In order to enhance our level of service to the Chemistry Department, the Sciences Library will be providing librarian office hours at the Chemistry Building. A librarian will be available in room E258 to answer your questions and assist you with your research starting this week and continuing until the end of the semester. 11:00am – 1:00pm TuesdaysContinue reading “Librarian Office Hours at the Chemistry Building”
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Library 101 Workshop (10/3)
Please join the Sciences Library for: Lunch @ the Library: Library 101 At 12:30-1:20pm on Wednesday, October 3rd in 102 SL (Sciences Library classroom) You may bring your lunch. Coffee and cookies will be provided. In this workshop, you will learn: What kinds of resources and services are available at the University of Iowa Libraries. How to useContinue reading “Library 101 Workshop (10/3)”
Science of the Civil War exhibit
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”
USGS Reports: Mississippi River Flows Backwards Due to Isaac
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)
ScienceDirect & Scopus Downtime (8/25)
The Elsevier products ScienceDirect, Scopus, Hub, Applications, SciVal, Journals Consult and the Admin Tool will be unavailable for approximately 19 hours on Saturday, August 25, 2012 due to scheduled maintenance and updates. Expected Downtime: 6:30am Saturday, August 25th – 1:30am, Sunday, August 26th (CDT). According to Elsevier, the updates will result in the following changes: “ScienceDirect: Effortless accessContinue reading “ScienceDirect & Scopus Downtime (8/25)”
Fall Semester Hours at the Sciences Library
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.
Scopus is here!
The University of Iowa Libraries has added a new abstract and citation database to its collection. Scopus is similar to our current database Web of Science (WOS). While it has fewer years of journal coverage than WOS, for more recent years, Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database. It includes peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, OpenContinue reading “Scopus is here!”
New reference database: AccessScience
The University of Iowa Libraries has added a new reference database to its collection: AccessScience. AccessScience is available to students, faculty and staff of the University of Iowa and can be accessed both on and off-campus. AccessScience (video demo) allows researchers to browse by topic or use keyword searching to find: Over 8,500 online articlesContinue reading “New reference database: AccessScience”
Patent & Trademark Workshop
Join Bill Fuhr from the Davenport Patent and Trademarks Resource Center for a Patent & Trademark Workshop. There will be two sessions: Focus on Engineering & Science: Wednesday, June 27th at 10:00am – 11:30am in the Engineering Library (2001C SC) Focus on General Research: Wednesday, June 27th at 1:00pm – 2:30pm in the Main Library (1015A) RegisterContinue reading “Patent & Trademark Workshop”
Summer Session Hours at the Sciences Library
From June 5th – July 27, 2012, the Sciences Library will be open the following hours: Monday – Thursday: 9:00am – 9:00pm Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: 1:00pm – 9:00pm We will also be CLOSED on Wednesday, July 4th, for Independence Day.