16th October 10-11Am, DHPSE Library will be providing morning tea in the Hawken Building Concourse to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). Come and enjoy some delicious food and make a gold coin donation to support this worthy cause. Everybody is welcome!

AIP UniPHY is a literature-based professional social networking site for physical science researchers. The site allows physicists, engineers, and other scientists to directly connect with and explore their professional contacts and to identify researchers with the expertise needed for future collaborations. AIP UniPHY provides intuitive interfaces through which researchers can network and share data with the goal of advancing physics research worldwide. - http://www.aipuniphy.org/Portal/Portal.aspx

From Monday 28 September students will have access to a new 24 hour study space.

The 247 Study Space is located on Level 1, Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library. Entry after hours is via Cooper Road.

Facilities available:
* Study and research space, both group and individual
* 20 computers
* Wireless network access

For more information about the space please contact us: pse@library.uq.edu.au

The SIR 2009 World Report shows a ranking with more than 2000 of the best worldwide research institutions and organizations whose output surpass 100 scholarly publications during 2007. The ranking shows 5 indicators of institution research performance, stressing output (ordering criteria), collaboration and impact.

Publication and citation data used to build this report comes from Elsevier’s database Scopus.

The University of Queensland is 86th in the world and 3rd in Australia after University of Sydney and University of Melbourne.

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EndNote workshops with an introduction to engineering and physical sciences databases will be held in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library on:

Part 1: Wednesday 7 October 10.30am -12noon
Part 2: Wednesday 14 October 10.30am - 12noon

In these workshops you will:

• Set up an EndNote library and import references from databases such as the Web of Science, EI Engineering Village, MathSciNet, SciFinder or the databases you use.
• Use EndNote with Word to write papers and create bibliographies.

You can book online here.

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, announced that on September 7 it recorded the 50 millionth substance in CAS REGISTRY, the world’s most comprehensive and high-quality compendium of publicly disclosed chemical information. The recently registered substance is a novel arylmethylidene heterocycle with analgesic properties. Reaching the 50 million mark so quickly is an indicator of the accelerating pace of scientific knowledge. CAS registered the 40 millionth substance just nine months ago - in contrast, it took 33 years for CAS to register the 10 millionth compound in 1990.

If you are an UQ UNDERGRADUATE student and are using the UQ library services for study purposes, this is your chance to win $1,000!!!

Established in 2006, The University of Queensland Library Excellence Award is presented annually to up to three UQ undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence in the use of the Library to enhance their studies.

The Award was established to encourage the use of Library resources, enhance the development of library research techniques, and acknowledge the excellent work produced by UQ undergraduate students. This Award also acknowledges how Library resources support teaching and learning.

For more information and for how to participate visit http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about/excellenceaward2009.html

Closing date 1 October 2009.

Good luck!

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