Research Infrastructure

Library and Information Center

Rowland Institute at Harvard
Library News & Notes
July 2, 2004

Notes

Happy 4th of July. The library will not be staffed on Monday, July 5.

Missing journals: Biophysical Journal, v.84, no.6, June 2003
Physical Review B, v.67, no.2, 1 Jan. 2003
Physical Review Letters, v. 88, no.24, June 17, 2002
Please check your area and return any that you find. Thank you.

Internet Sites of the Week

Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/
News coverage:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/02/
MNGH07FRHS1.DTL
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996108
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/
ap/20040702/ap_on_sc/saturn_cassini
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0702/p03s02-stss.html
http://uanews.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/wa/
MainStoryDetails?Art

Chemistry of Fireworks and Pyrotechnics
From About.com, a collection of articles and sites that explain the science behind firework explosions and displays, including a firework periodic table.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/fireworkspyrotechnics/

Hubble Discovers 100 Planets
A news article reports that the Hubble telescope has discovered a hundred planets orbiting stars in the milky way.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3856401.stm
This as another recent article laments Hubble&#s numbered days. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues04/jul04/hubble.html
(Sources: BBC, Sci-Tech Daily Review)

Listgarden
From Dan Bricklin, a software program that enables one to generate RSS feeds. Works on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X running Perl.
http://www.softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden/index.html
(Sources: Boing Boing, Feedster Feed of the Day)

Nature Reviews Microscopy Collection
A collection of reviews and news articles from Nature publishing on microscopic topics is freely available at the Nature web site.
http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/microscopy/

New York Times/RSS
A feed for each section, a feed on every desktop...
http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/
(Sources: The Shifted Librarian, Library Stuff)

Phys.org
Phys.org is a physics news service (with RSS feeds!) Three categories are featured, namely Nano and Quantum Physics, Technology and Applied Physics. A variety of news sources and publications (such as Science) are tracked. You can even call attention to your own paper and submit it for consideration. Discussion forums are also featured on the site. Looks like a place to get informed and to network.
http://www.physorg.com/
(Source: Moreover)

NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

Received June 19-25, 2004