Planet earth. c2007.
Inconvenient truth. c2006.
Aliens of the deep. c2005.
Escape from affluenza. c2005.
Fungi decomposers and parasites /. c2005.
How ecosystems work energy flow & nutrient cycles /. c2005.
Animal adaptations. c2003.
Coral reef adventure. c2003.
Aquatic biomes. c2002 ; 2004].
Next industrial revolution william McDonough, michael braungart & the birth of the sustainable economy /. c2001.
Is there a crisis? biodiversity in decline /. 2003.
Galapagos. 2002.
Our urban environment water quality /. 2002.
Baraka. 2001.
Human footprint. [2008].
Galápagos the islands that changed the world /. [2007].
Guns, germs, and steel. [2005].
Ecology of the galapagos. [2005]
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
Global Warming?
Coldest July on Record for the Midwest
This was the coldest July on record for the nine-state Midwest region, based on preliminary temperature data. The average temperature for the region was 68.0 degrees, 4.7 degrees below normal. The previous record was 68.9 degrees in 1992, according to Mike Timlin, Regional Climatologist with the NOAA Midwestern Regional Climate Center (http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu).
It was the coldest July on record for Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa; the second coldest on record for Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin; the third coldest in Minnesota; and the fourth coldest on record for Missouri. Records for the region date back 114 years.
Timlin says that more than 400 record low minimum temperatures and 1,300 record low maximum temperatures (lowest high temperature) were set during July across the nine-state region.
“Temperatures were below normal for most of July with two particularly cold periods. The first was July 1-9, and the second was July 17-23,” states Timlin.
There were 370 record low maximum temperatures set during the period July 1-9, and 23 record low minimum temperatures. Temperatures ranged from 2 degrees below normal in southern Missouri to as much as 8 degrees below normal in the Michigan Upper Peninsula.
During the period from July 17 to 23, temperatures were 10 to 12 degrees below normal across Iowa, Missouri, much of Illinois, southern Indiana, and western Kentucky, and 6 to 9 degrees below normal across the remainder of the region. A total of 942 record low maximum temperatures and 337 record low minimum temperatures were established over this seven-day period.
Many locations in the central Midwest did not reach 90 degrees at all during the month. Typically, the number of days with temperatures reaching 90 degrees or above ranges from 10 to 15 from southern Missouri eastward through Kentucky, and three to five in the northern third of the region.
Louisville, KY normally has about 12 days of temperatures 90 degrees or above in July, and recorded none this July. St. Louis, MO normally experiences 16 days with temperatures 90 degrees or above, and recorded only four in July.
International Falls, MN did not report a single day 80 degrees or higher, and experienced its coldest July on record with an average temperature of 58.8 degrees, breaking the old record of 59.4 degrees set in 1992.
Other locations in the Midwest that had a record cold July include:
* Madison, WI - average temperature of 65.7 degrees, old record 66.7 degrees in 1891* Grand Rapids, MI – average temperature 67.1 degrees, old record 67.2 degrees in 1992* Cedar Rapids, IA – average temperature 66.2 degrees, old record 69.9 degrees in 2004* Rockford, IL – average temperature 67.0 degrees, old record 69.0 degrees in 1915* South Bend, IN – average temperature 68.3 degrees, old record 68.5 degrees in 1996* Cincinnati, OH – average temperature 70.1 degrees, old record 70.7 degrees in 1947* Frankfort, KY – average temperature 71.5 degrees, old record 75.2 degrees in 1947
In Missouri, Columbia recorded its second coldest July on record with an average temperature of 72.3 degrees. The record is 72.2 degrees in 1924.
July precipitation was normal to above normal from southwestern Minnesota to southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. Rainfall was less than 50 percent of normal from south-central Minnesota across much of Wisconsin. Parts of central Minnesota, much of the northern half of Wisconsin, and the western half of the Michigan Upper Peninsula remained in moderate to severe drought at the end of the month, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The Midwestern Regional Climate Center is a program funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and is located in the Division of Illinois State Water Survey in the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
This was the coldest July on record for the nine-state Midwest region, based on preliminary temperature data. The average temperature for the region was 68.0 degrees, 4.7 degrees below normal. The previous record was 68.9 degrees in 1992, according to Mike Timlin, Regional Climatologist with the NOAA Midwestern Regional Climate Center (http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu).
It was the coldest July on record for Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa; the second coldest on record for Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin; the third coldest in Minnesota; and the fourth coldest on record for Missouri. Records for the region date back 114 years.
Timlin says that more than 400 record low minimum temperatures and 1,300 record low maximum temperatures (lowest high temperature) were set during July across the nine-state region.
“Temperatures were below normal for most of July with two particularly cold periods. The first was July 1-9, and the second was July 17-23,” states Timlin.
There were 370 record low maximum temperatures set during the period July 1-9, and 23 record low minimum temperatures. Temperatures ranged from 2 degrees below normal in southern Missouri to as much as 8 degrees below normal in the Michigan Upper Peninsula.
During the period from July 17 to 23, temperatures were 10 to 12 degrees below normal across Iowa, Missouri, much of Illinois, southern Indiana, and western Kentucky, and 6 to 9 degrees below normal across the remainder of the region. A total of 942 record low maximum temperatures and 337 record low minimum temperatures were established over this seven-day period.
Many locations in the central Midwest did not reach 90 degrees at all during the month. Typically, the number of days with temperatures reaching 90 degrees or above ranges from 10 to 15 from southern Missouri eastward through Kentucky, and three to five in the northern third of the region.
Louisville, KY normally has about 12 days of temperatures 90 degrees or above in July, and recorded none this July. St. Louis, MO normally experiences 16 days with temperatures 90 degrees or above, and recorded only four in July.
International Falls, MN did not report a single day 80 degrees or higher, and experienced its coldest July on record with an average temperature of 58.8 degrees, breaking the old record of 59.4 degrees set in 1992.
Other locations in the Midwest that had a record cold July include:
* Madison, WI - average temperature of 65.7 degrees, old record 66.7 degrees in 1891* Grand Rapids, MI – average temperature 67.1 degrees, old record 67.2 degrees in 1992* Cedar Rapids, IA – average temperature 66.2 degrees, old record 69.9 degrees in 2004* Rockford, IL – average temperature 67.0 degrees, old record 69.0 degrees in 1915* South Bend, IN – average temperature 68.3 degrees, old record 68.5 degrees in 1996* Cincinnati, OH – average temperature 70.1 degrees, old record 70.7 degrees in 1947* Frankfort, KY – average temperature 71.5 degrees, old record 75.2 degrees in 1947
In Missouri, Columbia recorded its second coldest July on record with an average temperature of 72.3 degrees. The record is 72.2 degrees in 1924.
July precipitation was normal to above normal from southwestern Minnesota to southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. Rainfall was less than 50 percent of normal from south-central Minnesota across much of Wisconsin. Parts of central Minnesota, much of the northern half of Wisconsin, and the western half of the Michigan Upper Peninsula remained in moderate to severe drought at the end of the month, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The Midwestern Regional Climate Center is a program funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and is located in the Division of Illinois State Water Survey in the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
New Books and DVDs in the Halle Library
M-structure and the Banach-Stone theorem
Ehrhard Behrends
Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1979.
