two in Compendex." Compendex is an Engineering Village database which provides abstracts and full bibliographic citations for journal articles, conferences and reports in all engineering fields dating back to 1884. It covers worldwide engineering and technical literature as well as related fields in science and management. You can access Compendex through Vera, the MIT Libraries' listing of databases and e-journals. For more information about Compendex, see our video tutorial, Introduction to Compendex and Inspec. A quick search in Compendex shows that the numbers in column two are Compendex accession numbers, each of which corresponds with a journal article published in one of the journals listed in column one. The articles are as follows:
| Accession Number |
Article title begins with |
First author |
Journal |
02246978295 |
Summertime performance... |
Roche |
Lighting Research and Technology |
| 06279975173 |
On the fluid-structure... |
Eloranta |
Experiments in Fluids |
| 95102904626 |
Recent developments... |
Meredith |
Cell Vision |
| 04308276552 |
Trusted computing... |
Dornan |
Network Magazine |
| 97113920954 |
Flavor-dependent... |
Davidson |
Physical Review D |
| 86090137790 |
Increasing productivity... |
Incardone |
Wood & Wood Products |
| 97043590157 |
Regulatory view... |
Inkester |
Nuclear Energy |
| 073210751667 |
Social science research... |
Lazo |
Natural Hazards Review |
| 95042657535 |
Terrain visibility |
Nagy |
Computers & Graphics |
| 97073762336 |
Application of a microstrip... |
Veloso |
X-Ray Spectrometry |
| 88120169510 |
Use of CAE |
Schneider |
Hasler Review |
| 90110950560 |
Training computer-supported |
Eriksson |
Education & Computing |
| 86080115365 |
High resolution... |
Hampel |
Electrical Communication |
| 97033562781 |
Object technology... |
Taylor |
Object Magazine |
| 05028775138 |
Rational, hierarchical... |
Snyder |
Molecular Simulation |
| 86100154359 |
Bilayer holograms... |
Evitkhiev |
Optica Acta |
| 071010476684 |
Yield equation formulas |
Nadarajah |
Microelectronic Engineering |
| 19680031790 |
Community noise... |
Thiessen |
Sound and Vibration |
| 83100152764 |
Optical detection... |
Akimaya |
Radiation Effects |
| 93071634059 |
Limnological research... |
Eloranta |
Aqua Fennica |
| 90080187981 |
Ultrasonic behaviour... |
Ramanjappa |
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics |
| 072310639011 |
Microwave-assisted synthesis... |
Wang |
Current Nanoscience |
| 90050323903 |
Numerical investigation... |
Erdesz |
Drying Technology |
| 83040050581 |
On the spatial resolution... |
Imeson |
Ultramicroscopy |
| 97033587234 |
Noteworthy records... |
Moreno-Valdez |
Texas Journal of Science |
| 04538755321 |
Entrainment... |
Ezer |
Ocean Modelling |
Reading down the first letter of the article title, we see that it says "Sort first author by column one." So we put the journals in the same order as they are in column one:
| Accession Number |
Article title begins with |
First author |
Journal |
| 19680031790 |
Community noise... |
Thiessen |
Sound and Vibration |
| 86080115365 |
High resolution... |
Hampel |
Electrical Communication |
| 93071634059 |
Limnological research... |
Eloranta |
Aqua Fennica |
| 83100152764 |
Optical detection... |
Akimaya |
Radiation Effects |
| 95042657535 |
Terrain visibility |
Nagy |
Computers & Graphics |
| 88120169510 |
Use of CAE |
Schneider |
Hasler Review |
| 072310639011 |
Microwave-assisted synthesis... |
Wang |
Current Nanoscience |
| 86100154359 |
Bilayer holograms... |
Evitkhiev |
Optica Acta |
02246978295 |
Summertime performance... |
Roche |
Lighting Research and Technology |
| 83040050581 |
On the spatial resolution... |
Imeson |
Ultramicroscopy |
| 05028775138 |
Rational, hierarchical... |
Snyder |
Molecular Simulation |
| 04308276552 |
Trusted computing... |
Dornan |
Network Magazine |
| 97033587234 |
Noteworthy records... |
Moreno-Valdez |
Texas Journal of Science |
| 86090137790 |
Increasing productivity... |
Incardone |
Wood & Wood Products |
| 97033562781 |
Object technology... |
Taylor |
Object Magazine |
| 90080187981 |
Ultrasonic behaviour... |
Ramanjappa |
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics |
| 97043590157 |
Regulatory view... |
Inkester |
Nuclear Energy |
| 95102904626 |
Recent developments... |
Meredith |
Cell Vision |
| 04538755321 |
Entrainment... |
Ezer |
Ocean Modelling |
| 071010476684 |
Yield equation formulas |
Nadarajah |
Microelectronic Engineering |
| 97113920954 |
Flavor-dependent... |
Davidson |
Physical Review D |
| 06279975173 |
On the fluid-structure... |
Eloranta |
Experiments in Fluids |
| 073210751667 |
Social science research... |
Lazo |
Natural Hazards Review |
| 90050323903 |
Numerical investigation... |
Erdesz |
Drying Technology |
| 90110950560 |
Training computer-supported |
Eriksson |
Education & Computing |
| 97073762336 |
Application of a microstrip... |
Veloso |
X-Ray Spectrometry |
And now, reading down the first letter of the first author, we see "The answer is Dmitri Mendeleev."
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