SciFinder Online Workshop Week in January 2012

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The Scientific Information Retrieval Services for the Biology & Medicine Section of the Max Planck Society will offer a new series of online workshops in January.

The workshops include:

  • SciFinder Workshop Week (16th – 20th January)
  • Scientific Information Resources of the MPG (in English & in German)
  • Introduction to the Web of Knowledge (WoS)
  • Literaturverwaltungssysteme – Einführung & Überblick (in German)
  • Literaturverwaltung mit EndNote (in German)

Attendance is free of charge for staff and guests of the Max Planck Society, but online registration is required. Workshops usually last 90 minutes.

Find more details on schedule, technical requirements and registration at
http://www.biochem.mpg.de/en/facilities/ivs/SupportTraining/Workshop/Schedule/index.html

An additional poster/flyer (pdf) regarding the SciFinder Workshop Week is also available:
http://www.biochem.mpg.de/en/facilities/ivs/Dokumente/Flyer_SciFinder.pdf

Teach physics to your dog…

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Chad Orzel explains his dog Emmy the laws of physics:

He has written two books about it:
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, New York 2010 (ISBN 9781416572299)
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, New York 2011 (ISBN 9781851687794)

German translation:
Schrödingers Hund: Quantenphysik (nicht nur) für Vierbeiner, Heidelberg 2011 (ISBN 978-3-8274-2862-2) [Inhaltsverzeichnis auf der Verlagsseite]

Journal of Catalysis Backfiles

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We have some good news!

From now on we have access to the Elsevier Backfile Collections Chemical Engineering + Energy and Power.

The collections include among other titles:

Journal of Catalysis – Vol. 1 (1962) onwards
Catalysis Today – Vol. 1 (1987) onwards
Fuel – Vol. 49 (1970) onwards
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You may find more information about the library holdings of these journals on the FHI electronic journals list: http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/bib/ejournals/inhalt.epl

Please find soon the license information for all available journals via the Electronic Journals Library.