Protocols are generally understood as sets of rules. There are etiquette protocols, computer protocols, political protocols, and even laboratory protocols. For biologists and bench scientists protocols are lab recipes followed to […]
More Location Information in Catalyst!
We’ve heard your questions at the Info Desk, in the Reference Consultation Office, and via email and phone. Where is this book located? It says MSEL, but where in MSEL? […]
Is This Website Correct and Unbiased?
This is a tough question to answer, especially if you’re researching a topic new to you. And it’s an important question since you’re considering citing this website in your presentation. […]
The First Wikipedia: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica recently announced that they would no longer produce a print encyclopedia set; they’re moving to online only. This is a very big deal since they have been publishing […]
PsycINFO: The Power of a Thesaurus
Previous posts have described the PsycINFO literature database and its limits. But searching the scholarly literature offers another major challenge: using the scholars’ language correctly. Why use the thesaurus? The […]
More News! Elsevier and the Research Works Act
There’s been lots of news around and about the scholarly publishing industry lately. I’ve provided some background on the Elsevier boycott as well as why Wikipedia and other sites went […]
PsycINFO: A Database for Your Mind
PsycINFO is a library database that covers a LOT of ground. Subject-wise, it includes (but isn’t limited to) the following topics: psychology psychiatry animal behavior neuroscience social psychology educational psychology […]
Spring Library Workshops
Not the kind of ‘spring’ you were thinking of? Well, our spring library workshops probably aren’t what you’d expect, either. This semester we focus on Google searches, RefWorks, other organizing […]
eLife: Another Attempt to Change the Scientific Journal
eLife is the newest example of the changes sweeping journal publishing. (It’s so new, it doesn’t have its own website yet.) We’ve already seen: the movement away from print to […]
Background on the Elsevier Boycott
If you’ve heard about the boycott of Elsevier, you may have a few questions about why this is happening. Below is an overview, followed by a boat-load of links. Don’t […]