Most Borrowed Items 2014/15 - School of Science

See what students in the School of Science read last year:

Biological Sciences

Find these books on the library catalogue by clicking on the links below:

• Campbell biology
• Biology : the complete guide to biology
• Lewins cells
• Human physiology : an integrated approach
• Lewins genes XI
• Calculations in AS/ A level chemistry
• Metabolic regulation : a human perspective
• Chemistry
• Gene cloning and DNA analysis : an introduction
• Essential cell biology
• Molecular biology

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Find these books on the library catalogue by clicking on the links below:

• Atlas of metamorphic rocks and their textures
• Geology of the country around Llanilar and Rhayader
• Palaeoecology : ecosystems, environments and evolution
• Igneous rocks and processes : a practical guide
• Atlas of sedimentary rocks under the microscope
• Ore geology and industrial minerals
• Introduction to astronomy and cosmology
• Introduction to geochemistry : principles and applications
• Diamonds
• Metamorphic petrology
• Invertebrate palaeontology and evolution
• Physics of the sun : a first course
• Understanding earth

Psychological Sciences

 

Find these books on the library catalogue by clicking on the links below:

• Principles of biopsychology
• Interpretative phenomenological analysis
• Abnormal psychology
• How to design and report experiments
• Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics
• Critical thinking about research
• Cognitive psychology : a students handbook
• Physiology of behavior
• Memory

Talkscience@Christmas - British Library Christmas Science Quiz

Any science students fancy getting together in a team and having a go at the British Library's Christmas Science Quiz? It's a chance to flex your brain biceps and find out how knowledgeable you are when it comes to scientific concepts, findings and general trivia.

Tue 8 Dec 2015, 18:30 - 21:00. Tickets are £10 per team of up to five people.

Details and booking here http://www.bl.uk/events/talkscience-at-christmas-lets-get-quizzical

Need help with using the Library? Book a 1-1 appointment

Have you been struggling with using the Library or eLibrary, or would just like someone to sit down and go through something with you? You can now book a 45 minute 1-1 appointment with Sue, the subject librarian for Psychological Sciences, Earth & Planetary Sciences and Biological Sciences, online via this link http://bbk.libcal.com/appointment/10318

Sue can help with using the Library and eLibrary, finding information, literature searching, citing your references, using EndNote and more.

Available times are put up two weeks in advance, but if none of the available times/dates suit you, then please get in touch and I'll see if we can arrange a mutually convenient time.

Sue can also help out by telephone or email - 020 7631 6062 or s.godsell@bbk.ac.uk

Springer Life Sciences Protocols now available online

Springer Protocols is the world’s largest database of life sciences protocols, outlining experimental methods in the life sciences, particularly molecular biology. We now have online access to the protocols published between 1980-2012, and you can print and download them. They are all individually listed by title on the Library catalogue, or you can search them here.

• They provide written procedural methods in the design and implementation of experiments that describe the safety, bias, procedures, equipment, statistical methods, reporting, and troubleshooting standards to be used in order to successfully conduct the experiment.
• Each protocol is templated into four sections - Introduction, Materials, Methods, Notes - so that information will always be exactly where you expect to find it.
• Each protocol is a chapter of a book, and each book is a collection of protocols on a given research topic. The protocols are derived from 6 book series (listed below), plus 21 additional books outside of any series.

• Methods in Molecular Biology (907 volumes)
• Methods in Biotechnology (24 volumes)
• Methods in Molecular Medicine (140 volumes)
• Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology (11 volumes)
• Neuromethods (70 volumes)
• 8 Springer Protocols Handbooks titles

Science Busking training!

Birkbeck Science students: Would you be interested in working with a small group of science students to develop an interesting science idea into a short 5 - 10 minute science busking piece to be performed in a primary school (for children aged 9-11)?

Science busking is about communicating science in novel and accessible ways. The project aims to showcase science as fun, intriguing and accessible to children who probably would not consider university science as a possible future for themselves. We also hope that Birkbeck Science students will have fun engaging with their subject in creative and innovative ways whilst doing something positive for the community.

Find out more and sign up

Treatise on Geochemistry - updated edtion now available

We now have online access to the second edition of Treatise on Geochemistry published in 2014.

Browse and search it via ScienceDirect at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780080983004

Great for your geochemistry modules!

New section on the Earth & Planetary Sciences subject guide - video/image resources

There is a new section on the Library subject guide for Earth & Planetary Sciences http://bbk.libguides.com/earthandplanetarysciences giving links to some video and image resources, including:

• BOB (Box of Broadcasts) National (a streaming TV and radio service for universities)
• JISC MediaHub (academic video, image and audio),
• Earth Science World Image Bank 

and more. There is also a search box for image searches via Credo Reference. Take a look at this new page, and the others on the guide today!

In pictures: 25 years of Hubble

The BBC are celebrating 25 years of Hubble on their web site with some beautiful pictures:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-32388337

New section on the Biological Sciences subject guide - video/image resources

There is a new section on the  Library subject guide for Biological Sciences http://bbk.libguides.com/biologicalsciences giving links to some new resources  - JoVE Science Education (videos to help you learn basic lab techniques), BOB (Box of Broadcasts) National (a streaming TV and radio service for universities), JISC MediaHub (academic video, image and audio) and many others.