3rd Level
QA3 .L28 no. 736
Differentiating assessment in middle and high school mathematics and science
Sheryn Spencer Waterman
Larchmont, NY : Eye On Education, NY c2009.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .W375 2008
Dictionary of computer and Internet terms
Douglas A. Downing, Michael A. Covington, Melody Mauldin Covington. , 10th ed.
Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barrons Educational Series, Inc., 2009
Reference Collection - 1st Level North
QA76.15 .D667 2009
Masterminds of programming / edited by Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden. , 1st ed. Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2009
3rd Level
QA76.7 .M37x 2009
Beginning JavaScript and CSS development with jQuery
Richard York.
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.73.J38 Y67 2009
Mashups : strategies for the modern enterprise
J. Jeffrey Hanson.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.758 .H363 2009
Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0
Rob Conery ... [et al.].
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76
Advanced game programming : a GameDev.net collection
John Hattan and Drew Sikora, series editors.
Boston, MA : Course Technology PTR, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.C672 A38x 2009
Beginning game programming : a GameDev.net collection
John Hattan and Drew Sikora ; series editors.
Boston, MA : Course Technology/Cengage Learning, c2009
3rd Level
QA76.76.C672 B44x 2009
Brain-mind machinery : brain-inspired computing and mind opening
Gee-Wah Ng.
Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.87 .N4966 2009
Equity and information communication technology (ICT) in education
Neil Anderson. New York : Peter Lang, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.9.C64 A53 2009
Simulation and its discontents
Sherry Turkle ; with additional essays by William J. Clancey ... [et al.].
Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.9.C65 T87 2009
Bricklin on technology
Dan Bricklin.
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.9.C66 B75 2009
Databases : a beginner's guide
Andrew J. Oppel.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.9.D26 O65 2009
Mathematical wizardry for a Gardner
edited by Ed Pegg, Jr., Alan H. Schoen, [and] Tom Rodgers.
Wellesley, Mass. : AK Peters, c2008.
3rd Level
QA95 .M3686 2008
Monty Hall problem : the remarkable story of math's most contentious brainteaser
Jason Rosenhouse.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
3rd Level
QA95 .R67 2009
Supporting English language learners in math class : a multimedia professional learning resource, grades K-5.
Sausalito, CA : Math Solutions Publications, 2008.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .B73 2008
Learning and teaching early math : the learning trajectories approach
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
New York : Routledge, 2009.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .C55 2009
Statistics : the exploration and analysis of data
Jay Devore, Roxy Peck. , 4th ed.
Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole, 2001.
3rd Level
QA276 .D48 2001
Introduction to statistics : concepts and applications
David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams. , 3rd ed.
Minneapolis/St. Paul : West Pub., c1994.
Storage
QA276.12 .A44 1994
Statistical reasoning and methods
Richard A. Johnson, Kam-Wah Tsui.
New York : John Wiley, c1998.
Storage
QA276.12 .J628 1998
Statistics
James T. McClave, Terry Sincich. , 8th ed.
Upper Saddler River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2000.
3rd Level
QA276.12 .M4 2000
Introduction to the practice of statistics
David S. Moore, George P. McCabe. , 4th ed.
New York : W.H. Freeman and Co., c2003.
3rd Level
QA276.12 .M66 2003
Introduction to statistics
George Woodbury. Australia ; Pacific Grove, Calif. : Duxbury, c2002.
3rd Level
QA276.12 .W67 2002
Making sense of statistics : a conceptual overview
Fred Pyrczak. Los Angeles, Calif. : Pyrczak Pub., 1995.
Storage
QA276.17 .P95 1995
Numerical recipes : the art of scientific computing
William H. Press ... [et al.]. ,
3rd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
3rd Level
QA297 .N866 2007
Understanding geometry for a changing world
Timothy V. Craine, seventy-first yearbook editor.
Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2009.
3rd LevelQA461 .U53 2009
Discovering the expanding universe
Harry Nussbaumer, Lydia Bieri ; [foreword by Allan Sandage].
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QB981 .N87x 2009
Perfect symmetry : the search for the beginning of time
Heinz R. Pagels. , Simon & Schuster Trade paperback ed.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
3rd Level QB981 .P35 2009
Finding the big bang
P. James E. Peebles, Lyman A. Page, Jr., and R. Bruce Partridge.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QB991.C64 P44 2009
Plastic fantastic : how the biggest fraud in physics shook the scientific world
Eugenie Samuel Reich. , 1st ed.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
3rd Level QC16.S26456 R45 2009
Earth's ionosphere : plasma physics and electrodynamics
Michael C. Kelley. , 2nd ed.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2009.
3rd Level QC809.P5 K45 2009
Tornado hunter : getting inside the most violent storms on Earth
Stefan Bechtel with Tim Samaras ; foreword by Greg Forbes.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
3rd Level QC955.5.U6 B427 2009
Big thaw : travels in the melting north
Ed Struzik ; foreword by Gerald Butts.
Mississauga, Ont. : John Wiley & Sons Canada, c2009.
3rd Level QC994.8 .S77 2009
History of the study of landforms; or, The development of geomorphology
Richard J. Chorley, Antony J. Dunn [and] Robert P. Beckinsale.
[London] Methuen; [New York] Wiley <1964->
Storage
QE505 .C45
Darwin's lost world : the hidden history of animal life
Martin Brasier.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QE653 .B736 2009
Paradise found : nature in America at the time of discovery
Steve Nicholls.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
3rd Level QH102 .N53 2009
Keck Futures Initiative. Conference (2008 : Irvine, Calif.) Complex systems : task group summaries ; Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 13-15, 2008
The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
3rd Level QH324.2 .N383x 2008
Descended from Darwin : insights into the history of evolutionary studies, 1900-1970
Joe Cain and Michael Ruse, editors.
Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 2009.
3rd Level QH361 .D47 2009
Cambridge companion to the "Origin of species"
edited by Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QH365.O8 R865 2009
Insect biodiversity : science and society edited by Robert G. Foottit and Peter H. Adler. Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
3rd Level QL463 .I65 2009
Extinction in our times : global amphibian decline
James P. Collins, Martha L. Crump.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QL644.7 .C65 2009
Birdsong by the seasons : a year of listening to birds
Donald Kroodsma ; drawings by Nancy Haver.
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
3rd Level QL698.5 .K757 2009
Sexual coercion in primates and humans : an evolutionary perspective on male aggression against females
edited by Martin N. Muller, Richard W. Wrangham.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QL737.P9 S442 2009
Genial gene : deconstructing Darwinian selfishness
Joan Roughgarden.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
3rd Level QL761 .R68 2009
Nutrients and epigenetics / [edited by] Sang-Woon Choi, Simonetta Friso.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
3rd Level QP144.G45 .N876 2009
Alien ocean : anthropological voyages in microbial seas
Stefan Helmreich.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
3rd Level QR106 .H45 2009
Ehrhard Behrends
Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1979.
