Biology News & New Books List
March 2009
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- Journal budget cuts for biology: A collections budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year is expected. Each discipline has been asked to cut 12% (or more) from their budget. Our response in biology will be to make the following changes for 2010 subscription year:
- Cancel these expensive and/or low-use journals:
Amphibia-Reptilia
Australian Journal of Ecology
Biotechnology & genetic engineering reviews
Bulletin of Marine Science
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
Freshwater Biology
Grana
Herpetological journal
Herpetological review
Invertebrate biology
Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants
Journal of Natural History
Journal of submicroscopic cytology and pathology
Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
Karstenia
Michigan botanist
Palaeobotanist
Pharmaceutical Biology
Phytochemical Analysis
Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Revue suisse de zoologie
Systematics and Biodiversity
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C - Cancel these titles and rely on alternative sources:
Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry -- alternative: paper copy at chem lib
Agricola (OCLC) (database) -- alternative: use Agricola (free NAL version)
Comprehensive biochemistry -- alternative: paper copy at chem lib
Essays in biochemistry -- alternative: paper copy at chem lib
Peterson's graduate programs in the biological sciences -- alternative: paper copy at Olin lib - Cancel biology paper copy and rely on online-only institutional subscriptions or free online access:
Archives italiennes de biologie
Breviora
Caribbean journal of science
Cell
Current biology
Current opinion in cell biology
Current opinion in neurobiology
Current opinion in plant biology
Current opinion in structural biology
Drosophila information service
Evolution
Genes and development
Journal of herpetology
Miscellaneous publications. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Nature paper may continue at other locations
Occasional papers. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Physiology
Plant cell
Plant physiology
Progress in botany
Progress in molecular and subcellular biology
Science paper may continue at other locations
Trends in Biochemical Sciences
Trends in Biotechnology
Trends in Cell Biology
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Trends in Genetics
Trends in Microbiology
Trends in Neurosciences
Trends in Plant Science
Univ. of California publications in zoology
- Cancel these expensive and/or low-use journals:
- Going online-only for Annual Reviews? Going online-only for Annual Reviews would be a cost savings. This idea was rejected a few years ago but more people are more comfortable with ejournals now. My biology collection advisors tell me they only use the online version. Even though Annual Reviews articles are long, they can still be printed very efficiently because (I find) the pdf printed at 2 pages per sheet is still readable and of course saves paper. There is also an html version for easy reading or scanning on the screen. If a few titles must be kept in paper, please let me know which ones; otherwise I will OK going online-only for biology titles such as Annual Review of...: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell and developmental biology, Ecology evolution and systematic, Entomology, Genetics, Genomics and human genetics, Immunology, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Pathology, Pharmacology & toxicology, Physiology, Phytopathology, Plant biology. Do let Ruth Lewis know if you have concerns about a specific title. Thank you.
- NIH Public Access Policy classes: Additional sessions have now been scheduled at Becker Medical Library, room 601A. This provides an overview of the NIH Public Access Policy including the steps involved in complying with the policy and how to demonstrate compliance. Upcoming Class Dates:
Wednesday, 05/13/2009 10:00-11:00 AM
Wednesday, 07/15/2009 10:00-11:00 AM
Please pre-register at https://aladdin.wustl.edu/medlib/Projecti.nsf/classcalendar
News Note: The NIH Public Access Policy, which was due to expire this year, has now been made permanent by the 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law in mid-March. - Interesting links for authors and researchers:
- Authorship and Publication Resources from Program for the Ethical and Responsible Conduct of Science and Scholarship Reference Library
- Impact Factor Wars: Episode V_The Empire Strikes Back (J Child Neurol 2009; 24; 260) - a short editorial about impact factors
- New guide for Assessing the Impact of Research is now available from Becker Library. I think much of Strategies for Enhancing the Impact of Research is relevant for all disciplines, not just biomedical. More info
- Ways to Use Journal Articles Published by Elsevier: A Practical Guide - I wish all publishers were as clear about this subject; of course individual author/Elsevier arrangements are probably negotiated too, so this does not override your own publication contracts.
- Elsevier Journals that submit to PubMed Central the accepted author manuscript for authors reporting NIH funded research - MIT adopts a university-wide OA mandate! For a list of other institutions with similar policies and for details on the policy see Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies
- Special Libraries Association has produced a list of the Top 100 Journals in Biology and Medicine in connection with its centennial.
**Additions to Publications from WU Biology Department
This PubMed search link will retrieve most WU Biology Dept. researchers' publications, plus a few in biomedical engineering, chemistry, etc. (Strategy is biology [ad] AND washington university [ad] AND 63130 [ad]).
