Monthly Archives: June 2012

ISGS Publications to be scanned and archived.

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Anne Huber

The Illinois State Geological Survey publications are slated to be scanned and will be made available in three digital archives: Internet Archive, HathiTrust, and Illinois Harvest. In addition, the files will be imported into the University of Illinois’ digital archive IDEALS. The … Continue reading →

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“Turtle Dogs” Assist UI Researcher in Search for Box Turtles

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Beth Wohlgemuth

Veterinarian and visiting instructor Matt Allender brought in the “Turtle Dogs”-Boykin Spaniels trained to sniff out turtles and bring them to people – to gather box turtles for his research on the health of local turtle populations. To watch the … Continue reading →

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Water Quality Indices Online

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Susan Braxton

A recent addition to the University Library’s e-book collection is Water Quality Indices (T. Abassi & S. A. Abassi, c2012, ISBN: 978-0-444-54304-2, Elsevier).  The book covers both physico-chemical and biological indices, providing a fairly thorough review of the state of the … Continue reading →

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DataWay- NSF “Dear Colleague” Letter and Virtual Meeting June 15

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Susan Braxton

DataWay- Dear Colleague Letter Virtual Meeting Friday June 15, 1:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-01:00) Research progress is hindered by lack of interoperability of heterogeneous  data sets which are produced and managed independently.   This challenge will be … Continue reading →

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New access tools for online resources (ORR retiring)

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Susan Braxton

The University Library’s homegrown system for accessing online journals and databases, known as the Online Research Resources database, will go offline later this week.  We have removed the link from the Institute Library homepage. There are a number of new … Continue reading →

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Team determines how estrogens persist in dairy farm wastewater

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Laura B.

Illinois Sustainable Technology Center senior research scientist Wei Zheng and his colleagues found that estrogenic compounds in dairy waste biodegrade very slowly in the absence of oxygen. The University of Illinois News Bureau has more on the research project. The … Continue reading →

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ISAS St. Louis excavation featured on NPR

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Susan Braxton

Nine-hundred  years ago, there was a large settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River near Cahokia, which has been characterized by Joe Galloy of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey as suburban.  Research and preservation efforts at this unique site … Continue reading →

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