A new version of SciFinder Scholar is now available. Updates include:
Warning: Off-campus access is currently is unavailable and Mac users must avoid using Safari 3.2. Both problems are due to vendor software bugs and CAS is working to resolve them.
The 3rd Annual Inquiry@Queen’s Undergraduate Research Conference will be held in the Queen’s Learning Commons, Stauffer Library, March 5-6, 2009. The conference is an opportunity for undergraduate students with research project results to showcase the results of their research. A wide range of projects qualify: directed study projects, honours theses, co-op or practicum projects, volunteer research and more!
As a presenter you will sharpen post-graduate and career skills, such as critical thinking and effective writing and presenting, and you will engage in scholarly communication with students and faculty from many disciplines.
For more information and to submit your abstract: Go to http://www.iatq.ca/conference.html
Submission deadline: Extended to midnight Friday, January 30, 2009.
Classical Scores Library contains 400,000 pages of classical music scores, manuscripts and previously unpublished material, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 8,000 musical scores. The database provides access to multiple types of scores across various composers, genres and time periods. Included are:
Queen’s Library has been able to acquire this new subscription thanks to the 2008 Digital Content Infrastructure for the Human and Social Sciences (DCI) Project, led by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).
Environmental Impact pools together information on the effects of climate change on the terrestrial and freshwater biosphere, including crop production, plant pests and diseases, human and animal health, natural resources and tourism.
It also covers other aspects of human’s impact on the environment such as pollution, deforestation, desertification and habitat loss. The resource also offers the latest information on adaptation and mitigation strategies such as production and utilization of biofuels and fuelwood, creation of ‘habitat corridors’, enhanced carbon sequestration, agroforestry and restoration ecology.
Queen’s Library has trial access to Environmental Impact until November 30, 2008. Test it — and let us know your opinion of this product.
All e-journals and e-books published by Elsevier and made available on the ScienceDirect platform will be unavailable from 9 pm on Saturday, 1 November 2008 until 8 am on Sunday, 2 November 2008. The outage is required “to support scheduled maintenance” on the publisher’s web server.
The Bracken Library is holding three workshops for graduate students in the health sciences in November and December. Topics include how to keep current, using Reference Manager and RefWorks, and scholarly communications. For course descriptions and to register, see the Services for Graduate Students page on the Bracken web site.
Researching Patents for Scientists and Engineers – Workshop
Michael White, Librarian for Research Services
Date/Time/Location:
Patents are an important source of scientific, medical and technical information, much of which is not published in journals. This workshop will show you how you can access the wealth of information in patent literature and provide you with strategies for searching patent databases. You will learn the basic principals of the patent system and why it is important to monitor the patent literature. You will also learn the format of a patent document and how it compares to a journal article, how to download patent documents and cite patent literature.
Registration now closed.
Bracken Library will be closed on Saturday, October 18, 2008 and Sunday, October 19, 2008 as a result of the annual ventilation shutdown for maintenance in Botterell Hall. To consult the opening hours of the other libraries on campus click here (http://library.queensu.ca/library/hours).
October 14, 2008 marks the first Open Access Day – an initiative of three important organizations central to advocating for more openness in scholarship and research: SPARC, the Public Library of Science, and Students for FreeCulture.
Stay tuned for news of events that Queen’s Library will be hosting on the topic of Open Access and scholarly communication in the near future!
New subscription!
Queen’s faculty, staff and students now have online access to the full-text of active ASTM Standards published by ASTM International.
This collection of technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services can be searched by designation or keyword. Alternatively, one also can browse by area of interest or view the alphanumeric listing of standards.
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