Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Video: the rescue of the crew of the Bounty
The Coast Guard rescue of the crew of the Tall Ship "Bounty" has been recorded.
http://www.vancouversun.com/Video+Rescue+Bounty+during+Hurricane+Sandy/7465313/story.html
The Bounty sank as the result of the high winds associated with hurricane Sandy. The Washington Post released this story today.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coast-guard-monitors-tall-ship-in-distress-off-north-carolina-as-sandy-moves-toward-east-coast/2012/10/29/d3b3a36c-21a4-11e2-92f8-7f9c4daf276a_story.html
Monday, October 22, 2012
News about Reaxys Xcelerate! Attn: Chemical Engineers!
Reaxys is beefing up content with a new version called Reaxys Xcelerate.
This new version is being developed especially for research intensive organizations. It includes substances, structures by chemical name or CAS registry number. It will be expanded to include journal articles.
Reaxys includes PubChem.
To view a demo and training videos that give more information about Reaxys, check them out at the following link:
http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/products/Reaxys-Xcelerate
Geology and the Gettysburg Campaign
What were the interrelationships between the local Gettysburg area geology, the terrain, and the course of the Battle of Gettysburg? Find the answers at:
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/education/es5/es5.pdf
Monday, September 10, 2012
All Alone in the Night
Time-lapse footage of the Earth as seen from the International Space Station
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120305.html
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Mississippi River Flows Backwards Due to Isaac
For more information and to see what happens where there is a storm surge, read the following posted by USGS.
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3387&from=rss_home#.UD6pzaPwGuJ
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
BMJ Group renews partnership with HighWire
STANFORD, CA, 30 April 2012 – The BMJ Group today announced the renewal of their long‐standing partnership with HighWire Press..."In recent years, BMJ Group has developed a reputation for being one of the most innovative and influential STM publishers," said Peter Ashman, Publishing Director at the BMJ Group.
For the full story, visit: http://highwire.stanford.edu/PR/BMJrenewsHW.pdf
For the full story, visit: http://highwire.stanford.edu/PR/BMJrenewsHW.pdf
Spending Panels Back Boosts for NSF, NASA, NIST Programs
by Jeffrey Mervis
The National Science Foundation and NASA got off to a strong start last week in the annual congressional budget race. Separate spending bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate would spare both agencies from the severe cuts forecast next year for most federal agencies in the wake of last summer's budget agreement between Congress and the White House and a budget resolution approved earlier this month by the House. And while legislators aren't expected to cross the finish line for the 2013 budget until after the November elections, an early lead can't hurt.Thursday, March 15, 2012
ND researchers publish a review article about current progress in the development of compound semiconductor tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs) for low-voltage, high performance logic applications.
Alan Seabaugh, Soo Doo Chae, Patrick Fay, Wan Sik Hwang, Tom Kosel, Rui Li, Qingmin Liu, Yeqing Lu, Tim Vasen, Mark Wistey, Grace (Huili) Xing, Guangle Zhou, and Qin Zhang
Congratulations from the Engineering Library!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Predatory Publishers -- authors beware!
Beall's List of Predatory, Open-Access Publishers
by Jeffrey Beall metadata librarian at the University of Colorado at Denver who keeps a running list on his blog
Friday, March 2, 2012
The Engineering Library is pleased to announce three new e-book collections!
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
Synthesis Collection One | Synthesis Collection Two | Computer and Information Science Collection Two Synthesis is an information service for the educational community in engineering and computer science published by Morgan and Claypool. The collections ontain 50- to 200-page self-contained electronic documents, "lectures", which are organized into a hierarchical structure of disciplines and series. Each is authored by a prominent contributor to the field. New series and lectures are added continuously and existing lectures will be revised as needed..
Individual titles are in the Library’s Online catalog found on the Engineering Library homepage at: http://engineering.library.nd.edu/
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Happy Engineers Week 2012!
The theme of Engineers Week 2012 is "Engineers turn dreams into reality." Here at the engineering library we are here to provide resources, tools, and information to help engineering students, faculty, and staff achieve their dreams. We provide a vast number of journals, books, databases, and documents to help current and future engineers create, innovate, learn, explore, research, and contribute to society. In celebration of Engineers Week, the library will give away ID holders to all Notre Dame College of Engineering students, faculty, and staff on Wednesday, February 22, 2012! Come stop by and say hi and let us know if there is anything we can help you find. Happy Engineers Week 2012!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Celebrating the Challenges of Science
Science: It's Really, Really Hard, and that is something to celebrate
This NPR article from Adam Frank speaks directly about how hard science and math really are and why we should celebrate this fact. Enjoy!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Introduction to Knovel and Information Literacy
Here at Notre Dame the school is back in session and the Engineering
Library is busy everyday. The library gets lots of use in between
classes and in the afternoons. Today we are having an Introduction to
Knovel webinar for students, faculty, and staff at the new engineering
building (Stinson Remick).
Join Us for an Introduction to Knovel on January 26, 2012!
Title: University of Notre Dame Engineering Library - Introduction to Knovel
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Stinson Remmick Room 109
Open to all ND engineering faculty, staff, and students
I've created a subject guide for first year engineering students to help them find resources for their end of
semester projects.
I'm also working with fellow librarians to put
together an information literacy toolkit for faculty. This semester we
have 3 goals for engineering students:
- Students know the Engineering Library Website.
- Students know about and use 3 library resources in their area of study.
- Students properly use citations in their papers, presentations, and research.
Define and determine the extent of information
needed by asking questions
Access the needed information effectively
and efficiently
Synthesis
Incorporate
selected information into one’s knowledge base
Use
information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
Understand
the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and
access and use information ethically and legally
Evaluate information and its sources
critically
•ACRL
Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education
http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency
(accessed January 2012).
Teaching
students these basic skills will help them in their everyday lives and
their academic life, but teaching also includes a practical application
of knowing what resources and tools are there to use. Within every
subject area there are special databases and electronic resources to
help students and faculty do research. Understanding and knowledge about
library materials and resources can help students produce quality work
and innovative solutions.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Wikipedia may be going dark
Wikipedia may be going dark,but our library
resources like IEEE, ACM Digital Library, and Knovel are alive
and well, thanks to library subscriptions!
Read more about Wikipedia going Dark at NPR.org
Monday, January 16, 2012
Professor Porod to review U.S. nanotechnology
Notre Dame Electrical Engineering Professor, Wolfgang Porod, was appointed to serve on a committee conducting a comprehensive strategic review of the U.S. government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). See the link below to read more about Professor Porod and Nanotechnology efforts at Notre Dame.
http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/28309-notre-dame-engineering-professor-to-help-review-u-s-national-nanotechnology-efforts/
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