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Science and Technology news

On this page, we keep you up-to-date with new developments in the Science Information Service and new additions to the National Library of Scotland's Scientific and Technology Collections.

E-books

We have added our first e-books to the science collections. Customers registered to use our licenced digital collections can read online the full text of selected books held in the Library without having to come to the building! We plan to build up these resources over the coming years.

Some highlights include:

  • The 'Complete dictionary of scientific biography'
  • The whole of the 18-volume original 'Dictionary of scientific biography', published between 1970 and 1989
  • The 8-volume additional 'New dictionary of scientific biography'.

Access in available through NetLibrary and more information is available on the NLS web pages detailing our licenced digital collections.

Featured electronic resource

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers - ALPSP journals

We have access to the ALPSP collection - a full-text journal database containing over 700 titles from the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, representing a number of smaller publishers.This collection also covers subjects in the humanities and social sciences.

Some science publishers covered include Brill, Hindawi Press and IOS press, with titles such as 'Aquatic Living Resources', 'Cancer Biomarkers' and 'Wind Engineering'.

For more information on titles covered and how to access this resource please contact science@nls.uk.

New publications

Several new scientific publications are available for consultation now in the General Reading Room in the George IV Bridge Building. Among recent additions to the National Library of Scotland's collections are:

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Peatbogs, plague and potatoes: how climate change and geology shaped Scotland's history
By Emma Wood
Luath Press Limited, 2009
National Library of Scotland shelfmark: PB5.210.174/10
A look at what we can learn from our environmental history to help us deal with climate change in the 21st century and beyond.

 

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Seeing further: the story of science and the Royal Society
Edited by Bill Bryson
Royal Society, Harper Collins, 2010
Shelfmark: HB2.210.1.1242
Distinguished writers reflect on the Royal Society's achievements and the big ideas pioneered by its fellows. Contributers include Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood and Ian Stewart. Beautifully illustrated.

 

'Gaia' book cover

Gaia in turmoil: climate change, biodepletion and earth ethics in an age of crisis
Edited by Eileen Crist and H Bruce Rinker
MIT Press, 2010
Shelfmark: PB8.210.55/6
Thought provoking collection of essays on global environmental problems from different perspectives.

 

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Helm dictionary of scientific bird names
By James A Jobling
A & C Black Publishers Limited, 2010
Shelfmark: HB2.210.1.255
Comprehensive reference work with over 20,000 entries.

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