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New trial subscription: Reaxys
The Science Libraries have acquired a trial subscription to Reaxys, “a new workflow solution for synthetic chemists”, and we’d appreciate your feedback! https://www.reaxys.com/ Reaxys contains an extensive database of structures, reactions, and physical properties. Based on CrossFire Beilstein, CrossFire Gmelin, … Continue reading
Math on the web: when LaTeX is not enough
Terence Tao, Fields Medalist and Professor of Mathematics at UCLA, recently made a post on his blog regarding the difficulties of rendering math on the web. For print, LaTeX is the gold standard, but there isn’t yet an established means … Continue reading
New trial available: Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)
The Science Libraries have initiated a trial subscription to EOLSS, an interdisciplinary resource integrating 20 component encyclopedias. Take a look and tell us what you think! Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) has contributions from international scholars and is edited … Continue reading
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New trial available: Computing Reviews
The Science Libraries have secured a trial subscription to a database which we’d love for you to take a look at and tell us what you think! http://www.reviews.com/ Computing Reviews offers article and book reviews on materials related to computer … Continue reading
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New trial available: Foundations and Trends
The Science Libraries have acquired another trial for a set of journals. We’d love your input on them! http://www.nowpublishers.com/ now Publishers regularly publishes monographs in the fields of business and technology under the name of their journal series, Foundations and … Continue reading
4th Annual Carolina Climate Change Seminar
Professor Sherwood Rowland, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry will present the public talk “Greenhouse Gases & Climate Change” (Oct 29th, 7:30pm, Carroll Hall Auditorium) and the technical talk “The CFC-Ozone story” (Oct 30th, 11am,Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium).
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SciFinder Scholar Workshop, Thursday October 8th, Undergrad Library 4-5 pm Room 124
I am holding a SciFinder Scholar workshop on Thursday October 8th, in the Undergrad Library, Room 124. This is a hands on workshop. So, you will be doing the searches yourself. If this time is not good for you, you … Continue reading
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Resources for Research in Physical Sciences, Today, UL Room 124, 4-5pm
When you are doing research if the only resource you know is Google, you are missing the world of scholarly work. The library’s website has many resources that are geared towards physical sciences. Knowing these resources will save your valuable … Continue reading
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NESCent celebrates Darwin anniversary
From Todd vision of the UNC Biology Department and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center: NESCent is helping put together a couple of public events in the Triangle to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth (on Feb 12- TOMORROW!) … Continue reading
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University of California signs agreement for open access journal publishing
“The University of California libraries and Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) have concluded a groundbreaking experimental agreement to support open access publishing by UC authors. The arrangement is part of the journals license negotiated by the California Digital Library on behalf … Continue reading
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