University Libraries

Chemistry Demonstration

A demonstration on the
Wonders of Chemistry will take be conducted
by Lou Messerle, Chemistry Professor

Thursday, September 8^th

4pm

Main Library Exhibit Lobby

The University of Iowa Libraries has compiled an exhibit celebrating the International Year of Chemistry 2011 as well as emphasizing how fundamental chemistry is and how it can be seen in everyday life. The exhibit will be on display from July to December 2011.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilisation and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
— John Calvin Coolidge

The UI Libraries’ online catalog InfoHawk is currently unavailable. IT staff are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

We’ll post an update when InfoHawk is back online.

The Buzz about Bees

Display by Prof. Stephen Hendrix

 

Professor Stephen Hendrix has loaned us some of his bee specimans so that we can show the beauty of bees. The following is a bio on Prof. Hendrix. http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/faculty_info.php?ID=35 Please come and check out the books, bees and other items that are associated with bees. Thank you Professor Hendrix for loaning them to us.

Welcome back and a warm welcome to all of our new students this Fall!

Come and check out the Sciences library. We have three floors for studying, 22 computers, two big tables to study on, two computer areas, and bean bag chairs. We are also serving coffee so please come and join us.

Our hours are the following:

M-Th 9am – 9pm

F- 9am – 5pm

S CLOSED

Sun 1pm – 9pm

Make sure you stop by and check out our library. It is very comfy and quiet!

 

Iowa Bird Photographs by Kai Weatherman

We are displaying some of Kai Weatherman’s beautiful pictures of birds in Iowa.  Please come and visit this colorful display.  

Kai is the library assistant to the Sciences Library.  The Paper birds in the case are done by one of our talented students Mary.  

 

  

SCIFINDER ACCESS IS CHANGING SOON!

 

The University of Iowa Libraries will be moving to the web version of SciFinder.  Any University of Iowa faculty, staff or student wishing to use SciFinder must register to use the web version.     Access to the client version of SciFinder we currently use will be discontinued on June 30, 2011.

The web version of SciFinder — It’s the SciFinder you know and love, only better!

The web version offers:

• Powerful features not found in the client version
• Convenient access, anytime, anywhere
• Simple and intuitive interface
• Same CAS content you’ve come to expect

Be even more productive in your research process with the web version of SciFinder.

 Registration

Only University of Iowa faculty, staff and students can register.  A campus e-mail is required for registration with the suffix “@uiowa.edu.” For more information, contact the Sciences Library, or go to this web page:  http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/chem

We wanted to let everyone know that Web of Science (Web of Knowledge) does not currently work with IE9. You will have to

use Firefox or Google Chrome.  The Library and ITC computers are still on IE8 so you should be OK there, at least for now.

What we heard from the the company is: “At present, Web of Knowledge is not compatible with IE9.  Product Development is

evaluating the situation but I don’t have a definitive date as to when Web of Knowledge will be compliant with IE9. A workaround

 is to click the Compatibility View toolbar button to display the website as viewed in Internet Explorer 8, which will correct

display problems like missing results, misaligned text, images, or text boxes.   This Compatibility View feature can be invoked by

either clicking on the button with the broken/torn page symbol, or via the menu sequence “Tools -> Compatibility View”,

within Internet Explorer. “

The Sciences Library will have different hours because of the closing of Hardin Library as they go through repairs.

Hours are:

M-TH 9:00am-12 am

F 9am – 6pm

S 9am – 6pm

Sun 12pm -12am

Thank you and welcome Hardin!

Everything is blooming at the Sciences Library! Our feature exhibit this month is Flowers. In the case we cover everything

from fossils, medicinal and pollinators. So please stop over to see the books we have on display. We would love to thank the

Paleontology Repository for the donation of the frog hopper, insects in the Dominican Amber and the different fossil leaves

that we have. The Pharmacology school donated the mortar and pestle that we are using.

Earth Day April 22, 2011

Sciences Library is celebrating Earth Day! Our display has some of the different issues that our Earth faces every day.

We have actually taken over the whole library! The third floor covers the environment, second is animals and on first we

have all of them.  Please join us!