Watch for changes to the Crerar and Eckhart web sites next quarter. The new pages will include a search widget as seen on the main library web site at: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/index.html. We welcome feedback at: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/ask/sitefeedback.html or contact Barbara Kern at bkern@uchicago.edu Continue reading

The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Database has been redesigned to provide the same streamlined interface available in PubMed. Read more about the changes. Continue reading

We have a trial to JAMAevidence, now though March 23. JAMAevidence helps decision makers identify the best available evidence by providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care. Give it a try... Continue reading

The National Library of Medicine is celebrating its 175th anniversary and has launched a website commemorating the event: http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/175/. The site includes links to milestones, historical collections, upcoming events, and more. Continue reading

From NLM press release: "The National Library of Medicine announces the activation of the Emergency Access Initiative in support of medical efforts in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami. The Emergency Access Initiative is a collaborative partnership between NLM and participating publishers to provide free access to full-text articles... Continue reading

We are pleased to announce that the Crerar Library News has a new home. The University of Chicago Library has launched a News site that includes a dedicated section for Science News. Please visit it for the latest information about Crerar’s resources and services. If you have subscribed to this... Continue reading

The Science News blog from the John Crerar Library has moved! Visit this page for the latest information about Crerar’s offerings, or subscribe to our RSS feed. http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/science/ We also invite you to explore the full University of Chicago Library News site for announcements and features from across the campus... Continue reading

Find useful and up-to-date scientific information with McGraw-Hill’s AccessScience. AccessScience is a fully searchable online resource provided by the University of Chicago Library. Features include entries from McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, biographical information, news items, scientific and technical terms, images and multimedia such as news videos and animations.... Continue reading

Looking for a biomedical research technique for the lab? Find it in CSH Protocols. CSH (Cold Spring Harbor) Protocols is a is continuously expanded and updated database of new and classic laboratory research techniques. CSH Protocols provides authoritative and reliable methods presented in a step-by-step fashion. Coverage includes molecular and... Continue reading

Find key property data needed for calculations and experiments with the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. The CRC Handbook contains physical constants and formulas, properties of elements and organic and inorganic compounds, and much more. This classic reference source spans the physical sciences and is revised annually to reflect... Continue reading

The Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, a 26-volume reference eBook, contains biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from many countries across historical periods. It includes narrative scientific biographies, which detail the achievements and personalities behind the quest to understand the natural world. The Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, through a... Continue reading

With flu season just around the corner, check out the Center for Disease Control's H1N1 flu information site at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/. The site features uptodate maps of confirmed cases, Q&A about flu vaccines, guidelines for flu prevention, and more. Continue reading

Featured in Wired Science this research is being led by Patrick McGuire, a scientist in the Department of Geophysical Sciences. The full research research paper was published in arxiv.org a freely available repository of scientific e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, and quantitative finance and statistics. Posted using... Continue reading

The United States Geological Survey has provided scientific data about the earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12. This information can be viewed at the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program website. The information includes a downloadable poster with maps, historical earthquake information for the Caribbean region, and more. Continue reading

Enter a paper on this year’s topics by April 5. First Prize is $1500. Second Prize is $500.http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/crerar-prize/ Continue reading

The Library is sponsoring EndNote workshops which will be presented by Donna Kirking, Senior Product Trainer, Thomson Reuters. Building an EndNote Library The John Crerar Library Monday, February 14 9:30-11:30 To register: https://training.uchicago.edu/course_detail.cfm?course_id=1127 Cite While You Write The John Crerar Library Monday, February 14, 1:00-2:30 To register: https://training.uchicago.edu/course_detail.cfm?course_id=1128 EndNote Advanced... Continue reading

Geotechnique, a journal covering soil and rock mechanics, engineering geology and environmental geotechnics, is available online: http://www.atypon-link.com/TELF/loi/geot The title is also listed in the library catalog, as well as in the e-journals list. Continue reading

Now available on in the library's collection of e-journals are current and past issues of New Scientist and Palaeoworld. Continue reading

The University of Chicago Library is pleased to provide electronic access to most Springer-Verlag books published in 2005 and 2006 and to new 2007 titles as they become available online. We are planning to include records for these books in the Library's on-line catalog. However, we are experiencing some problems... Continue reading

Springer Protocols is an electronic database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences. Compiling protocols from Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Biotechnology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuromethods as well as from Laboratory Handbooks, Springer Protocols offers researchers access to nearly... Continue reading

Aluka's African Plants collection includes scientific data contributed by more than 50 institutions in Africa, Europe, and the United States. Plant species are represented by high-resolution digital images of type specimens provided by participating herbaria. It is searchable and browsable by taxon, plant name author, repository, use (food, medicine, phytochemistry,... Continue reading

The Library has recently added the entire current and backfile collection of the Royal Society of Chemistry e-books. Records will be added to the Library catalog and Lens over the next few weeks, but you may also access the e-books collection at RSC e-books search page. This collection contains more... Continue reading

Search thousands of photographs and other images from US government agencies databases like NBII Life, NIX NASA Image Exchange, NOAA Photo Library. Available photos include weather and space images, images of shore and coastal seas and of thousands of plant and animal species. http://scigovimage.deepwebaccess.com/scigovimage/ Continue reading

Chemical Abstracts Service is discontinuing all access to SciFinder via the desktop client software as of June 30, 2011. University of Chicago access will be managed as follows: Effective March 1, 2011, the option to download the DESKTOP client will no longer be available. All users are strongly encouraged to... Continue reading

Several oversized, heavily illustrated works of architectural and historical interest from the John Crerar Library collection are being digitized by the University of Chicago Library. The first of these works is now available for the first time in digital format. Baukunst des Mittelalters is a 19th century collection of illustrations... Continue reading