Chemweb update

ChemWeb members now have access to selected full-text articles from Chemistry publishers including Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Bentham Science, Taylor & Francis, and recently added, ACS Publications. Members can download a selection of articles covering a broad range of topics direct from the pages of some of the most respected journals in Chemistry. Explore some of the latest research or highly cited articles. Not yet a ChemWeb member? Membership is free-click here for more details.

New RSC chemical sciences repository

The new Chemical Sciences Repository is a non-commercial subject specific open access repository for chemistry papers, hosting Green and Gold Open Access(OA) papers. Launched by the RSC last month the Chemical Sciences Repository will host articles from across the chemical sciences and interdisciplinary work at the interface of chemistry.

The deposition of articles is the first phase of the Chemical Sciences Repository. It will be further developed to include data and theses, as well as other types of publications. For FAQs and more information on scope and subject coverage use this link.

BioRxiv : biology pre-prints

BioRxiv (pronounced "bio-archive") is a free online archive for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. This new resource is operated by Cold Spring Harbor Lab, a not-for-profit research and educational institution. By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community. Articles are not peer-reviewed or edited before being posted online. However, all articles undergo a basic content screening process.

BioRxiv accepts preprints of articles covering all aspects of research in the life sciences but does not accept clinical studies or clinical trials. Scope includes:

Biochemistry Bioengineering Bioinformatics Cancer Biology Cell Biology Genetics Genomics Immunology Microbiology

Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Neurobiology Pathology Physiology Plant Biology Scientific Communication Synthetic Biology Systems Biology

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Assignment resources by subject area

Subject specific resources for projects from eBooks to eJournals and databases to theses and much more are available at the Kevin St Subject Guides link. Find reliable and relevant academic resources for both undergraduates and postgraduate assignments at:

• BioSciences & Biomedical Science
• Chemistry
• Computing
• Electrical & Energy Engineering
• Electronics Engineering
• Maths
• Nutrition & Dietetics
• Optometry and Ophthalmology
• Physics

How? Where? What?

We get lots of questions this time of year about doing literature reviews, finding information for a first year or final year project, evaluating journal articles, using bibliometrics and locating open access resources. A full set of library guides addressing these questions and more is available to help. Click here for the Kevin St Library guide listings.

Chemistry3: extra copies now available

For the attention of first year chemistry students. Extra copies of Chemistry3 by Burrows (OUP: 2nd edition) are now available at Shelf Number 540, Bookstack 4. There are also copies in Short Loan at the Information Desk for library use.