http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/ U of M Libraries news and services for molecular biosciences and computational biology en-us 2006-11-13T15:14:34-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/059688.html Google Web Accelerator (GWA) is a product from Google Labs that uses the Google network to allow one to surf the Web faster than before. This sounds like a good idea at first. Recently, staff in the University Libraries have... Library Resources jbeattie 2006-11-13T15:14:34-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/057265.html Please visit the Bio-Medical Library, Tuesday, October 24th from 10:00-2:00 for our Open House (http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/openhouse.html). Enjoy refreshments, learn about library collections and services, and meet your librarian liaison. Regards, Jim Beattie jbeattie@umn.edu... Library Resources jbeattie 2006-10-23T11:32:02-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/054104.html The Health Sciences Libraries has supported open access publisher BioMed Central (BMC) through a membership fee which, until 2006, permitted unlimited waivers of the submission fee for University of Minnesota authors. Many of our faculty have taken advantage of this... Open Access Journals jbeattie 2006-09-25T21:14:20-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/048768.html There is a new version of SciFinder for Mac OS X now available for download at http://www.lib.umn.edu/slog.phtml?url=http://sciweb.lib.umn.edu/subject/software/. CAS didn't specify a date for ending support of the previous version, so to our knowledge anyone using the Mac version that came... Library Resources messn006 2006-07-12T16:28:51-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/048648.html This University Libraries update is being sent to members of the Depts of BMBB, GCD, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Physiology. Others are welcome to sign up to receive the update -- please email me at messn006@umn.edu. 1) Libraries subscribing to... About This Site messn006 2006-07-11T09:19:14-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/048647.html The U Libraries are now subscribing to Nature Protocols, a new resource from Nature Publishing Group. Nature Protocols is an online resource for experimental protocols, primarily in biology and chemistry, including authoritative, peer-reviewed 'Nature Protocols' and an interactive 'Protocols Network'.... Library Resources messn006 2006-07-11T09:09:56-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/048646.html If you are working with new students or staff starting at the U, or planning a fall course which includes a writing or research paper component, the Libraries offer a number of services which may be of interest. For new... Library Services messn006 2006-07-11T08:43:09-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/048642.html The Bio-Medical Library is assessing our print journal collections this summer, trying to find journals which we can switch our print subscriptions to online format, or if we currently receive both formats, cancel the print subscription. The hope in reducing... On our Shelves messn006 2006-07-11T08:24:20-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/047486.html This University Libraries update is being sent to members of the Depts of BMBB, GCD, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Physiology. Others are welcome to sign up to receive the update -- please email me at messn006@umn.edu. 1) Upcoming Libraries Workshops:... About This Site messn006 2006-06-13T13:06:25-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/047478.html The following workshops are being offered by the University Libraries for resarchers and students in the sciences through the remainder of June. To register, and for a complete list of workshops being offered through August, go to http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/ Basics of... Library Workshops messn006 2006-06-13T11:47:28-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/047483.html BLAST results may now be shown using a new "TreeView" dendrogram, clustered on the basis of BLAST score. Either of two methods, "Fast Minimal Evolution" or "Neighbor Joining" can be used to construct the tree. To see a "TreeView", run... NCBI resources messn006 2006-06-13T10:18:14-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/047012.html Just a reminder that the NCBI Field Guide, a short course taught by bioinformatics help staff at NCBI, will be held at the U of M next Thursday and Friday, June 8-9. Please let grad students and others who may... Library Workshops messn006 2006-06-02T08:07:01-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/046021.html This update is being sent to members of the Depts of BMBB, GCD, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Physiology. Anyone is welcome to sign up to receive the update -- please email me at messn006@umn.edu. 1) NCBI Field Guide Coming to... About This Site messn006 2006-05-12T11:41:06-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/046020.html Please help spread the word! On Thursday June 8 – Friday June 9, the Bio-Medical Library is sponsoring a short course, including a hands-on workshop, taught by bioinformatics specialists with the NCBI User Services staff. The course, “NCBI Field Guide... NCBI resources messn006 2006-05-12T11:36:50-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/messn006/molbiolibrary/045924.html The Libraries are currently conducting a trial of BioMedCentral’s "Faculty of 1000 Biology" and "Faculty of 1000 Medicine" products. These literature tools "highlight and review the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences and medicine, based on the recommendations... Library Resources messn006 2006-05-11T13:03:10-06:00