Keep up to date on the move

Are you an app addict? Forget Angry Birds and Candy Crush Saga for a while and download some of the apps that are on offer from our science ejournal and database providers.

There are several PubMed apps available - here's a review that compares six of them for the iPad and iPhone, and here's the page where you can download some of them

The Royal Society of Chemistry has also made its journal content available via an app - details here http://www.rsc.org/publishing/platform/rscmobile.asp

Take ScienceDirect with you wherever you go with their apps for iPad/iPhone and Android

Note that to access full text articles you may have to register your account from a Birkbeck PC initially, so that they know you are a registered student or member of staff.

EndNote user? You can  also take your references with you on the move, or add to your EndNote library with the app for iPad. This one costs £6.99.

If you're looking for a job in science, the Nature jobs app is free and available for iPhone/iPad and Android.

Do you have a favourite science journal or database app? Let us know!

ScienceDirect Top 25

Keep up to date with the latest developments in your field of research. ScienceDirect Top 25 gives you the latest, most cited papers in your research area. Chose from subject areas as diverse as Biochemistry, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology, and Psychology. Sign up to get them regularly by email

Some new ebooks ...

    

Some new ebooks added to the catalogue in Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences - see the list here

Saturday workshops for Science students

Our Saturday workshop programme has several sessions useful for Science students. The session this term are primarily aimed at postgraduates but all are welcome:



There are workshops on:

• Improving Your Search Skills
• Finding And Accessing Theses
• Introduction to the Web of Knowledge
• Managing your references with EndNote and EndNote Web (reference management software)
• Keeping up to date using current awareness services

For more information and to book a place, go to http://www.bbk.ac.uk/mybirkbeck/global/workshop_timetable?orgunit=LIB

We look forward to seeing you at a workshop this term.

 

Saturday workshop on Web of Knowledge

Our first Saturday workshop of the term is this weekend and is on using the Web Of Knowledge databases, which include the Science Citation Indexes, as well as Medline.

This workshop is currently fully booked, but please keep an eye on this page for cancellations http://www.bbk.ac.uk/mybirkbeck/global/workshop_timetable?orgunit=LIB

or add yourself to the waiting list.

 

Alternatively you can train yourself in your own time - here are some resources;

• Library guide to Web of Knowledge
• Quick Reference card
• Online Tutorials
• Live web-based training sessions from the publisher

If you have any problems with using the Web Of Knowledge, please ask at/email the Library Help Desk or contact me on 020 7631 6062, email s.godsell@bbk.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

New Library workshops for Science students

Our new Saturday workshop programme is now out. There are several that are useful for Science students:

*Introduction to the Web of Knowledge Sat 09 Feb 11.30am-1pm
An introduction to searching the Science, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities Citation Indexes with time for some hands-on practice.

*Introduction to EndNote Web (reference management software) Sat 09 Mar 11.30am-1pm
EndNote Web helps you store, manage and cite your references correctly.

*Keep up to date using current awareness services Sat 16 Mar 11.30am-1pm
Keep up to date with the latest journal articles in your field by using current awareness services such as   ZETOC.

To find out more and to book a place for any of these workshops, go to
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/mybirkbeck/global/workshop_timetable?orgunit=LIB

I hope to see you at a workshop. If you can't make the workshops but would like some help with these topics, or any other help with finding information and using Library resources, please contact me on s.godsell@bbk.ac.uk

Science Magazine online

Unfortunately we have had to cancel our online subscription to Science magazine, as the cost of renewing for 2013 has doubled from $3,000 to over $6,000. We have access to back volumes up to 2006 via our subscrition to JSTOR and we still have a print subscription - copies can be found up on Level 4 of the Library. Academic staff can request for articles to be scanned by the Library in order to make them available via Moodle.

We hope that we may be able to resume our subscription in 2014.