Making waves with the Qatar Digital Library - British Library Science blog

The British Library's Science team has posted an interesting article on how the Qatar Digital Library has helped to unearth valuable information about past tsunamis:



Making waves with the Qatar Digital Library - Science blog

Nature Milestones Crystallography - free access

We have free access to this Nature supplement for 6 months. It includes a series of short articles, called Milestones, presenting key developments in the field, written by editors from Nature Publishing Group (NPG).

In addition to the Milestone articles, the supplement includes a Timeline - a chronology of events connected with each Milestone - and a reprinted Collection of landmark papers from Nature and other Nature titles. The Milestones website includes an extensive Library of related material from across NPG.

http://www.nature.com/milestones/milecrystal/index.html?WT.mc_id=BAN_NAT_1407_CRYSLAUNCH

Comets!

In celebration of ESA's success with Rosetta and Philae, here's a list of the books, ebooks, DVD and streaming video we have available via the Library. Read on and impress your friends with your knowledge of comets!

Ebooks
Blazing a ghostly trail: ISON and great comets of the past and future. Grego, Peter. Published 2014
Click here to access ebook http://ezproxy.lib.bbk.ac.uk/login?url=http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=551206

Treatise on Geochemistry 2007 Section on Comets.
Click here to access ebook
http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.lib.bbk.ac.uk/science/article/pii/B0080437516011725

Online video 
The solar system: planets, asteroids and comets. Published 2010
Click here to access online video http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?EDIV;1743250 

Books in the Library
Introduction to comets. Brandt, John C.  Published 2004 http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/449011
Shelfmark: 523.6 BRA

The comet sweeper: Caroline Herschel's astronomical ambition. Brock, Claire, 1977
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/387154
Shelfmark: 520.92 HER/B

The cosmic serpent : a catastrophist view of earth history. Clube, Victor. Published 1982
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/320035
Shelfmark: 523.6 CLU

Comets!: visitors from deep space. Eicher, David J., 1961-. Published 2013
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/486455
Shelfmark: 523.6 EIC

The comets and their origin. Lyttleton, Raymond Arthur. Published 1953 http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/172627
Shelfmark: 523.6 LYT

A field guide to the stars and planets, including the moon, satellites, comets, and other features of the universe. Menzel, Donald Howard, 1901-. Published 1966
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/155092
Shelfmark: 520 MEN

Comets and meteor streams. Porter, John Guy. Published 1952
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/159235
Shelfmark: 523.5 POR

Comet. Sagan, Carl, 1934-. Published 1985 http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/150826
Shelfmark: 523.6 SAG

Comets, popular culture, and the birth of modern cosmology. Schechner Genuth, Sara, 1957-. Published 1997
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/216964
Shelfmark: 523.6 SCH

Comets and the origin of life. Wickramasinghe, Janaki. Published 2010
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/444862
Shelfmark: 576.839 WIC

Meteor showers and their parent comets. Jenniskens, Petrus Matheus Marie. Published 2006
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/459934
Shelfmark: 523.53 JEN

DVD
The comet's tale. Lachmann, M. Published 201
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/462707


Picture by European Space Agency (Rosetta mission poster) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Science writing competition - now open for entries!

The British Library have now launched their science writing competition for this year - if you're a PhD student or post-doc, why not have a go? See the extract from their blog post below.

Science writing competition - now open for entries!

We are excited to announce the launch of 2015's Access to Understanding science writing competition - a prestigious, international competition aimed at PhD students and early career post-doctoral researchers where the challenge is to summarise a cutting-edge research article for a non-specialist audience.

The winner will receive an iPad and have their entry published in eLife. 

See more here

Access to Understanding - British Library Science blog

Access to Understanding is a science writing competition that challenges early career researchers to summarize a recent biomedical research article for a public audience.

The competition is delivered by the British Library in partnership with Europe PMC – the free life sciences information resource.

