What's New at Parks Library & the Veterinary Medical Library?
March 2008

Compiled by Andrea L. Dinkelman, Assistant Professor

Librarian for the Departments of Animal Science; Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology; Genetics, Development & Cell Biology; and the College of Veterinary Medicine

Email: adinkelm@iastate.edu
Homepage: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~adinkelm/homepage.html

1. NCBI Mini-courses are Cancelled

2. New Journals!

3. Do you receive NIH funding? Learn how to submit manuscripts to PubMed Central.

4. New Books at Parks Library

5. New Books at the Veterinary Medical Library

6. Websites of Interest

1. NCBI Mini-courses are Cancelled

Unfortunately, I was informed on Friday, February 22 that the four NCBI mini-courses scheduled for March 25 & 26 at ISU were cancelled. Because of budget constraints at the NCBI, all educational activities have been cancelled. This includes all course offerings (e.g. Field Guide, mini-courses, PubChem course, Structures course). I received the following email from Dr. David Lipman, Director of the NCBI:

"I share your disappointment that NCBI training classes have been suspended. Unfortunately, we are in a period of very tight budgets and are having to make difficult decisions about reductions in our programs. While the classes have been eliminated for now, we did retain a number of people from our training and education group to assist in user support and to work on making our resources easier and more intuitive to use.

I am hopeful that budgets will improve and that at some point we will be able to reinstate many of our training activities."

I am so disappointed that the Library will not be able to sponsor this outstanding educational opportunity for the ISU research community this year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will return in the future.

If you have questions regarding any of the NCBI resources, complete contact information is available here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/glance/contact_info.html

2. New Journals!!

Last year, I (and Bill Wiese, former Veterinary Medicine librarian) contacted the departmental library liaisons regarding input on journals to which the Library did not subscribe. Your suggestions were compiled and were placed on the Library's "wish list" for new journals. In some cases, there were numerous requests for electronic access (rather than print) to certain titles (e.g. Cell Press journals).

I'm happy to report that a small amount of progress was made in fulfilling a few of your wishes.

The Library now has access to the following:

Format Change

If there are other journals that you feel would be useful, please email me your suggestions and I will add them to the "wish list." Also, the remaining "Cell Press" titles remain on the "wish list." I know there is widespread interest in having "Cell" and "Molecular Cell" online.

3. Do you receive NIH funding?

From the January-February 2008 NLM Technical Bulletin:

"On December 26, 2007, President Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764) which directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide public access to its funded research. NIH implemented its Public Access Policy as a voluntary measure in 2005. This new mandate requires researchers funded by NIH to submit their manuscripts to PubMed Central®."

More information:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf08/jf08_skill_kit_manuscript.html

4. New Books at Parks Library

Science - Genearl

Q181 G466 2007 Science for girls : successful classroom strategies /
Q181 H1473 2008 Integrating science with mathematics & literacy : new visions for learning and assessment /

