PolyThinkers Pad

A wide selection of e-books at SpringerLink is now available for the Poly community to use on a trial basis through May 31st. SpringerLink offers journals and books in a variety of disciplines such as biomedicine, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. Free access to tables of contents, detailed abstracts and editorial […]

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The library’s finals hours period has been extended. On Friday, May 9, the library will be closing at 11 pm. On Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11, it will be open from 10 am-8 pm. On Monday, May 12 and Tuesday May 13, it will be open from 9 am - 11 pm.

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Starting Wednesday, April 30, the Dibner Library will stay open 24 hours on weekdays until Friday, May 9. On Friday and Saturday nights the library will close at midnight and open at 9 am the following morning. A complete schedule of library hours is available on the library home page.
We know the end of […]

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Have you ever tracked down a book with a great title, certain that it would be relevant to your research, only to be sorely disappointed when you discover a mere five sentences on your topic of interest? Now there’s help! Microsoft Live Search Books offers a neat visual ruler that shows you how […]

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The patenting of human genes raises all sorts of important questions whose answers will have a growing impact on our lives. Just consider this, one-fifth of the genes in your body are privately owned.
To learn more about this intriguing issue, come to the inaugural Dibner Family Professor of the History of Technology and Science […]

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Climate change, renewable energy, food shortages… unless you live in a cave, chances are you’ve heard or read about these important environmental issues in the media lately. Now you have a new resource at your disposal to help you research all things environmental: GreenFILE.
This bibliographic database from EBSCO draws on the connection between the […]

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Here’s a selection of some of the books that have been added to our collection in the past month. To browse through our new arrivals, visit the new books display shelf in the library’s reference section.
Coming attractions?: Hollywood, high tech, and the future of entertainment
Philip E. Meza
Call Number: P96.T422 U636 2007
A billion bootstraps: microcredit, barefoot […]

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Do you ever need to find quick and comprehensive statistical data on a country?  Ever interested in comparing lesser known quantitative data from two or more countries?  Have a look at the Britannica Online World Data Analyst.  “Country Snapshots” provide the basic  data on a country.  “Ranked Statistics”  lets you view the countries with the […]

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Although the library focuses on science and technology resources, it has much more to offer eager readers: a selection of international literature, notable biographies, core classics of literature, works of genre fiction, and even contemporary international fiction. If you are in the mood to dabble in some short works of genre fiction, you may be […]

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When you are looking for books on a topics in a library catalog, your first attempt will probably be a keyword search. After all, that is the way you do it using a web search tool like Google, and it is natural to think that keywords would bring up the best results. A keyword search does work […]

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