The Library has subscribed to a new major electronic resource which will be useful for Science students and staff. Academic Search Complete covers all subject areas and give us an extra 8,500 electronic journals, plus abstracts for a further 12,500. Some of the titles of interest to scientists include Nature back to 1997, many of the Nature and Nature Reviews sister journals, Science, Scientific American and New Scientist, as well as many others. The full list of titles is here.
This blog is for students and staff in Biological Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences at Birkbeck and students studying science subjects at Birkbeck Stratford. Keep up to date with Library news, information about new resources and web sites, tips for making the most of existing resources, as well snippets on science from around the web.
Friday, 25 May 2012
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Improve your search skills
There are still places on this Saturday's Library workshop on Improving Your Search Skills. This session will cover the general principles of preparing a search strategy and carrying out a literature search, together with useful hints and tips on how to get the best out of online databases.
Book your place now at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/news/infoskills
Book your place now at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/news/infoskills
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Learn new skills - come to a Saturday workshop
The programme of Library Saturday workshops is now available on the Library web site at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/news/infoskills. This term our workshops are mainly aimed at postgraduates, but all are welcome. If you would like to:
- Improve your search skills
- Find and access theses
- Find out more about EndNote and EndNote Web
- Keep up to date in your subject area
- Learn to make the most of the Citation Indexes
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