Nature Protocol Exchange

The Protocol Exchange is an open repository for the sharing of scientific protocols which are made freely available. Scientists can pool their experimental know-how to help accelerate research. Discover the protocols, share a protocol or join a virtual lab group. http://www.nature.com/protocolexchange

Library Saturday workshops

Come and find out how to get the most out of the online resources that the Library offers.

Saturday workshops you may be interested in are:

Introduction to ejournals - Jan 29th
Using the Citation Indexes - Feb 26th
Introduction to Endnote Web - Mar 5th

For more details and to book, go to http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/news/infoskills

Videos and Podcasts on Ecology and Evolution

Videos and Podcasts from the British Ecological Society's journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution http://www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/view/0/podcasts.html, including interviews with authors and tutorials on methods in ecological modelling. Also have a look at the Methods blog http://methodsblog.wordpress.com/ to keep up to date

New resource on Scientific Poster Presentations

http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/bio/posters.html
This new web site from University of Buffalo Libraries brings together case studies, links to other web sites and a list of books on scientific poster presentations. The resources give guidance on creating a good poster and also using them in teaching and learning.

Resources for Pharmacy students

The Library now has a number of online reference works useful for Pharmacy students - a select list is below:

A-Z of Medicinal Drugs
Black's Medical Dictionary
Dictionary of Medical Terms
Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary
Oxford Companion to Medicine
Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary
Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary
Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopaedia

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Library workshops on the Citation Indexes

There will be workshops in the Library on how to get the best out of the Citation Indexes (Web of Science) on Saturday 13th November. There will be an introductory session at 11.30am and an advanced session at 2pm. If you would like to attend, please go to http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/news/infoskills.

Online Reference works from Knovel

Looking for scientific data? The Library has access to several online reference works from Knovel which may help. These include:

*International critical tables of numerical data - physics, chemistry and technology
*Knovel critical tables
*Metallic materials properties
*Smithsonian Physical tables

See the full list and access these reference works here