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!

New section on the Earth & Planetary Sciences subject guide - video/image resources

There is a new section on the Library subject guide for Earth & Planetary Sciences http://bbk.libguides.com/earthandplanetarysciences giving links to some video and image resources, including:

• BOB (Box of Broadcasts) National (a streaming TV and radio service for universities)
• JISC MediaHub (academic video, image and audio),
• Earth Science World Image Bank 

and more. There is also a search box for image searches via Credo Reference. Take a look at this new page, and the others on the guide today!

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.