Check out these interesting websites!
Science History
It's in the Blood! A Documentary History of Linus Pauling, Hemoglobin and Sickle Cell Anemia
A history of fly fishing
Organism Studies
Ben S. Roesch's Shark Page: Masterpiece of Evolution
Web Portal - CNAH The Center for North American Herpetology
Reef Check's Web Reef Advisory System (WRAS)
Research
BioModels Database
Teaching and Learning Tools
NY Times Science Lesson Plans
Explorations Through Geologic Time- An interactive tutorial
Friday, April 29, 2005
Microsoft on worker shortage, visas, and innovation
"A panel discussion at the Microsoft Research Tech Fair provided insight into the future of innovation and U.S. competitiveness." Tilghman, president of Princeton University said, "The U.S. has the finest higher-education system in the world. What's failing is the K-12 system. By the time they get to us [at the university level] they are math-phobic and science-phobic."
Nagoya Mathematical Journal available Free online!
Cornell University Library, Project Euclid, and the Graduate School of Mathematics at Nagoya University are pleased to announce the availability of the Nagoya Mathematical Journal (v.153--177)1999--2005; 222 articles at Nagoya Mathematical Journal, Volume 177
(1950--1998) are forthcoming (ETA: late May)
The Nagoya Mathematical Journal is available on an Open Access basis.
(1950--1998) are forthcoming (ETA: late May)
The Nagoya Mathematical Journal is available on an Open Access basis.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
E-books on IT!
Safari Tech Books Online will let you search thru and read 300+ electronic IT books. Find books about computing, programming and much more.
Tip: Get Library PIN to access Safari Tech Books from off campus.
Tip: Get Library PIN to access Safari Tech Books from off campus.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
American Chemical Society Publications: ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Check out a new Journal from ACS:
American Chemical Society Publications: ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
to be launched in 2006!
American Chemical Society Publications: ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
to be launched in 2006!
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
More database trials @ the Library
We are pleased to be offering access for the next month to:
1.) GeoScienceWorld: a geology and earth science database
2.) Technical and Computer Package (with Inspec): physics and computing databases
3.) Scopus: science and technology database
Take a few minutes and try out these databases and send us your feedback.
Thanks!
1.) GeoScienceWorld: a geology and earth science database
2.) Technical and Computer Package (with Inspec): physics and computing databases
3.) Scopus: science and technology database
Take a few minutes and try out these databases and send us your feedback.
Thanks!
The New York Times Science: Tiny, Plentiful and Really Hard to Catch
Neat article about neutrinos in the NY Times today. You will need to set up a free account with NY Times to read the whole article, or borrow a login and password from Bugmenot.com (a fun website/concept in itself!)
The New York Times > Science > Tiny, Plentiful and Really Hard to Catch
The New York Times > Science > Tiny, Plentiful and Really Hard to Catch
Monday, April 25, 2005
Blogs Will Change Your Business - Businessweek.com
Including the business of education. Read this article for an update on the furor that blogs are creating on the web. And if you want more information, or help setting one up, contact Cathy.
International Business News & Technology Articles - Businessweek.com
International Business News & Technology Articles - Businessweek.com
Friday, April 22, 2005
Math Awareness Month
"Mathematics Awareness Month April 2005: Mathematics and the Cosmos
The American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics announce that the theme for Mathematics Awareness Month 2005 is Mathematics and the Cosmos.
How do astronomers find planets outside our solar system?
How can cosmologists understand the behavior of galaxies, quasars and black holes?
Will the planets in our solar system follow their current orbits for the foreseeable future?
How do missions to Mars and Saturn, for example, arrive at their destinations so precisely, and once there, how is information relayed back to Earth?
Mathematics is fundamental to answering these questions. In fact, mathematics is at the core of our attempts to understand the cosmos at every level: Riemannian geometry and topology furnish models of the universe, numerical simulations help us to understand large-scale dynamics, celestial mechanics provides a key to comprehending the solar system, and a wide variety of mathematical tools are needed for actual exploration of the space around us.
Resources for this year's Mathematics Awareness Month program can be found at www. mathaware.org."
The American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics announce that the theme for Mathematics Awareness Month 2005 is Mathematics and the Cosmos.
How do astronomers find planets outside our solar system?
How can cosmologists understand the behavior of galaxies, quasars and black holes?
Will the planets in our solar system follow their current orbits for the foreseeable future?
How do missions to Mars and Saturn, for example, arrive at their destinations so precisely, and once there, how is information relayed back to Earth?
Mathematics is fundamental to answering these questions. In fact, mathematics is at the core of our attempts to understand the cosmos at every level: Riemannian geometry and topology furnish models of the universe, numerical simulations help us to understand large-scale dynamics, celestial mechanics provides a key to comprehending the solar system, and a wide variety of mathematical tools are needed for actual exploration of the space around us.
Resources for this year's Mathematics Awareness Month program can be found at www. mathaware.org."
Thursday, April 21, 2005
RSS Feed reminder!
