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November 21, 2008

Standard Loans now due for return or renewal

Undergraduates, Masters & Diploma students All Standard Loan books which you have borrowed this semester are due for return by Friday 5 December. If you wish to keep them for longer, you can renew them at any time before the deadline by logging on to your Library record (via Patron functions) in the catalogue. Simply select the [...]

November 18, 2008

Graduating with a PhD this week?

Congratulations! What’s going to happen to your thesis now? We will keep it safely locked in the Library store, and anyone visiting the Library will be able to read it, but….. why not let the whole world find out about your research? We’re setting up a new service called HWURPA - the Heriot-Watt University Research Publications Archive. This will [...]

November 17, 2008

Finders Keepers, Readers Reapers

Library workshop for staff Would you like to KEEP appropriate readings in your Vision courses so students can easily FIND them? Would you like students to REAP the benefits of READing these materials rather than the first few pages from a Google search? Why not come along to the library’s FINDERS KEEPERS, READERS REAPERS workshop? This session for staff will cover how [...]

November 16, 2008

New networking site for engineers from the IET

IET Discover is a new user-created information sharing and networking service for engineers from the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Importantly, it’s free and is not just limited to IET members. It consists of a social bookmarking service with tagging, where you can save websites, and it also allows you to create your own homepage and [...]

November 15, 2008

C++ programming, microeconomics, fashion illustration - and other new books in the Library

Added to the library recently were books on C++ programming, microeconomics, fashion illustration, and several other topics. For the full list of new books, go to the New Books section of the Catalogue. Selected titles added to the Edinburgh campus library at Riccarton Library include copies of the 4th edition of C++ progamming: program design [...]

November 14, 2008

4 million words, phrases, and translations

We have a 30 day trial to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online which offers high-quality language reference content in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Chinese. Access from off campus is available using the VPN and you can take a tour of the product to help get you started using the service. What can you do with Oxford Language Dictionaries Online? Search Oxford’s [...]

November 13, 2008

Articles by Heriot-Watt University researchers in Hindawi Publishing journals

I sometimes showcase the research output of Heriot-Watt University researchers in this blog by listing their recent publications (the most recent example was New articles from the School of the Built Environment). Now, one journal publisher, Hindawi Publishing, have created their own page to highlight research output of Heriot-Watt researchers in Hindawi journals, as well as [...]

November 10, 2008

Multiprocessor programming, ethics for the built environment, textiles - and other new books in the Library

Added to the library recently were books on multiprocessor programming, ethics for the built environment, textiles, and several other topics. For the full list of new books, go to the New Books section of the Catalogue. Selected titles added to the Edinburgh campus library at Riccarton Library include The art of multiprocessor programming, by Maurice Herlihy and Nir Shavit, and Ethics [...]

November 06, 2008

10 moderately interesting facts about the Library

Here are ten things you may not know about the Library. 1. On an average weekday in term-time 1,660 people visit the Library. 2. In an average week, the Library staff answer over 500 enquiries. 3. The Library subscribes to over 6,000 electronic and print journals 4. There are 23 books in the Library per full time equivalent (FTE) [...]

November 04, 2008

Take your place in history…

Heriot-Watt University Library, Archive, Records Management and Museum Service and Centre for Sport and Exercise, present an exhibition and three walking tours as part of Edinburgh’s Festival of Libraries. The Autumn Exhibition at the University Museum and Archive will run from Monday 10 November to Friday 14 November, and explores the history of two centuries of [...]

November 02, 2008

Do you use Google Scholar?

I was reading a very interesting article in the guardian.co.uk the other day entitled Web journals ‘narrowing study’ - Online publishing reduces academic research to little more than a ‘popularity contest’, critics warn. The article is about how online publishing is changing the way researchers write articles, itself a fascinating topic, and I came across the following [...]

October 31, 2008

Organic chemistry, business ethics, construction contract law - and other new books in the Library

Added to the library recently were books on Organic chemistry, business ethics, construction contract law, and several other topics. For the full list of new books, go to the New Books section of the Catalogue. Selected titles added to Riccarton Library include additional copies of the 7th edition of Organic chemistry, by John McMurry, and a copy of Business [...]