New books and ebooks for Biological Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences

You can see lists of the new books and ebooks we have for Biological Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences via the lists on our Subject Guides:

• Biological Sciences

• Earth & Planetary Sciences

And while you're there, why not browse around the other pages on the subject guide and make sure you're using all the resources we make availabe for your subject area.

Access To Understanding science writing competition winners

Fancy reading some great science writing over the Easter break? The winners of the British Library's Access To Understanding science writing competition, which encourages early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article,

Encouraging early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article. - See more at: http://www.access2understanding.org/competition/#sthash.xWNxOuxY.dpuf

Encouraging early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article. - See more at: http://www.access2understanding.org/competition/#sthash.xWNxOuxY.dpuf

have been announced and you can read the winning entries on the BL's blog post:

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/science/2015/03/access-to-understanding-2015-in-summary.html

Campbell Biology ebook now available

We now have access to the latest edition (10th, 2015) of Campbell Biology as an ebook. 

Here's the link http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/499969

You will need your ITS account to log in. There are some restrictions on how much you can print or download - it is resticted to 5% of the book (76 pages).

I hope you find it useful to have online access to this popular book.

There are also some print copies in the Library - details here

Future Flemings - new post from the British Library's Science blog

An interesting post from the British Library's Science blog:




Antibiotic resistance poses one of the biggest threats to medicine in the 21st century. In this blog post, Boudewijn Dominicus explores the exciting new strategies scientists are developing to combat this threat, ranging from new antibiotic classes to bacterial decoys - See more at:


http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/science/2015/03/future-flemings.html

350 years of scientific publishing

The Royal Society are celebrating the 350th anniversary of Philosophical Transactions, the world's first science journal.

Philosophical Transactions, first published in 1665, pioneered the concepts of scientific priority and peer review which, together with archiving and dissemination, provide the model for almost 30,000 scientific journals today.

You can read more about the history of Philosophical Transactions or visit the exhibition of archives in London.

As part of the 350th anniversary celebrations, all Royal Society journals content is free to access until the end of March 2015. and there is a programme of events and activities

New streaming video resource - JoVE Science Education

We now have access to a new online resource - JoVE Science Education. It is a video database dedicated to teaching laboratory fundamentals through simple, easy to understand video demonstrations.


Please try it out and send your comments/feedback to me - s.godsell@bbk.ac.uk - as we are gathering usage statistics and feedback to see if we wish to renew it next year.

We have subscriptions to four sections:

General Laboratory Techniques
This collection exhibits how to use standard pieces of laboratory equipment essential in many experiments, as well as how to perform basic laboratory functions. Each video is paired with additional video resources for you to view practical applications of the technique and other complementary skills.

Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology
This collection demonstrates how to execute basic techniques commonly used in cellular and molecular biology. To enhance your understanding of the methods each video is paired with additional video resources to show practical applications of the techniques and other complementary skills.
Essentials of Neuroscience 
This collection provides an introduction to the field of neuroscience. These videos offer a glimpse of neuroscience at the professional level, through an exploration of five major branches of study: neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, cell and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, and developmental neuroscience. In addition to presenting the key questions asked by scientists from these subfields, the collection describes some prominent methods used by today’s most brainy researchers, while making exciting discoveries regarding nervous system function.
Essentials of Behavioral Science
This collection presents the fundamentals of behavior neuroscience. It is sub-divided on the basis of different aspects of human behavior such as learning, memory, cognition, movement, addiction and behavioral disorders. The videos briefly explain the neurobiology of behavior, discuss concepts behind prominent techniques, introduce important questions being asked by scientists and provide protocols to run behavioral experiments.

New journal for Earth Sciences

 We now have access to the Journal of the Geological Society from 1971 up to present via the eLibrary.

Journal of the Geological Society (JGS) is the Geological Society of London's flagship journal, publishing only the most topical and highest quality articles covering the full range of the Earth sciences. The Journal features short communications, interdisciplinary articles and reviews in key areas, and is one of the key titles for researchers in the geosciences.

You can access it via this link with your Birkbeck IT account 
http://bit.ly/1D5gKtq

Science magazine now available online!

Many of you have asked for this subscription, and now it's available from 1880 right up to the latest issues via the eLibrary. Log in at the link below.

http://tb2tn4ax7t.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&N=100&L=TB2TN4AX7T&S=I_M&C=0036-8075

Interview with Professor Ian Crawford

Professor Ian Crawford of Birkbeck's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences was interviewed on "Is Moon mining economically feasible?" at space.com http://www.space.com/28189-moon-mining-economic-feasibility.html

Read some of Prof. Crawford's recent publications about the Moon via the Birkbeck eLibrary:

• Lunar exploration: opening a window into the history and evolution of the inner Solar System (at Arxiv.org)
• Western Oceanus Procellarum as seen by C1XS on Chandrayaan-1 
• Numerical modeling of lava-regolith heat transfer on the Moon and implications for the preservation of implanted volatiles
• Scientific preparations for lunar exploration
• Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration 
• Geology, geochemistry, and geophysics of the Moon: Status of current understanding
• A brief review of chemical and mineralogical resources on the Moon and likely initial in situ resource utilization (ISRU) applications

Your Birkbeck IT account is needed for access to most of these.

A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science

With more and more information out there, sometimes bad science slips through the net. Here's a handy infographic guide to spotting it. See the full article at http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/04/02/a-rough-guide-to-spotting-bad-science/