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September 23, 2009
Print On Demand from MLibrary
Textbook prices got you down? The library provides a Print On Demand option for tens of thousands of books at very reasonable prices. We've partnered with publishers and suppliers to bring you access to rare and out-of-print works, as well as modern texts. Some can be printed right here in the library using our Espresso Book Machine!
Check out these links for more information:
Scholarly Publishing Office: Print On Demand
Springer MyCopy service (look for the orange box in SpringerLink)
FAQ on the Agreement to Offer Book Reprints for Sale on Amazon.com
Stable link | Posted by jkglenn at 12:36 PM
September 18, 2009
New Science Reference Ebooks
The Science Library has recently purchasesd a number of major reference works and handbooks in electronic format. Although many are books we already own in print, you can now download individual book chapters from the convenience of your computer. For more new books see our Science Library New Books page.
Below is a full list of our new Ebook reference works with links to each electronic book:
- Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry (ES Handbook Series)
- Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II
- Comprehensive Glycoscience
- Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III
- Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II
- Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences
- Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
- Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry
- Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics
- Encyclopedia of Ecology
- Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences
- Encyclopedia of Genetics
- Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics
- Encyclopedia of Modern Optics
- Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
- Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment
- Environmental Modelling, Software and Decision Support
- Evolution of Nervous Systems
- Foundations of Comparative Genomics
- Handbook of Electrochemistry
- Handbook of Numerical Analysis (ES Handbook Series)
- Handbook of Statistics (ES Handbook Series)
- Lake and Reservoir Management
- Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940
- Physics for Chemists
- Primate Anatomy
- Sediment and Ecohydraulics
- Systems Biology
- Thermodynamics: Principles Characterizing Physical and Chemical Processes
- Treatise on Geophysics
Stable link | Posted by jkglenn at 09:48 AM
September 09, 2009
Welcome Students, Faculty and Researchers!
The Shapiro Science Library welcomes you to the start of a new academic year. Our print and online collections and our staff are here to support your work.
The Science Library has over 400,000 print volumes and subscribes to over 2000 journals; use Mirlyn to find them and to access electronic items. We subscribe to many online databases, which enable you to search for journal articles; access these via Search Tools.
Our reference desk is open Monday-Friday 10AM-5PM for drop in assistance. Students can schedule research consultations and subject specialist librarians offer expert assistance. We also offer instruction sessions for classes. And the UM libraries offer a wide variety of workshops, including the Digital Dissertation series for graduate students and other sessions tailored for faculty.
Contact us; we are here to help.
Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 10:04 AM