Science Week 2018

Science Week 2018 has arrived!

Birkbeck Science Week is coming up so we've put on a new Book Display around it. Find out more about what Science Week (18-22 June) is and about the lectures and events being put on: https://t.co/GsE5bJnMUe. Why not get yourself along to some of them? pic.twitter.com/BYL0uJhLvl

— Birkbeck Library (@BirkbeckLibrary) June 15, 2018

It's free to book a place at any of the lectures happening during the week, so make the most of learning from experts in their field of study. You can also come and take a look at the book display in the library, which reflects the subjects of the talks. 

Science week study tip 2: finding books on a topic

It's time for Science week study tip 2. Today we're looking at how to find books on a subject that you're interested in. 

Let's say that you went along to the film screening of Resistance and the panel discussion on Tackling antibiotic resistance and the rise of superbugs and you want to find out more about these topics. A good place to start would be the Library catalogue. The following short screencast shows how you can search the Library catalogue to find books on your topic of interest. 

We've put together a list of titles of interest based on the topics being discussed during Science week, so take a look:

• Biological Sciences
• Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Psychological Sciences