Syracuse University Library hosts Science & Engineering Information Fair Oct. 2September 14, 2007Pamela McLaughlinpwmclaug@syr.edu
Syracuse University Library will host the Science & Engineering Information Fair: A Showcase of Online Research Tools on Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Science and Technology Library, located on the first floor of the Carnegie Building. The fair will feature demonstrations, refreshments and giveaways, and help visitors discover desktop access to the latest in online research tools and services brought offered by the Syracuse University Library. Sponsoring vendors have provided a variety of prizes, including an MP3 player pre-loaded with e-books from Books24x7, an iPod Shuffle and a $100 Amazon gift card. Science and engineering librarians will also be available to answer questions.
Representatives from the following vendors will provide demonstrations of online books, journals, databases, handbooks and encyclopedias: Books24X7; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Engineering Village II-Compendex, INSPEC, NTIS; IEEE; Knovel Library; ProQuest; ScienceDirect; Springer/Kluwer; and Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index).
Additionally, handouts, user guides and brochures will be available from the American Chemical Society; the American Physical Society; Annual Reviews; BioOne; Computing Reviews; the Institute of Physics Publishing; JSTOR; Nature Publishing; RefWorks; Science; SciFinder Scholar; and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
For more information, call 443-2160, e-mail scitech@syr.edu, or visit the website at http://library.syr.edu/information/scitechlib/info_fair_2007.html.
Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, was cited in The Washington Post opinion article “America’s maps are still filled with racist place names.” Monmonier, an expert on the history of cartography and map…
The stadium renovation project was noted in more than 400 outlets that reported on the Syracuse University football team’s win over Georgia Tech Saturday, including The Washington Post, The Associated Press, ESPN, Newsday and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Kent Syverud, Chancellor and President, was quoted about the first phase of the stadium renovation project in more than 100 media outlets, including Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, multiple Fox News regional stations, Morningstar, and syracuse.com. “From graduations to great moments…
Francine D’Amico, teaching professor of international relations in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Christian Science Monitor story “At UN assembly quieted by a pandemic, the US-China clash is loud.” In the most recent U.N. meeting, Secretary-General António Guterres…
Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film in the Newhouse School and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, was interviewed for the KRSO radio segment “Dr. Robert Thompson With A Recap Of The Emmy’s.”…
If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.