3rd Level
QA3 .L28 no. 736
Differentiating assessment in middle and high school mathematics and science
Sheryn Spencer Waterman
Larchmont, NY : Eye On Education, NY c2009.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .W375 2008
Dictionary of computer and Internet terms
Douglas A. Downing, Michael A. Covington, Melody Mauldin Covington. , 10th ed.
Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barrons Educational Series, Inc., 2009
Reference Collection - 1st Level North
QA76.15 .D667 2009
Masterminds of programming / edited by Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden. , 1st ed. Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2009
3rd Level
QA76.7 .M37x 2009
Beginning JavaScript and CSS development with jQuery
Richard York.
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.73.J38 Y67 2009
Mashups : strategies for the modern enterprise
J. Jeffrey Hanson.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.758 .H363 2009
Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0
Rob Conery ... [et al.].
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76
Advanced game programming : a GameDev.net collection
John Hattan and Drew Sikora, series editors.
Boston, MA : Course Technology PTR, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.C672 A38x 2009
Beginning game programming : a GameDev.net collection
John Hattan and Drew Sikora ; series editors.
Boston, MA : Course Technology/Cengage Learning, c2009
3rd Level
QA76.76.C672 B44x 2009
Brain-mind machinery : brain-inspired computing and mind opening
Gee-Wah Ng.
Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.87 .N4966 2009
Equity and information communication technology (ICT) in education
Neil Anderson. New York : Peter Lang, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.9.C64 A53 2009
Simulation and its discontents
Sherry Turkle ; with additional essays by William J. Clancey ... [et al.].
Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.9.C65 T87 2009
Bricklin on technology
Dan Bricklin.
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.9.C66 B75 2009
Databases : a beginner's guide
Andrew J. Oppel.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.9.D26 O65 2009
Mathematical wizardry for a Gardner
edited by Ed Pegg, Jr., Alan H. Schoen, [and] Tom Rodgers.
Wellesley, Mass. : AK Peters, c2008.
3rd Level
QA95 .M3686 2008
Monty Hall problem : the remarkable story of math's most contentious brainteaser
Jason Rosenhouse.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
3rd Level
QA95 .R67 2009
Supporting English language learners in math class : a multimedia professional learning resource, grades K-5.
Sausalito, CA : Math Solutions Publications, 2008.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .B73 2008
Learning and teaching early math : the learning trajectories approach
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
New York : Routledge, 2009.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .C55 2009
Statistics : the exploration and analysis of data
Jay Devore, Roxy Peck. , 4th ed.
Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole, 2001.
3rd Level
QA276 .D48 2001
Introduction to statistics : concepts and applications
David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams. , 3rd ed.
Minneapolis/St. Paul : West Pub., c1994.
Storage
QA276.12 .A44 1994
Statistical reasoning and methods
Richard A. Johnson, Kam-Wah Tsui.
New York : John Wiley, c1998.
Storage
QA276.12 .J628 1998
Statistics
James T. McClave, Terry Sincich. , 8th ed.
Upper Saddler River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2000.
3rd Level
QA276.12 .M4 2000
Introduction to the practice of statistics
David S. Moore, George P. McCabe. , 4th ed.
New York : W.H. Freeman and Co., c2003.
3rd Level
QA276.12 .M66 2003
Introduction to statistics
George Woodbury. Australia ; Pacific Grove, Calif. : Duxbury, c2002.
3rd Level
QA276.12 .W67 2002
Making sense of statistics : a conceptual overview
Fred Pyrczak. Los Angeles, Calif. : Pyrczak Pub., 1995.
Storage
QA276.17 .P95 1995
Numerical recipes : the art of scientific computing
William H. Press ... [et al.]. ,
3rd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
3rd Level
QA297 .N866 2007
Understanding geometry for a changing world
Timothy V. Craine, seventy-first yearbook editor.
Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2009.
3rd LevelQA461 .U53 2009
Discovering the expanding universe
Harry Nussbaumer, Lydia Bieri ; [foreword by Allan Sandage].
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QB981 .N87x 2009
Perfect symmetry : the search for the beginning of time
Heinz R. Pagels. , Simon & Schuster Trade paperback ed.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
3rd Level QB981 .P35 2009
Finding the big bang
P. James E. Peebles, Lyman A. Page, Jr., and R. Bruce Partridge.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QB991.C64 P44 2009
Plastic fantastic : how the biggest fraud in physics shook the scientific world
Eugenie Samuel Reich. , 1st ed.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
3rd Level QC16.S26456 R45 2009
Earth's ionosphere : plasma physics and electrodynamics
Michael C. Kelley. , 2nd ed.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2009.
3rd Level QC809.P5 K45 2009
Tornado hunter : getting inside the most violent storms on Earth
Stefan Bechtel with Tim Samaras ; foreword by Greg Forbes.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
3rd Level QC955.5.U6 B427 2009
Big thaw : travels in the melting north
Ed Struzik ; foreword by Gerald Butts.
Mississauga, Ont. : John Wiley & Sons Canada, c2009.
3rd Level QC994.8 .S77 2009
History of the study of landforms; or, The development of geomorphology
Richard J. Chorley, Antony J. Dunn [and] Robert P. Beckinsale.
[London] Methuen; [New York] Wiley <1964->
Storage
QE505 .C45
Darwin's lost world : the hidden history of animal life
Martin Brasier.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QE653 .B736 2009
Paradise found : nature in America at the time of discovery
Steve Nicholls.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
3rd Level QH102 .N53 2009
Keck Futures Initiative. Conference (2008 : Irvine, Calif.) Complex systems : task group summaries ; Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 13-15, 2008
The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
3rd Level QH324.2 .N383x 2008
Descended from Darwin : insights into the history of evolutionary studies, 1900-1970
Joe Cain and Michael Ruse, editors.
Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 2009.
3rd Level QH361 .D47 2009
Cambridge companion to the "Origin of species"
edited by Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QH365.O8 R865 2009
Insect biodiversity : science and society edited by Robert G. Foottit and Peter H. Adler. Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
3rd Level QL463 .I65 2009
Extinction in our times : global amphibian decline
James P. Collins, Martha L. Crump.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QL644.7 .C65 2009
Birdsong by the seasons : a year of listening to birds
Donald Kroodsma ; drawings by Nancy Haver.
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
3rd Level QL698.5 .K757 2009
Sexual coercion in primates and humans : an evolutionary perspective on male aggression against females
edited by Martin N. Muller, Richard W. Wrangham.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
3rd Level QL737.P9 S442 2009
Genial gene : deconstructing Darwinian selfishness
Joan Roughgarden.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
3rd Level QL761 .R68 2009
Nutrients and epigenetics / [edited by] Sang-Woon Choi, Simonetta Friso.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
3rd Level QP144.G45 .N876 2009
Alien ocean : anthropological voyages in microbial seas
Stefan Helmreich.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
3rd Level QR106 .H45 2009
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Study Finds High Turnover of Science Faculty
UPI (1/6) reports, "High turnover rates for science faculty at US colleges and universities undermine efforts to boost student retention levels," according to "a recent survey of the California State University system." The study "found nearly 40 percent of science [faculty] who specialize in education were seriously considering leaving their position." Nancy Pelaez, a Purdue University associate professor of biological sciences, noted that "more than half of [students] entering science majors at universities leave the sciences, and 90 percent of those students complain of ineffective teaching." Pelaez added, "The model of seeding university science departments with faculty who are trained in educational methodology and approaches shows promise for retaining more science majors and developing approaches to reform science education at the K-12 level."
