What's New at Parks Library?
November 2006

Compiled by Andrea L. Dinkelman, Subject Librarian for BBMB, EEOB, and GDCB

152 Parks Library, 294-6943, adinkelm@iastate.edu

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


  1. Bookends Cafe now open!
  2. New Books!
  3. Who's Publishing at ISU?
  4. Happy Birthday MEDLINE and PubMed!
  5. Websites of Interest - The Complete Work of Charles Darwin, Microarrays MediaBook, Macaulay Library: Archive of Animal Sounds and Video; and The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations

Bookends Cafe

Bookends Cafe in Parks Library opened on November 13. The cafe is located on the first floor of Parks Library adjacent to the Fireplace Room. Enjoy a cup of coffee and browse the New Titles shelf.


Recent Additions to the Collection

Science - General - Philosophy

Q125 R4178 2006 Rescuing science from politics : regulation and the distortion of scientific research /
Q127.U6 K73 2006 Science and technology policy in the United States : open systems in action /
Q175 .C6155 2006 From cosmos to chaos : the science of unpredictability /
Q175 H87 2006 Scientific reasoning : the Bayesian approach /
Q175 .R23 2006 The world observed, the world conceived /
Q175.32.R45 D43 2006 The intelligibility of nature : how science makes sense of the world /
Q180 A1 B569x 2006 Academic scientists at work /
Q180.55 P7 T56x 2006 Writing and presenting research /
Q225 H39 2006 A scientist's guide to talking with the media : practical advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists /
Q225.5 W35 2006 Sins against science : the scientific media hoaxes of Poe, Twain, and others /

Women in Science

Q130 H36 2005 A hand up : women mentoring women in science /
Q130 T6 2006 To recruit and advance : women students and faculty in science and engineering /
Also available online.

Science - Teaching

Q163 T245 2006 Hands-on science mysteries for grades 3-6 : standards-based inquiry investigations /
Q181 A69x 2006 100 ideas for teaching science /
Q181 .H147 2006 Becoming a better science teacher : 8 steps to high quality instruction and student achievement /

System Theory

Q295 W374x 2006 An introduction to systems science /

Richard Dawkins - Natural History

QH31 D39 R53 2006 Richard Dawkins : how a scientist changed the way we think : reflections by scientists, writers, and philosophers /
QH45.2 D38 2006 Threads from the web of life : stories in natural history /
QH45.2 R56 2006 Naturalist's guide to observing nature /

Nature Conservation

QH75 C718 2006 Coral reef restoration handbook /
QH75 G535x 2006 Waiting for the macaws : and other stories from the age of extinctions /
QH77 A8 L54 2005 Practical conservation biology /

Marine Biology

QH91.1 K37 2006 Sensuous seas : tales of a marine biologist /
QH104.5 C45 L56 2006 Life in the Chesapeake Bay /

Microscopy

QH205.2 M85 2006 Multi-modality microscopy /

Biology (General)

QH303 .W55 2006 The creation : an appeal to save life on earth /
QH304 .P43 2007 A short guide to writing about biology /

Biomathematics - Origins & Beginnings of Life - Space Biology - Geobiology

QH323.5 I565 2005 BIOMAT 2005 : proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-8 December 2005 /
QH325 L85x 2006 The emergence of life : from chemical origins to synthetic biology /
QH327 F865x 2006 Fundamentals of space biology : research on cells, animals, and plants in space /
QH343.4 L694x 2006 The revenge of Gaia : why the earth is fighting back - and how we can still save humanity /

Biological Invasions - Evolution - Phylogenetics

QH353 C66 2006 Conceptual ecology and invasion biology : reciprocal approaches to nature /
QH366.2 .C64 2006 Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology /
QH366.2 .S494 2006 Why Darwin matters : the case against intelligent design /
QH367.5 .A95 2006 Evolutionary pathways in nature : a phylogenetic approach /

