Robin Li and Melissa Ma Science Library

Li and Ma Science Library updates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Request materials from the Robin Li and Melissa Ma Science Library via SearchWorks for pick up in Green Library. This service is available to the following current Stanford ID cardholders: undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, professors (including emeriti), staff, fellows, and Stanford visiting scholars. Science Library remains closed to onsite visits. Read more about the request and pick up service.

Some loan periods have been extended in response to COVID-19. To check the status of your items, please check My Account. If you have questions use the "Ask Us" link or email the Science Library.

The Science Library outdoor book drop is temporarily closed. To return your books, please use one of the open outdoor book drops or by mail. The central return address for all Stanford Libraries:

   Cecil H. Green Library
   Access Services Dept.
   557 Escondido Mall
   Stanford, CA 94305-6063

Please include your name and contact information with the package. We recommend you use a carrier that allows you to track and insure the materials.

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No appointment needed to visit Green Library
zbMATH is now open access
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Wreden Prize submission deadline
Coming up!
Python for data science (Jan. 13)
Introduction to practical Python (Jan. 21)
Enhancing your researcher profile with ORCID ( Jan. 28)
Introduction to research data management (Feb. 9)
Zotero basics: Software to collect, organize, and share citations (Feb. 17)
Where to publish - Evaluating the fit, impact, and quality of academic journals (Feb. 18)
Research impact series: Understanding research metrics (Feb. 24)
Research impact series: Maximizing your research impact (Mar. 3)

New print books: January 1-17, 2021

GF51 .J66 2020 PopSci	Jones, Lucy. 2020. Losing Eden: why our minds need the wild. [London]: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books.
QA649 .C38 2020	Catino, Giovanni, and Paolo Mastrolia. 2020. A perspective on canonical Riemannian metrics. Progress in mathematics (Boston, Mass.); v. 336. Cham, Switzerland: Birkhäuser.
QH308.2 .L565 2020	Hillis, David M., H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker, David W. Hall, Marta J. Laskowski, and David E. Sadava. 2020. Life: the science of biology, 12^th ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates/ Macmillan.
QK980 .K46 2020	Kenrick, Paul. 2020. A history of plants in 50 fossils. Clayton South VIC: CSIRO Publishing.
QL365.54 .W55 2020	Williams, Geoff. 2020. The invertebrate world of Australia's subtropical rainforests. Clayton, VIC: CSIRO Publishing.
QL556 .V5 M66 2005 V.4:PT.1-2	Monastyrskii, Alexander L. 2005. Butterflies of Vietnam. [Hanoi]: Dolphin Media Co.
QL567.4 .A1 M53 2019	Michez, Denis. 2019. Bees of Europe. Hymenoptera of Europe; 1. Verrières-le-Buisson: N.A.P Editions.
QL691 .I4 C35 2019 F	Cakravartī, Rohana, and M. R. Maithreyi. 2019. Bird business: illustrated peeks into the daily lives of Indian birds. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society.