Posted: February 29th, 2008
Darrell Dean, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, submitted “Think Green” – the winning design for the Cleaner, Greener Stauffer Poster contest. Keep an eye out for his poster, coming soon to a Stauffer notice board near you!
Thank you to all of those who submitted posters to the contest, and especially to the contest finalists (each of whom receives a bag of gifts donated by the Cleaner, Greener Stauffer campaign sponsors).
Congratulations also to Martha Baldwin, Nick Noble, and Evan Sterling for winning sponsor gifts in the ballot draw.
Posted by ovpul in News, Stauffer Library
Posted: February 20th, 2008
All recipients of CIHR grants given out since January 1 of this year must:
- ensure that papers resulting from the grant are freely accessible within 6 months of publication;
- deposit data an appropriate public database;
- retain data for at least 5 years; and
- acknowledge CIHR support.
For more information, please read this CIHR news release from February 4.
Posted by Bracken Library in Bracken Library, Bracken RSS feed, News
Posted: February 14th, 2008
This new subscription to TaxAnalysts provides the Queen’s community with fulltext access to daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly publications offering news and analysis on U.S. tax policy, practice, administration, regulation, and legislation. The service also includes the publications Worldwide Tax Treaties and Worldwide Tax Daily.
More information about this electronic resource is available in the vendor’s product overview.
Posted by law in New Databases, News
Posted: February 14th, 2008
Due to a planned power shut-down in the building housing the library catalogue servers, QCAT will be unavailable this Saturday, February 16th, from approximately 2 am through to some time in the afternoon.
Posted by Web Manager in News, Server Outages
Posted: February 14th, 2008
The site, which is open to and viewable by the public, is seeded with content from The Textbook of Primary Care Medicine (3rd Edition, 2001) by John Noble, M.D. The textbook was published by Mosby, an Elsevier imprint, and was one of Elsevier’s best-selling medical textbooks.
“WiserWiki is another example of Elsevier’s commitment to develop
innovative tools for medical professionals,” said Scott Virkler, Vice
President, Business Development at Elsevier. “With WiserWiki we’re
providing a trusted forum for physicians to collaborate and contribute
professional-level medical content that’s viewable by members of the
public.”
No longer in print, the textbook seeding WiserWiki contains in-depth
information on a full-range of medical problems, conditions and diseases
encountered in the practices of family physicians, general internists,
medical and surgical subspecialists, nurse practitioners, and physician
assistants.
WiserWiki hopes to maintain a high level of relevancy and
trustworthiness by ensuring that editorial privileges remain restricted to
medical professionals.
Please visit WiserWiki at http://wiserwiki.com/.
Posted by Bracken Library in Bracken Library, Bracken RSS feed, News
Posted: February 13th, 2008
Two Writers-in-Residence! One Unforgettable Evening!
Thursday February 14, 2008 @ 7 p.m.
Speaker’s Corner, Queen’s Learning Commons Stauffer Library
Free Refreshments!
Jeanette Lynes
- 2008 Writer-in-Residence, Queen’s Department of Women’s Studies
- Poet laureate of the Nova Scotia NDP
- Co-editor of the Antigonish Review
Billeh Nickerson
- 2008 Queen’s Writer-in-Residence
- Co-editor of Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets
- Born February 14
Posted by qlc in Bracken RSS feed, Events, Learning Commons
Posted: February 4th, 2008
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is the new, online version of the 4th edition of the 10-volume print publication edited by Colin Larkin. This electronic publication, part of the Oxford Music Online gateway, will be updated three to four times a year with new or revised articles.
“Featuring a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Key dates, biographies, and further reading are provided for artists covered, along with complete discographies that include record labels, release dates, and a 5-star album rating system.” — vendor’s product description
Posted by Collection Development in New Databases, News
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