Biology Library News

Current awareness in genomics, proteomics, etc.

Staying Current: Omics Blogs & More, a very useful list of blogs and blog search sites for anyone intested in genomics, proteomics, nanotechnology, and related bioinformatics concepts. Actually the entire 'omics series looks worthwhile.

Having a bad day?

Some of these True Lab Stories may make you feel much better! I got this link from the Discovering Biology in a Digital World blog, which I highly recommend. She usually posts on Fridays and since she is interested in "developing instructional materials for 21st century biology," I nearly always learn something from her posts. Take a look!

News from various sources

    -   New database: PsycCRITIQUES now available at WU - book reviews, etc., in psychology
    -   Nucleic Acids Research web server issue now freely available | Especially interesting: HubMed: a web-based biomedical literature search interface
    -   Amazing pictures from Wellcome Trust Biomedical Image Awards 2006
    -   Three options for citation tracking: Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science, freely available article in BioMedical Digital Libraries | Discussion: The Citation Tracking Wars
    -   EDUCAUSE Pocket Edition #6: Uses of Wikis, approx. 11 minute audio discussion about using wikis in academia for peer review, collaborative research, student portfolios, class projects, faculty information sharing (on a secure wiki), long-distance collaboration, and digital media production.
    -   E-mail Alerts for Articles from your Favorite Journals, new PubMed tutorial
    -   Top 5 science blogs, compiled by Nature, July, 2006 | 50 popular science blogs
    -   How To: Create an RSS Feed for a Feedless Journal with PubMed | How to: Generate a Custom RSS feed from PubMed (tutorials from David Rothman)

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