Posted: April 28th, 2009
With this new subscription to the Geological Society of London’s Lyell Collection, Queen’s Library is pleased to provide faculty, staff and students with full-text access to the Society’s key publications issued since 1845. The following titles, among others, are included in the collection:
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Posted: April 28th, 2009
Members of the Queen’s community recently gained access to several new online resources of wide general interest, thanks to generous funding from the Government of Ontario and province-wide negotiation with commercial database vendors by Knowledge Ontario’s Resource Ontario team (read more about Knowledge Ontario/Resource Ontario).
Among these new acquisitions are:
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Posted: April 27th, 2009
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Posted: April 23rd, 2009
This year World Intellectual Property Day celebrates the role of intellectual property (IP) systems in promoting the development of environmentally friendly technologies. Types of IP include patents, trademarks, designs and copyrights. Queen’s University researchers are working on many technologies that will benefit the environment. These include fuel cells, green chemistry and more efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs.
To learn more about intellectual property and green innovation, visit the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and World Intellectual Property Organization or drop by the Engineering & Science Library to see our display of IP-related books and patented products. For information on searching patents, visit our patent research guide.
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Posted: April 21st, 2009
By celebrating World Book and Copyright Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. For 2009 UNESCO suggests exploring the paramount function of books for the development of quality education, as well as the link between publishing and human rights.
More information is available on UNESCO’s website.
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Posted: April 15th, 2009
The second BrackenNEWS is completed and available for your enjoyment…
Want to learn more about a classic medical text that’s also a popular television show? Have you ever wondered about that monkey in the library? Or perhaps you would just like some news about the library, our resources, and our services, new and old?
Please click here for the April 2009 BrackenNEWS.
(Missed the last one? Click here for the archive page.)
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Posted: April 1st, 2009
The Canadian Standards Association has scheduled a system upgrade to their CSA Online Subscription Service (read more about this database). As a result, the database will be inaccessible starting on Friday April 3rd at 8 pm through to Sunday April 5th at 5 pm.
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