Arizona's Imperial Valley News (1/5, Gardner) quoted Pelaez as saying that "the study highlights potential national trends." Pelaez explained, "There are likely similarities in the career dynamics for faculty with interests in education at institutions throughout the nation. ... Faculty members who specialize in science education are a growing number. Although science faculty with education specialty positions began before 1987, for the group in this study, more were hired after 2000 than in all previous years combined." The survey noted that "of those who are seriously considering leaving their position, however, only a few are considering leaving the field entirely." Further, "the survey suggests the satisfaction of these faculty members could improve with increased training opportunities, reduced professional isolation and improved academic infrastructure to support education research and professional activities."
Arizona's Imperial Valley News (1/5, Gardner) quoted Pelaez as saying that "the study highlights potential national trends." Pelaez explained, "There are likely similarities in the career dynamics for faculty with interests in education at institutions throughout the nation. ... Faculty members who specialize in science education are a growing number. Although science faculty with education specialty positions began before 1987, for the group in this study, more were hired after 2000 than in all previous years combined." The survey noted that "of those who are seriously considering leaving their position, however, only a few are considering leaving the field entirely." Further, "the survey suggests the satisfaction of these faculty members could improve with increased training opportunities, reduced professional isolation and improved academic infrastructure to support education research and professional activities."
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
New Books and DVDs in the Halle Library November 2008
Science educator's guide to laboratory assessment / by Rodney Doran ... [et al.]. , 2nd enl. ed.
Arlington, Va. : National Science Teachers Association, c2002.
3rd Level
Q181 .S3735 2002b
Roy, Kenneth Russell.
NSTA ready-reference guide to safer science / Kenneth Russell Roy.
Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, c2007.
3rd Level
Q182.3 .R69 2007
Handbook of college science teaching / Joel J. Mintzes and William H. Leonard, editors.
Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, c2006.
3rd Level
Q183.3.A1 H35 2006
Research on technology and the teaching and learning of mathematics. Volume 2, Cases and perspectives / edited by Glendon W. Blume and M. Kathleen Heid.
Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub. ; [Reston, VA] : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2008.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .C375 2008
Dahlke, Richard.
How to succeed in college mathematics : a guide for the college mathematics student / Richard M. Dahlke.
Plymouth, MI : BergWay Pub., c2008.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .D34 2008
Navigating through discrete mathematics in grades 6-12 / Eric W. Hart ... [et al.].
Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2008.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .N38 2007
Princeton companion to mathematics / editor, Timothy Gowers ; associate editors, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .P745 2008
Mathematical literacy : helping students make meaning in the middle grades / Denisse R. Thompson ... [et al.].
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2008.
3rd Level
QA13 .M15156 2008
Navigating through mathematical connections in grades 6-8 / David K. Pugalee ... [et al.] ; Susan N. Friel, grades 6-8 editor ; Peggy A. House, Navigations series editor.
Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2008.
3rd Level
QA13 .N384 2008
Lenchner, George.
Creative problem solving in school mathematics / George Lenchner. , 2nd ed. (Rev. and expanded)
Bellmore, NY : MOEMS, c2005.
3rd Level
QA63 .L46 2005
Golding, David
Beginning CakePHP : from Novice to Professional / David Golding.
Apress 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.73.P224 G65 2008
Rosenzweig, Benjamin.
Oracle PL/SQL by example / Benjamin Rosenzweig, Elena Silvestrova Rakhimov. , 4th ed.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.73.P258 R68 2009
Chandler, Heather Maxwell.
Game production handbook / by Heather Maxwell Chandler. , 2nd ed.
Hingham, Mass. : Infinity Science Press, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.C672 C446 2009
Schell, Jesse.
Art of game design : a book of lenses / Jesse Schell.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, c2008.
3rd Level
QA76.76.C672 S34 2008
Liberty, Jesse.
Programming .NET 3.5 / Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz. , 1st ed.
Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.76.M52 L53x 2008
Anderson, Fritz.
Xcode 3 unleashed / Fritz Anderson.
Indianapolis, Ind. : Sams, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.O63 A53155 2009
Marshall, David (David W.)
VMware ESX essentials in the virtual data center / David Marshall, Stephen S. Beaver, Jason W. McCarty.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.O63 M3647 2009
Petersen, Richard, 1949-
Ubuntu : the complete reference / Richard Petersen.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.O63 P52383 2009
Building embedded Linux systems / Karim Yaghmour ... [et al.]. , 2nd ed.
Farnham : O'Reilly, 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.76.O63 Y35 2008
Meglicki, Zdzislaw, 1953-
Quantum computing without magic : devices / Zdzislaw Meglicki.
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QA76.889 .M44 2008
Allen, Grant.
Beginning DB2 : from novice to professional / Grant Allen.
Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.9.D3 A45 2008
Copeland, Rick.
Essential SQLAlchemy / Rick Copeland.
Farnham : O'Reilly, 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.9.W43 C67 2008
Behrends, Ehrhard, 1946-
Five-minute mathematics / Ehrhard Behrends ; translated by David Kramer.
Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2008.
3rd Level
QA93 .B4413 2008
Gardner, Martin, 1914-
Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma cube : Martin Gardner's mathematical diversions / Martin Gardner.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QA95 .G2975 2008
Copley, Juanita V., 1951-
Young child and mathematics / Juanita V. Copley.
Washington, D.C. : National Association for the Education of Young Children ; Reston, Va. : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2000.
3rd Level
QA135.5 .C576 2000
Mirra, Amy.
Focus in grades 3-5 : teaching with curriculum focal points / Amy Mirra.
Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2008.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .M565 2008
Picone-Zocchia, Joanne.
Supporting mathematical learning : effective instruction, assessment, and student activities / Joanne Picone-Zocchia, Giselle O. Martin-Kniep. , 1st ed.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .P536 2008
Tate, Marcia L.
Mathematics worksheets don't grow dendrites : 20 numeracy strategies that engage the brain, PreK-8 / Marcia L. Tate.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .T34 2009
Goldreich, Oded.
Computational complexity : a conceptual perspective / Oded Goldreich.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QA267.7 .G65 2008
Handbook of probability : theory and applications / Tamás Rudas, editor.
Los Angeles : Sage Publications, c2008.
3rd Level
QA273 .H3546 2008
Kiemele, Mark Jay, 1947-
Basic statistics : tools for continuous improvement / Mark. J. Kiemele, Stephen R. Schmidt, Ronald J. Berdine. , 4th ed.
Colorado Springs, Colo. : Air Academy Press, c1997.
3rd Level
QA276.12 .K54 1997
Schmidt, Stephen R.
Understanding industrial designed experiments / Stephen R. Schmidt, Robert G. Launsby ; edited by Mark J. Kiemele. , 4th ed.
Colorado Springs, Colo. : Air Academy Press, c1998.
