That excellent database ABI Inform has a rather nice new feature.
When you look at your search results you may notice that some of the articles have a little 'link to full text' option under them. This takes you to other databases that have full text when ABI itself doesn't. It only appears where it knows that there is full text available somewhere else.
[Note! This has only been set up in the last couple of days and some of the links don't seem to be working yet, but most do and we're working on the rest.]
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Scientific evidence for why you fell asleep in your 9am lecture!
If you're a teenager who needs an excuse for drifting into dreamland during an early morning lecture, blame your circadian rhythms. Print out and keep this article from the Yorkshire Post as evidence.
One of the most fascinating sessions at the 'Creativity or Conformity?' conference I went to recently was by Russell Foster (Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University) in which he explained how young people's body clocks run to a different rhythm than older people's. The result, when combined with 9am lectures and part-time work, is a lot of chronically sleep deprived young people.
Of course your lecturers have an equally good excuse for yawning through your late afternoon presentations!
One of the most fascinating sessions at the 'Creativity or Conformity?' conference I went to recently was by Russell Foster (Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University) in which he explained how young people's body clocks run to a different rhythm than older people's. The result, when combined with 9am lectures and part-time work, is a lot of chronically sleep deprived young people.
Of course your lecturers have an equally good excuse for yawning through your late afternoon presentations!
Friday, February 09, 2007
Don't cite wikipedia: 2.
There's been another kerfuffle in the library blogosphere lately about Wikipedia. (What do you mean, you hadn't noticed?)
This article from the Guardian started it with it's report that a College in Vermont has 'banned students from citing Wikipedia'. In fact, as you read on, you discover that they were not saying that students shouldn't use Wikipedia, but that while Wikipedia may be a useful source, it should not be regarded as authoritative, and so should not be cited.
I did like the alternative suggested, of getting all students to take an introductory course in scepticism.
This article from the Guardian started it with it's report that a College in Vermont has 'banned students from citing Wikipedia'. In fact, as you read on, you discover that they were not saying that students shouldn't use Wikipedia, but that while Wikipedia may be a useful source, it should not be regarded as authoritative, and so should not be cited.
I did like the alternative suggested, of getting all students to take an introductory course in scepticism.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
One for Advertising students
If only any students ever read this blog I could use it to tell them about things like this excellent new book we've got in the library that they would do well to get their hands on.
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