New Addition to the UNT Dallas Library Catalog

The Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (3rd. ed.) includes eighteen volumes containing information on a whole host of subjects including aeronautics, biochemistry, lasers, quantum physics, space technology, and more. This updated third edition contains 90% revised material and 50% new content, culminating in almost 800 authoritative articles. The set also features over 7,000 photographs, illustrations, and tables in addition to the index volume for ease of use.This exhaustive resource is an excellent source of information for anyone studying in the chemistry, biology, mathematics, and engineering fields. 

These books and many more are available in the UNT Dallas Library catalog. 

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Resources for Successful Academic Writing: Book Spotlight

For any student going to college for the first time, The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing is an excellent and easy to read resource that can making writing for instructors easier. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of writing a paper such as concision, clarity, flow, punctuation, gracefulness, using sources, paragraphs, and beginnings and endings. Each chapter is then broken down into separate sections to explain the nuances of each subject. The book even contains an appendix for document and citation formats including CMS, MLA, and APA style guides and instructions on how to do basic document formats and abstracts. If you are concerned about your writing expertise or simply want to refresh your memory on writing rules, this book is the perfect guide to aid you in your many assignments.

You can find this eBook and many more in the UNT Dallas Library Catalog.

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Fossil Calibration Database

The Fossil Calibration Database is a free online resource that stores carefully vetted fossil calibration points used to discover age constraints for evolutionary trees. All fossils included in the database have gone through a rigorous peer-review process. Students interested in issues related to biodiversity and the development of life will be interested in this database. 

 “Fossils provide the critical age data we need to unlock the timing of major evolutionary events... This new resource will provide the crucial fossil data needed to calibrate ‘molecular clocks’ that can reveal the ages of plant and animal groups that lack good fossil records. Precisely tuning the molecular clock with fossils is the best way we have to tell evolutionary time.”

 Daniel T. Ksepka

More information on the database.

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