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Library News & Notes —
December 2, 2005
Notes
Garrett will be out of the office on Friday, December 9, presenting at the Association
of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Technology Interest Group (ITIG) forum.
Internet Sites of the Week
Action Potential
Nature Neuroscience has a blog that announces recent papers in the journal and has a discussion forum.
The Advertising Slogan Generator
Type in a word and get an advertising slogan using that word.
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)
Darwin
The website of the American Museum of Natural History's exhibit on Darwin features photos, essays and
other resources.
(Source: Librarian's Internet Index)
Natural History magazine features a special section on Darwin:
(Source: Sci-Tech Daily)
OpenWetWare
A wiki. “OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom
among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. OWW provides a
place for labs, individuals, and groups to organize their own information and collaborate with others
easily and efficiently.”
(Source: Nature)
Science in the web age: Joint efforts
On blogs and wikis and their use among scientists.
(Source: the Sci-Tech Library Question)
Textbook Revolution
This site facilitates access to textbooks that are freely available on the web.
(Source: Open Access News)
Wiring up the ‘Victorian internet’
“The world's first global communications system for exchanging text messages was not the
internet nor the mobile phone.”
(Source: Sci-Tech Daily)
NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS
Received November 19 - December 2, 2005
| Title |
Author/Editor |
(Publisher, Year) |
To be Shelved at: |
Requested by |
| The Physics of Laser-Atom Interactions |
Suter, Dieter |
(Cambridge, 1997) |
QC 689.5 .L35 S88 1997 |
Requested by A. Speck |
| Snort Cookbook |
Orebaugh, Angela, et al |
(O’Reilly, 2005) |
TK 5105.59 .O74 2005 |
Requested by M. Burns |
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