http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins Science at Collins is Collins Library's online space for collecting and disseminating news, research tools, and resources for the sciences at University of Puget Sound Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:35:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The third week in November is Geographic Awareness Week, and contains, smack in the middle, national GIS day, so I wanted to highlight some of the geographic information resources we have here at Collins, since geography is so much a part of many scientific investigations. Check out some of the resources ... http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/11/19/geographic-awareness-week/ Recently, some changes were made to the campus networks that caused some difficulty in connecting with databases, especially Lexis-Nexis. Our technology team has worked hard, and we think everything is updated, but if you run into any trouble, please let us know! This reminded me that we depend on you to ... http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/11/12/having-trouble-with-a-database/ Here's hoping you're all enjoying the fall break. For this week, visiting reference at Harned is cancelled, but I'll be back next week: Tuesday: 4pm-5pm Wednesday: 12pm-1pm http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/10/20/happy-fall-break/ Welcome to day one of Open Access Week! It seemed fitting to begin this week's highlighted open access resources with PLoS Biology, the first PLoS journal. The goal of the peer-reviewed PLoS Biology is to feature 'works of exceptional significance, originality, and relevance in all areas of biological science, from ... http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/10/19/open-access-week-plos-biology/ Like the physics and medicine prizes, the 2009 Nobel prize in chemistry was split between three researchers: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Thomas A. Steitz, at Yale University, and Ada E. Yonath, at Weizmann Institute of Science. The three were honored for their work on the ... http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/10/09/nobel-prize-chemistry/ This year's physics Nobel was split between Charles Kao for breakthroughs in fiber optics for one half, and  Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for the CCD sensor for the other. Both halves not only represented new scientific discoveries but have become the foundation of our digital communications. To find ... http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/10/09/nobel-prize-physics/ The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine this year went to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak, for their work on "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase". Learn more with some key publications you can find at Collins Library: Szostak JW, Blackburn EH. Cloning ... http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/10/08/nobel-prize-physiology-or-medicine/ Melzak, ZA. 2007. Companion to concrete mathematics. Dover ed. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. Mrowka, Tomasz, and Peter Steven Ozsváth, eds. 2009. Low dimensional topology. Providence, R.I. Princeton, N.J.: American Mathematical Society ; Institute for Advanced Study. http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/10/05/new-arrivals-in-math-computer-science/ Bastasch, Rick. 2006. The Oregon water handbook : A guide to water and water management. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. Rudwick, Martin JS. 2005. Bursting the limits of time : The reconstruction of geohistory in the age of revolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Williams, Travis. 2009. The Willamette River field guide. ... http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/10/05/new-arrivals-in-geology-2/ Adelman, Larry, Llewellyn Smith, Vital Pictures, National Minority Consortia, and California Newsreel, eds. 2008. Unnatural causes [videorecording] : Is inequality making us sick?. Widescreen format ed. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel. Armstrong, F. A., and Katherine M. Blundell, eds. 2007. Energy-- beyond oil. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. Clover, Charles. ... http://blogs.ups.edu/science_at_collins/2009/10/02/new-arrivals-in-environmental-policy-decision-making-2/