Just a reminder that you can read this blog in an RSS feed reader using http://www.csulb.edu/~coutten/scifeed.xml
More info:
You can add this blog to your RSS reader. An RSS reader is a great way to keep up with what's happening; nearly all major news sources have RSS feeds. Also many major journals will feed you their latest tables of contents! If you would like to add the weblog to your RSS reader, use this url: http://www.csulb.edu/~coutten/scifeed.xml If you want to know more about Weblogs and RSS, contact Cathy (coutten@csulb.edu) or Kate (jpeters4@csulb.edu), or to get started, try these websites:
About RSS: http://my.yahoo.com/s/faq/rss/index.html
A good list of RSS aggregators: http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/000877.php
More info:
You can add this blog to your RSS reader. An RSS reader is a great way to keep up with what's happening; nearly all major news sources have RSS feeds. Also many major journals will feed you their latest tables of contents! If you would like to add the weblog to your RSS reader, use this url: http://www.csulb.edu/~coutten/scifeed.xml If you want to know more about Weblogs and RSS, contact Cathy (coutten@csulb.edu) or Kate (jpeters4@csulb.edu), or to get started, try these websites:
About RSS: http://my.yahoo.com/s/faq/rss/index.html
A good list of RSS aggregators: http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/000877.php
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
New Look for SFX
Try this link to see an example of the new SFX box:
SFX by Ex Libris Inc.
SFX, the program that links full-text in our databases, has been upgraded to version 3. Now when you click on
in a database to look for full-text, you will see this new box . Generally it functions the same way. One nice added feature is: if you click on the Advanced option, you will see a link to alert librarians of any problems with SFX.
SFX by Ex Libris Inc.
SFX, the program that links full-text in our databases, has been upgraded to version 3. Now when you click on
in a database to look for full-text, you will see this new box . Generally it functions the same way. One nice added feature is: if you click on the Advanced option, you will see a link to alert librarians of any problems with SFX.
Try out Scopus during our free trial!
Try out Scopus, Scopus - Basic Search a new database from Elsevier.
We have free trial access for the next thirty days from any campus computer.
This database searches 14,000 science journals and will link directly to articles the library subscribes to online such as those available through ScienceDirect.
One feature of the search is the ability to refine your results by clicking on boxes at the top of the results page limiting your results to a specific year, journal title, author, etc. You may click as many as you like and then click "Limit to" or "Exclude" to get your new results.
To see if Scopus searches a specific journal go to the Sources Page.
Scopus also incorporates a web search (searching the web for scholarly information such at what is published at Biomed Central and PLoS which are returned as separate results).
Please e-mail me with your comments!
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
New Online Access to Journal of STEM Education
The Journal fo STEM Education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) is now available free on the web at http://www.jstem.org/
It is a peer-reviewed journal promoting "high-quality undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics..." (This from the mission statement inside the Jan-Jun 2004 issue.)
It is a peer-reviewed journal promoting "high-quality undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics..." (This from the mission statement inside the Jan-Jun 2004 issue.)
Monday, April 18, 2005
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Greece's Rion-Antirion Bridge Wins
Greece's Rion-Antirion bridge, completed four months ahead of schedule, was named the 2005 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award winner by the American society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The bridge, challenged by deep waters, high seismicity and constant winds, will carry the Olympic torch over Greece's Gulf of Corinth.
Friday, April 15, 2005
Earth Day Websites
Check out this collection of websites about Earth Day!
The NSDL Scout Report for Life Sciences-- Volume 4, Number 8
The NSDL Scout Report for Life Sciences-- Volume 4, Number 8
The Argument for Open Access Publishing
Science Wants to be Free
This brief article from the MIT Technology Review talks about the status of Open Access publishing in the sciences.
This brief article from the MIT Technology Review talks about the status of Open Access publishing in the sciences.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Research Paper Clinics
That research paper got you down?
Get help from the Library and the Writing Center
April 19 (Tuesday) 11-2pm
April 20 (Wednesday) 2-5pm
April 26 (Tuesday) 3-6pm
April 28 (Thursday) 12-3pm
May 4 (Wednesday) 10-1pm
May 5 (Thursday) 11-2pm
May 9 (Monday) 11-2pm
May 10 (Tuesday) 1-4pm
Sign up online or just drop by.
Get help from the Library and the Writing Center
April 19 (Tuesday) 11-2pm
April 20 (Wednesday) 2-5pm
April 26 (Tuesday) 3-6pm
April 28 (Thursday) 12-3pm
May 4 (Wednesday) 10-1pm
May 5 (Thursday) 11-2pm
May 9 (Monday) 11-2pm
May 10 (Tuesday) 1-4pm
Sign up online or just drop by.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
PLoS Biology: Table of Contents
The new edition of PLoS Biology is now available on the web.
PLoS Biology: Table of Contents
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
Visit the home page of PLoS here: http://www.plos.org/
PLoS Biology: Table of Contents
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
Visit the home page of PLoS here: http://www.plos.org/
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
NASA tests shape-shifting robots
NASA engineers at the Goddard Space Fligh Center watched the TETWalker robot successfully move. "Robots of this type will eventually be miniaturized and joined together to form 'autonomous nanotechnology swarms (ANTS)' that alter their shape to flow over rocky terrain or to create useful structures like communications antennae...."
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/ants.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/ants.html
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