Library News for Science

November online training sessions announced

Duncan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:55:27 +0000

Library Services are running the following online tutorials for OU students and staff in November: Student introduction to Library Services: 15th November, 3pm How to do a literature search: 19th November, 10am How to find an ebook: 18th November, 4pm How to find an ejournal: 12th November, 1pm How to use RefWorks: 28th November, 10am Please register for these online sessions [...]

Reinventing Academic Publishing

Duncan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:38:46 +0000

Part 1 of this paper chronicles what it believes to be the limits of what it calls the feudal academic knowledge exchange system. It predicts an upcoming social upheaval in academic publishing as it shifts from a feudal to democratic form. The trigger for this being socio–technical advances. Part 2 suggests the sort of socio–technical design [...]

The Ph.D Game

Duncan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:31:27 +0000

This game from Cambridge University is the Snakes and Ladders for Ph.D students.

POSTnote 341 – Biodiversity and Climate Change

Duncan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:22 +0000

The effects of climate change on biodiversity are already evident in the UK, and with continued climate change, are expected to increase. This POSTnote explores the observed and future impacts of climate change on biodiversity. It also examines the relationship between biodiversity and adaptation to a changing climate.

The British Atmospheric Data Centre

Duncan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:49:57 +0000

The British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) is the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) Designated Data Centre for the Atmospheric Sciences. The role of the BADC is to assist UK atmospheric researchers to locate, access and interpret atmospheric data and to ensure the long-term integrity of atmospheric data produced by NERC projects. The BADC website also has a Community [...]

ScienceXpress

Duncan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:34:28 +0000

Science Express provides electronic publication of selected papers which will appear in the journal Science in advance of them going into print. Some editorial changes may occur between the online version and the final printed version though. The site updates weekly.

New mapping tool available through Digimap

Duncan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:21:44 +0000

Yesterday a new mapping tool became available through Digimap’s ‘Ordnance Survey Collection’. Roam, the new mapping facility, is available as a BETA service and will therefore be subject to various improvements over the next few months. Planned changes include additional print formats as alternatives to PDF, inclusion of scalebar on printed maps, provision of scale and extent [...]

Web of Science and Reference Management training

Duncan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:19:33 +0000

Freely available training sessions for Web of Science and Reference Management software packages is available online this month by signing up for webinars via the Thompson Scientific training page.

EarthTrends

Duncan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:20:19 +0000

EarthTrends from the World Resources Institute offers statistical data, country profiles, maps, and articles pertaining to various topics in environmental studies. They also offer a newsletter and a subscription service to have relevant data eMailed to you.

RSC eAlerts

Duncan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:11:02 +0000

Sign up here to receive notification of when RSC newsletters and new issues of journals are available. RSS feeds are also available.