This September, the UIC Library purchased a subscription to the on-demand streaming service Kanopy. All UIC students, staff and faculty can now enjoy hours of movies, documentaries and educational content online
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PubMed contains the records of over 27 million articles from journals and online books. It covers the life sciences, but also veterinary science, medical education, bioinformatics and health care administration.
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How do we manage and organize a classification system so large? How do scientists in different countries, speaking different languages, compare findings on local flora and fauna to what is known globally? The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), of course.
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Selecting a scientific journal to submit your article to is an important part of the publishing process. You definitely want to communicate your findings to researchers in your area of study. Reaching a wider audience could help you secure funding, boost your CV, and identify research partners. There are thousands of journals published in almost every field imaginable. New journals are launched each week. You don’t want to risk months of delay by sending your article to a publication that is out of scope, has an overly onerous acceptance process or has a bad reputation. At this point in your career you may be part of a research team, and the publication venue might be the decision of the principal investigator. However, one day you will be the principal investigator and it is helpful to know all the criteria involved in selecting the right journal.
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Mendeley is an online citation manager and social networking site focused on the scientific community. Students and researchers use Mendeley to create bibliographies using collected references for a wide variety of source types including: articles, websites, reviews, conference talks, posters, charts, grey literature and more.
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There is no shortage of movies and documentaries about science and scientists to watch when you take a break from the bench. Did you know that when you turn on your computer you can also watch research taking place in hundreds of labs around the world?
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Citizen science projects are a great way for non-scientists to learn about their environment. Do you have a relative who thinks climate change is a hoax? It’s ok. Many of us do. One of the best ways to change someone’s mind about a fundamental belief about the environment is to get them involved in the science
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Science is expensive. Whether in labs or on location, experiments can require sensitive equipment and experienced personnel. Science is also expensive to publish. But does the traditional model of publishing in subscription based journals prevent the spreading and sharing of ideas that is essential to the nature of scientific investigation?
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A great presentation- whether it's for a class project, a conference talk, or an interview- usually includes images. The right picture can captivate an audience and convey your research findings. Properly attributing and citing images used in presentation is as important as using clear, high definition images.
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One of the more helpful features of Google Scholar(GS) is that it connects to another database, Web of Science.
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