Wiley-Blackwell blogs in Earth and Life Sciences

Two blogs I have recently come across from Wiley-Blackwell, the journal publishers, which could help you keep up to date with developments in these two areas:

Earth Sciences http://earth-pages.co.uk/
Life Sciences http://wisciblog.com/

Every couple of weeks a new journal article or book is highlighted and the science around it discussed and, as they are blogs, you can contribute to the discussion too.

International Year of Chemistry

2011 is the International Year of Chemistry http://www.chemistry2011.org/ with activities planned all over the world to promote the public understanding of chemistry.

Here are some of the activities planned in the UK http://www.chemistry2011.org/participate/activities?by_country=1&country=United+Kingdom

New books in the Library for Biology

New books in the Library for Biology - click on the links to see the catalogue record:

• British National Formulary 60 http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?443973
• Enzymes Vol.28 Part B: structure, function and regulation of TOR complexes from Yeasts to Mammals http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?443372
• Brown, T. A. Gene cloning and DNA analysis : an introduction 6th ed. Wiley-Blackwell http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444496
• Cassimeris, Lynne. Lingappa, Vishwanath R. Plopper, George. Lewin's cells 2nd ed., International ed. Jones and Bartlett http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?438712
• Dale, Jeremy. Schantz, Malcolm von. From genes to genomes : concepts and applications of DNA technology 2nd ed. John Wiley http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444486
• Davis, Martha. Scientific papers and presentations. Rev. ed. Academic Press http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444086
• Day, Robert Adams, 1924- Gastel, Barbara. How to write and publish a scientific paper 6th ed. Cambridge University Press http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444484
• Dewick, Paul M. Medicinal natural products : a biosynthetic approach 3rd ed. Wiley http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?414860
• Gunsalus, I.C.. The Bacteria: A Treatise on Structure and Function – the Biology of Pseudomonas. Academic Press http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444346
• Hailman, Jack Parker, Strier, Karen B. Planning, proposing, and presenting science effectively : a guide for graduate students and researchers in the behavioral sciences and biology. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444483
• Harmon, Joseph E. Gross, Alan G. The craft of scientific communication. University of Chicago Press ; University Presses Marketing http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444087
• Hille, Bertil. Ion channels of excitable membranes. 3rd ed. Sinauer. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?287587
• Hochberg, M. and Ives, A. Parasitoid Population Biology. Princeton University Press. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?440627
• Hunt, James H. The evolution of social wasps. Oxford University Press. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?439038
• Katz, Michael Jay. From research to manuscript : a guide to scientific writing. Springer. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444420
• Knisely, Karin. A student handbook for writing in biology 3rd ed. Sinauer. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?443859
• Patrick, Graham L. An introduction to medicinal chemistry. 4th ed. Oxford University Press. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?442702
• Pechenik, Jan A. A short guide to writing about biology. 7th ed. Longman. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444112
• Pinon, Ramon. Biology of human reproduction. University Science Books. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444115
• Ramachandran, G.H. and A.H. Reddi. Biochemistry of Collagen Plenum Press http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444347
• Rose, S., Lewontin, R.C. and Kamin, L.J. Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature. Penguin Books http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?93276
• Starkey, Michael P. Elaswarapu, Ramnath. Genomics : essential methods. Wiley-Blackwell. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?444485
• Stearns, S. C. Hoekstra, Rolf F. Evolution : an introduction 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?439047
• Taiz, Lincoln. Zeiger, Eduardo. Plant Physiology. 5th ed. Sinauer Associates. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?44
• Tautz, Jurgen. The buzz about bees : biology of a superorganism. Springer. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?440973
• Walker, John M., Rapley, Ralph. Molecular biomethods handbook 2nd ed. Humana. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?439281
• Wilson, Keith, Walker, John. Principles and techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology. 7th ed. Cambridge University Press. http://ipac.lib.bbk.ac.uk/hipres/info/permalink.html?437669
  

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.