Genetics - Evolution - Molecular Biology

QE721.2 E85 P76 2007 Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters /
QH26 G73x 2007 The great naturalists /
QH31 V385 A3 2007 A life decoded : my genome, my life /
QH31 H356 A3 2007 The snoring bird : my family's journey through a century of biology /
QH31.M39 H24x 2007 Ornithology, evolution, and philosophy : the life and science of Ernst Mayr 1904-2005 /
QH31 P248 F47 2008 Max Perutz and the secret of life /
QH75 M478 2006 The end of the wild /
QH84.8 N36 2007 Life in the soil : a guide for naturalists and gardeners /
QH112 C65 2007 Amazon expeditions : my quest for the ice-age equator /
QH161 T52 2007 Sacred sea : a journey to Lake Baikal /
QH204 .S34 2007 The microscope and the eye : a history of reflections, 1740-1870 /
QH304 M36 2006 Writing papers in the biological sciences /
QH313.5.F67 N66 2008 Nonhuman DNA typing : theory and casework applications /
QH323.5 D66x 2007 Analysis of variance and covariance : how to choose and construct models for the life sciences /
QH324.2 B559 2008 Biological database modeling /
QH324.9 C7 P53x 2008 Plant cryopreservation : a practical guide /
QH331 U53 2007 Understanding purpose : Kant and the philosophy of biology /
QH362 T438 2007 Teaching about scientific origins : taking account of creationism /
QH390 .F35 2007 Relics of Eden : the powerful evidence of evolution in human DNA /
QH434 .B337 2007 Bacterial pathogenomics /
QH438.7 .B37 2008 Just genes : the ethics of genetic technologies /
QH447 L47 2007 Introduction to genomics /
QH447 G465143 2007 Genome sequencing technology and algorithms /
QH447.8 S45 M47x 2007 Selfish genes and Christian ethics : theological and ethical reflections on evolutionary biology /
QH450.2 T697 2008 Transcriptional regulation by neuronal activity : to the nucleus and back /
QH452.8 N83x 2007 Nucleic acids hybridization : modern applications /
QH505 B56x 2007 Physics of life : the physicist's road to biology /
QH506 .F73 2008 Molecular biology : genes to proteins.
QH506 W43 2008 Molecular biology /
QH513 I33x 2008 The world of nano-biomechanics : mechanical imaging and measurement by atomic force microscopy /
QP625 N89 L43 2007 Perl for exploring DNA /

Ecology

QH541.15 B56 S655x 2006 Biodiversity : a beginner's guide /
QH541.15 S68 L35 2007 Stable isotopes in ecology and environmental science /
QH541.5 S7 A435 2007 Stream ecology : structure and function of running waters /
QH541.15.R57 G46 2008 Genomics in regulatory ecotoxicology : applications and challenges /
QH541.5 C7 N64 2007 NOAA coral reef ecosystem research plan for fiscal years 2007 to 2011 /

Cell Biology - Anatomy

QH 581.2 .M43 2008 Medical cell biology /
QH588.S83 F86 2008 Fundamentals of the stem cell debate : the scientific, religious, ethical, and political issues /
QH600 .C4943 2008 Chromosome nanoscience and technology /
QH603 M5 M5555 2007 Mitochondria : the dynamic organelle /
QH603 M5 M58x 2007 Mitochondrial biology : new perspectives /
QH603 M5 S34 2008 Mitochondria /
QH605 H67 2008 Hormonal control of cell cycle /
QH647 C452x 2008 Cell motility /
QM16 G73 H39 2008 The anatomist : a true story of Gray's anatomy /
QP552 H43 H46x 2007 Heat shock proteins : potent mediators of inflammation and immunity /

Botany

QK71 H65 2008 Curatorial practices for botanical gardens /
QK73 U62 N49x 2007 Knowledge, truth, and service : the New York Botanical Garden, 1891-1980 /
QK91 S3613x 2007 A passion for systems : Linnaeus and the dream of order in nature /
QK121 M34x 2007 Flora of the Northeast : a manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York /
QK484 I3 K47x 2007 Trees of Illinois /
QK495 G74 M23 2007 Manual of grasses for North America /
QK604.2 E26 F865x 2007 Fungi in the environment /
QK495.B25 M67 2007 Impatiens : the vibrant world of Busy Lizzies, Balsams, and Touch-me-nots /
QK495 C199 D57 2007 Viburnums : flowering shrubs for every season /
QK571.5.F6 D385 2008 The seaweeds of Florida /
QK603.2 C365 2007 Fungal families of the world /
QK725 E54 2007 Endosperm : developmental and molecular biology /
QK669 .L44 2007 Nature's palette : the science of plant color /
QK711.2 K72 2008 Physiology of woody plants /
QK745 P59 2008 Plant tropisms /
QK861 H36x 2007 Chemistry in the garden /
QK870 P53 2007 Plant desiccation tolerance /
QK881 A77x 2007 Applications of plant metabolic engineering /
QK898 E8 A38x 2006 Advances in plant ethylene research : proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on the Plant Hormone Ethylene /
QK898.P8 P523 2007 Plant proteomics /
QK911 C35x 2007 Positive interactions and interdependence in plant communities /
QK917 K2813 2007 The curious world of carnivorous plants : a comprehensive guide to their biology and cultivation /
QK926 I58x 2007 9th International Pollination Symposium on Plant-Pollinator Relationships-- Diversity in Action : program and abstracts, June 24-28, 2007, Ames, Iowa.
QK981.5 H47 2006 On the path to plant gene technology : scientific report of a botanist /
QK929 .S443 2007 Seed dispersal : theory and its application in a changing world /

