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September 2008

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• Hours Oct. 2 & Oct. 19:
  The Biology Library will close early, at 5 pm, on Thursday, Oct. 2. Biology buildings will be locked to non-biology folks at 3:30 pm.
  The Biology Library will be closed on Sunday, October 19, because of fall break on Oct. 17. We will be open 8:30-5 on Friday Oct. 17 (Fall Break.)
• We've moved!: The Biology Library collections and staff are now located on the 3rd floor of the Life Sciences Building. We have moved up in the world!! There is still some work left to complete before all the 2nd floor doors are unlocked etc. Our new front door doesn't have its card reader yet so we are still using our old front door on level 2. The south door on level 3 will be unlocked during library hours so you can take the Goldfarb Plant Growth Facility elevator (southwest corner, near Mallinckrodt Center) to level 3 for easy access. You can still take the old stairway also. Visitors welcome!
• Project Prospect (Royal Society of Chemistry): If you teach biochemical concepts, I thought you might be interested in Project Prospect which will eventually enhance biomedical/biochemical articles, 2007+, with many features, including links to more information about compounds from the IUPAC Gold Book, links to definitions of many terms, etc. Take a look at some the examples, click on the "Enhanced HTML article RSC Prospect," click on all 4 of the Highlight options on the right side and explore. Or ask Ruth next time you are in the library. WU doesn't have online access to all RSC journals but we do have most of them.
• The new Biology Research Guide was launched last month. So far there have been no comments or suggestions. Please post on that site. I would like to make it useful, especially since so many folks use the library without actually visiting us on the 3rd floor of the Life Science Building!
• In conjunction with the GIS Symposium, Nov. 19, 2008, Olin Library will host a map gallery/poster session Nov. 18-19. If you have a poster or project using GIS that you want to submit for display and competition during this time, please contact Scott Horn (935-4148). Here are the basics.
  • Poster sessions will run from 2pm-5pm on the 18th and 1pm-5pm on the 19th
  • Any project based on GIS is accepted (including digital projects)
  • 1st and 2nd place prizes: $100 and $75 bookstore gift cards
  • Printing is available for free
  • Presenter needs to be available on one of the days for a couple of hours to talk about their poster/ project
  More info forthcoming at http://gis.wustl.edu/.
• Interesting sites and publications with the theme of open access publishing
  • The first Open Access Day will be held Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Events can be viewed on the web, mostly in the early evening. Speakers include Sir Richard Roberts, joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993 for discovering split genes and RNA splicing, and Philip E. Bourne, the Founding Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Computational Biology and the author of the popular PLoS Computational Biology Ten Simple Rules Series.Their presentations can be viewed live or later in an archive. The founding partners of Open Access Day are SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Students for FreeCulture, and the Public Library of Science
  • Right to Research
  • Discussions about the costs of open access publishing:
    Open Access 2.0: Access to Scholarly Publications Moves to a New Phase, by Joseph J. Esposito. (Journal of Electronic Publishing vol. 11, no. 2, Spring 2008)
    Open Access: Doing the numbers, by Richard Poynder, June 11, 2008
  • Ongoing information about the Open Access Movement: Open Access News, posted by Peter Suber and Gavin Baker
  • European Commission launches online [open access] pilot project
  • Recommendations for open science from Science Commons:
    • Open Access to Literature from Funded Research
    • Access to Research Tools from Funded Research
    • Data from Funded Research in the Public Domain
    • Invest in Open Cyberinfrastructure
    Join a discussion about open science: Era of Scientific Secrecy Near End (LiveScience)
  • Oxford University Press now deposits into PubMed Central for NIH-funded authors
  • PubMed Central Deposit and Author Rights, by Ben Grillot; analyzing policies adopted by several 12 publishers to facilitate author compliance with the NIH policy. Kevin Smith, in his August 19th blog posting suggests this "provides a kind of template that authors should consider whenever they are confronted with the choice of publisher for their research and with a publication agreement"
  • NIH-funded authors who publish in American Chemical Society journals, such as, Biochemistry, can pay $100 to have ACS deposit their manuscript in PubMed Central; ACS provides this service free to members. Authors may also submit their own manuscripts for no fee. More info
• Best Sellers in Chemistry, January, 2008–present, as compiled by YBP Library Services. Titles are linked to a local catalog when available.
  1. Molecules that Changed the World: A Brief History of the Art and Science of Synthesis and Its Impact on Society Nicolaou, K. Wiley-VCH 2008. ISBN 3527309837 [9783527309832]. $55.00
  2. Dihydrogen Bonds: Principles, Experiments, and Applications Bakhmutov, Vladimir I. John Wiley 2008. ISBN 047018096x [9780470180969]. $125.00
  3. Life as Surplus: Biotechnology and Capitalism in the Neoliberal Era Cooper, Melinda University of Washington Press 2008. ISBN 029598791x [9780295987910]. $25.00
  4. Microbial Fuel Cells Logan, Bruce E. John Wiley 2008. ISBN 0470239484 [9780470239483]. $90.50