Microbial Genetics

QH434 .B334 2006 Bacterial genomes and infectious diseases /
QH434 S386 2006 Dynamics of the bacterial chromosome : structure and function /

Genetics

QH438.7 F88 2006 Future perfect? : God, medicine and human identity /
QH442 G44315 2006 Genetic engineering /
QH447 B76 2007 Genomes 3 /
QH450 .B39 2006 Bayesian inference for gene expression and proteomics /
QH450 G46 2006 Gene expression and regulation /

QH450 G46254 2006 Gene expression profiling by microarrays : clinical implications /
QH453 D39 2006 The regulatory genome : gene regulatory networks in development and evolution /
QH467 .D163 2006 DNA repair and human disease /
QH501 W48 2006 In the beat of a heart : life, energy, and the unity of nature /

Ecology

QH541.15.C67 H55 2006 Corridor ecology : the science and practice of linking landscapes for biodiversity conservation /
QH541.15 M64 T69 2006 Toward an integrated Arctic observing network /
QH541.15.R45 F68 2006 Foundations of restoration ecology /
QH541.2 .K374 2006 How to do ecology : a concise handbook /
QH541.5 D4 E285 2006 Ecology of desert rivers /
QH541.5 S3 N28 2006 Dynamic changes in marine ecosystems : fishing, food webs and future options /
QH545 R62 R63 2006 A road runs through it : reviving wild places /

Stem Cells

QH587 .S723 2006 The stem cell controversy : debating the issues /
QH588.S83 B45 2006 The stem cell divide : the facts, the fiction, and the fear driving the greatest scientific, political, and religious debate of our time /

Botany

QK73 W46 I84 2006 Islands, forests and gardens in the Caribbean : conservation and conflict in environmental history /
QK157 .M6141984 2006 Flowering plants : flowering rush to rushes /
QK495 A685 G87x 2006 The genus Arisaema : a monograph for botanists and nature lovers /
QK495 O64 B7417 2006 Wild orchids of the Pacific Northwest and Canadian Rockies /
QK495.O64 S712 2006 Angraecoid orchids : species from the African region /
QK495.O64 W655x 2006 The Dendrobiums /
QK604.2 E26 F86 2006 Fungi in biogeochemical cycles /
QK604.2 W65 S3513x 2006 Wood and tree fungi : biology, damage, protection, and use /
QK711.2 T35 2006 Plant physiology /
QK725 C73 2006 Communication in plants : neuronal aspects of plant life /
QK725 P565 2006 The plant endoplasmic reticulum /
QK830 .M64 2006 The molecular biology and biotechnology of flowering /
QK861 .N38 2006 Natural products from plants /
QK936 N44 2006 Neotropical savannas and seasonally dry forests : plant diversity, biogeography, and conservation /
QK938.P42 R93 2006 The biology of peatlands /
QK981.7 L67x 1999 Vavilov and his institute : a history of the world collection of plant genetic resources in Russia /
QK981.7 .P58 2006 Plant conservation genetics /

Coral Reefs - Nematodes - Insects - Sea Turtles

QL377 C5 D43x 2005 Coral reefs : nature's wonders /
QL391 N4 F74 2006 Freshwater nematodes : ecology and taxonomy /
QL462.5 B35 2005 The art of insect illustration and threads of entomological history : [exhibition] December 2004 to March 2005, Bruce Peel Special Collections Library /
QL463 T87 2006 Flies in the face of fashion, mites make right, and other bugdacious tales /
QL496 .C67 2006 The other insect societies /
QL520.2.A1 G37 2006 Dragonfly genera of the New World : an illustrated and annotated key to the Anisoptera /
QL666 C536 R78 2006 Sea turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States /

Birds

QL676.5 B54 2006 The International politics of bird conservation : biodiversity, regionalism and global governance /
QL677.5 H85x 2006 Birdwatching /
QL684 M8 R64x 2006 Compact guide to Missouri birds /
QL696 C4 O27 2006 The shorebird guide /
QL696.P264 A527 2006 Biology of the ubiquitous house sparrow : from genes to populations /
QL696 P282 B43 2006 Tanagers, cardinals, and finches of the United States and Canada : the photographic guide /

