News from the Science Library 2009-11-19T14:43:13Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2009, betsywil Brian Coppola is Carnegie/CASE U.S. Professor of the Year 2009-11-19T14:43:13Z 2009-11-19T14:40:55Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53981 2009-11-19T14:40:55Z Brian Coppola, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as a 2009 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Read the full... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu Brian Coppola, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as a 2009 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Read the full article in the University Record Update.

]]> Celebrating 150 years of Darwin! 2009-11-17T19:46:21Z 2009-11-17T19:40:43Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53944 2009-11-17T19:40:43Z 2009 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin, one of the most influential biologists of the 19th century, and the 150th anniversary of his landmark publication, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. The Shapiro... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu 2009 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin, one of the most influential biologists of the 19th century, and the 150th anniversary of his landmark publication, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. The Shapiro Science Library celebrates these events with a special book display on Darwin and the theory of evolution.

]]> The display, in our Current Periodical Reading Room, consists of titles new and old including: Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle, edited by Richard Keynes (2000); The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter, edited by his son, Francis Darwin (1887); and of course, On the origin of species by Charles Darwin.

Stop by the Science Library and check it out!

]]> Please take our quick survey 2009-11-12T18:02:01Z 2009-11-11T14:05:53Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53858 2009-11-11T14:05:53Z The Science Library wants to know what you think about us! What do you like about our resources and services? What do you wish we were doing? Click here to take a short survey and let us know how we're... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu The Science Library wants to know what you think about us! What do you like about our resources and services? What do you wish we were doing? Click here to take a short survey and let us know how we're doing!

]]> Daniel Forger (Math) Quoted in New York Times 2009-11-10T19:52:23Z 2009-11-10T19:48:02Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53852 2009-11-10T19:48:02Z From today's University Record Update: Daniel Forger, an associate professor of mathematics, spoke with The New York Times about a software program he is helping to develop that could help people take actions to alleviate jet lag.... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu From today's University Record Update:

Daniel Forger, an associate professor of mathematics, spoke with The New York Times about a software program he is helping to develop that could help people take actions to alleviate jet lag.

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]]> ACS Symposium Series Now Online 2009-10-29T15:13:23Z 2009-10-29T15:10:28Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53570 2009-10-29T15:10:28Z The University Library now has online access to the American Chemical Society Symposium Series. We have fulltext access to volumes in the ACS Symposium series dating to 1974, with coverage planned back to 1950. Access is active now at http://pubs.acs.org/series/symposium... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu The University Library now has online access to the American Chemical Society Symposium Series. We have fulltext access to volumes in the ACS Symposium series dating to 1974, with coverage planned back to 1950. Access is active now at http://pubs.acs.org/series/symposium

]]> Shapiro Library Screening Room Open for Business 2009-10-29T15:16:14Z 2009-10-27T15:03:19Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53493 2009-10-27T15:03:19Z Our new Screening Room celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday, October 27, with movie-style refreshments and very interesting talks by historians Jonathan Marwil and Martin Pernick on their use of film in teaching. The Screening Room features a multimedia projector... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu Our new Screening Room celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday, October 27, with movie-style refreshments and very interesting talks by historians Jonathan Marwil and Martin Pernick on their use of film in teaching.

The Screening Room features a multimedia projector and surround sound and supports a wide range of media formats. You can reserve it to screen films for courses, films you have created, and more.

Read more about the Screening Room. And watch for future events - like Halloween movies.

]]> MCard Copiers are Here! 2009-10-15T16:55:42Z 2009-10-15T16:49:14Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53315 2009-10-15T16:49:14Z You can now use your MCard for all your photocopying in the Shapiro Science Library. Still have an old copy card? You can use it in Hatcher and other UM Libraries. Read more at http://www.lib.umich.edu/copy-services/news/mcard-copying-update... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu You can now use your MCard for all your photocopying in the Shapiro Science Library.

Still have an old copy card?
You can use it in Hatcher and other UM Libraries.

Read more at http://www.lib.umich.edu/copy-services/news/mcard-copying-update

]]> Arun Agrawal (SNRE) Quoted in NewScientist 2009-10-13T18:07:55Z 2009-10-13T18:00:06Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53278 2009-10-13T18:00:06Z From today's University Record Update: "NewScientist quoted Arun Agrawal of the School of Natural Resources and Environment about a study he co-authored on forest ownership. It showed that local communities manage and protect natural resources better than governments do."... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu From today's University Record Update:

"NewScientist quoted Arun Agrawal of the School of Natural Resources and Environment about a study he co-authored on forest ownership. It showed that local communities manage and protect natural resources better than governments do."