  5. Asymmetric Synthesis: The Essentials Christmann, Mathias Wiley-VCH 2008. ISBN 3527320938 [9783527320936]. $130.00
  6. Analytical Instrumentation: A Guide to Laboratory, Portable and Miniaturized Instruments McMahon, Gillian John Wiley 2007. ISBN 0470027959 [9780470027950]. $100.00
  7. Nanobiotechnology: Bioinspired Devices and Materials of the Future Shoseyov, Oded Humana 2008. ISBN 1588298949 [9781588298942]. $149.00
  8. Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry: Structure and Mechanism Sinnott, Michael L. Royal Society of Chemistry 2007. ISBN 0854042563 [9780854042562]. $199.00
  9. Bioactive Natural Products: Detection, Isolation, and Structural Determination Colegate, Steven CRC Press 2008. ISBN 0849372585 [9780849372582]. $199.95
  10. Hydrogen Energy: Challenges and Prospects Rand, D.A.J. Royal Society of Chemistry 2008. ISBN 085404597x [9780854045976]. $99.00
  11. Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life: Taking Public Fears Seriously Hauskeller, Michael Ashgate 2007. ISBN 0754660443 [9780754660446]. $99.95
  12. Amino Group Chemistry: From Synthesis to the Life Sciences Ricci, Alfredo Wiley-VCH 2008. ISBN 3527317414 [9783527317417]. $200.00
  13. Six-Membered Transition States in Organic Synthesis Yang, Jaemoon John Wiley 2008. ISBN 0470178833 [9780470178836]. $125.00
  14. Biofuels Refining and Performance Nag, Ahindra Mcgraw-Hill 2008. ISBN 0071489703 [9780071489706]. $125.00
  15. Inorganic Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications Becker, Johanna Sabine John Wiley 2007. ISBN 0470012005 [9780470012000]. $200.00
  16. Light, Water, Hydrogen: The Solar Generation of Hydrogen by Water Photoelectrolysis Grimes, Craig A. Springer 2008. ISBN 0387331980 [9780387331980]. $129.00
  17. Materials for the Hydrogen Economy Jones, Russell CRC Press 2008. ISBN 0849350247 [9780849350245]. $139.95
  18. Medical Applications of Mass Spectrometry Vekey, Karoly Elsevier 2008. ISBN 0444519807 [9780444519801]. $120.00
  19. Vibrational Spectroscopy in Life Science Siebert, Friedrich Wiley-VCH 2008. ISBN 3527405062 [9783527405060]. $130.00
  20. Liquid Separations with Membranes: An Introduction to Barrier Interference Boddeker, Karl W. Springer 2008. ISBN 354047451x [9783540474517]. $69.95
• Sally Elgin in the news: Sarah Elgin: Turning genes off--And turning students on to science A 1963 Westinghouse finalist studies proteins that package DNA, and works to improve science education; in SciAm.com "Where are they now" series.
• Bestsellers in Environmental Sciences, January, 2008, to date as Identified by YBP Library Services. Titles are linked to a local catalog when available.
  1) Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet Sachs, Jeffrey Penguin Books 2008. ISBN 1594201277 [9781594201271]. $27.95
  2) Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability Speth, James Gustave Yale University Press 2008. ISBN 0300136110 [9780300136111]. $28.00
  3) Reef in Time: The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning to End Veron, John Belknap Harvard 2008. ISBN 0674026799 [9780674026797]. $35.00
  4) Shopping Our Way to Safety: How We Changed From Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves Szasz, Andrew University Of Minnesota Press 2007. ISBN 0816635080 [9780816635085]. $24.95
  5) American Environmental Policy, 1990-2006: Beyond Gridlock Klyza, Christopher McGrory MIT Press 2008. ISBN 0262113139 [9780262113137]. $69.00
  6) Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment Sagoff, Mark Cambridge University Press 2008. ISBN 052186755x [9780521867559]. $80.00
  7) Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water Barlow, Maude New Press 2008. ISBN 1595581863 [9781595581860]. $24.95
  8) Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends On Biodiversity Chivian, Eric Oxford University Press 2008. ISBN 0195175093 [9780195175097]. $34.95
  9) Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: How Forests Function Maser, Chris Rutgers University 2008. ISBN 0813542251 [9780813542256]. $68.00
  10) Earth: The Sequel: The Race To Reinvent Energy And Stop Global Warming Krupp, Fred WW Norton 2008. ISBN 0393066908 [9780393066906]. $24.95
  11) End of Food Roberts, Paul Houghton Mifflin 2008. ISBN 0618606238 [9780618606238]. $26.00
  12) Environmental Policy Analysis and Practice Greenberg, Michael R. Rutgers University 2007. ISBN 0813542758 [9780813542751]. $70.00
  13) Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice Carruthers, David MIT Press 2008. ISBN 0262033720 [9780262033725]. $62.00
  14) Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing To Save Civilization Brown, Lester Russell WW Norton 2008. ISBN 0393065898. [9780393065893]. $29.95
  15) Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge Sideris, Lisa State University of New York Press 2008. ISBN 0791474712 [9780791474716]. $74.50
  16) New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations Ponting, Clive Penguin Books 2007. ISBN 0143038982 [9780143038986]. $16.00
  17) Natural World of Lewis and Clark Dalton, David A. University Of Missouri Press 2008. ISBN 0826217664 [9780826217660]. $29.95
  18) Ecological Ethics and the Human Soul: Aquinas, Whitehead, and the Metaphysics of Value Benzoni, Franciso J. University Of Notre Dame 2007. ISBN 0268022054 [9780268022051]. $35.00
  19) Just Seconds from the Ocean: Coastal Living in the Wake of Katrina Sargent, William University Press of New England 2007. ISBN 1584656891 [9781584656890]. $24.95
  20) Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions: Challenges of War, Terrorism, and Civil Disorder Cooper, Phillip J. Rowman & Littlefield 2008. ISBN 0742531325 [9780742531321]. $85.00