3rd Level
QA279 .S36 1998
Krantz, Steven G. (Steven George), 1951-
Guide to complex variables / Steven G. Krantz.
[Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2008.
3rd Level
QA331.7 .K743 2008
Grafakos, Loukas.
Classical Fourier analysis / by Loukas Grafakos. , 2nd ed.
New York ; London : Springer, 2008.
3rd Level
QA403.5 G73 2008
Crowe, Michael J.
Extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915 : a source book / edited with commentary by Michael J. Crowe.
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame, c2008.
3rd Level
QB54 .C764 2008
Nolan, Kevin.
Mars : a cosmic stepping stone : uncovering humanity's cosmic context / Kevin Nolan.
New York : Copernicus Books ; [Chichester, UK] : In association with Praxis Pub., 2008.
3rd Level
QB54 .N65 2008
Coustenis, Athena.
Titan : exploring an the earthlike world / Athena Coustenis & Fredric W. Taylor. , 2nd ed.
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2008.
3rd Level
QB405 .C68 2008
Vogt, Gregory L.
Landscapes of Mars : a visual tour / Gregory L. Vogt.
New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media LLC, 2008.
3rd Level
QB641 .V59 2008
Barrow, John D., 1952-
Cosmic imagery : key images in the history of science / John D. Barrow. , 1st Amer. ed.
New York : W.W. Norton, 2008.
3rd Level
QB981 .B2797 2008
Duncan, Todd.
Your cosmic context : an introduction to modern cosmology / Todd Duncan, Craig Tyler.
San Francisco : Pearson Addison Wesley, c2009.
3rd Level
QB981 .D886 2009
Uzan, Jean-Philippe.
Natural laws of the universe : understanding fundamental constants / Jean-Philippe Uzan, Bénédicte Leclercq.
Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Published in association with Praxis, c2008.
3rd Level
QB981 .U93 2008
Kelvin : life, labours and legacy / edited by Raymond Flood, Mark McCartney, and Andrew Whitaker.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QC16.K3 K35 2008
Leane, Elizabeth.
Reading popular physics : disciplinary skirmishes and textual strategies / Elizabeth Leane.
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
3rd Level
QC24.5 .L43 2007
Grimvall, Göran.
Brainteaser physics : challenging physics puzzlers / Göran Grimvall.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
3rd Level
QC75 .G75 2007
Anastopoulos, Charis, 1971-
Particle or wave : the evolution of the concept of matter in modern physics / Charis Anastopoulos.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QC171.2 .A53 2008
Boeyens, J. C. A. (Jan C. A.)
Number theory and the periodicity of matter / Jan C. A. Boeyens, Demetrius C. Levendis.
[Dordrecht] : Springer, c2008.
3rd Level
QC173.4.A87 B64 2008
Global outlook for ice & snow / [editor, Joan Eamer ; maps and graphics, Hugo Ahlenius; authors, Pål Prestrud ... et al.].
Nairobi, Kenya : Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), United Nations Environmental Programme, c2007.
3rd Level
QC926.32 .G59 2007
Global outlook for ice & snow / [editor, Joan Eamer ; maps and graphics, Hugo Ahlenius; authors, Pål Prestrud ... et al.].
Nairobi, Kenya : Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), United Nations Environmental Programme, c2007.
3rd Level
QC926.32 .G59 2007
Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on Climate Change.
Confronting climate change : a strategy for U.S. foreign policy : report of an independent task force.
New York : Council on Foreign Relations, c2008.
3rd Level
QC981.8.C5 C763 2008
Bowen, Mark (Mark Stander)
Censoring science : inside the political attack on Dr. James Hansen and the truth of global warming / Mark Bowen.
New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2008.
3rd Level
QC981.8.G56 B69 2008
Write like a chemist : a guide and resource / Marin S. Robinson ... [et al.].
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QD9.15 .W75 2008
Active learning : models from the analytical sciences / Patricia Ann Mabrouk, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Divisions of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Education.
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [New York] : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007.
3rd Level
QD40 .A28 2007
Haaland, Arne.
Molecules and models : the molecular structures of main group element compounds / Arne Haaland.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QD461 .H15 2008
Hamblin, W. Kenneth (William Kenneth), 1928-
Anatomy of the Grand Canyon : panoramas of the canyon's geology / W. Kenneth Hamblin ; illustrations by Bronze Black. , 1st ed.
Grand Canyon, Ariz. : Grand Canyon Association, 2008.
3rd Level
QE86.G73 H36 2008
MacDonald, Christine C.
Green, Inc. : an environmental insider reveals how a good cause has gone bad / Christine MacDonald.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QH76 .M33 2008
Miller, Seumas.
Ethical and philosophical consideration of the dual-use dilemma in the biological sciences / Seumas Miller, Michael J. Selgelid.
[New York] : Springer, c2008.
3rd Level
QH315 .M651 2008
Reddy, K. R. (K. Ramesh)
Biogeochemistry of wetlands : science and applications / K. Ramesh Reddy and Ronald D. DeLaune.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QH344 .R43 2008
Ending the Mendel-Fisher controversy / Allan Franklin ... [et al.].
Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QH428 .E53 2008
Manual of grasses for North America / edited by Mary E. Barkworth ... [et al.] ; illustrated by Cindy Talbot Roché ... [et al.].
Logan, Utah : Intermountain Herbarium and Utah State University Press, c2007.
3rd Level
QK495.G74 M23 2007
Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995.
Golden bats and pink pigeons / Gerald Durrell ; [foreword by Michaela Strachan].
London : House of Stratus, 2003.
3rd Level
QL337.M37 D87 2003
Diogo, Rui.
Origin of higher clades : osteology, myology, phylogeny and evolution of bony fishes and the rise of tetrapods / Rui Diogo.
Enfield, N.H. : Science Pub., 2008.
3rd Level
QL618.2 .D56 2008
Ellis, Richard, 1938-
Tuna : a love story / Richard Ellis. , 1st ed.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
3rd Level
QL638.S35 E45 2008
Wheye, Darryl.
Humans, nature, and birds : science art from cave walls to computer screens / Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy ; foreword by Paul R. Ehrlich.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QL673 .W48 2008
Dudzinski, Kathleen.
Dolphin mysteries : unlocking the secrets of communication / Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Toni Frohoff ; illustrations by John Norton ; photography by John Anderson.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QL737.C432 D836 2008
Bonobos : behavior, ecology, and conservation / edited by Takeshi Furuichi and Jo Thompson.
New York : Springer, c2008.
3rd Level
QL737.P96 B62 2008
Payne, Junaidi.
Orangutans : behavior, ecology, and conservation / Junaidi Payne and Cede Prudente.
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QL737.P96 P394 2008
Steiner, Gary, 1956-
Animals and the moral community : mental life, moral status, and kinship / Gary Steiner.
New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QL785.25 .S74 2008
Berger, Joel.
Better to eat you with : fear in the animal world / Joel Berger.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QL785.27 .B47 2008
Tortora, Gerard J.
Principles of human anatomy / Gerard J. Tortora. , 8th ed.
Menlo Park, Calif. : Benjamin Cummings Pub., c1999.