Animal Behavior

QL737 P96 C64 2006 Cognitive development in chimpanzees /
QL775.5 .D84 2006 The altruism equation : seven scientists search for the origins of goodness /
QL776 B44x 2006 Behavior and neurodynamics for auditory communication /
QL785 D58 2006 Diversity of cognition : evolution, development, domestication and pathology /

Human Embryology - Developmental Physiology - Physiology - Neurophysiology

QM691 E44 2006 Embryos, genes and birth defects /
QP83.8 D486 2006 Developmental origins of health and disease /
QP251 P76 2006 The problem of animal generation in early modern philosophy /
QP310 F5 A98 2006 The biokinetics of flying and swimming /
QP363.3 S955x 2005 Purinergic signalling in neuron-glia interactions /
QP376 B755 2006 The female brain /
QP411 D54 2006 Does consciousness cause behavior? /
QP411 M325 2006 On the contexts of things human : an integrative view of brain, consciousness, and freedom of will /
QP458 W52 2006 Learning to smell : olfactory perception from neurobiology to behavior /
QP495 S4353x 2006 Optical illusions : the science of visual perception /

Proteins - Biochemistry

QP551 M47x 2006 Misbehaving proteins : protein (mis)folding, aggregation, and stability /
QP551 R2775 2006 Redox proteomics : from protein modifications to cellular dysfunction and diseases /
QP551 W37 2006 Protein turnover /
QP552 M44 S865 2006 Structural biology of membrane proteins /
QP606 D46 R43 2006 Real-time PCR /
QP624 D1749 2006 DNA sequencing II : optimizing preparation and cleanup /
QP625 A29 P65 2006 Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation /
QP625 O47 A68 2006 The aptamer handbook : functional oligonucleotides and their applications /

Microbiology

QR67 A38 2006 Advanced techniques in diagnostic microbiology /
QR81 M65x 2006 Molecular identification, systematics, and population structure of prokaryotes /
QR92 I7 I748x 2006 Iron nutrition in plants and rhizospheric microorganisms /
QR180.72 D64 A3 2006 The beginner's guide to winning the Nobel prize : a life in science /
QR186 I452 2006 Immunodominance : the choice of the immune system /
QR245 M64x 2006 Molecular principles of fungal pathogenesis /
QR351 H33 2006 Handbook of plant virology /
QR351 P52x 2006 Plant-associated bacteria /


Who's Publishing at ISU?

Click here to see who's publishing at Iowa State University. These citations were added to PubMed between September 15, 2006 and November 21, 2006.


Happy Birthday MEDLINE!

The MEDLINE database debuted on October 27, 1971! Happy 35th birthday!
Interested in the history of MEDLINE? Read more about the MEDLINE database at the National Library of Medicine website.

PubMed Celebrates its 10th Anniversary!


Websites of Interest

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin - "This site contains Darwin's complete publications and many of his handwritten manuscripts. There are over 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 images."
URL: http://darwin-online.org.uk/

Microarrays MediaBook - A. Malcom Campbell, co-author of Discovering Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics, has developed a great tutorial to help undergraduates learn more about microarrays. This website was profiled in the Netwatch column of Science magazine on October 20, 2006.
URL: http://gcat.davidson.edu/Pirelli/index.htm

Macaulay Library: Archive of Animal Sounds and Video - This online collection of animal sounds and video is a project of the Macaulay Library and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
URL: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/macaulaylibrary/

The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations - " The voyage of HMS Endeavour (1768-1771) was the first devoted exclusively to scientific discovery. This site presents most of the botanical drawings and engravings prepared by artist Sydney Parkinson before his untimely death at sea, and by other artists back in England working from Parkinson's initial sketches." This site is hosted by the Natural History Museum in London, England.
URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/endeavour-botanical/index.dsml