This blog post from the BL (link below)
gives you this year's winners and advance notice of next year's competition.
Access to Understanding - Science blog

Publishing better science through better data - free event

 

Publishing better science through better data 

Friday, 14 November 2014 from 13:00 to 17:30

A free event in London aimed at doctoral students, organised by the Open Research team within Nature Publishing Group. More details:

http://blogs.nature.com/scientificdata/2014/09/24/registration-open-for-publishing-better-science-through-better-data/

Book your place here:

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing-better-science-through-better-data-tickets-13005362389

Latest Nature Insight articles - Exoplanets

The latest Nature Insight is on Exoplanets

Almost 20 years after the discovery of the first exoplanet this Insight brings together a selection of reviews discussing our current theoretical understanding of exoplanets and their atmospheres, the missions that led to exoplanet discovery and the instruments, both present and future, that characterize planetary atmospheres.

Access the Insight online:

http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=5&ms=NDcwMDMyNzIS1&r=MTc3MTMxNzQxMwS2&b=2&j=NTIyMjQ4NjU1S0&mt=1&rt=0

Birkbeck Science Week - book your place

Science Week is coming soon - 28^th June – 4^th July 2014    This year, in addition in talks on asteroids, X-Ray crystallography, mindfulness meditation and the psychology of routine behaviour, there are lab tours, a workshop in science writing and an evening of 1950's sci-fi films.

All events are free - view the whole programme and register for events here www.bbk.ac.uk/scienceweek2014

The Science Citation Index 50th Anniversary

The Science Citation Index has been going for 50 years and, although I don't remember it that far back, I do remember the days of having to look up subjects in printed annual indexes (see picture), making literature searching an extremely laborious and hit-and-miss affair. The print was so small we had to keep a magnifying glass in the library to lend to users!


There are old videos showing how it used to work (see the one below for a taster), an interview with the founder Eugene Garfield, a timeline of its evolution, a podcast on the recent enhancements and more at this link. Science Citation Index 50th Anniversary page

It's now part of the Web Of Science. See what it looks like now via Birkbeck eLibrary (Bbk staff and students only)

Saturday workshops for science students

The Library's programme of Saturday workshops for the Summer term is now out. This term they are aimed at postgraduates and ones that science students may find useful include: Sat 10th May 2014 11.30am - 1.30pm Improving Your Search Skills. Learn to get the best out of your searches on Library catalogues, databases and the web, with some time for hands-on practice. Sat 24th May 2014 11.30am - 1.00pm Keep up to date using current awareness services. Keep up to date with the latest journal articles in your field by using current awareness services such as ZETOC. Especially useful for PhD students. Sat 31st May 2014 11.30am-1.00pm Introduction to the Web Of Science. An introduction to searching the resources on the Web of Science, including the Arts & Humanities, Science and Social Sciences Citation Indexes) and Medline (biomedical research). Saturday 21st June 2014 11.30am - 1.00pm Managing Your References Using EndNote An introduction to EndNote, reference management software that helps you store, manage and cite your references correctly. There will be an opportunity for some hands-on practice. To book for these or any of the other workshops this term, please visit http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/news/infoskills You might also be interested in booking for workshops on the Academic Writing Day for Postgraduates being put on by colleagues in CLPD – details here http://www.bbk.ac.uk/mybirkbeck/services/facilities/academic/birkbeck-academic-writing-day-citing-and-referencing-properly We look forward to seeing you at a workshop. Don’t forget, if you can't make a workshop but need help in any of these areas or anything else to do with Library and information skills or tracking down information, please contact me and I can help out by phone, email or a one-to-one appointment. s.godsell@bbk.ac.uk

Use of bioscience PhD theses in research - survey

The British Library and the Society Of Biology are running a survey on the use of bioscience PhD theses. Whether you have never used a bioscience PhD thesis, or if you use them every day, they would love to hear your views. You could win a £50 BL shop voucher!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MGR6VSZ

Did you miss our Saturday workshop on Web Of Science?

Did you miss our Saturday workshop on Web Of Science?

Here are some resources to help you make the most of this powerful journal article database:

Birkbeck Library guide to Web Of Science
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/elib/DWOK2012.pdf/at_download/file
 

Web Of Science Quick Reference Card
http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/qrc/wos-corecoll_qrc_en.pdf
 

Online tutorials
http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-knowledge/
 

YouTube videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/WoSTraining