BU Today's profile of the Center for Molecular Discovery (CMD) highlights the work of Boston University chemists who create new chemical compounds and store them for future use in a chemical library.  Like a traditional library, a chemical library catalogs and organizes its materials with access and preservation concerns in... Read the rest of this entry »

Boston-based company 908 Devices manufactures handheld mass spectrometers for use by the military and first responders.  The devices can identify hazardous substances in the environment, illegal drugs, and other materials of interest.  The portable nature of the spectrometers makes hazmat spill responses quicker and more effective.  Read more about it... Read the rest of this entry »

The Science & Engineering Library has just added a second flat-bed book scanner, as well as a loose-page scanner, free for patron use. The scanners allow you to easily scan pages into PDF format which can be sent to your email, or saved to your personal USB drive. All scanners... Read the rest of this entry »

Use BU Library SEARCH and your keywords to find cutting edge research from IEEE Conferences. 1,056,990 (1 million+!) journal articles from IEEE Journals are also directly findable by keyword including author names in BU Library SEARCH. IEEE technical papers can also be found in the The IEEE Digital Library including... Read the rest of this entry »

The Science Boot Camp is a meeting of information professionals and scientists held every year in the Northeast.  At Boot Camp, librarians and other non-scientists learn about different fields of scientific inquiry and how the scientists in those areas conduct research.  Even if you aren't an information professional, the videos... Read the rest of this entry »