Come by Pendergrass Library and take a look at our new displays. This time we are focusing in the Biofuels Initiative at UT and New Government Document publications in our collection.

The Great Backyard Bird Count, a joint project between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Audubon Society, is a nationwide citizen science* project happening Feburary 15-18, 2008. Participants simply count the number and kinds of birds they see for as little as 15 minutes during the Bird Count and submit an online checklist. Scientists … Continued

Heavily used agriculture and veterinary medicine databases have a interface new to UT searches. It is called OVIDSP. If you search these databases, we have training aids and guides that will help you learn how to search them with OVIDSP: AGRICOLA 1970 to present Biological Abstracts 1969 to present CAB Abstracts 1973 to present Food … Continued

To read more about the change from voluntary to mandatory open access of all NIH-funded research, see the BioMed Central Blog. A white paper by Michael W. Carroll, an attorney, copyright expert, and faculty member at Villanova University law school is available: “Complying with the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy: Copyright Considerations and … Continued

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will remain open except in the most severe weather conditions. * The Chancellor may officially close or suspend selected activities of the University because of extreme weather conditions. When a decision to close is reached, campus and local radio and TV stations will be notified so that appropriate announcements may … Continued

We all love the liberal food policy here at Pendergrass. So we should all do our part to protect the environment we enjoy by keeping pesky visitors to a minimum and protecting the books and computers. Don’t use the trash cans inside the library for food and drink trash. Take a moment to throw away … Continued