3rd Level
QM23.2 .T67 1999
Brief atlas of the human body / Matt Hutchinson ... [et al.] ; photographs by Ralph T. Hutchings and Nina Zanetti. , 2nd ed.
San Francisco : Pearson Benjamin Cummings, c2007.
3rd Level
QM25 .H88 2007
Weill, Cheryl L.
Nature's choice : what science reveals about the biological origins of sexual orientation / Cheryl L. Weill.
New York : Routledge, 2009.
3rd Level
QP81.6 .W45 2009
Berns, Gregory.
Iconoclast : a neuroscientist reveals how to think differently / Gregory Berns.
Boston : Harvard Business Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QP360 .B52 2008
Hammes, Gordon G., 1934-
Physical chemistry for the biological sciences / Gordon G. Hammes.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2007.
3rd Level
QP517.P49 H348 2007
Singleton, Paul.
Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology / Paul Singleton, Diana Sainsbury. , 3rd ed. rev.
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2006.
3rd Level
QR9 .S56 2006
Inner history of devices / edited and with an introduction by Sherry Turkle.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
3rd Level
T14.5 .I5643 2008
Redman, Thomas C.
Data driven : profiting from your most important business asset / Thomas C. Redman.
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, c2008.
3rd Level
T58.64 .R43 2008
Learning to teach design and technology in the secondary school : a companion to school experience / edited by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson. , 2nd ed.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
3rd Level
T65 .L43 2008
Möller, Tomas, 1971-
Real-time rendering / Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman. , 3rd ed.
Wellesley, Mass. : A.K. Peters, c2008.
3rd Level
T385 .M635 2008
Enelow, Wendy S.
Expert resumes for engineers / Wendy S. Enelow and Louise M. Kursmark. , 2nd ed.
Indianapolis, IN : JIST Pub., c2009.
3rd Level
TA157 .E525 2009
Modeling of asphalt concrete / Y. Richard Kim, editor.
Reston, VA : ASCE Press ; New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
3rd Level
TA443.A7 M63 2009
Revie, R. Winston (Robert Winston), 1944-
Corrosion and corrosion control : an introduction to corrosion science and engineering / R. Winston Revie, Herbert H. Uhlig. , 4th ed.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2008.
3rd Level
TA462 .R425 2008
Investment in reducing combined sewer overflows pays dividends / SEMCOG.
Detroit, MI : SEMCOG, c2008.
3rd Level
TD662 .I58x 2008
Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961-
Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century / Karin Bijsterveld.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
3rd Level
TD892 .B548 2008
Yudelson, Jerry.
Green building A to Z : understanding the language of green building / Jerry Yudelson ; foreword by Kevin Hydes.
Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2007.
3rd Level
TH880 .Y633 2007
Residential & light commercial construction standards. , 3rd ed., updated.
Kingston, MA : RS Means, c2008.
3rd Level
TH4815.5 .R47 2008
Otter, Chris.
Victorian eye : a political history of light and vision in Britain, 1800-1910 / Chris Otter.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
3rd Level
TH7703 .O88 2008
Arlington, Va. : National Science Teachers Association, c2002.
3rd Level
Q181 .S3735 2002b
Roy, Kenneth Russell.
NSTA ready-reference guide to safer science / Kenneth Russell Roy.
Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, c2007.
3rd Level
Q182.3 .R69 2007
Handbook of college science teaching / Joel J. Mintzes and William H. Leonard, editors.
Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, c2006.
3rd Level
Q183.3.A1 H35 2006
Research on technology and the teaching and learning of mathematics. Volume 2, Cases and perspectives / edited by Glendon W. Blume and M. Kathleen Heid.
Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub. ; [Reston, VA] : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2008.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .C375 2008
Dahlke, Richard.
How to succeed in college mathematics : a guide for the college mathematics student / Richard M. Dahlke.
Plymouth, MI : BergWay Pub., c2008.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .D34 2008
Navigating through discrete mathematics in grades 6-12 / Eric W. Hart ... [et al.].
Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2008.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .N38 2007
Princeton companion to mathematics / editor, Timothy Gowers ; associate editors, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QA11.2 .P745 2008
Mathematical literacy : helping students make meaning in the middle grades / Denisse R. Thompson ... [et al.].
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2008.
3rd Level
QA13 .M15156 2008
Navigating through mathematical connections in grades 6-8 / David K. Pugalee ... [et al.] ; Susan N. Friel, grades 6-8 editor ; Peggy A. House, Navigations series editor.
Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2008.
3rd Level
QA13 .N384 2008
Lenchner, George.
Creative problem solving in school mathematics / George Lenchner. , 2nd ed. (Rev. and expanded)
Bellmore, NY : MOEMS, c2005.
3rd Level
QA63 .L46 2005
Golding, David
Beginning CakePHP : from Novice to Professional / David Golding.
Apress 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.73.P224 G65 2008
Rosenzweig, Benjamin.
Oracle PL/SQL by example / Benjamin Rosenzweig, Elena Silvestrova Rakhimov. , 4th ed.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.73.P258 R68 2009
Chandler, Heather Maxwell.
Game production handbook / by Heather Maxwell Chandler. , 2nd ed.
Hingham, Mass. : Infinity Science Press, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.C672 C446 2009
Schell, Jesse.
Art of game design : a book of lenses / Jesse Schell.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, c2008.
3rd Level
QA76.76.C672 S34 2008
Liberty, Jesse.
Programming .NET 3.5 / Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz. , 1st ed.
Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.76.M52 L53x 2008
Anderson, Fritz.
Xcode 3 unleashed / Fritz Anderson.
Indianapolis, Ind. : Sams, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.O63 A53155 2009
Marshall, David (David W.)
VMware ESX essentials in the virtual data center / David Marshall, Stephen S. Beaver, Jason W. McCarty.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.O63 M3647 2009
Petersen, Richard, 1949-
Ubuntu : the complete reference / Richard Petersen.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
3rd Level
QA76.76.O63 P52383 2009
Building embedded Linux systems / Karim Yaghmour ... [et al.]. , 2nd ed.
Farnham : O'Reilly, 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.76.O63 Y35 2008
Meglicki, Zdzislaw, 1953-
Quantum computing without magic : devices / Zdzislaw Meglicki.
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QA76.889 .M44 2008
Allen, Grant.
Beginning DB2 : from novice to professional / Grant Allen.
Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.9.D3 A45 2008
Copeland, Rick.
Essential SQLAlchemy / Rick Copeland.
Farnham : O'Reilly, 2008.
3rd Level
QA76.9.W43 C67 2008
Behrends, Ehrhard, 1946-
Five-minute mathematics / Ehrhard Behrends ; translated by David Kramer.
Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2008.
3rd Level
QA93 .B4413 2008
Gardner, Martin, 1914-
Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma cube : Martin Gardner's mathematical diversions / Martin Gardner.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QA95 .G2975 2008
Copley, Juanita V., 1951-
Young child and mathematics / Juanita V. Copley.
Washington, D.C. : National Association for the Education of Young Children ; Reston, Va. : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2000.
3rd Level
QA135.5 .C576 2000
Mirra, Amy.
