Engineering & Science Library January Newsletter
Posted: January 30th, 2009The January 2009 issue of the Engineering & Science Library newsletter is now available.
Library News January 2009
Posters and Handouts in Campus Libraries
Posted: January 28th, 2009The Library has been receiving inquiries about hanging posters and distributing handouts in campus libraries. Policies vary by location; please inquire at your campus library for more information.
Stauffer Library’s poster and handout policy is available online.
Get a catch-up vaccination for Mumps Feb 5 & Mar 4
Posted: January 27th, 2009As per a message from Queen’s University Environment Health & Safety:
Mumps is back!
Four out of five people are not fully protected against mumps. Make sure you are. Queen’s University is working with the KFL&A Health Unit to provide a couple of catch-up vaccination clinics.
Mumps is a very contagious disease that can cause serious complications in young adults. The age group at risk, are those born between 1970 through to 1991, or ages 18 to 39 years. Catch it and you’ll spend 9 days in isolation, among other very serious complications.
Get your mumps catch-up immunization on Queen’s Campus in the John Orr Rm on the 2 nd floor of the JDUC Thursday, February 5, 2009 from 11am to 2pm, or in Victoria Hall, Main Common Area from 4 – 8pm. There will also be a clinic on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 from 11am to 2 pm in the John Orr Rm on the 2nd floor in the JDUC.
Please bring your Health Card to the clinic with you.For more information on the Mumps Catch-up Campaign call KFL&A Public Health at 613-549-1232 ext. 1119, or visit www.kflapublichealth.ca/Files/Resources/Mumps.pdf
For more information on the clinics at Queen’s University please refer to our posters:
Feb 5 http://www.safety.queensu.ca/mumps/feb52009.pdf or
Mar 4 http://www.safety.queensu.ca/mumps/mar42009.pdf
Live coverage of Obama Inauguration
Posted: January 20th, 2009Join us for live coverage of the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.
Videostreaming sites have been set up in Bracken Health Sciences Library, the Education Library, Lederman Law Library and the Queen’s Learning Commons (Stauffer Library).
Live-in for Literacy
Posted: January 16th, 2009Commerce students Gordon Giang and Lisa Nguyen have set up camp in the Stauffer loggia for the fourth annual Live-in for Literacy event. From Friday, January 16 through Monday, January 26, they will remain in the library 24 hours a day, with only five minutes of every hour permitted for bathroom or other necessary breaks.
The students are raising funds to support the work of Room to Read, a non-profit organization that partners with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children’s literature, constructing schools, providing education to girls and establishing computer labs. This year’s campaign will support the construction of nine school libraries in India.
Initiated at Queen’s University in 2005 by the DREAM (Discover the Reality of Educating All Minds) student club, the Live-in for Literacy event has expanded to seven university libraries across Canada. Visit www.liveinforliteracy.com to view real-time webcam coverage from each of the locations and to learn more about the campaign.
Engineering & Science Library Workshops
Posted: January 14th, 2009The Engineering & Science Library will be holding three workshops during the Winter term:
- RefWorks: Managing References and Creating Bibliographies
Jan. 20, 1:00-2:00
Jan. 27, 10:30-11:30 - Current Awareness Tools: Keeping Up with New Research
Feb. 3, 10:30-11:30
Feb. 5, 1:00-2:00 - Who’s Citing You? Tips for Searching Cited References
Feb. 25, 10:30-11:30
Feb. 26, 1:00-2:00
For course descriptions and to register please go to the Instruction/Workshops page.
New Bracken newsletter: BrackenNEWS
Posted: January 13th, 2009Bracken Library is pleased to announce the launch of BrackenNEWS. This newsletter is intended to keep faculty and graduate students in the health and life sciences informed about the resources and services available to them through Bracken. It will be published four times a year.
American Geophysical Union Publications (AGU Digital Library)
Posted: January 7th, 2009Queen’s Library now has a subscription to the AGU Digital Library, a full-text collection of journals, books and lectures/interviews published by the American Geophysical Union. More information.
Online access to the Merck Index
Posted: January 7th, 2009The Merck Index (14th ed.) is now available online to the Queen’s community.
This database constitutes an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals with information derived from more than 10,000 monographs. Search/browse access is by:
- compound (basic or structure)
- organic name reaction
The site also includes supplemental tables (abbreviations, acronyms, atomic weights, etc.).
The Harbour report : competitive assessment of the North American automotive industry
Posted: January 7th, 2009The Harbour Report is considered the authoritative statistical guide to automotive manufacturing in North America. The report offers a comprehensive look at how well automakers use their people, capital and suppliers. Who leads? Who lags? Why? The 2007 and 2008 reports are available:
Location: Stauffer Library - Reserve (7 day loan)
Call Number: HD9710.N57 H37
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