Science Librarian's Blog: 2008

Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Darwin exhibition at the Natural History Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/darwin/
"Darwin is the biggest ever exhibition about Charles Darwin. It celebrates Darwin's ideas and their impact for his 200th birthday in 2009. Discover the man and the revolutionary theory that changed our understanding of the world. See incredible, revealing and rare exhibits, some on display for the first time"

There is a slideshow of some of the exhibits here http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/darwin/slideshow.html and also links to an interactive Beagle voyage and a video of Darwin's mocking birds.
Natural History Museum 14th November 2008 - 19th April 2009
The Natural History Museum also has a web site for Darwin's 200th birthday detailing national events http://www.darwin200.org/

While you're at the Natural History Museum you might also want to catch the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/ 31st October 2008 - 26th April 2009

Friday, 10 October 2008

New Internet resources from Intute

Friday, 5 September 2008

American Chemical Society Journals Online

The ACS online journals are now available from outside College. Previously these could only be accessed from College PCs or via the VPN, but now you can access them using your IT Services username and password. The service gives access to the full text of 25 ACS journals. More information here http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/elib/databases/science/acs

New Internet resources

Immunobiology
http://www.blink.biz/immunoanimations/

PMC physics A
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080829-13554289

Marine and Freshwater Biodiversity
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080904-11241128

Ethics in science and environmental policies
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080903-08314926

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
http://www.feow.org/

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Your favourite resources?

I would like to know about Science resources (web sites, books, other libraries, etc.) that you have found useful. Please click on the Comments link and share information about your favourite resources with other Birkbeck students and staff.
thanks, Sue

Thursday, 7 August 2008

New internet resources

New internet resources added to the Intute database

General Astronomy
International year of astronomy 2009
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080725-11374242
International year of astronomy 2009
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080731-11340385

Health, Mental Health, and Psychogenic Disorders
Mindsite
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080731-23393517

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

New open access journal - BioData Mining

A new open access journal from BioMedCentral - BioData Mining http://www.biodatamining.org/

Friday, 18 July 2008

New Internet resources from Intute

New Internet resources added to the Intute database

Searchable list of names in the Parmelioid genera (Lichens)
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080713-19504837

Acta Montanistica Slovaca
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080715-15311620

Brain Science podcast
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080715-21393111

Wednesday, 9 July 2008

Darwin200

http://www.darwin200.org/
Darwin200 is a national programme of events celebrating Charles Darwin’s scientific ideas and their impact around his two hundredth birthday.

Monday, 30 June 2008

Internet Resources Newsletter

Internet Resources Newsletter from Herriot-Watt University

Latest Scirus Seacher newsletter

Do you use Scirus, the scientific web search engine? Their newsletter has helpful hints on how to make better use of it.
http://info.scirus.com/#1

Friday, 20 June 2008

New resources from Intute

New Internet resources from Intute

General Astronomy

NOAA in space : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Photo Library
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=1013180592-1932911
World Lecture Hall : Astronomy
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080617-14343370

Conservation/Ecology
Conservation Letters
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080618-10210991

Ecoscience
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080618-09214869

Inorganic Chemistry

Complex ions menu : Inorganic chemistry : Chemguide
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2004523-237191767
Extraction of metals menu : Inorganic chemistry : Chemguide
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2004523-237191724

New Open Access Science journals

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/
Hindawi publishes a collection of peer-reviewed, open access journals covering several areas in science, technology, and medicine. All articles published in Hindawi journals are open access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Thursday, 19 June 2008

Need help using the Library or the eLibrary?

If you're having problems using the Library or the eLibrary, or would just like to learn more about using them, don't forget that the Library has a range of ways to help you.

We have a telephone helpline - 020 7631 6063 - staffed from 11am to 10.15pm weekdays and 10am to 7.45pm weekends (term time)
The help desk in the Library on level 1 is also staffed for face-to-face enquiries during those hours
Pick up printed guides from the help desk
We have an email helpline - library-help@bbk.ac.uk
We have online tutorials available on our web site - go to the Library web site and click on "Learn Library skills"
Browse our subject guides to see what's available in your subject area
You can make an appointment to see Sue, the Science librarian. Contact details

Thursday, 12 June 2008

2Collab - new tool for scientists from Elsevier

what is 2collab?
2collab is a new type of research tool launched in 2007- a collaboration platform designed specifically for researchers in the science, technical and medical communities.
Intended for use by professional researchers in academic, government and corporate institutions, 2collab provides three types of features:

1. Online bookmarking and reference management
2. Groups - for sharing with existing networks, or building new ones
3. Networking - find, evaluate and initiate contact with new people

http://www.2collab.com/

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Need help with using the Library or the eLibrary?

