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ProQuest Materials Science Collection

Posted: March 14th, 2016

ProQuest Materials Science Collection is a materials-focused research tool with renowned indexes including Metadex plus full text. For research into materials including metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and biomaterials. Facilitates everything from comprehensive literature reviews to simple Google-style searches retrieving full-text results.

Queen’s Professor Wins Nobel Prize

Posted: October 6th, 2015

Queen’s University professor emeritus Arthur McDonald is the co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on subatomic particles called neutrinos.
Read about SOLAR NEUTRINOS in Access Science

New Database Trial: Statista

Posted: March 30th, 2015

Available March 30 – April 17th, Statista offers 1.5 million statistics from over 18,000 sources (including both national and international data) and over 60,000 topics in 21 multidisciplinary categories, ranging from agriculture to media & marketing and consumer & demographic data.   Including 10,000 studies and reports from third parties and 1,000 Statista dossiers and industry reports.  Up-to-date statistical data from around the globe (e.g., most played PC games, number of World of Warcraft subscribers, national tax revenues from commercial casinos in the U.S. in 2013, etc.) plus market reports on specific subject matters (social networking in China, e-commerce), popular industries, technology & telecommunication, retail & trade, etc. Check it out!

New Database: Acsess Digital Library

Posted: March 4th, 2015

The ACSESS Digital Library is a complete collection of all content published by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America. Full-text (journal articles) / Full-text (e-book collection)

Essential Maintenace Required for Nature.com on Saturday, December 13

Posted: December 11th, 2014

This is a notification to all customers of downtime for essential maintenance to Nature.com, Palgrave-Journals.com and Palgraveconnect.com. The maintenance window will run from 8.00am EST to 12.00pm EST on Saturday 13th December 2014. During this time the sites will not be accessible. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Stress Relief Week December 1-5

Posted: November 25th, 2014

Need a break from studying?

Post your answer to our Question of the Day.

Drop by  the Engineering & Science Library (level 5) on Tuesday, December 2nd, and enjoy a treat complements of the QLC and the staff at the Engineering & Science Library.

Trial to AccessScience: October 14 – November 15

Posted: October 15th, 2014

AccessScience is an authoritative and dynamic online resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines. An award-winning gateway to scientific knowledge, it offers links to primary research material, videos and exclusive animations, plus specially designed curriculum maps for teachers. With these and other online features, AccessScience is continually expanding the ways it can demonstrate and explain core, trustworthy scientific information in a way that inspires and guides users to deeper knowledge.

Trial to AccessEngineering extended to November 15

Posted: October 15th, 2014

AccessEngineering is an engineering reference tool that provides seamless access to a collection of authoritative, regularly updated engineering reference information. Trial date ends November 15. Please send your feedback on this database to engsci@queensu.ca

New Subscriptions: Nature Chemistry, Nature Climate Change & Nature Communications

Posted: October 6th, 2014

Queen’s Library started a subscription to Nature Chemistry, Nature Climate Change, and Nature Communications.

These are the recent additions to other Nature Publications provided by Queen’s Library.

New Subscription: ASTM Standards & Digital Library (SEDL)

Posted: October 6th, 2014

Queen’s Library subscribes to ASTM Standards & Digital Library providing access to 1,400+ books, 60,000+ articles and chapters in addition to 12,000+ standards.

ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards

ASTM Journals

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