Library Spring term workshops

Come along to a Saturday workshop and learn to make the most of the Library's resources and services. Here's our Spring Term programme:


30th January and repeated 27th February 11.30am - 1.00pm
Finding information for your essays and assignments.
Find books, articles, etc. on a particular topic. Learn to search the Library catalogue and our new Discover article search service by subject. Book Now

30th January and repeated 27th February 2.00 - 3.30pm
Improving your search skills.
How to carry out a literature search and tips for better searching.
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30th January 3.30 - 5.00pm
Managing your references using EndNote.
An introduction to using EndNote to manage your references and insert them into your documents correctly. Book Now

27th February. 3.30 - 5.00pm
Managing your references using Mendeley.
An introduction to using Mendeley to manage your references and insert them into your documents correctly. Please bring a USB memory stick to the session with at least 1GB of memory free.
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Most Borrowed Items 2014/15 - School of Science

See what students in the School of Science read last year:

Biological Sciences

Find these books on the library catalogue by clicking on the links below:

• Campbell biology
• Biology : the complete guide to biology
• Lewins cells
• Human physiology : an integrated approach
• Lewins genes XI
• Calculations in AS/ A level chemistry
• Metabolic regulation : a human perspective
• Chemistry
• Gene cloning and DNA analysis : an introduction
• Essential cell biology
• Molecular biology

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Find these books on the library catalogue by clicking on the links below:

• Atlas of metamorphic rocks and their textures
• Geology of the country around Llanilar and Rhayader
• Palaeoecology : ecosystems, environments and evolution
• Igneous rocks and processes : a practical guide
• Atlas of sedimentary rocks under the microscope
• Ore geology and industrial minerals
• Introduction to astronomy and cosmology
• Introduction to geochemistry : principles and applications
• Diamonds
• Metamorphic petrology
• Invertebrate palaeontology and evolution
• Physics of the sun : a first course
• Understanding earth

Psychological Sciences

 

Find these books on the library catalogue by clicking on the links below:

• Principles of biopsychology
• Interpretative phenomenological analysis
• Abnormal psychology
• How to design and report experiments
• Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics
• Critical thinking about research
• Cognitive psychology : a students handbook
• Physiology of behavior
• Memory

Talkscience@Christmas - British Library Christmas Science Quiz

Any science students fancy getting together in a team and having a go at the British Library's Christmas Science Quiz? It's a chance to flex your brain biceps and find out how knowledgeable you are when it comes to scientific concepts, findings and general trivia.

Tue 8 Dec 2015, 18:30 - 21:00. Tickets are £10 per team of up to five people.

Details and booking here http://www.bl.uk/events/talkscience-at-christmas-lets-get-quizzical

Need help with using the Library? Book a 1-1 appointment

Have you been struggling with using the Library or eLibrary, or would just like someone to sit down and go through something with you? You can now book a 45 minute 1-1 appointment with Sue, the subject librarian for Psychological Sciences, Earth & Planetary Sciences and Biological Sciences, online via this link http://bbk.libcal.com/appointment/10318

Sue can help with using the Library and eLibrary, finding information, literature searching, citing your references, using EndNote and more.

Available times are put up two weeks in advance, but if none of the available times/dates suit you, then please get in touch and I'll see if we can arrange a mutually convenient time.

Sue can also help out by telephone or email - 020 7631 6062 or s.godsell@bbk.ac.uk

Springer Life Sciences Protocols now available online

Springer Protocols is the world’s largest database of life sciences protocols, outlining experimental methods in the life sciences, particularly molecular biology. We now have online access to the protocols published between 1980-2012, and you can print and download them. They are all individually listed by title on the Library catalogue, or you can search them here.

• They provide written procedural methods in the design and implementation of experiments that describe the safety, bias, procedures, equipment, statistical methods, reporting, and troubleshooting standards to be used in order to successfully conduct the experiment.
• Each protocol is templated into four sections - Introduction, Materials, Methods, Notes - so that information will always be exactly where you expect to find it.
• Each protocol is a chapter of a book, and each book is a collection of protocols on a given research topic. The protocols are derived from 6 book series (listed below), plus 21 additional books outside of any series.

• Methods in Molecular Biology (907 volumes)
• Methods in Biotechnology (24 volumes)
• Methods in Molecular Medicine (140 volumes)
• Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology (11 volumes)
• Neuromethods (70 volumes)
• 8 Springer Protocols Handbooks titles

Science Busking training!

Birkbeck Science students: Would you be interested in working with a small group of science students to develop an interesting science idea into a short 5 - 10 minute science busking piece to be performed in a primary school (for children aged 9-11)?

Science busking is about communicating science in novel and accessible ways. The project aims to showcase science as fun, intriguing and accessible to children who probably would not consider university science as a possible future for themselves. We also hope that Birkbeck Science students will have fun engaging with their subject in creative and innovative ways whilst doing something positive for the community.

Find out more and sign up

Treatise on Geochemistry - updated edtion now available

We now have online access to the second edition of Treatise on Geochemistry published in 2014.

Browse and search it via ScienceDirect at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780080983004

Great for your geochemistry modules!