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<title>Science News has Moved to a New WordPress Blog</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14987&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[Please update your links, bookmarks, or RSS feeds to the new Science Blog located at
http://homer.gsu.edu/blogs/sciencenews]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:16:30 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Doug</author>
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<category>Alerts</category>
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<title>Watch &amp; Learn: SciFinder Scholar Podcasts</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14974&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[
Topics include Ethanol, Hurricane Katrina, Buckyballs.
http://www.videogateway.tv/cas/index.php?SectionID=5
Help?Questions?Robert TomaszewskiOffice: Library South 5th Floor (Room 542)Phone: (404) 413-2870E-mail: rtomasze@gsu.edu ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:50:51 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
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<category>Databases</category>
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<title>PubMed: New Advanced Search Option</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14941&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[PubMed:&nbsp; An new Advanced Search option seems to merge History, Preview, Index,&nbsp;with Limits and Field searching together....&nbsp;
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj08/mj08_advanced_search.html
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:37:52 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
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<title>Are you a born conservative (or liberal)?</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14938&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA["A new study suggests that your political attitudes are wired in from the beginning..."
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-politics19-2008sep19,0,514047.story]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:18:41 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
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<category>In the News</category>
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<title>Science Videos Search Engine </title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14911&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[...every science video on ScienceHack is screened by a scientist to verify its  accuracy and quality.
http://sciencehack.com/
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:01:51 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
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<category>Databases</category>
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<title>Atom-splitting rap</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14910&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[Check it out...
http://video.yahoo.com/network/100743807?v=3265004&amp;l=100000248]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:34:08 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14910&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>In the News</category>
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<title>Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14909&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/biologists-on-t.html?npu=1&amp;mbid=yhp]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:11:27 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14909&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>In the News</category>
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<title>Toxin in soil may mean no life on Mars</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14796&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/04/nasa.mars/index.html]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:02:03 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
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<title>Highest Traces of Cocaine Found on U.S. Bills</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14795&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080805-money-residue.html]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:55:57 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
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<title>What is SlideShare?</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14781&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA["SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations.- Individuals &amp; organizations upload presentations to share their ideas, connect with others, and generate leads for their businesses.- Anyone can find presentations on topics that interest them. They can tag, download, or embed presentations into their own blogs &amp; websites. 
SlideShare is the best way to get your slides out there on the web, so your ideas can be found and shared by a wide audience. Do you want to get the word out about your product or service? Do you want your slides to reach people who could not make it to your talk? Are you a teacher looking to share your lesson plans? It only takes a moment - start uploading now, and let your slides do the talking!

Some of the things you can do on SlideShare 
&nbsp;&nbsp;- Embed slideshows into your own blog or website.&nbsp;&nbsp;- Share slideshows publicly or privately. There are several ways to share privately.&nbsp;&nbsp;- Synch audio to your slides.&nbsp;&nbsp;- Market your own event on slideshare.&nbsp;&nbsp;- Join groups to connect with SlideShare members who share your interests&nbsp;&nbsp;- Download the original PowerPoint / Pdf file"
http://www.slideshare.net/about
http://blog.slideshare.net/2008/01/
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2490221586&amp;b
E.g., How&nbsp;does SlideShare&nbsp;look on our CMS?
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:40:07 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
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<title>New in Web of Science: Citation Mapping</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14765&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA["Citation Mapping &bull; Be the first to see the beta version of this powerful new Web of Science visualization tool. Visualize citation relationships and understand the meaning of a cited reference search. Map citations by author, institution, country, subject, and more!"
ONLINE TUTORIAL (approx. 6 min):http://www.brainshark.com/brainshark/vu/view.asp?pi=198303851
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:30:07 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
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<category>Books</category>
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<title>Ice on Mars?</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14676&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[Mars lander finds bits of ice, scientists say...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:07:36 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14676&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>In the News</category>
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<title>USA Life span is going downhill...</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14538&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-04-21-life-span-study_N.htm
Side Note:Life-expectancy calculator:http://www.fis.org/public/obiterdicta/lecalc.html]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:34:43 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14538&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>In the News</category>
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<title>Do you believe in GOD particles?</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14498&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA["British physicist Peter Higgs, who more than 40 years ago postulated the existence of the particle in the makeup of the atom, said is visit to a new accelerator in Geneva last weekend encouraged him that the Higgs boson will soon be seen."
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4609570
Also, checkout from the National Geographic:http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/god-particle/achenbach-text
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<pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:54:25 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14498&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>In the News</category>
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<title>&quot;Cited by&quot; in PubMed</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14483&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA["Cited by" feature (i.e., Articles Citing This Article) for PubMed&nbsp;can be downloaded onto the&nbsp;FireFox browser. 
"This script takes each result in a PubMed search and then queries Google Scholar to get the number of times it has been cited. Then it places a link with this info next to each search result, linking to the citations in Google Scholar."
http://www.plutosforge.com/blog/projects/ncbi-scholar
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:21:45 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14483&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>Databases</category>
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<title>Backfiles: Acta Chemica Scandanavica, 1947-1999 are FREE</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14476&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[Backfiles for Acta Chemica Scandanavica, 1947-1999 are available in PDF or DjVu formats, free of charge!
http://actachemscand.dk/
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<pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:12:31 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14476&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>Electronic Journals</category>
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<title>See-through Zebrafish used to watch cancer grow</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14330&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[
Scientists Create See-Through Fish, Watch Cancer Grow
http://www.livescience.com/animals/080206-see-thru-fish.html
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:23:37 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14330&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>In the News</category>
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<title>Free journal-ranking tool enters citation market </title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14222&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[Free journal-ranking tool enters citation market is mentioned in Nature:http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080102/full/451006a.html
The journal-ranking tool itself is open-access:http://www.scimagojr.com/index.php
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:47:56 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14222&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>Journals</category>
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<title>SureChem-Chemical patent searching database</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14124&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[SureChem-Chemical patent searching database
http://www.surechem.org/
&nbsp;
Search more than 7 million unique chemical structures 
Complete full text collections of US, European and WO/PCT patents
Structures updated within days of new patent issuance
Advanced chemical structure and patent search tools
Export structure and text search results
Powerful result filtering and query navigation tools
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:09:41 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14124&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>Databases</category>
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<title>Open access journals from Bentham Publishers</title>
<link>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14067&amp;typeID=56</link><description><![CDATA[Bentham Publishers recently launched over 200 peer-reviewed open access journals (i.e., mainly in the Sciences).
Bentham Open Access:http://www.bentham.org/open/
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:10:26 EST</pubDate> 
<author>Robert</author>
<guid>http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&amp;ID=14067&amp;typeID=56</guid>
<category>Journals</category>
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