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Journal List for the Institute for Student Centered Learning Conference

Posted on May 17, 2013 by jdixon

BU Subject Librarians compiled a list of journals pertaining to pedagogy, teaching, and education in a variety of humanities, social science and science disciplines. The more widely indexed journals include: American Biology Teacher Anthropology and Education Quarterly Career Development Quarterly College … Continue reading →

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Exam Week Stress? The Libraries Can Help

Posted on April 22, 2013 by erushton

  The end of the semester is quickly approaching and that means it’s crunch time for papers and exams.  The Libraries have a variety of services available to help you find scholarly resources such as books and journal articles.  We … Continue reading →

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New Website about RefWorks

Posted on February 20, 2013 by erushton

RefWorks, the Libraries’ online citation management tool, recently launched a new site for all thing RefWorks:  http://refworkscommunity.ning.com/. This website provides information on product enhancements, news, upcoming webinars,videos, interviews, discussion forums and more. Haven’t tried RefWorks yet?  Did you know RefWorks allows you to import and arrange citations, and use those citations to format … Continue reading →

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First Friday Celebrates Black History Month

Posted on January 28, 2013 by lvega

“Ghosts of the South” by Judith Present for Black History Month From the Gorgeous Washington Street Association: South Side Venue Anniversary, Black History Month Exhibit & Masquerade Themes Among Highlights of Next First Friday Art Walk – FEBRUARY 1 Start … Continue reading →

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New Names for JAMA Archives

Posted on January 9, 2013 by erushton

    Effective January 1, 2013, the following JAMA Archives publications have been renamed. Archives of General Psychiatry to JAMA Psychiatry Archives of Internal Medicine to JAMA Internal Medicine Archives of Neurology to JAMA Neurology Read more about the name change … Continue reading →

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BU student places second in Smithsonian Institution of Arts national competition

Posted on January 4, 2013 by lvega

Congratulations to Leland Foster for placing second in Sustaining/Creating: A National Juried Exhibition for Emerging Artists with Disabilities, Ages 16-25! His piece “Restoring The Sublime” is up at the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center in Washington, D.C. From Inside BU: Leland Foster, … Continue reading →

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United Kingdom National Art Collection is Online

Posted on December 17, 2012 by lvega

The entirety of the UK’s publicly (and some privately) owned oil paintings are now online. The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) has partnered with the BBC to create the highly ambitious Your Paintings site, which has digitized and catalogued 212,000 oil … Continue reading →

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Find Articles Faster in Find It!

Posted on October 1, 2012 by erushton

Did you know Find It! has an article recommender service called bX Article Recommender?  The service, similar to Amazon’s “customers who viewed this item also viewed” suggests articles other researchers have expressed interest in.  The recommender is an easy and … Continue reading →

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Art by Braddy Romero: Art Show and Fundraiser to Support Corazon de Dahlia

Posted on September 6, 2012 by lvega

As apart of this month’s First Friday events, on September 7th QuarterYellow studios, located in JungleScience on 33 Court Street in downtown Binghamton, will be exhibiting work by Peruvian artist Braddy Romero Ricalde. This show is a fundraiser for Corazon … Continue reading →

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Professor Jeff Barker to Speak at Kopernik Observatory, Vestal

Posted on July 25, 2012 by lvega

Update: Here is the video of Jeff Barker’s lecture last Friday: If you are curious about the science behind how musical instruments sound the way they do, Professor Jeff Barker will be speaking on “The Physics of Music” at the … Continue reading →

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