{"id":9926,"date":"2011-11-17T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T18:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?page_id=9926"},"modified":"2022-11-21T09:39:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:39:04","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/sel\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research at the Science &amp; Engineering Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research in science and engineering is often<strong><em> fast paced<\/em><\/strong> and increasingly<strong><em> interdisciplinary<\/em><\/strong>. The scope of research is <strong><em>international<\/em><\/strong>. The collections in the Science &amp; Engineering Library include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>environmental sciences, history and philosophy of science and scientific<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>biography, health sciences, mathematics and statistics, and physics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The library has online resources and research tools that support research in all of these areas.<br \/>\nStart with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/search\">BU Libraries Search<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 or search one of the specialized <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/sel\/research\/databases\/\">Databases<\/a><\/strong> available through the library website.\u00a0 Our<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/sel\/research\/guides\/\">Research Guides<\/a><\/strong> can help you locate your favorite research tools or discover new resources.<\/p>\n<p>Librarians familiar with these resources and with the needs of science researchers are available for consultation with faculty, classes, individual students and other members of the Boston University community.<br \/>\nContact us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:ask@bu.edu\">ask@bu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(617) 353-9474\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>or visit the Reference Desk at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/maps\/?id=257\"> 38 Cummington Mall <\/a>for research assistance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/sel\/about\/staff\/#Liaisons\">Librarian subject specialists<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are happy to answer questions or to schedule more in-depth research consultations:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paula Carey<\/strong><br \/>\nLibrarian, Engineering and Mathematics<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:pac@bu.edu\">pac@bu.edu<\/a> (617) 358-3963<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Foppiani<\/strong><br \/>\nLibrarian, Astronomy and Physics<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:foppiani@bu.edu\">foppiani@bu.edu<\/a> (617) 353-9475<\/p>\n<p><strong>JD Kotula <\/strong><br \/>\nLibrarian, Chemistry, Earth &amp; Environment, and Computer Science<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jdkotula@bu.edu\">jdkotula@bu.edu<\/a> (617) 358-6900<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research in science and engineering is often fast paced and increasingly interdisciplinary. The scope of research is international. The collections in the Science &amp; Engineering Library include: biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, history and philosophy of science and scientific biography, health sciences, mathematics and statistics, and physics. The library has online [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2936,"featured_media":0,"parent":1632,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9926"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108515,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9926\/revisions\/108515"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}