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