Washington D.C – Science agencies across the U.S. federal government announced today the launch of the Spanish version of Science.gov, http://ciencia.science.gov. Ciencia.Science.gov provides the same breadth and depth in science search as does Science.gov, covering over 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results from 17 organizations within 13Continue reading “Science.gov Announces Spanish Version, Multimedia, and Enhanced Search Features”

SciFinder has released a new update to help scientists increase their productivity by improving “precision and evaluation of reaction answer sets, and…collaboration with other SciFinder users.” Learn more…

The Sciences Library has a new exhibit on display for September: the Science of the Civil War. The exhibit features books from the UI Libraries collection and some great Civil War era artifacts, including: Bullets Cannonballs Confederate cap Camera Surveying tools The library would like to thank the Geoscience Department and Vera Jean Fitzgerald for loaning us theseContinue reading “Science of the Civil War exhibit”

Here’s an interesting news story: “Strong winds and storm surge from Hurricane Isaac’s landfall forced the Mississippi River to flow backwards for nearly 24 hours on Tuesday, August 28.” (http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3387&from=rss_home#.UD6pzaPwGuJ)

From August 20 – December 14, 2012, the Sciences Library will be open: Monday – Thursday: 9:00am – 9:00pm Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: 1:00pm – 9:00pm The Sciences Library will be CLOSED on September 1, 2, and 3 for Labor Day.