Focus in grades 3-5 : teaching with curriculum focal points / Amy Mirra.
Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2008.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .M565 2008
Picone-Zocchia, Joanne.
Supporting mathematical learning : effective instruction, assessment, and student activities / Joanne Picone-Zocchia, Giselle O. Martin-Kniep. , 1st ed.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .P536 2008
Tate, Marcia L.
Mathematics worksheets don't grow dendrites : 20 numeracy strategies that engage the brain, PreK-8 / Marcia L. Tate.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
3rd Level
QA135.6 .T34 2009
Goldreich, Oded.
Computational complexity : a conceptual perspective / Oded Goldreich.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QA267.7 .G65 2008
Handbook of probability : theory and applications / Tamás Rudas, editor.
Los Angeles : Sage Publications, c2008.
3rd Level
QA273 .H3546 2008
Kiemele, Mark Jay, 1947-
Basic statistics : tools for continuous improvement / Mark. J. Kiemele, Stephen R. Schmidt, Ronald J. Berdine. , 4th ed.
Colorado Springs, Colo. : Air Academy Press, c1997.
3rd Level
QA276.12 .K54 1997
Schmidt, Stephen R.
Understanding industrial designed experiments / Stephen R. Schmidt, Robert G. Launsby ; edited by Mark J. Kiemele. , 4th ed.
Colorado Springs, Colo. : Air Academy Press, c1998.
3rd Level
QA279 .S36 1998
Krantz, Steven G. (Steven George), 1951-
Guide to complex variables / Steven G. Krantz.
[Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2008.
3rd Level
QA331.7 .K743 2008
Grafakos, Loukas.
Classical Fourier analysis / by Loukas Grafakos. , 2nd ed.
New York ; London : Springer, 2008.
3rd Level
QA403.5 G73 2008
Crowe, Michael J.
Extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915 : a source book / edited with commentary by Michael J. Crowe.
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame, c2008.
3rd Level
QB54 .C764 2008
Nolan, Kevin.
Mars : a cosmic stepping stone : uncovering humanity's cosmic context / Kevin Nolan.
New York : Copernicus Books ; [Chichester, UK] : In association with Praxis Pub., 2008.
3rd Level
QB54 .N65 2008
Coustenis, Athena.
Titan : exploring an the earthlike world / Athena Coustenis & Fredric W. Taylor. , 2nd ed.
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2008.
3rd Level
QB405 .C68 2008
Vogt, Gregory L.
Landscapes of Mars : a visual tour / Gregory L. Vogt.
New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media LLC, 2008.
3rd Level
QB641 .V59 2008
Barrow, John D., 1952-
Cosmic imagery : key images in the history of science / John D. Barrow. , 1st Amer. ed.
New York : W.W. Norton, 2008.
3rd Level
QB981 .B2797 2008
Duncan, Todd.
Your cosmic context : an introduction to modern cosmology / Todd Duncan, Craig Tyler.
San Francisco : Pearson Addison Wesley, c2009.
3rd Level
QB981 .D886 2009
Uzan, Jean-Philippe.
Natural laws of the universe : understanding fundamental constants / Jean-Philippe Uzan, Bénédicte Leclercq.
Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Published in association with Praxis, c2008.
3rd Level
QB981 .U93 2008
Kelvin : life, labours and legacy / edited by Raymond Flood, Mark McCartney, and Andrew Whitaker.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QC16.K3 K35 2008
Leane, Elizabeth.
Reading popular physics : disciplinary skirmishes and textual strategies / Elizabeth Leane.
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
3rd Level
QC24.5 .L43 2007
Grimvall, Göran.
Brainteaser physics : challenging physics puzzlers / Göran Grimvall.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
3rd Level
QC75 .G75 2007
Anastopoulos, Charis, 1971-
Particle or wave : the evolution of the concept of matter in modern physics / Charis Anastopoulos.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QC171.2 .A53 2008
Boeyens, J. C. A. (Jan C. A.)
Number theory and the periodicity of matter / Jan C. A. Boeyens, Demetrius C. Levendis.
[Dordrecht] : Springer, c2008.
3rd Level
QC173.4.A87 B64 2008
Global outlook for ice & snow / [editor, Joan Eamer ; maps and graphics, Hugo Ahlenius; authors, Pål Prestrud ... et al.].
Nairobi, Kenya : Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), United Nations Environmental Programme, c2007.
3rd Level
QC926.32 .G59 2007
Global outlook for ice & snow / [editor, Joan Eamer ; maps and graphics, Hugo Ahlenius; authors, Pål Prestrud ... et al.].
Nairobi, Kenya : Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), United Nations Environmental Programme, c2007.
3rd Level
QC926.32 .G59 2007
Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on Climate Change.
Confronting climate change : a strategy for U.S. foreign policy : report of an independent task force.
New York : Council on Foreign Relations, c2008.
3rd Level
QC981.8.C5 C763 2008
Bowen, Mark (Mark Stander)
Censoring science : inside the political attack on Dr. James Hansen and the truth of global warming / Mark Bowen.
New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2008.
3rd Level
QC981.8.G56 B69 2008
Write like a chemist : a guide and resource / Marin S. Robinson ... [et al.].
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QD9.15 .W75 2008
Active learning : models from the analytical sciences / Patricia Ann Mabrouk, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Divisions of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Education.
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [New York] : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007.
3rd Level
QD40 .A28 2007
Haaland, Arne.
Molecules and models : the molecular structures of main group element compounds / Arne Haaland.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QD461 .H15 2008
Hamblin, W. Kenneth (William Kenneth), 1928-
Anatomy of the Grand Canyon : panoramas of the canyon's geology / W. Kenneth Hamblin ; illustrations by Bronze Black. , 1st ed.
Grand Canyon, Ariz. : Grand Canyon Association, 2008.
3rd Level
QE86.G73 H36 2008
MacDonald, Christine C.
Green, Inc. : an environmental insider reveals how a good cause has gone bad / Christine MacDonald.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QH76 .M33 2008
Miller, Seumas.
Ethical and philosophical consideration of the dual-use dilemma in the biological sciences / Seumas Miller, Michael J. Selgelid.
[New York] : Springer, c2008.
3rd Level
QH315 .M651 2008
Reddy, K. R. (K. Ramesh)
Biogeochemistry of wetlands : science and applications / K. Ramesh Reddy and Ronald D. DeLaune.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QH344 .R43 2008
Ending the Mendel-Fisher controversy / Allan Franklin ... [et al.].
Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QH428 .E53 2008
Manual of grasses for North America / edited by Mary E. Barkworth ... [et al.] ; illustrated by Cindy Talbot Roché ... [et al.].
Logan, Utah : Intermountain Herbarium and Utah State University Press, c2007.
3rd Level
QK495.G74 M23 2007
Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995.
Golden bats and pink pigeons / Gerald Durrell ; [foreword by Michaela Strachan].
London : House of Stratus, 2003.
3rd Level
QL337.M37 D87 2003
Diogo, Rui.
Origin of higher clades : osteology, myology, phylogeny and evolution of bony fishes and the rise of tetrapods / Rui Diogo.
