You’ve seen posts here about Open Access, the movement attempting to make research journal articles freely available to all. We’ve also mentioned the Open Data movement, which aims to make […]
Out With SciFinder Scholar. In With SciFinder Web
SciFinder users, May is the month for migration to SciFinder Web! The Johns Hopkins University is transitioning to SciFinder (web). Access to SciFinder Scholar via the old client software has […]
Nanotech Event
JHU’s Institute for NanoBioTechnology now has a center for Engineering in Oncology. How fitting, then, that this year’s annual symposium, held May 13, is entitled Nanotechnology for Cancer Medicine. The […]
WebWise: Museums & Libraries Advance Research!
The WebWise conference was held in downtown Baltimore from March 9-11. The conference emphasized the role of museums and libraries in STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math) and the […]
Help Improve ScienceDirect
Elsevier is looking for a few good researchers to provide feedback about some new designs and functionality in ScienceDirect, their journal platform. Test dates are currently scheduled for March 28th […]
A Day at Librarian Bootcamp
Actually it was a day-long Medical Library Association continuing education course called e-Science Bootcamp. The course was developed by the librarians at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of […]
Resources for Global Environmental Change and Sustainability
What environmental problem concerns you: Acid Rain, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Hazardous Waste, Ozone Depletion, Smog, Water Pollution, Overpopulation, Rain Forest Destruction? Check out the following useful resources that can […]
Hey, What Happened to the Computer Books?
You loved browsing the new computer books on C Level, that colorful and up-to-date collection right on the front wall. You just stopped by to look at the latest MATLAB, […]
Landolt-Börnstein, and then some!
SpringerMaterials is a new online tool available to the Johns Hopkins Institutions which focuses on data from all areas of the physical sciences and engineering. It contains 250,000 substances and 1,200,000 […]
A Newbie Librarian Learns the Ropes at JHU
For those of you that may not know me, my name is Rob Sippel and I’m the “newbie librarian” of the title. I’m currently pursuing a Master of Library and Information […]