Carolina Science Concourse

Geological Society of London is launching a new book series on the Lyell Collection. The Petroleum Geology Conference series is a sequence of edited and peer-reviewed volumes arising from the prestigious London-hosted conferences. The series feature papers, posters, animations and core photographs with commentary. The principle focus is on North-West Europe, but papers also detail many generic advances made in petroleum geology.

The Lyell Collection features full text articles and books from the publications of the Geological Society of London including:
-Journal of the Geological Society (1845-present)
-Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
-Special Publications of the GSL (book series)
-Memoirs of the GSL (book series)
-Engineering Geology Special Publications (book series)

To search the Lyell Collection from the Library website go to E-Research Tools and select it from the “L” page.

Questions about the Lyell Collection? Contact Miriam Kennard.

The Science Libraries have acquired a trial subscription to Reaxys, “a new workflow solution for synthetic chemists”, and we’d appreciate your feedback!

https://www.reaxys.com/

Reaxys contains an extensive database of structures, reactions, and physical properties. Based on CrossFire Beilstein, CrossFire Gmelin, and Patent Chemistry Database, this new resource should be applicable to chemistry research campus-wide.

This trial subscription will expire on 12/31/2009, so take a look and tell us your thoughts soon! You can provide feedback by commenting on this post or by emailing Zari Kamarei at zkamarei@email.unc.edu.

Terence Tao, Fields Medalist and Professor of Mathematics at UCLA, recently made a post on his blog regarding the difficulties of rendering math on the web. For print, LaTeX is the gold standard, but there isn’t yet an established means of generating complex mathematical expressions on a web browser.

Tao has asked his readers to discuss this important topic for a quickly-moving academic culture in the comments of his post. This discussion should be quite intriguing to watch.

http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/displaying-mathematics-on-the-web/

The Science Libraries have initiated a trial subscription to EOLSS, an interdisciplinary resource integrating 20 component encyclopedias. Take a look and tell us what you think!

Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) has contributions from international scholars and is edited by more than 300 subject experts. Topics range from the earth, atmospheric, mathematical, biological, and chemical sciences to the social sciences and humanities, including natural resources policy and management and area studies.

This is only a trial subscription—it will expire on 2/22/2010.  Please try it out and give us your feedback.  Leave a comment on this post or contact Miriam Kennard.

Read more about EOLSS here.

The Science Libraries have secured a trial subscription to a database which we’d love for you to take a look at and tell us what you think!

http://www.reviews.com/

Computing Reviews offers article and book reviews on materials related to computer science. Topics covered include theory of computation, hardware, software, methodologies, and mathematics of computing, among many others.

This is only a trial subscription—it will expire on 11/23/2009. Once you’ve had a chance to look it over, please leave a comment on this post or contact Zari Kamarei at zkamarei@email.unc.edu with your feedback.

The Science Libraries have acquired another trial for a set of journals. We’d love your input on them!

http://www.nowpublishers.com/

now Publishers regularly publishes monographs in the fields of business and technology under the name of their journal series, Foundations and Trends. Our trial subscription entitles us to online access for all issues of the Foundations and Trends Technology journals. These peer-reviewed reference works are an excellent resource.

The trial will expire on 12/31/2009, so be sure to take a look before then and let us know what you think. You can leave a comment on this post or email the librarian, Zari Kamarei, at zkamarei@email.unc.edu with your feedback.

Professor Sherwood Rowland, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry will present the public talk “Greenhouse Gases & Climate Change” (Oct 29th, 7:30pm, Carroll Hall Auditorium) and the technical talk “The CFC-Ozone story” (Oct 30th, 11am,Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium).

I am holding a SciFinder Scholar workshop on Thursday October 8th, in the Undergrad Library, Room 124.  This is a hands on workshop.  So, you will be doing the searches yourself.  If this time is not good for you, you can make an appointment with me, and I am more than happy to work with you individually.
If you are coming, please email me at zkamarei@email.unc.edu.

When you are doing research if the only resource you know is Google, you are missing the world of scholarly work.  The library’s website has many resources that are geared towards physical sciences.  Knowing these resources will save your valuable time.  If you are attending the following workshop, please email me at zkamarei@email.unc.edu so I know how many of you are coming.  If you don’t have time to attend this workshop, please email me for individual consultation.

From Todd vision of the UNC Biology Department and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center:

NESCent is helping put together a couple of public events in the Triangle to
celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth (on Feb 12-
TOMORROW!) and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of the
Species (this coming November).

First, Carl Zimmer will launch the first in a series of public talks at the
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences:

Carl Zimmer “Darwin and Beyond: How Evolution Is Evolving”, February 12,
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

http://www.nescent.org/news/Speakers_Zimmer2009.php

Zimmer is well known for his popular science writing, particularly his work
on evolution.  He has published several books including Soul Made Flesh, a
history of the brain, Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, At the Water’s
Edge, a book about major transitions in the history of life, The Smithsonian
Intimate Guide to Human Origins; and his latest book Microcosm: E. coli and
the New Science of Life.  Mr. Zimmer contributes to the New York Times,
National Geographic, Discover, Scientific American, Science, and Popular
Science.  He also maintains the award winning blog The Loom.

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A little later this month, there will be a symposium on “Darwin’s Legacy:
Evolutionary Approaches to World Challenges”
February 21, 2009, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Sigma Xi Headquarters, Research Triangle Park

More info: http://www.nescent.org/news/DarwinDay2009.php

The symposium will focus on the societal benefits of evolutionary biology
research. Learn how evolutionary biologists are improving staple crops,
developing better methods to control infectious disease, constructing better
conservation plans and employing evolutionary principles to engineer more
efficient products. Registration is required, but is free.

The talks, followed by a panel discussion, include:

“Applied Evolution from 1869-1946: Eugenics to the death of Oleg Vavilov”
Fred Gould, North Carolina State University

“How can an evolutionary biology perspective help biodiversity
conservation?” Dan Faith, Australian Museum

“Artificial Chemical Systems Capable of Darwinian Evolution: Understanding
by way of synthesis”, Steve Benner, The Westheimer Institute of Science and
Technology

“Evolution and Agriculture: The tropical crop cassava”, Barbara Schaal,
Washington University, St. Louis

“The Evolutionary Dynamics of Viral Pathogens:Implications for disease
dynamics and control”, Katia Koelle, Duke University