The Chicago Manual of Style now online

Writing a paper? The Chicago Manual of Style is now available online. Look here for guidance on a host of writing issues, including citing electronic sources and using correct punctuation and grammar.

Biomedical and engineering competition

Kristin Buxton, engineering and computer science librarian, and house librarian to Dabney and Fleming Houses, found this announcement of an biomedical and engineering competition with prizes of $10,000, $5,000, and $2500.

RSS feeds to literature collections

Would you like to stay on top of new additions to the Leisure Reading Collection, as well as to the American and English literature collections? Subscribe using an RSS feed, with these URLS:

http://library.caltech.edu/techservices/new/feeds/LitAme.xml

http://library.caltech.edu/techservices/new/feeds/LitEng.xml

Protecting reputations online

Common Craft, a video producing company, has made a clever video explaining the long term risks of sharing inappropriate information online.

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British Library to offer free ebook downloads

More than 65,000 19th century works of fiction from the British Library's collection are to be made available for free downloads by the public.

New printers on first floor SFL have been installed