Zoology

QL84.5.C6 H37 2008 Wildlife conservation in China : preserving the habitat of China's wild west /
QL468.7 .S64 2008 Specialization, speciation, and radiation : the evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects /
QL626.5 B8 M37x 2007 The freshwater fishes of British Columbia /
QL628 W39 S96 2004 Status, distribution, and conservation of native freshwater fishes of western North America : a symposium proceedings /
QL639.1 .F573 2007 Fish osmoregulation /
QL639.2 F57x 2008 Fish reproduction /
QL639.25 F56x 2007 The fish oocyte : from basic studies to biotechnological applications /
QL666 C536 S69 2004 Sea turtles : a complete guide to their biology, behavior, and conservation /
QL666 C925 K45 2006 Crocodile : evolution's greatest survivor /
QL677.5 A395 2007 National Geographic birding essentials : all the tools, techniques, and tips you need to begin and become a better birder /
QL689 P5 B57 2007 Birds of Peru /
QL696.P246 G733 2008 How and why species multiply : the radiation of Darwin's finches /
QL696.S8 L96 2007 Owls of the United States and Canada : a complete guide to their biology and behavior /
QL697 C87 2008 CRC handbook of avian body masses /
QL672.7 W38 2007 Winged wonders : a celebration of birds in human history /
QL675 .H56 2007 Oology and Ralph's talking eggs : bird conservation comes out of its shell /
QL696 S8 P44 2007 Field guide to owls of California and the West /
QL737.C23 L57 2007 Listening to cougar /
QL737.P93 M34 2007 Macachiavellian intelligence : how rhesus macaques and humans have conquered the world /
QL737.U53 F48 2008 Mountain goats : ecology, behavior, and conservation of an alpine ungulate /
QL737.M3 D53 2007 A fragile balance : the extraordinary story of Australian marsupials /
QL737.P9 R25 2007 The simian tongue : the long debate about animal language /
QL737 P96 C63 2007 Conservation in the 21st century : gorillas as a case study /
QL751 D374 2007 Observing animal behaviour : design and analysis of quantitative data /
QL756 H357 2007 Built by animals : the natural history of animal architecture /

Neuroscience

QP81.5 S484 2008 Sex differences in the brain : from genes to behavior /
QP86 H648 2007 Aging : the paradox of life : why we age /
QP88.45 E49 2007 Endothelial biomedicine /
QP106.6 M634 2007 Modern concepts in angiogenesis /
QP356 L48 2007 Neuroethics /
QP360 P7515 2007 Handbook of psychophysiology /
QP382 F7 F758 2006 The frontal lobes : development, function, and pathology /
QP408 W64 2007 Proust and the squid : the story and science of the reading brain /

Microbiology - Immunobiology

QR115 .M457 2008 Microbial risk analysis of foods /
QR185.95 U48 2007 Defending life : the nature of host-parasite relations /
QR342 P45 2007 Phage and the origins of molecular biology /
QR30 K76 2008 20th century microbe hunters /
QR46 M4684 2008 Mims' medical microbiology.
QR82.M95 M98 2008 Myxobacteria : multicellularity and differentiation /
QR89.7 N597x 2008 Nitrogen-fixing actinorhizal symbioses /
QR100.8 B55 B555x 2007 The biofilm mode of life : mechanisms and adaptations /
QR115 .D348 2008 Handbook of food spoilage yeasts /
QR181 I397 2008 Janeway's immunobiology.
QR201 S25 S25x 2007 Salmonella : molecular biology and pathogenesis /

