2014 - International year of Crystallography

Those of you who pursue studies, research and careers in Crystallography, you will be very pleased to know that 2014 has been declared as the International year of Crystallography (IYCr2014 for short) to celebrate a century since M. Von Laue was awarded the Nobel Prize for the Diffraction of X-rays by crystals and Kepler’s observation in 1611 on symmetry of ice crystals.

The celebratory year will commence with a "glittering" Opening Ceremony in UNESCO's HQ, in Paris, in 20-21 January 2014.
UNESCO and the International Union of Crystallography launched a new website where you can follow up events, announcements and learning materials such as Audio/Visual presentations and a plethora of educational websites. The website will be sustained after the end of 2014 as a permanent resource of the International Union of Crystallography's web presence.

It is valuable to note that a new peer-reviewed open access journal will be launched as part of the 2014 celebrations. The International Union of Crystallography Journal (IUCrJ for short).

The journal will cover:

• biology and medicine
• chemistry and crystal engineering
• materials and computation
• neutron and synchrotron science and technology
• physics and free electron laser science and technology[1]

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[1] Source: http://www.iucrj.org/m/

Web of Science and Medline maintenance this Friday (23rd)

We have received the following warning from Thompson Reuters regarding the Web Of Knowledge database platform:

Web of Knowledge maintenance will begin on Friday August 23, 2013 at 0900 BST and ending by Friday August 23, 2013 at 1900 BST
Web of Knowledge may not be available during the above times. Thomson Reuters would like to apologise for any interruption this may cause.

Web of Knowledge includes the Science Citation Index and the Medline database.

Reviews on Tuberculosis

The Cochrane Library provides evidence-based reviews in medical and health subject areas and at the moment they have a spotlight on their reviews related to tuberculosis. The reviews linked from this page http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/details/collection/4299181/Tuberculosis.html
cover prevention, diagnosis, drug and other types of treatment and drug delivery.

Seach the Cochrane Library for more evidence-based reviews here
http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/index.html

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.