- Bjorn LO, Papageorgiou GC, Blankenship RE, Govindjee. 2009. A viewpoint: Why chlorophyll a? Photosynthesis Research 99:85-98. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Brock KA, Reece JS, Ehrhart LM. 2009. The effects of artificial beach nourishment on marine turtles: differences between loggerhead and green turtles. Restoration Ecology 17:297-307. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Curtiss R 3rd, Wanda SY, Gunn BM, Zhang X, Tinge SA, Ananthnarayan V, Mo H, Wang S, Kong W. 2009. Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium strains with regulated delayed attenuation in vivo. Infect Immun 77:1071-82. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 4 months after publication.
- Haeusser DP, Lee AH, Weart RB, Levin PA. 2009. ClpX inhibits FtsZ assembly in a manner that does not require its ATP hydrolysis-dependent chaperone activity. J Bacteriol 191:1986-91. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 4 months after publication.
- Harmon LJ, Melville J, Larson A, Losos JB. 2008. The role of geography and ecological opportunity in the diversification of day geckos (Phelsuma). Systematic Biol 57:562-573. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Hein P, Stöckel J, Bennewitz S, Oelmuller R. 2009. A protein related to prokaryotic UMP kinases is involved in psaA/B transcript accumulation in Arabidopsis. Plant Molecular Biol 69:517-528. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Lee M, Del Rosario MC, Harris HH, Blankenship RE, Guss JM, Freeman HC. 2009. The crystal structure of auracyanin A at 1.85 A resolution: the structures and functions of auracyanins A and B, two almost identical "blue" copper proteins, in the photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. J Biol Inorg Chem 14(3):329-45. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Melkozernov AN, Blankenship RE. 2006. Photosynthetic functions of chlorophylls. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration 25:397-412. (Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls), 397-412. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Pardini EA, Drake JM, Chase JM, Knight TM. 2009. Complex population dynamics and control of the invasive biennial Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard). Ecol Applications 19:387-397. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Raymond J, Blankenship RE. 2006. Evolutionary relationships among type I photosynthetic reaction centers. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration 24:669-681. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Raymond J, Blankenship RE. 2008. The origin of the oxygen-evolving complex. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 252:377-383. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Templeton AR. 2009. Why does a method that fails continue to be used? The answer. Evolution 63:807-812. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment JSTOR
- Full text, v.1, 1972-3 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR.
- ASN Neuro (American Society for Neurochemistry)
- Full text, v.1, 2009+; freely available.
- Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
- Full text, v.27(no.3), 1998+; WU access only due to medical library; Portland Press.
- Bulletins from the Ecological Research Committee (JSTOR)
- Full text, no.4-18, 1970-1973; WU access only; JSTOR; continued by Ecological Bulletins.
- Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
- Full text, v.23, 2009+; WU access only due to medical library; Karger.
- Backfile added: CRC Critical Reviews in Biochemistry
- Full text, v.1-23, 1972-1988; WU access only; access due to Medical Library subscription; Informapharmascience.
- Backfile added: Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Full text, v.24, 1989+; WU access only; access due to Medical Library subscription; Informapharmascience.
- Crustaceana
- Full text, v. 1, 1960 - 5 years ago; JSTOR.
- Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation
- Full text, v.1, 2009+; freely available; Oxford Univ. Press.
- Ecological Bulletins (JSTOR)
- Full text, no.19, 1975- 7 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR; continues Bulletins from the Ecological Research Committee.
- F1000 Biology Reports
- Full text, v.1, 2009+; WU access only due to medical library; Faculty of 1000
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Full text, v.1, 2000+; freely available; Molecular Diversity Preservation International.
- Journal of Cheminformatics
- Full text, v.1, 2009+; freely available; BioMed Central.
- Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society JSTOR
- Full text, v.1, 1928-3 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR.
- Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine JSTOR
- Full text, v. 20, 1989-5 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR; continues Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine.
- Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine JSTOR
- Full text, v.1-19, 1970-1988; WU access only; JSTOR.
- Molecular Biotechnology-- protocols only via Springerprotocols
- Fulltext, 1994+; WU access only; via medical library SpringerProtocols subscriptions.
- Nature Chemistry
- Full text, v.1, 2005+; WU access only.
- Neurosignals
- Full text, v.17, 2009+; WU access only due to medical library; Karger.
- Plant Ecology
- Full text, v.128, 1997- 3 years ago; WU access only; JSTOR; continues Vegetatio.
- Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science
- Full text, v.83, 2008+; WU access only due to Medical Library; ScienceDirect; continues Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology.
- Somatosensory and Motor Research
- Full text, v.14, 2997+; WU access only; Informaworld.
- Vegetatio
- Full text, v.1-127, 1048-1996; WU access only; JSTOR; continued by Plant Ecology.