Animal Science

SF61 .R43 2007 Redesigning animal agriculture : the challenge of the 21st century /
SF95 .F675 2007 Voluntary food intake and diet selection in farm animals /
SF284.42.U6 C37 2007 Horse people : thoroughbred culture in Lexington and Newmarket /
SF810 A3 V425 2007 Veterinary parasitology /
SF871 C56 2007 Comparative reproductive biology /
SF88 L58 2007 Livestock handling and transport /
SF105.3 R57x 2007 The state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture /
SF140 L65 E97 2007 Precision livestock farming '07 : papers presented at the 3rd European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, Skiathos, Greece, 3-6 June 2007 /
SF197 V47x 2007 Cow /
SF271 I56x 2007 Improving the flavour of cheese /
SF383.4 S24 2007 Storey's guide to raising meat goats : managing ¨ breeding ¨ marketing /

5. New Books at the Veterinary Medical Library

HV4708 R655 2006 Animal rights & human morality /
HV4765 L8 A63 2006 Rescued : saving animals from disaster : life-changing stories and pratical suggestions /

PE1408 S48787 2007 How to write a lot : a practical guide to productive academic writing /

QM451 A94x 2008 Human neuroanatomy /
QM556 T48 2008 Theory and practice of histological techniques /

QP33 S56 2007 Comparative physiology, natural animal models, and clinical medicine : insights into clinical medicine from animal adaptations /
QP363.2 V47 2007 Glial neurobiology : a textbook /
QP368.7 K37 2007 Exploring the vertebrate central cholinergic nervous system /

QR65 M26 2007 Methods for general and molecular microbiology /
QR181 A28 2006 Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system /
QR181 I397 2008 Janeway's immunobiology.

R118.6 G37 2007 Health sciences literature review made easy : the matrix method /

RA425 M382 2008 Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last public health & preventive medicine /
RA641 B5 W35 2007 The chickens fight back : pandemic panics and deadly diseases that jump from animals to humans /
RA643 D57 2007 Disease ecology : community structure and pathogen dynamics /
RA649 C73 2007 Deadly companions : how microbes shaped our history /
RA652.2 M3 W37 2004 Biostatistics and epidemiology : a primer for health and biomedical professionals /
RA792 L39 2006 Statistical methods in spatial epidemiology /
RA1211 P74 2008 Principles and methods of toxicology /
RA601.5 F62 2007 Food-borne parasitic zoonoses : fish and plant-borne parasites /
RA643 K44x 2008 Modeling infectious diseases in humans and animals /
RA643 M33 2008 Essentials of infectious disease epidemiology /

RC347 M65x 2007 Molecular neurology /
RC382 P2644 2008 Parkinson's disease : diagnosis and clinical management /
RC582 I59 2007 Medical immunology /

