Physics – What's New in Your Subject

New workshops on scientific writing and presentations for FEPS students

Evi Tramantza — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:31:00 +0000

Come along to attend.

All from 12 noon – 1pm in the SPLASH Training Room

Presentation skills: Acing Your
Presentations in Science and Engineering.

19^th February

Science Writing: Winning
Formulae for Technical Writing in the Sciences and Engineering

5^th March

Presentation skills: Acing Your
Presentations in Science and Engineering.

13^th March

Winning Formulae for Technical Writing in the Sciences and Engineering Aim: To get students thinking about the characteristics of effective technical writing and provide some hints and tips that have the potential to improve the quality of their scientific writing.

Acing Your Presentations in Science and Engineering Aim: To give students an insight into the qualities of presenting technical information to make their presentations informative, interesting and clear.

Support from your Academic Liaison Librarian

Karen Gravett — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:51:01 +0000

There is a lot of help available for you from your Academic Liaison Librarian. Find out more by watching our new videos – available from the My Subject pages: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/library/subject/

Liaison Librarians Drop in Sessions – update

Academic Liaison Librarian — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:03:42 +0000

Liaison Librarian drop in sessions in SPLASH will restart for the semester on Monday 13th January 2014. During the vacation period please contact your Academic Liaison Librarian or Library enquiries.

Reference Manager 12 – no longer available after 27 November 2013

Academic Liaison Librarian — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:46:04 +0000

Reference Manager is a software package which allows you to store bibliographic references, to insert citations as you write a document, and to generate a bibliography.

As from, 27 November 2013 Reference Manager 12 will not be available to download from the University of Surrey Software Portal.

Users are advised to back up their data and move it to another bibliographic reference software platform such as RefWorks or Endnote.

This helpsheet explains how to backup your Reference Manager data and import it into RefWorks.

If you have any queries please contact us at libvirtualsupport@surrey.ac.uk

Refworks guide

Evi Tramantza — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:47:09 +0000

Please explore this page to find useful tutorials and training materials for Refworks
http://refworks.libguides.com/home

Access to the Inspec archive

Evi Tramantza — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:00:59 +0000

We have now gained access to the Inspec Archive which features: fully searchable electronic access to over 837,700 records covering 70 years of international scientific literature from 1898; tables, graphs and figures from the original source document in many cases; the original value-added indexing and classifications; enhancements in the form of the nearest equivalent current Inspec Thesaurus Terms and Inspec Classification Codes; longer abstracts, varying in length from half a page to several pages and including diagrams and complex mathematical proofs.
To access go to: http://www.engineeringvillage.com/search/quick.url
The Inspec Archive, the fully searchable electronic backfile to the Inspec Database, is far more usable, flexible, durable and more readily available than the 176 volumes (and over 140000 pages) of the printed Science Abstracts Journals. It is now easier to locate references to historic research or engineering breakthroughs from hundreds of scientists and engineers such as Albert Einstein, Guglielmo Marconi, Max Planck, Ernest Rutherford and Marie Curie.
Not only does the Archive give access to the work of famous scientists, it also gives access to the often forgotten works (sometimes known as “sleeping beauties”) that may be of use in assessing the validity of current patents. An idea suggested decades ago that did not develop then, may be of relevance today.
The Archive is being used by contemporary researchers because it is rich in the early research for some of today’s current ‘hot’ topics, including frugal innovation, fuel cells, regenerative braking, energy harvesting and wireless power transfer.

New edition of Cite Them Right Harvard Referencing Guide

Academic Liaison Librarian — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:55:00 +0000

The new 9th edition of Cite them right the Harvard referencing guide by Pears and Shields is now available in the library and online. The online version of the book is available both on and off campus and is easy to search.

The main changes are how to reference eBooks and ejournals which is now much simpler.

Links to the online book, as well as updated examples, can be found on the Referencing page of the Library website http://www.surrey.ac.uk/library/subject/bibref/index.htm or via the Library catalogue.

Students using the previous Harvard referencing style on a continuous piece of work e.g. dissertation can continue to do so.

Advance warning – noisy building work outside the Library from Monday 17 June

Karen Gravett — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:56:35 +0000

Work to clad the outside of the old Library building, to improve temperature control and air circulation, begins in earnest on Monday 17 June and we are expecting some particularly noisy construction work in the first 2-3 weeks. This noisy work may affect you if you are planning to use the Library between 17 June – 5 July – worse affected areas will be outside the old Library building. Library staff will be on hand if you need help finding a quieter place to study but if you have any concerns about using the Library over this period please contact Clare West, Customer Services Experience Manager (clare.west@surrey.ac.uk 01483 683951).

Library building improvements for Autumn 2013

Karen Gravett — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:55:19 +0000

The next phase of the Library redevelopment project begins summer 2013 with refurbishment of Levels 4 and 5 of the old Library building – Level 5 work taking place this summer and Level 4 in summer 2014.
Externally work also begins soon to clad the old building in line with the look of the new Learning Centre. This is not just cosmetic but will also help to keep out the leaks and cold!

New Level 5 facilities

There are some great new facilities planned for Level 5, building on the successful learning spaces which are so popular with students in the Learning Centre and providing some dedicated training and networking facilities for PGRs:
• A new silent study room (similar to the one in the Learning Centre), to provide insulated silent study space
• Additional computers in the open plan areas with new, modern furniture
• Flexible and dedicated PGR training room to support the extended researcher training programme
• An informal collaborative space for researchers to meet and network with other researchers across campus

We look forward to welcoming you to this much improved space in the Autumn, and to bear with us during some unavoidable noise and disruption in the summer. We will be providing regular updates about when noisy work is planned and Level 5 stock relocations, but if you have any particular concerns or queries please don’t hesitate to contact Clare West, Customer Services Experience Manager (clare.west@surrey.ac.uk 01483 683951).

Academic Liaison Librarian drop in sessions during Semester

Academic Liaison Librarian — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:21:02 +0000

The Academic Liaison Librarian team are continuing to hold drop in sessions during Semester weeks between 11.00am – 3.00pm, Monday – Friday.

Find us in the Advisory Zone in SPLASH on Level 3 of the Library where we can provide support on finding and using information sources. No appointment needed.

Please come and see us to find out more.