Ebooks
New books from NAP:
In the light of evolution, v.1:Adaptation and complex design
In the light of evolution, v.2:Biodiversity and extinction
On Being a Scientist: : a guide to responsible conduct in research, 3rd ed (2009)CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 89th ed
New on ScienceDirect:
Vitamins and Hormones, v.80, 2009: Insulin and IGFs
Methods in Enzymology, v.455: Biothermodynamics, Part ANew ebooks from Becker Medical Library; WU access available:
Biostatistics : a guide to design, analysis, and discovery and Companion website: http://www.biostat-edu.com/index.html
A History of Medicine, 2nd ed, by Lois Magner
Greenspan's basic & clinical endocrinology 8th ed
Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's medical microbiology, 24th edSelected titles from SCI-TECHnetBASE:
Dietary Modulation of Cell Signaling Pathways
Medicinal Protein Engineering
Metal Ions in Biological Systems, Volume 43 - Biogeochemical Cycles of Elements
Antisense Drug Technology: Principles, Strategies, and Applications, Second Edition
Tissue Engineering
Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algal systematics
Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change
Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy
Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition
Methods of Behavior Analysis in Neuroscience, Second Edition
Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture
Third Histamine Receptor
Hemoparasites of the Reptilia
Handbook of Nutrition in the Aged, Fourth Edition
Biofuels: Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Sustainable Development
Gene and Cell Therapy
Principles of Biomechanics
Handbook of Nucleic Acid Purification
Immunological ComputationNew Ebooks from Springer:
E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner: A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism
Signaling in Plants (Signaling and Communication in Plants)
Functional Selectivity of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Ligands: New Opportunities for Drug Discovery
Handbook on Immunosenescence: Basic Understanding and Clinical Applications
Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-Prey Foods (Progress in Biological Control, v.7)
Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Temperate Species
Mirror Neuron Systems: The Role of Mirroring Processes in Social Cognition
Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease
Advances in Modeling Agricultural Systems
Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 (Cdk5)
Mortality and Maldevelopment: Part II: The Saga of Neural Tube Defects
Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, v.3
Plant-Environment Interactions:From Sensory Plant Biology to Active Plant Behavior
The Golgi Apparatus: State of the art 110 years after Camillo Golgi’s discovery
Regulatory Networks in Stem Cells
Ecdysone: Structures and Functions
Karyotypes of Parasitic Hymenoptera
Experimental Glycoscience
Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R (Statistics for Biology and Health)
Diseases of Mites and Ticks
Apoptosis: Involvement of Oxidative Stress and Intracellular Ca2+ Homeostasis
Experimental Glycoscience: Glycochemistry
GI Microbiota and Regulation of the Immune System (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, v.635)
Integrated Pest Management: Dissemination and Impact Volume 2
Phagocytosis of Dying Cells: From Molecular Mechanisms to Human Diseases
Object Recognition, Attention, and Action
Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Opiate Receptors and Antagonists: From Bench to Clinic
Dynamic-Clamp: From Principles to Applications (Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience, v.3)
Genetics and Genomics of Cotton (Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, v.3)
Mountain Timberlines (Advances in Global Change Research, v.36)
Integrated Management of Fruit Crops Nematodes
Systems Biology: The Challenge of Complexity
Water and Biomolecules: Physical Chemistry of Life Phenomena
Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer
The Nucleus: Volume 1: Nuclei and Subnuclear Components (Methods in Molecular Biology v.463)
The Nucleus: Volume 2: Chromatin, Transcription, Envelope, Proteins, Dynamics, and Imaging (Methods in Molecular Biology v.464)
Wnt Signaling (Methods in Molecular Biology v.469)
Redox-Mediated Signal Transduction: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology v.476)
Macrophytes in Aquatic Ecosystems: From Biology to Management (Developments in Hydrobiology, v.190)
The Ecological Status of European Rivers: Evaluation and Intercalibration of Assessment Methods (Developments in Hydrobiology, v.188)
Systems Biology and Biotechnology of Escherichia coli
Limnology and Aquatic Birds (Developments in Hydrobiology, v.189)
The Sweetpotato
Bioinformatics: Applications in Life and Environmental Sciences
Handbook of Behavior Genetics
Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean (Developments in Hydrobiology, v.203)
Information Retrieval: A Health and Biomedical PerspectivePrint books Click on the title for more info or to request
March 6, 2009-March 13, 2009
Brush and weeds of Texas rangelands SB612.T4 B78 2008
March 13, 2009-March 20, 2009
Green planet : how plants keep the Earth alive. Rice, Stanley A. QK901 .R53 2009
Real-time PCR : current technology and applications. QP606.D46 R44 2009
Why evolution is true. Coyne, Jerry A. QH366.2 .C74 2009March 20, 2009-March 27, 2009
Land where the sky begins : North America's... Fast, Dennis QH87.7 .F27 2007
Study guide and solutions manual : iGenetics Chase, Bruce A. QH430 .C53 2006
Transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes :... Carey, Michael QH450.2 .C375 2009March 27, 2009-April 3, 2009
Animal migration : remarkable journeys in the wild Hoare, Ben. QL754 .H63 2009
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