If you're having problems using the Library or the eLibrary, or would just like to learn more about using them, don't forget that the Library has a range of ways to help you.

We have a telephone helpline - 020 7631 6063 - staffed from 11am to 10.15pm weekdays and 10am to 7.45pm weekends
The help desk in the Library on level 1 is also staffed for face-to-face enquiries during those hours
Pick up printed guides from the help desk
We have an email helpline - library-help@bbk.ac.uk
We have online tutorials available on our web site - go to the Library web site and click on "Learn Library skills"
Browse our subject guides to see what's available in your subject area
You can make an appointment to see Sue, the Science librarian. Contact details

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

NextBio

http://www.nextbio.com/b/home/home.nb
A new, free-to-access life sciences search engine. Searches across 1.2 billion data points (10,000+ study results) and over 16 million articles!
“NextBio's mission is to make the world's life sciences information universally accessible. Our goal is to empower researchers and clinicians to make new discoveries in science, find new and better cures to diseases, and work more collaboratively.”

Friday, 16 May 2008

News about UCL Science Library Refurbishment

UCL Library Services will be undertaking extensive refurbishment of the ground floor of the UCL Science Library (DMS Watson building) from June to September 2008.

With the generous support of the Wolfson Foundation, UCL Library Services will create a Learning Laboratory.
The entrance lobby will be widened and improved with a new Membership desk and a separate security office.
The extensive computer cluster will be extended with 30 new postgraduate cluster workstations.
Wheelchair users will benefit from a new gate to access the Library and wider doorways into the main space.
From the entrance lobby, two sets of glazed double doors will invite users into the Learning Laboratory.
To facilitate group study, the Learning Laboratory will accommodate 11 new soft seating clusters and a group study area, enabled with RoamNet wireless network, for up to 44 users.
5 self-service terminals will be installed for book issue and return, based on RFID (Radio-Frequency) technology.
New issue & enquiry desk

The impact of construction work during summer 2008 will be:

The main entrance to the UCL Science Library will be closed for the duration of the works. Access will be through the deliveries door on Malet Place.
The computer cluster area (including Teaching Cluster) will be closed for 4 weeks.
UCL Library Services and Information Systems will provide 20 cluster machines on ground floor temporarily.
The Science Issue Desk will be relocated to the 2nd floor for the duration of the works.

Programme:

Preparatory work commences 27/05/2008
Building work commences 06/2008
The area will re-open for the start of the new academic session(September 2008)

Links:
UCL Library Services www.ucl.ac.uk/library
The Wolfson Foundation http://www.wolfson.org.uk/

New Resources from Intute

New Internet resources from Intute:

Astronomy
Advances in astronomy
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080211-0006

Chemistry
View from a distant Universe : Chapter 1 : Foundations to chemistry
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2005721-123012

Geochemistry
Chemistry and geochemistry of the oceans
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080511-15291431

Inorganic Chemistry
Eight electron chemistry : lithium through neon : Chapter 3 : Foundations to chemistry
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2005721-1230198
Gain and loss of electrons; ions and metals : Chapter 5 : Foundations to chemistry
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2005721-1230114
Periodicity of behaviour : sodium through argon : Chapter 6 : Foundations to chemistry
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2005721-123015

Organic Chemistry
Report on consumer focus groups on biotechnology
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080513-11323931

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Online Chemistry Reference Works

Birkbeck students and staff have access to a range of online Chemistry reference works including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, handbooks, critical tables and data sheets. See the list at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/subguides/science/chemical/databases/#ref

Friday, 9 May 2008

GreenFILE - new database

GreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

Access it here http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/elib/databases/science/greenfile

Sue

Thursday, 8 May 2008

New Web sites on Intute

New Library Blog for Birkbeck Science students and staff

This blog is for students and staff in the Schools of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Crystallography and Earth Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London. I will be keeping you updated with Library news, information about new resources and web sites, tips for making the most of existing resources and much more.
Sue