**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]).

• Ji W, Suga N. 2008. Tone-specific and nonspecific plasticity of the auditory cortex elicited by pseudoconditioning: role of acetylcholine receptors and the somatosensory cortex. J Neurophysiol 100:1384-96. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 1 year after publication.
• Knight TM, Barfield M, Holt RD. 2008. Evolutionary dynamics as a component of stage-structured matrix models: an example using Trillium grandiflorum. Am Nat 172:375-92. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
• McDaniel SE, Willis JH, Shaw AJ. 2008. The genetic basis of developmental abnormalities in interpopulation hybrids of the moss Ceratodon purpureus. Genetics 179:1425-35. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers; free 3 months after publication.
• Malone CD, Falkowska KA, Li AY, Galanti SE, Kanuru RC, Lamont EG, Mazzarella KC, Micev AJ, Osman MM, Piotrowski NK, Suszko JW, Timm AC, Xu MM, Liu L, Chalker DL. 2008. Nucleus-specific importin alphas and nucleoporins regulate protein import and nuclear division in the bi-nucleate Tetrahymena thermophila. 2008. Eukaryot Cell 7:1487-99. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers; free 4 months after publication.
• Murray DL, Steury T, Roth J. 2008. Assessment of Canada lynx research and conservation needs in the southern range: another kick at the cat. J Wildlife Management 72: 1463-1472. Abstract & fulltext for BioOne subscribers.
• Olsen KM, Gross BL. 2008. Detecting multiple origins of domesticated crops. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:13701-2. PubMed citation & fulltext for subscribers, free 6 months after publication.
• Onodera Y, Nakagawa K, Haag JR, Pikaard D, Mikami T, Ream T, Ito Y, Pikaard CS. 2008. Sex-biased lethality or transmission of defective transcription machinery in Arabidopsis. Genetics 180:207-18. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 3 months after publication.
• Singh AK, Elvitigala T, Bhattacharyya-Pakrasi M, Aurora R, Ghosh B, Pakrasi HB. 2008. Integration of carbon and nitrogen metabolism with energy production is crucial to light acclimation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis. Plant Physiol. 148:467-78. PubMed abstract & free fulltext.
• Woo HR, Richards EJ. 2008. Natural variation in DNA methylation in ribosomal RNA genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biol 8:92. PubMed abstract & free fulltext.

