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Recent episodes have included topics like women in chemistry, the chemistry of photography, and forensic chemistry.
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Information and library resources support for science students at Technological University Dublin, City Campus, Kevin St.
Thursday 30 October 2008
Wednesday 29 October 2008
Endnote tutorials
Endnote or EndnoteWeb tutorials are now available in DIT Kevin St Library.
Times: Thursday and Friday mornings
To book a session contact: julie.defoubert@dit.ie
Wednesday 22 October 2008
11th hour Organic Chemistry
This site covers organic chemistry and consists of complementary explanations and illustrations to the books, as well as test questions and answers. It was prepared to accompany Seth Elsheimer's '11th Hour Introduction to Organic Chemistry' I and II. The subjects covered include atomic structure, bonding and molecular properties, hydrocarbons including dienes and aromatic groups, isomers, conjugation, alkyl halides, elimination and substitution and electrophilic addition reactions, stereochemistry, nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions, carbonyl alpha substitution and condensation reactions, spectroscopy and functional groups such as alcohols, ethers, sulphides, ketones, carboxylic acids, amines, amino acids, peptides and proteins. http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/11thhour/book6/index.html&handle=2005414-134530
Sustainable energy notes from MIT
This course site includes full text lecture notes in pdf format from previous years' courses covering sustainable energy. http://web.mit.edu/10.391j/www/&handle=20081014-16193598
Tuesday 21 October 2008
October Bank Holiday -- Library Opening Hours.
Cell Biology - interactive tutorials for students
These are a set of interactive tutorials on the topic of cell biology aimed at students. Available tutorials are: animal cell mix and match, catabolism, comparing prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, nerve action potential, and plant cell mix and match. Tutorials can be viewed online or downloaded to a PC or Mac. Produced by the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.
Skype now available
Skype is now available for student use in the library AV/DVD room. Skype allows users to make telephone calls via the Internet. Please see for details http://www.skype.com/intl/en/
One hour Skype use slots must be booked in advance at the library desk. Similarly the key to
the AV room must be collected at the library desk. Please note that though this is not a free service, it does allow users to make international calls at a reduced rate.
One hour Skype use slots must be booked in advance at the library desk. Similarly the key to
the AV room must be collected at the library desk. Please note that though this is not a free service, it does allow users to make international calls at a reduced rate.
Monday 13 October 2008
Sconul Access Scheme
DIT is now a member of the Sconul Access scheme, which allows Sconul card holders to borrow books from participating Sconul scheme libraries. Only DIT staff and research postgraduate students have access to the scheme. Please note that Trinity College Dublin is not a member of the Sconul scheme. Please inquire at the library desk for additional details. Alternatively click on the library A-Z.
Wednesday 8 October 2008
Kevin St Library Group Study Room
Library Group Study Room @ The Snackery
Opening Hours:
Opening Hours:
Monday -Thursday :10am-8pm
Fridays : 10am-5pm
Please book a time slot at the Library desk.
Fridays : 10am-5pm
Please book a time slot at the Library desk.
Help with C++ programming
Have at look at these tutorials on C++ and game programming. It is part of a website created by a computer science graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Other sections of the main site include articles, details of projects completed, and games created by the author. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.gillius.org/tutorial.htm&handle=20081007-16341171
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