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Read the full research report in PNAS.

]]> Congratulations to Faculty Award Winners! 2009-10-08T18:59:50Z 2009-10-08T18:46:43Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.53215 2009-10-08T18:46:43Z The Shapiro Science Library is glad to recognize and congratulate faculty members who have recently received the following awards: Distinguished University Professorship Rodney Ewing, Geological Sciences William Fulton, Mathematics John Vandermeer, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Distinguished Faculty Achievement Robert T.... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu The Shapiro Science Library is glad to recognize and congratulate faculty members who have recently received the following awards:

Distinguished University Professorship
Rodney Ewing, Geological Sciences
William Fulton, Mathematics
John Vandermeer, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Distinguished Faculty Achievement
Robert T. Kennedy, Chemistry

Faculty Recognition Award
Peter van Keken, Geological Sciences

These professors all have appointments in departments closely served by the Shapiro Science Library. A total of twenty six UM faculty members received these awards. Read the full story in the University Record.

]]> Print On Demand from MLibrary 2009-09-23T18:53:22Z 2009-09-23T17:36:00Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.52754 2009-09-23T17:36:00Z 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... jkglenn web page jkglenn@umich.edu 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:

Espresso Book Machine

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

]]> New Science Reference Ebooks 2009-09-18T16:37:46Z 2009-09-18T14:48:30Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.52594 2009-09-18T14:48:30Z 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... jkglenn web page jkglenn@umich.edu 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:

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  • 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
    • ]]>     Welcome Students, Faculty and Researchers! 2009-09-09T15:53:51Z 2009-09-09T15:04:30Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.52305 2009-09-09T15:04:30Z 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... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu 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.

    ]]>     New Science Librarian 2009-08-17T15:09:04Z 2009-08-17T15:05:44Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.51985 2009-08-17T15:05:44Z The Shapiro Science Library is pleased to welcome Lori Tschirhart as our new librarian for Geology and SNRE. Lori joins us from the Natural Sciences Library at the University of Washington. Lori holds a Master's degree in Library and Information... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu The Shapiro Science Library is pleased to welcome Lori Tschirhart as our new librarian for Geology and SNRE. Lori joins us from the Natural Sciences Library at the University of Washington. Lori holds a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Michigan State. Her office is room 3026E, Shapiro Science Library. Her phone number is 936-3079 and her email address is ltz@umich.edu.

    ]]>     Scopus Database now Available Again 2009-07-28T21:17:55Z 2009-07-28T21:11:32Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.51738 2009-07-28T21:11:32Z All 3 UM campuses have access to Scopus database again at http://www.scopus.com or access it through SearchTools. Scopus is an international multi-disciplinary indexing & abstracting database for scientific, medical, technical, and social sciences. Coverage includes journals, patents, and websites (18,000+... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu All 3 UM campuses have access to Scopus database again at http://www.scopus.com or access it through SearchTools.

    Scopus is an international multi-disciplinary indexing & abstracting database for scientific, medical, technical, and social sciences. Coverage includes journals, patents, and websites (18,000+ titles) from 5,000+ publishers.
    It also searches some of the Arts and humanities CSA databases which include
    * ARTBibliographies Modern, back to 1974
    * DAAI: Design and Applied Art Index, back to 1973
    * Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, back to 1962
    * Sociological Abstracts, back to 1952
    * World Wide Political Science Abstracts, back to 1975
    * Social Service Abstracts, back to 1979
    You can do cited reference searching, citation analysis, get h-factor for authors, journal analyzing, etc.

    Access demos and tutorials online at http://www.info.scopus.com/setup/promo/

    ]]>     MLibrary Welcomes Michigan Debate Institute 2009-06-22T14:33:42Z 2009-06-22T14:27:51Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2009:/scilibnews/546.51179 2009-06-22T14:27:51Z MLibrary Hosts Michigan Debate Institute We are pleased to once again host high school students from the Michigan Debate Institute. This year's debate topic is Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in... betsywil web page betsywil@umich.edu MLibrary Hosts Michigan Debate Institute

    We are pleased to once again host high school students from the Michigan Debate Institute. This year's debate topic is Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States.

    Debate students will be working in the Shapiro Library from June 21 - August 8, from 1-5 PM daily.

    For more information, see the library's announcement or the Michigan Debate Institute website.

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