New eBooks on marketing, metric pattern cutting, and architectural acoustics

Three more eBooks are available from the Library. Essentials of marketing, 2nd ed, by Frances Brassington and Stephen Pettitt. Metric pattern cutting, 4th ed, by Winifred Aldrich. Architectural acoustics, by Marshall Long. An Athens username and password may be required to access these titles. Roddy MacLeod Senior Subject Librarian

October 29, 2008

Let’s Get in On(line) - handouts and slides

pitel on Flickr.com For those of you that attended this lunchtime workshop, the slides used can be found via slideshare. If you want a copy of the handouts, please email s.kelly@hw.ac.uk. If there is sufficient interest, it may be possible to run this workshop again (again, please email). Sarah Kelly Subject Librarian

The Cite is Right - handouts and slides

The Library ran it’s first Cite is Right workshop today (Wednesday 29th October 2008) and it proved to be very popular! So much so, that there weren’t enough handouts to go round… If you attended the session, did not manage to take away a copy of the handouts and would like a copy, please email (s.kelly@hw.ac.uk). Some [...]

Finding out more about EndNoteWeb

Those of you who have attended our lunchtime sessions, may have been introduced to the idea of EndNote or EndNote Web for managing references. Anyone who wants to find out more about using reference management software to make citing and referencing easier, should contact their Subject Librarian (for EndNote Web) or UICS (for staff/PGs who [...]

October 28, 2008

Access to other Edinburgh Libraries

Following on from Iain’s post a few weeks ago about Edinburgh City Libraries free resources for students, here’s some more information about using other libraries in Edinburgh. National Library of Scotland Heriot-Watt staff and postgraduates may register to use the library on completion of an application form, and with evidence of status. Undergraduates may be given short-term access to consult [...]

October 25, 2008

Free eBooks from the National Academies Press

The National Academies Press, based in Washington DC, is an online bookstore that provides anyone in the connected world with free page-by-page access to all of their books. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing authoritative views on important issues in science and health [...]

Tourism, international economics, learning spaces, digital design - and other new books in the Library

Added to the library recently were books on tourism, international economics, learning spaces, digital design, and several other topics. For the full list of new books, go to the New Books section of the Catalogue. Selected titles added to Riccarton Library include copies of the 2nd edition of Tourism: a modern synthesis, by Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell (additional information, [...]

October 24, 2008

New websites, new blogs, news, etc

If you’re interested in new and noteworthy websites of relevance to students, academics and researchers, or news from the scholarly publishing industry, or new academic and library blogs, and much more, then check out the November 2008 issue of the Internet Resources Newsletter. The newsletter is edited by Marion Kennedy, Catherine Ure and myself. It’s monthly, and [...]

October 23, 2008

Citing and Referencing

© B Tal Flickr.com Would you like to find out about the why, what, when and how of citing and referencing? Why not come along to our next libary workshop? “The Cite is Right” is on Wednesday 29th October at 12.15-1.45 in the Anderson Room on the top floor of the Library. No need to book. Coffee and tea provided. Bring [...]

40,000 hits for the spineless? library blog

According to the blog stats counter towards the bottom right of this blog, spineless? has just had its 40,000th view (hit). Of course, blog statistics are notoriously crude - this doesn’t mean that 40,000 people have necessarily read this blog - and in fact the figure of 40,000 doesn’t take account of those who may read the [...]

October 22, 2008

New eBook on Analog circuit techniques

A new eBook is available in the Library. Analog circuit techniques: with digital interfacing, by T.H. Wilmhurst. For off-campus access to this title an Athens username and password is required. Roddy MacLeod Senior Subject Librarian

October 21, 2008

New articles from the School of the Built Environment 2

This is an update on a post I wrote back in March 2007 which identified recent articles from members of the School of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt, using ScienceDirect. 1. The prediction of airborne sound transmission between two rooms using first-order flanking paths Applied Acoustics, Volume 69, Issue 12, December 2008, Pages 1332-1342 Laurent Galbrun 2. Design and function of novel superplasticizers [...]

October 18, 2008

Java, computational chemistry, construction scheduling - and other new books in the Library

Added to the library recently were books on Java, computational chemistry, construction scheduling, and several other topics. For the full list of new books, go to the New Books section of the Catalogue. Selected titles added to Riccarton Library include Research methods in information, by Alison Jane Pickard, a copy of the 3rd edition of Green development: environment and sustainability [...]

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