Posted: February 24th, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Bracken Health Sciences Library e-Laboratory
Instructor: Michelle Swab, BA, MA, MLIS candidate
Register here.
This session will provide graduate students with an introduction to RefWorks bibliographic management software. Students will have an opportunity for hands-on practice with importing and organizing references, creating bibliographies, and using the Write-n-Cite component of the software.
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Posted: February 24th, 2011
The Library is now providing access to Quickscribe, a fulltext legal database containing “all BC Statutes and Regulations, key federal law, Bills, OIC [Orders in Council].” Access now.
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Posted: February 15th, 2011
Students, faculty and staff at Queen’s are invited to design OSATs for printing on open source 3-D printers that demonstrate refreshed approaches and responsible solutions for sustainable development. The competition’s goal is to facilitate an open exchange of 3-D designs that can be printed on a RepRap that meet human developmental needs, while introducing the Queen’s community to this new exciting field.
Schedule & Deadlines:
April 3, 2011: Competition Closes for Submissions
April 18, 2011 Winner Announcement
Benefits of participation include: Build your resume + be part of the OSAT and open source 3D printing or “Maker” revolutions ,the finalists’ designs will be promoted in press and university outreach. The Contest website will also be sustained after the competition conclusion as a resource for the continuing the OSAT and open source 3D printing dialogue All 3 prize winning teams will receive a copy of Makers by Cory Doctorow
Prizes!
1st place $500 Cash, 2nd place $300 Cash, 3rd place $100 Cash
For more information: http://me.queensu.ca/sustainability/OSATContest.php
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Posted: February 14th, 2011
Explore this trial database until 31 March, 2011.
OBO, a new research tool for the social sciences and humanities, is a collection of disciplined-based subject modules in which leading scholars recommend and summarize the most important and significant sources in each subject.
Subject areas now available: Atlantic history, Biblical studies, Buddhism, Classics, Criminology, Hinduism, Islamic studies, Mediaeval studies, Philosophy, Renaissance and Reformation, and Social work.
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Posted: February 7th, 2011
Explore this trial database until 20 February, 2011.
The Gerritsen Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs is a cross-cultural resource for information on women’s history. It spans more than four centuries, 15 languages, and includes over two million pages.
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Posted: February 1st, 2011
Bracken Health Sciences Library will be closed on Saturday February 5th due to a Botterell Hall water shutdown. We apologize for this unforseen inconvenience. Please see hours for the other campus libraries. Bracken Library’s regular hours will resume on Sunday February 6th.
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Posted: February 1st, 2011
This February, Bracken Library is highlighting BMJ Point of Care. Be on the lookout for free giveaways from BMJ Point of Care at the Bracken Library reference desk.
BMJ Point of Care is available to Queen’s University faculty, staff and students, and provides evidence-based clinical guidance at the immediate point of care.
Features include:
- Comprehensive disease monographs authored by physicians – find treatment information in seconds
- Prescribing information for more than 3300 drugs
- Hundreds of medical calculators, equations and tables
For more information about BMJ Point of Care, ask a librarian at the Bracken Library reference desk!
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