Students: Give Input on New Website

Students: Give Input on New Website

   The S&E Library is looking for 6-8 undergrad or graduate students to participate in a focus group that will explore how you use (or don't use) our current web site. Input from the focus groups will be used to develop...

Cover Art on Science Journals

Cover Art on Science Journals

   An interesting article from the Nov. 6 Chemical & Engineering News, Making the Cover, discusses the pros and cons of including cover art on scientific journals. Stephen Ritter looks at art and aesthetics, publicity, the value (or not) of cover...

Chemical Scientist/Engineering Employment Outlook

Chemical Scientist/Engineering Employment Outlook

   C&EN's annual Employment Outlook edition was published last week. Highlights:Employment Looks A Little Better Chemists and chemical engineers may find more opportunities this year. Strategies From Hiring Professionals Salaries And Jobs Chemists interviewed in 1995 tell C&EN how their careers...

Extended Hours for Dec 2-7

Extended Hours for Dec 2-7

   Extended Hours will begin on December 2 and continue through December 7. During this time, the S&E Library will open at 10:00 on Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 AM Monday - Friday, and will remain open until 1:45 AM....

Using the h-index to measure researcher impact

Using the h-index to measure researcher impact

   Using the h-index to rank influential British researchers in information science and librarianship, published in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology this week. While the article focues on British researchers in the library/information science field, the...

Internet Usage for Science News & Information

Internet Usage for Science News & Information

   The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science: The convenience of getting scientific material on the web opens doors to better attitudes and understanding of science The latest report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project,...

Concerns About Wiley-Blackwell Merger

Concerns About Wiley-Blackwell Merger

   From today's Chronicle of Higher Education: Planned Merger of 2 Big Journal Publishers Worries Many Academic Librarians But if Wiley and Blackwell are enjoying a quasi-marital bliss, research librarians are expressing anxiety and dismay at yet another step in the...

Student Posters on Exhibit in S&E

Student Posters on Exhibit in S&E

   Student engineering posters from two groups are on display in the Science & Engineering Library through January. The student chapter of IEEE is displaying posters on the IEEE Robo Magellan Project, the Student UAV Project, and the IEEE Natcar Project....

When Patents Threaten Science

When Patents Threaten Science

   From the December 1 issue of Science: When Patents Threaten Science. You can also listen to Ira Flatow's interview with article co-author Lori Andrews on the Science Friday website. What if each generation of scientists was forbidden to use--or even...

December Hours

December Hours

   The S&E Library will be CLOSED Sundays from 12/10 - 12/31 The Library will be CLOSED from 12/23 through 1/1 Opening hours from 12/9 through 12/22 are: M-Th 8:00 AM - 7:45 PM, 8:00 AM - 5:45PM on Friday, and...

New UCSD Articles: MAE/SE

New UCSD Articles: MAE/SE

   Recent articles authored or co-authored by UCSD faculty from the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Department of Structural Engineering, as indexed in Web of Science: Enhanced differential conductance through light induced current switching in Mn-12 acetate molecular junctions...

Science Magazine's "Breakthroughs of 2006"

Science Magazine's "Breakthroughs of 2006"

   In the December 22 issue, the Science staff offers their annual roundup of the top science stories for 2006, along with the Breakthrough of the Year (Perelman's proving the Poincaré conjecture) and runners-up. They also look back on how accurately...