Entries from June 2008

ticTOCs - the free current awareness service helping researchers keep up-to-date

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

For an easy way to keep up-to-date on your favorite journals this summer, check out ticTOCs, the free journal Tables of Contents Service.
A new and improved beta version was released earlier this month, offering over 7,700 journal Tables of Contents (TOCs), collected from 72 publishers.  Coverage currently favors technology subjects, but more journals are being […]

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Tags: Tips & Tools

Demand for engineers on the rise

June 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

An interesting article appeared in yesterday’s New York Times describing how the growth of computer data centers is placing engineers, especially those focusing on energy efficiency, in the spotlight.  There is no letup in demand as the surging use of server computers continues to rise.
“…people with the skills to design, build and run a data […]

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Tags: Engineering

What books did Nobel Prize winning Poly Alum Martin Perl read over and over again?

June 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Despite growing up in a family where earning a living as a scientist was a foreign concept, Martin L. Perl embraced his love of reading mathematics and science books. Dr. Perl’s avid reading helped him graduate summa cum laude from Polytechnic University in 1948 and later win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. As […]

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Tags: Science · Engineering · Events

Get your summer reading at Dibner Library

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

The hazy, lazy days of summer are here. Next time you head to the beach or park for a reprieve from the heat, bring along something to read to take your mind off work. While you’re probably used to finding scholarly articles or text books at the Dibner Library, did you know that […]

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Tags: Staff Picks · Library News

The future of the book?

June 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Although electronic books have been around for decades, they have only started to be recognized as a viable option in the last few years. Currently, e-book sales are soaring, yet they remain a fraction of overall book sales. It is too early to tell whether the e-book reader Amazon launched last November, the […]

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Tags: Science · Engineering