**Recent Additions to Library Homepage or Research Guides [Suggestions welcome!]**

Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes

Full text, v.1, 2005+; WU access only due to Medical Library; ScienceDirect.

Aquatic Biology

Full text, v.1, 2007+; freely available; Inter-Research.

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Full text, v.1, 1995-4 years ago; freely available; Inter-Research.

Endangered Species Research

Full text, v.1, 2004+; freely available; Inter-Research.

Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics

Full text, v.1, 2001+; freely available; Inter-Research.

Journal of the North Atlantic

Fulltext, v.1, 2008+; WU access only; BioOne.

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Full text, v.1, 1979-4 years ago; freely available; Inter-Research.

Molecular Brain

Full text, v.1, 2008+; freely available; Biomedcentral; Molecular Brain at PubMed Central.

**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**

Ebooks

New on ScienceDirect:
Methods in Enzymology, v.443: Angiogenesis - In Vitro Systems
Vitamins and Hormones, v.79, 2008: Folic Acid and Folates

New from Springerprotocols [These will be added to Becker Medical Library Catalog]:
Bioinformatics: Structure, Function and Applications (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.453)

New Ebooks from Springer:
Chemolithoautotrophic Bacteria: Biochemistry and Environmental Biology
Pine Wilt Disease: A Worldwide Threat to Forest Ecosystems
Protein – Protein Interaction (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, v.110)
Ultradian Rhythms from Molecules to Mind: A New Vision of Life
Sabkha Ecosystems Volume II: West and Central Asia (Tasks for Vegetation Science, v.42)
Lipids in Health and Disease (Subcellular biochemistry, v.49)
Basic Science Techniques in Clinical Practice
The Origins of Language: Unraveling Evolutionary Forces
Biological Invasions Belowground: Earthworms as Invasive Species
Sclerotinia Diseases of Crop Plants: Biology, Ecology and Disease Management
Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes: Multiple Use and Sustainable Management
Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of Coffee
Mycorrhiza: State of the Art, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Eco-Function, Biotechnology, Eco-Physiology, Structure and Systematics, 3rd ed.
Eukaryotic Membranes and Cytoskeleton: Origins and Evolution (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, v.607)
Current Perspectives in microRNAs (miRNA)
Single-Cell-Based Models in Biology and Medicine
Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics ICCN 2007
Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology
The Cancer Degradome: Proteases and Cancer Biology
Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis
Saving Biological Diversity: Balancing Protection of Endangered Species and Ecosystems
Boreal Forest and Climate Change (Advances in Global Change Research, v.34)
Multi-Source National Forest Inventory: Methods and Applications (Managing Forest Ecosystems, v.18)
Comparative Placentation: Structures, Functions and Evolution
Encyclopedia of Molecular Pharmacology

Print books Click on the title for more info or to request

September 5, 2008 - September 12, 2008

Mathematical ecology of populations and ecosystem Pastor, John. QH541.15.M3 P37 2008
Primer of ecology Gotelli, Nicholas J. QH352 .G67 2008
Principles of computational cell biology :... Helms, Volkhard. QH585.5.D38 H45 2008

September 12, 2008 - September 19, 2008

Brain atlas : a visual guide to the human...Woolsey, Thomas A. QM455 .B633 2008
Exploring animal social networks Croft, Darren P. QL775 .C764 2008
Hippeastrum : the gardener's amaryllis Read, Veronica M. SB413.A5 R43 2004
International review of cell and molecular biology Review serial v.269 (2008)
Rebels, mavericks, and heretics in biology QH305 .R43 2008

September 19, 2008 - September 26, 2008

Current topics in microbiology and immunology QR1 .E6 321 -Immunology, phenotype first
How life began : evolution's three geneses Meinesz, Alexandre. QH325 .M36 2008
Neurobiology of the parental brain QL762 .N48 2008

September 26, 2008 - October 3, 2008

Animals and the moral community Steiner, Gary. QL785.25 .S74 2008
Annual review of phytopathology Review serial v.46 (2008)
Bee pollination in agricultural ecosystems QK926 .B34 2008
Before and after Darwin Hodge, M. J. S. QH360 .H62 2008
Charles Darwin Ruse, Michael. B818 .R86 2008
Evolution of organ systems Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas. QL805 .S356 2007
Short guide to the human genome Scherer, Stewart. QH431 .S34 2008
Status of the red knot (Calidris canutus rufa) in ... QL696.C48 S73 2008
What is biodiversity? Maclaurin, James. QH541.15.B56 M325 2008

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