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Category: Books  •  Posted: 07/22/08 at 12:30 PM by Robert  •  Permanent Link

New Books - March 2007

Here are the "New Books" lists for March. The lists are updated weekly; the books are located in the "New Books" area on the first floor of Library North. They stay there until the end of the month when they are relocated to the General Collection.


Category: Books  •  Posted: 03/2/07 at 5:00 PM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

New Books Lists Updated for January 2007

The new books lists have been updated for January. I'll keep adding new books to the lists througout the month as they are added to the collection. Below are the links to the new books lists for January for Biology, Geology, and Physics/Astronomy. New books are located on Library North 3 near the computers (ask someone at the desk if you have trouble locating them).


Category: Books  •  Posted: 01/9/07 at 10:54 AM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

New Book Lists - November 2006

The new books lists have been updated for November. I'll keep adding new books to the lists througout the month as they are added to the collection. Below are the links to the new books lists for November for Biology, Geology, and Physics/Astronomy. New books are located on Library North 3 near the computers (ask someone at the desk if you have trouble locating them).

Biology

Geology

Physics and Astronomy


Category: Books  •  Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:17 PM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

New Books Lists for October 2006

The new books lists have been updated for October. I'll keep adding new books to the lists througout the month as they are added to the collection. Below are the links to the new books lists for October for Biology, Geology, and Physics/Astronomy. New books are located on Library North 3 near the computers (ask someone at the desk if you have trouble locating them).

Biology

Geology

Physics and Astronomy


Category: Books  •  Posted: 10/4/06 at 2:24 PM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

New Books Lists Updated - September 2006

Because of our move the new books lists have been updated a little late. Below are the links to the new books lists for September for Biology, Geology, and Physics/Astronomy. New Books are located on Library North 3 near the computers (ask someone at the desk if you have trouble locating them).

Biology

Geology

Physics and Astronomy


Category: Books  •  Posted: 09/19/06 at 10:18 AM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

New Books List Updated for July

Throughout each month I compile lists of just-arrived books in the sciences by subject (see links below). The books are located in our new books section on the first floor of Library North - they are moved to the general collection at the end of each month. Happy reading!

Biology

Computer Science

Geology

Mathematics & Statistics

Physics & Astronomy


Category: Books  •  Posted: 07/16/05 at 11:02 AM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

New Books Lists Updated for June

Looking for some interesting reading over the summer? Throughout each month I compile lists of just-arrived books in the sciences by subject (see links below). The books are located in our new books section on the first floor of Library North - they are moved to the general collection at the end of each month. Happy reading!

Biology

Computer Science

Geology

Mathematics & Statistics

Physics & Astronomy


Category: Books  •  Posted: 06/13/05 at 5:19 PM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

New Science Books Lists for May - Updated

Looking for some interesting reading over the summer? Throughout each month I compile lists of just-arrived books in the sciences by subject (see links below). The books are located in our new books section on the first floor of Library North - they are moved to the general collection at the end of each month. Happy reading!

Biology

Chemistry

Computer Science

Geology

Mathematics & Statistics

Physics & Astronomy


Category: Books  •  Posted: 05/26/05 at 11:20 AM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment

The Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment has arrived! It is available behind the reference desk until it moves to its place in the reference shelving area in a few weeks.
Category: Books  •  Posted: 02/24/05 at 4:33 PM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

New Reference Books

Titles are located on the first floor of Library North.

