By Kevin Lindstrom on May 18, 2012
The Library has upgraded its Scifinder Scholar subscription to the Academic Unlimited Access Program. This means that you have 24/7 access to Scifinder regardless of the number of users. Regards Kevin Lindstrom Science & Engineering Reference Librarian
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By Kevin Lindstrom on November 19, 2010
Putting Google to the Test in Translation An article posted in the March 9, 2010 issue of the New York Times compares how well Google Translate, Yahoo Babel Fish and Microsoft Bing Translator compare against the skills of a human translator. Google has poured resources into improving its automatic translation service. Some of these systems [...]
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By Kevin Lindstrom on September 24, 2010
Wondering why some journals are in the Web of Science database and others are not? Read the full article here The Thomson Reuters Journal Selection Process Why be selective Thomson Reuters is committed to providing comprehensive coverage of the world’s most important and influential journals to meet its subscribers’ current awareness and retrospective information retrieval [...]
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By Eugene Barsky on September 20, 2010
Katherine Miller from Woodward library and myself are offering a few RefWorks workshops for our Science and Engineering faculty, students and staff: Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 at 9:30AM – 11:30AM in Koerner 217 – http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/1087 Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM in Woodward B25 – http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/1090 If you need a personal training about [...]
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By Kevin Lindstrom on July 16, 2010
Starting in August 2010, GeoRef will now be available on the Engineering Village 2 platform. GeoRef on the Engineering Village Platform has the following advantages Simultaneous searching of GeoRef, Geobase,and Compendex In terms of accessing the geoscience literature, being able to search three databases simultaneously should eliminate any gaps due to differences in indexing policies, [...]
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By Kevin Lindstrom on May 7, 2010
The newest crop of 2010 Earth and Ocean Science Undergraduate Honours Theses and Reports are now available online on cIRcle, the UBC Library’s Digital Repository. Below is a list of 2010 submissions. Waste Solutions for Metro Vancouver Ho, Anthony; MacDonald, Jessica; Lam, Clement; Dean, Monika; Lai, Joseph; Lu, Nan; Sim, Nari (2010-05-07) Effects of Triclosan [...]
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By Kevin Lindstrom on April 22, 2010
Newsmaker Interview: Imponderables Complicate Hunt For Intelligent Life Beyond Earth Dr. Paul Davies a professor at Arizona State University, Tempe discusses his role in the search for intelligent life beyond Earth. Read the full interview here. Other articles published by Dr. Davies include Are ALIENS among Us? Davies, Paul, Scientific American, Dec2007, Vol. 297, Issue [...]
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By Kevin Lindstrom on April 16, 2010
In one of the classic understatements of aviation history, Eric Moody turned on the flight intercom of his British Airways 747 and reported to his 248 passengers: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control. [...]
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By Kevin Lindstrom on March 22, 2010
For a complete list of impact factors, go to the Elsevier Earth Science link. Earth-Science Reviews 2008 Impact Factor 6.558 2007 Impact Factor 4.310 Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 2008 Impact Factor 4.235 2007 Impact Factor 3.665 Earth And Planetary Science Letters 2008 Impact Factor 3.955 2007 Impact Factor 3.873 Precambrian Research 2008 Impact Factor 3.736 [...]
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By Eugene Barsky on March 4, 2010
I have a personal interest in geoengineering and I tend to read many publications that discuss these topics. Lat week Science had a short article about geoengineering that I found interesting: The Latest on Geoengineering. Eli Kintisch (26 February 2010). Science 327 (5969), 1070-b. [DOI: 10.1126/science.327.5969.1070-b] Moreover, here is a short list of books we [...]
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