NASA Earth Observatory

The NASA Earth Observatory is a visually stimulating portal to a wealth of information from the Earth Observing System Project Office at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The Observatory’s mission is “to share with the public the images, stories, and discoveries about the environment, Earth systems, and climate that emerge from NASA research, including its satellite missions, in-the-field research, and models.” The Observatory’s content is … Continue reading NASA Earth Observatory

Whiteboarding with Miro for STEM Instruction

When we all separated from our campuses this year due to the pandemic many of us had to scramble to find alternative digital options for analog teaching tools in both STEM and information literacy classrooms. One of those tools is whiteboarding. STEM students often need a way to collaborate in and out of the classroom to envision and apply concepts. Instructors also need methods to … Continue reading Whiteboarding with Miro for STEM Instruction

Meta.org

Are you looking for something bigger than a search alert? Something that returns results that match your search strategy, as well as making connections to other research you didn’t explicitly ask for? Something that adds on a touch of browsability? Then Meta feeds might be for you. Meta.org, a free tool, is a project of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. A Meta account goes beyond a … Continue reading Meta.org

Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) Database

If you’re a golfing fan, you may have often admired the lush golf courses and wondered how they keep the grass so green and perfect. No doubt that lots of research into turfgrass and its maintenance played an important part. A topic which interests not only the sports industry but also landscape architecture, horticulture, parks and recreation, and environmental policy. Researchers and students in these … Continue reading Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) Database

Inside Science Resources in Retrospective (2015 – 2020)

This blog is published by the Science Resources: Discovery & Access Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Science and Technology Section (STS). The purpose of this report is threefold: 1. To summarize the production of the committee since its beginning in April of 2015; 2. To give credit to all the contributors for their excellent work in identifying resources of value … Continue reading Inside Science Resources in Retrospective (2015 – 2020)

Helioviewer

Are you curious to see what an active solar storm or sunspots look like?  Helioviewer is an open-source visualization tool that makes it possible for everyone to explore images of the Sun and related solar features and events, over time.  This project, funded by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), enables searching and viewing images within the massive datasets obtained from 9 solar observatories.  … Continue reading Helioviewer

Scite

A publication’s citation counts are traditionally seen as an important measure of influence and importance. However, citation counts just provide numbers, and a highly cited work can produce poor science. The most well-known example may be the infamous 1998 Wakefield study, which suggested a link between autism and vaccines. The Wakefield study has been retracted but is still highly cited, largely due to the number … Continue reading Scite

DataONE: a brief overview

DataONE (Data Observation Network for Earth) is a searchable repository of environmental and climate data.  Provided one has the necessary software to open the files used to create the data, a researcher can access and use the data collected by another for their own research project.   DataONE respectfully asks that if a researcher uses data stored in DataONE for their research, they cite DataONE and … Continue reading DataONE: a brief overview

Retraction Watch

“Try not to panic, but science can sometimes go wide of the target: in 2011, there were 38 retractions for every 100,000 papers published.  Retraction Watch, a blog founded by Ivan Oransky, executive editor of Reuters Health, and Adam Marcus, managing editor of Anesthesiology News, highlights such errors.” (What People are Saying About Retraction Watch) Since August 2010, Retraction Watch has exposed scientific mistakes and … Continue reading Retraction Watch

Free Resources for Teaching Science Online

Because of the recent abrupt shift of students and faculty away from campus, this post is about available free resources for teaching science online in higher education, which I hope you will share with your faculty. This list is in no way exhaustive, so please feel free to add any resources in the comments section. Please take care and stay well. Video Demonstrations for Science … Continue reading Free Resources for Teaching Science Online