Enjoy these fun Halloween bookmarks - they won’t give you cavities!

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Lexis Nexis Academic, a powerful tool for finding both current and historical news has been added to the collection of databases accessible through the Dibner Library web site. Unlike many of our other databases, its focus is not on scholarly journals. However, if you want to search newspaper articles from past or present, research company […]

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Imagine legally reading books, watching movies, listening to music –  all for free. Many public libraries now make this possible. Collections vary in size, but we are fortunate to be living in a area with easy access to three of the largest and best public library systems in the country:

The New York Public […]

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Cornell University Libraries recently announced that arXiv, the free online repository for articles in physics, math, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics, now contains over half a million articles.
arXiv was developed in 1991 and is the oldest online article repository in existence. Researchers upload their own articles to arXiv, and they are usually made available […]

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If you think textbooks are expensive, you might be shocked to find out how much scholarly journals cost.  For example, a subscription to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics costs the library $3,250 each year - and that’s just for one journal!
Fortunately, the internet allows alternative publishing options for scholars which can help research become more […]

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The Library will be closed on Columbus Day, Monday, October 13 . If you are not too busy catching up on school work, here are some fun things to do in the city over the long holiday weekend:

Last chance to catch the NYC Waterfalls
Rockefeller Center Ice Rink opens for the season on Saturday
Butterfly Conservatory […]

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Why waste time visiting dozens of different web sites each time you get online when you can gather all your favorites in one spot? Savvy internet users use customized start pages, like iGoogle, to save time and hassle. With iGoogle, you can pick and choose what content and features appear on your home […]

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Ever wanted to see evolution in progress? Thanks to a unique open source internet project, you can bring the process of evolution into your computer and witness it at home.
The project, Darwin@Home, is an exercise in cyber-biology that aims to demystify evolution as well as inspire.  Watch the video below to see “creatures” (i.e. simple […]

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The Physical Review Online Archive  is the American Physical Society’s (APS) online archive for Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Physical Review A-E. It contains all APS journal articles published from 1893-2004. Each January, another year is added to the archive.
The journals of the APS embody the mission of the Society “to advance […]

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