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The latest new books added to the Library – 9th November

Roddy MacLeod — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:35:03 +0000

Added to the library recently were books on energy science, alternative energy systems, structural analysis and several other topics. For the full list of new print books, go to the New Books section of the Library Catalogue. Selected titles added to the Edinburgh campus library at Riccarton include more copies of Energy science: principles, technologies and impacts, by John [...]

Still haven’t found what you’re looking for? Repeat literature search workshop

Marion Kennedy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:02 +0000

Why not come along to this repeat session on literature searching? Maybe you’ve been told to find more suitable ‘academic’ material to use in your course work? Do you have to do a literature review for a project? Have you tried searching for ‘good information’ online and think there must be better material out there but you’re just [...]

The Cite is Right – repeat workshop

Marion Kennedy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:58 +0000

Clueless about citing and referencing? Think it is a lot of hassle and don’t quite see the point? If you missed the first ‘Cite is Right’ workshop, why not come along this repeat session to find out more? We’ll cover what it’s all about, when you need to do it (and when you don’t), why you might [...]

Library workshop cancellation – Thurs 12th Nov

Marion Kennedy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:42:17 +0000

Unfortunately, we are unable to run the following advertised workshop - Getting your research noticed: the Research Output Service Thurs 12th November, 12.15-13.15, Anderson Room, Riccarton Library This session was advertised as part of the Library’s Lunchtime Workshop programme. We apologise for the cancellation and any inconvenience caused. We hope to run a similar session in a future programme. For details of [...]

The latest new books added to the Library – 2nd Nov

Roddy MacLeod — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:46:50 +0000

Added to the library recently were books on car aerodynamics, introductory economics, biochemistry, Microsoft Office 2007, and several other topics. For the full list of new print books, go to the New Books section of the Library Catalogue. Selected titles added to the Edinburgh campus library at Riccarton include copies of the 4th edition of Biochemistry and [...]

ScienceDirect unavailable Sunday 1st November

Roddy MacLeod — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:25:57 +0000

Please note that ScienceDirect, the full-text scientific database, will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours from 1:00AM GMT Sunday, 1 November to 10:00AM GMT. The Elsevier Team apologizes for the inconvenience. The other bibliographic databases to which the Library subscribes will be unaffected. Roddy MacLeod Senior Subject Librarian [...]

The latest new books and eBooks added to the Library

Roddy MacLeod — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:42 +0000

Added to the library recently were books and eBooks on employment law, management research, change management, data mining, and several other topics. For the full list of new print books, go to the New Books section of the Library Catalogue. Selected titles added to the Edinburgh campus library at Riccarton include copies of Employment law, 2nd ed, by [...]

10 websites to help you keep up-to-date with scholarly journal contents

Roddy MacLeod — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:18:50 +0000

1. SciFeeds Sub-titled ‘Your Life Science Magazine Rack’, which is quite a good explanation, this site lets you view the most recent contents of just over 100 life science journals. You can browse recent issues by subject (e.g. Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, etc), see the most recently updated journal Tables of Contents (TOCs), search the content of TOCs (it’s rather [...]

Latest news from Research Information

Roddy MacLeod — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:02:21 +0000

Read the latest news from Research Information magazine: Student support grows for open access Guide reviews open-access income models US grants support digitisationsearc Web 2.0 fails to excite today’s researchers Roddy MacLeod Senior Subject Librarian

Recent published articles from the School of the Built Environment

Roddy MacLeod — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:55:15 +0000

This is an update on previous posts (e.g. here and here) which identified recent articles from members of the School of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt, using ScienceDirect. Embedding sustainability in the design of water supply and drainage systems for buildings Renewable Energy, Volume 34, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 2061-2066 L.B. Jack, J.A. Swaffield Can numerical computer modelling aid innovation, efficiency and cost reduction [...]