RM931 A65 P53 2007 Animal-assisted brief therapy : a solution-focused approach /

S494.5 M3 F72 2007 Mathematical models in agriculture : quantitative methods for the plant, animal and ecological sciences /
SF88 L58 2007 Livestock handling and transport /
SF281 H67x 2007 Horse behaviour and welfare /
SF281 B36 2007 Ride the right horse : understanding the core equine personalities & how to work with them /
SF281 H55 2006 How to think like a horse : the essential handbook for understanding why horses do what they do /
SF287 J34 2007 The horse training problem solver : your questions answered about ground work, gaits, and attitude in the arena and on the trail /
SF383 J3813 2006 The goat handbook /
SF401 R4 P5745 2001 Raising reindeer for pleasure and profit /
SF413 M47x 2007 The Merck/Merial manual for pet health /
SF426 P317 2007 Dogs : a natural history /
SF461 G33 2007 Hand-rearing birds /
SF487 N49x 2006 New insights into fundamental physiology and peri-natal adaptation of domestic fowl /
SF605 I57 2006 First International Conference of the OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres, Florianopolis, Brazil, 3-5 December 2006 /
SF748 R67 2007 The veterinary medical team handbook : the team approach to veterinary medicine /
SF756.4 K67 2007 Leading the way to your dream practice /
SF756.7 B76 2007 Domestic animal behaviour and welfare /
SF761 I45x 2007 Illustrated veterinary anatomical nomenclature /
SF767 C29 S43x 2005 Mammalian anatomy : the cat /
SF767 D6 B83x 2007 Anatomy of the dog /
SF891 S53 2008 Slatter's fundamentals of veterinary ophthalmology /
SF911 T87 2007 Techniques in large animal surgery.
SF951 C82 2007 The comprehensive guide to equine veterinary medicine /
SF959.L25 D38x 2007 Your horse's health : lameness /
SF959 N47 E68 2008 Equine neurology /
SF961 R43x 2008 Rebhun's diseases of dairy cattle /
SF985 C29 2008 Cat owner's home veterinary handbook /
SF991 H228 2008 Handbook of small animal practice /
SF996.5 P47 2007 Pathology of laboratory rodents and rabbits /
SF997.5 R2 B73x 2006 BSAVA manual of rabbit medicine and surgery /

TS1980 E87 2006 Essential rendering : all about the animal by-products industry /

6. Websites of Interest

Drug Information Portal (http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov)

This is a fantastic source for human drug information. "The NLM Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies."

News Release

Amphibian Ark - 2008 Year of the Frog (http://www.amphibianark.org/)

"The AArk is a joint effort of 3 principal partners: the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG), and the IUCN/SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG).

We were formed to address the ex-situ components of the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP).

Our vision is the world’s amphibians safe in nature.

Our mission is working in partnerships to ensure the global survival of amphibians – focusing on those that cannot be safeguarded in nature."

Botanicus - (http://www.botanicus.org/)

"Botanicus is a freely accessible, Web-based encyclopedia of historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library. Botanicus is made possible through support from the W.M. Keck Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."

Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/)

Check out this resource for primary sources in cholera, smallpox, syphillis, yellow fever, and the Spanish influenza.

"Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics is a digital library collection that brings a unique set of resources from Harvard’s libraries to Internet users everywhere. Offering valuable insights to students of the history of medicine and to researchers seeking an historical context for current epidemiology, the collection contributes to the understanding of the global, social–history, and public–policy implications of disease. Contagion is also a unique social-history resource for students of many ages and disciplines."

International Field Guides Database (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bix/fieldguides/main.htm)

Diane Schmidt, Biology Librarian at the University of Illinois, has created "a searchable database of field guides for plants, animals, and other objects in North America and around the world."

"The field guides are classified by type of organism and region covered. General guides which cover multiple groups of organism are listed in separate sections, Flora and Fauna for ecosystem-wide guides including both plants and animals, and Plants or Animals for guides which include groups of organisms from more than one category or which do not belong in another classification. Subjects were selected according to the number of field guides written about those groups of plants or animals. For instance, invertebrates are divided into two sections, Marine Invertebrates and Insects, and any groups not covered by those sections are lumped together in the Animals section."

Brain Biodiversity Bank (http://www.msu.edu/~brains/index.html)
A world resource for illustrations of whole brains and stained sections from a great variety of mammals

About: "The Brain Biodiversity Bank refers to the repository of images of and information about brain specimens contained in the collections associated with the National Museum of Health and Medicine at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC. These collections include, besides the Michigan State University Collection, the Welker Collection from the University of Wisconsin, the Yakovlev-Haleem Collection from Harvard University, the Meyer Collection from the Johns Hopkins University, and the Huber-Crosby and Crosby-Lauer Collections from the University of Michigan."

This site contains atlases of human, sheep, dolphin, and axoloti. You can also view brain sections of a large number of other animals (e.g. cat, cow, pig, zebra, etc.)

Veterinary Medicine/Animal Welfare - recent reports posted on DocuTicker, "a collection of new reports from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks, and other public interest groups"

URL: http://www.docuticker.com/?cat=100

Links to the following reports are available: