IEEE Computer Society

The IEEE Computer Society holds a collection of podcasts and video blogs covering a wide variety of topics that may be of interest to computer students. Other areas of the website also contain peer reviewed articles, abstracts and book reviews.

Lucozade Sport Science Academy

Once you get past the hard sell, the Locozade Sport Science Academy contains an interesting  library toolkit,  including graphics, some animated, that cover nutrition, digestion, energy and a host of other stuff. The site also incudes a glossary of abstract journal articles covering performance and endurance.

Social Networking can harm Children’s Brains

Well that was the message in the media at the end of February. Apparently using social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo are rewiring our children’s brains, and i thought it was part of the process of becoming a teenager.

Oxford University Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield believes repeated exposure to these sites, and computer games,  will rewire the brain and will effectively infantise the brain because of the supposed limited attention span required to engage with them. She also makes some more claims about the lack of face to face conversation.

And this week another study carried out by Taiwanese researchers on 692 university students, suggests that blogging can have a beneficial effect on them. They found that those that used blogs to share information about feelings, emotions and experiences also reported a greater sense of social belonging and well-being.

Medical Journals Backfile

This is an expanding database that is in It’s infancy, which has been created by the Welcome Trust, in partnership with JISC and the National Library of Medicine , as part of a project to digitise the complete back catalogue of historically significant medical journals.

For more information on the JISC project follow the TIDSR link:

Photos that Changed the World

Policy Library

The Policy Library contains a large database of free online policy research papers which are updated daily. It also contains full texts of many articles relevent to social welfare and social policy that cover many topics.

The Serious Need for Play

The Serious Need for Play is an informative article that stresses the importance of free play for children and how crucial it is for their emotional and  cognitive development. Click on the thumbnail to read more….

The Scientific American website, from where this link originates, holds an impressive range of articles and links that cover all the sciences from, space, biology, technology, mind and brain to archaeology and much more. The latest copy of the magazine Scientific American can be found in the library, and back issues can be loaned out for seven days. Ask at the counter for any more information.

If you are studying Childcare and Development, then you may be interested in the following magazines which can be taken out on loan.

Coleg Llandrillo and Liverpool Astronomy Society Event

Will be held at Lyn Brenig this Friday March 20th as part of the International Year of Astronomy. This will be open to the public and is free to attend. The event syarts at 7pm.

Superorganisms