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 »

Searching for information and retrieving the materials you need for research these days can be confusing.  Is it online?  Do I have access?  Does the library have a subscription?  How do I judge if a source is an authoritative, accurate one?  And where can I find that book? Take a few... Read the rest of this entry »

Digital Resources for Musicology provides us with a long-awaited pulling together of concise information and links to the multiple, substantial open access projects or sites of use to musicologists, musicians, and librarians. In addition to its topical organization, the DRM features a cross-search of the projects--something researchers have long dreamed. 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 »

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released a report with data about children in the United States called the 2015 Kids Count Data Book. In addition to offering the raw data on the website, the report details trends in overall child well-being, economic well-being, education, health, and family and community. State-by-state profiles examine the above trends, Read the rest of this entry »

The Pickering Library has updated a list of new books in education available at Boston University. New titles on various educational topics are highlighted, as are some award-winning juvenile and young adult literature titles. Interested in learning how to flip your classroom? How about equity and school choice? Or perhaps you'd... 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 »

Now appearing in our listening room: new displays created by our very own grad student employee Brett Kostrzewski. These beautifully curated exhibits feature material in the BU music collection and include QR codes that invite you to interact with the information further. Brett has also added signs to our stacks that highlight the resources found... Read the rest of this entry »

Remember Good Night Moon, Dr. Seuss, and The Snowy Day?  The Pickering Educational Resources Library has these and others, and scanning in the library is free. The site Education World offers some great copyright guidelines for educators. Specifically in regard to picture books, this guideline seems most appropriate: educators, under most circumstances, Read the rest of this entry »