Encyclopedia of geology / edited by Richard C. Selley, L. Robin M. Cocks, Ian R. Plimer. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic, 2005. 
Ref. QE5 .E516 2005 v. 1-5

Encyclopedia of physics / Joe Rosen. New York : Facts on File, c2004.
Ref.  QC5 .R596 2004

Oxford user's guide to mathematics / edited by Eberhard Zeidler [with W. Hackbusch and H.R. Schwarz] ; translated and typeset by Bruce Hunt. 
Ref. QA40 .T4813 2004


Category: Books  •  Posted: 02/7/05 at 11:46 AM by Skye  •  Permanent Link

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 85th edition

Highlights of the new edition (Ref. QD65 .H3, all previous editions in the general collection on LS4):

  • Updated/expanded tables: Aqueous Solubility of Organic Compounds, Thermal Conductivity of Liquids, Table of the Isotopes
  • New tables: Azeotropic Data for Binary Mixtures, Index of Refraction of Inorganic Crystals, Critical Solution Temperatures of Polymer Solutions
  • Restored tables: Coefficient of Friction, Miscibility of Organic Solvents
  • Revised: Appendix on Mathematical Tables

Category: Books  •  Posted: 12/15/04 at 6:15 PM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

Dictionary of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A new additional to the reference collection, this is a glossary of more than 600 terms used in bioinformatics and computational biology, from Ab Initio to Zipf's Law. For additional reading about these terms, suggested journal articles are included.

Call number: Ref. QH324.2 .D53 2004


Category: Books  •  Posted: 11/15/04 at 12:02 PM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

New Science Reference Books

These will be shelved by the Reference Desk for a few weeks before being relocated to the reference collection on LN1.

  • Science : 100 scientists who changed the world / Jon Balchin
    Ref. Q125 .B377 2003
  • A to Z of computer scientists / Harry Henderson
    Ref. QA76.2 .A2 H46 2003
  • Opportunities in biological science careers / Kathleen M. Belikoff (rev. ed.)
    Ref. QH314 .W525 2004
  • The Facts on File dictionary of evolutionary biology / edited by Elizabeth Owen, Eve Daintith
    Ref. QH360.2 .D35 2004
  • The Facts on File dictionary of ecology and the environment / edited by Jill Bailey
    Ref. QH540.4 .F35 2004

Category: Books  •  Posted: 06/29/04 at 8:06 AM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

Book Listings on the Science Research Guides

We have integrated our "new" book lists in to the main book listings on our research guides. They are no longer separate pages.

Biology

Computer Science

Chemistry

Mathematics/Statistics

Geology

Physics/Astronomy


Category: Books  •  Posted: 06/24/04 at 9:53 AM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

Treatise on Geochemistry (Reminder)

The 10-volume Treatise on Geochemistry is available in Reference (LN1),  QE515 .T74 2003.  Faculty may check the volumes out for very brief periods of time, at the reference librarian's discretion.
Category: Books  •  Posted: 06/3/04 at 3:19 PM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

New Reference Titles

A century of Nature : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world  (Ref. Q125 .C384 2003) 

A collection of articles published in Nature, from "Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa" (1925), to "Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells" (1997). With accompanying essays.

Magic universe : the Oxford guide to modern science (Ref. Q125 .C275 2003)

More than 100 essays on topics in the physical, life and earth sciences.

Encyclopedic dictionary of genetics, genomics, and proteomics (Ref. QH427 .R43 2003)



Category: Books  •  Posted: 04/3/04 at 10:07 AM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

Treatise on Geochemistry - New Reference Set

Treatise on Geochemistry (Ref. QE515 .T74 2003) is finally here. The 10-volume set is shelved with the current reference books near the LN1 Reference Desk, where they will remain until moved to the Reference Collection. To find out more about this set and view the table of contents for each volume, visit Elsevier's Treatise on Geochemistry page.
 


Category: Books  •  Posted: 03/16/04 at 8:51 AM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

New Science Books (December 2003/January 2004)

The new books pages for biology, chemistry, geology, physics/astronomy, math/statistics and computer science have all been updated.


Category: Books  •  Posted: 12/17/03 at 11:23 AM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome

New Reference Set | Ref. QH447 .N37 2003

Publisher's website.


Category: Books  •  Posted: 08/26/03 at 4:48 PM by Teri  •  Permanent Link

 

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