In pictures: 25 years of Hubble

The BBC are celebrating 25 years of Hubble on their web site with some beautiful pictures:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-32388337

New section on the Biological Sciences subject guide - video/image resources

There is a new section on the  Library subject guide for Biological Sciences http://bbk.libguides.com/biologicalsciences giving links to some new resources  - JoVE Science Education (videos to help you learn basic lab techniques), BOB (Box of Broadcasts) National (a streaming TV and radio service for universities), JISC MediaHub (academic video, image and audio) and many others.

New books and ebooks for Biological Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences

You can see lists of the new books and ebooks we have for Biological Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences via the lists on our Subject Guides:

• Biological Sciences

• Earth & Planetary Sciences

And while you're there, why not browse around the other pages on the subject guide and make sure you're using all the resources we make availabe for your subject area.

Access To Understanding science writing competition winners

Fancy reading some great science writing over the Easter break? The winners of the British Library's Access To Understanding science writing competition, which encourages early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article,

Encouraging early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article. - See more at: http://www.access2understanding.org/competition/#sthash.xWNxOuxY.dpuf

Encouraging early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article. - See more at: http://www.access2understanding.org/competition/#sthash.xWNxOuxY.dpuf

have been announced and you can read the winning entries on the BL's blog post:

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/science/2015/03/access-to-understanding-2015-in-summary.html

Campbell Biology ebook now available

We now have access to the latest edition (10th, 2015) of Campbell Biology as an ebook. 

Here's the link http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/499969

You will need your ITS account to log in. There are some restrictions on how much you can print or download - it is resticted to 5% of the book (76 pages).

I hope you find it useful to have online access to this popular book.

There are also some print copies in the Library - details here

Future Flemings - new post from the British Library's Science blog

An interesting post from the British Library's Science blog:




Antibiotic resistance poses one of the biggest threats to medicine in the 21st century. In this blog post, Boudewijn Dominicus explores the exciting new strategies scientists are developing to combat this threat, ranging from new antibiotic classes to bacterial decoys - See more at:


http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/science/2015/03/future-flemings.html

350 years of scientific publishing

The Royal Society are celebrating the 350th anniversary of Philosophical Transactions, the world's first science journal.

Philosophical Transactions, first published in 1665, pioneered the concepts of scientific priority and peer review which, together with archiving and dissemination, provide the model for almost 30,000 scientific journals today.

You can read more about the history of Philosophical Transactions or visit the exhibition of archives in London.

As part of the 350th anniversary celebrations, all Royal Society journals content is free to access until the end of March 2015. and there is a programme of events and activities