Enfield, N.H. : Science Pub., 2008.
3rd Level
QL618.2 .D56 2008
Ellis, Richard, 1938-
Tuna : a love story / Richard Ellis. , 1st ed.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
3rd Level
QL638.S35 E45 2008
Wheye, Darryl.
Humans, nature, and birds : science art from cave walls to computer screens / Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy ; foreword by Paul R. Ehrlich.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QL673 .W48 2008
Dudzinski, Kathleen.
Dolphin mysteries : unlocking the secrets of communication / Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Toni Frohoff ; illustrations by John Norton ; photography by John Anderson.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QL737.C432 D836 2008
Bonobos : behavior, ecology, and conservation / edited by Takeshi Furuichi and Jo Thompson.
New York : Springer, c2008.
3rd Level
QL737.P96 B62 2008
Payne, Junaidi.
Orangutans : behavior, ecology, and conservation / Junaidi Payne and Cede Prudente.
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QL737.P96 P394 2008
Steiner, Gary, 1956-
Animals and the moral community : mental life, moral status, and kinship / Gary Steiner.
New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QL785.25 .S74 2008
Berger, Joel.
Better to eat you with : fear in the animal world / Joel Berger.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
3rd Level
QL785.27 .B47 2008
Tortora, Gerard J.
Principles of human anatomy / Gerard J. Tortora. , 8th ed.
Menlo Park, Calif. : Benjamin Cummings Pub., c1999.
3rd Level
QM23.2 .T67 1999
Brief atlas of the human body / Matt Hutchinson ... [et al.] ; photographs by Ralph T. Hutchings and Nina Zanetti. , 2nd ed.
San Francisco : Pearson Benjamin Cummings, c2007.
3rd Level
QM25 .H88 2007
Weill, Cheryl L.
Nature's choice : what science reveals about the biological origins of sexual orientation / Cheryl L. Weill.
New York : Routledge, 2009.
3rd Level
QP81.6 .W45 2009
Berns, Gregory.
Iconoclast : a neuroscientist reveals how to think differently / Gregory Berns.
Boston : Harvard Business Press, c2008.
3rd Level
QP360 .B52 2008
Hammes, Gordon G., 1934-
Physical chemistry for the biological sciences / Gordon G. Hammes.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2007.
3rd Level
QP517.P49 H348 2007
Singleton, Paul.
Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology / Paul Singleton, Diana Sainsbury. , 3rd ed. rev.
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2006.
3rd Level
QR9 .S56 2006
Inner history of devices / edited and with an introduction by Sherry Turkle.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
3rd Level
T14.5 .I5643 2008
Redman, Thomas C.
Data driven : profiting from your most important business asset / Thomas C. Redman.
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, c2008.
3rd Level
T58.64 .R43 2008
Learning to teach design and technology in the secondary school : a companion to school experience / edited by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson. , 2nd ed.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
3rd Level
T65 .L43 2008
Möller, Tomas, 1971-
Real-time rendering / Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman. , 3rd ed.
Wellesley, Mass. : A.K. Peters, c2008.
3rd Level
T385 .M635 2008
Enelow, Wendy S.
Expert resumes for engineers / Wendy S. Enelow and Louise M. Kursmark. , 2nd ed.
Indianapolis, IN : JIST Pub., c2009.
3rd Level
TA157 .E525 2009
Modeling of asphalt concrete / Y. Richard Kim, editor.
Reston, VA : ASCE Press ; New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
3rd Level
TA443.A7 M63 2009
Revie, R. Winston (Robert Winston), 1944-
Corrosion and corrosion control : an introduction to corrosion science and engineering / R. Winston Revie, Herbert H. Uhlig. , 4th ed.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2008.
3rd Level
TA462 .R425 2008
Investment in reducing combined sewer overflows pays dividends / SEMCOG.
Detroit, MI : SEMCOG, c2008.
3rd Level
TD662 .I58x 2008
Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961-
Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century / Karin Bijsterveld.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
3rd Level
TD892 .B548 2008
Yudelson, Jerry.
Green building A to Z : understanding the language of green building / Jerry Yudelson ; foreword by Kevin Hydes.
Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2007.
3rd Level
TH880 .Y633 2007
Residential & light commercial construction standards. , 3rd ed., updated.
Kingston, MA : RS Means, c2008.
3rd Level
TH4815.5 .R47 2008
Otter, Chris.
Victorian eye : a political history of light and vision in Britain, 1800-1910 / Chris Otter.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
3rd Level
TH7703 .O88 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
eTBLAST -- New, Free Search Engine for Medline
eTBLAST is a unique search engine for searching biomedical literature.
It is very different from PubMed. While PubMed searches for "keywords", eTBLAST search engine lets you input an entire paragraph and returns MEDLINE abstracts that are similar to it.
This is something like PubMed's "Related Articles" feature, only better because it runs on your unique set of interests.
For example, input the abstract of an unpublished paper or a grant proposal into the search engine, and with the touch of a button you'll be able to find every abstract in MEDLINE dealing with your topic.
No more guessing whether your set of keywords has found all the right papers. No more sorting through hundreds of papers you don't care about.
When most people use PubMed to search MEDLINE they pick one or two keywords to describe their topic, then browse through a long list of results. When they find a paper that looks interesting they click on its "Related Articles", in hopes of finding more papers like that one. If they find another relevant paper, they explore it's related articles--and so on.
This process of culling long lists of documents by hand makes literature searching tedious and time consuming. eTBLAST makes it easier for you by providing better results the first time, and then allowing you to automatically combine the papers you care about for a second round.
The "Iterate" feature allows you to checkmark the abstracts you found interesting in the first round and combine them all to create a new query.
Results are sorted by relevance, while PubMed sorts by date.
You can save the time and effort of creating a complicated query.
You can iterate your search over several good papers to narrow your focus.
The full MEDLINE abstract is provided, and a link to the PubMed page.
You can send your results straight to your email.
http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/index.shtml
It is very different from PubMed. While PubMed searches for "keywords", eTBLAST search engine lets you input an entire paragraph and returns MEDLINE abstracts that are similar to it.
This is something like PubMed's "Related Articles" feature, only better because it runs on your unique set of interests.
For example, input the abstract of an unpublished paper or a grant proposal into the search engine, and with the touch of a button you'll be able to find every abstract in MEDLINE dealing with your topic.
No more guessing whether your set of keywords has found all the right papers. No more sorting through hundreds of papers you don't care about.
When most people use PubMed to search MEDLINE they pick one or two keywords to describe their topic, then browse through a long list of results. When they find a paper that looks interesting they click on its "Related Articles", in hopes of finding more papers like that one. If they find another relevant paper, they explore it's related articles--and so on.
This process of culling long lists of documents by hand makes literature searching tedious and time consuming. eTBLAST makes it easier for you by providing better results the first time, and then allowing you to automatically combine the papers you care about for a second round.
The "Iterate" feature allows you to checkmark the abstracts you found interesting in the first round and combine them all to create a new query.
Results are sorted by relevance, while PubMed sorts by date.
You can save the time and effort of creating a complicated query.
You can iterate your search over several good papers to narrow your focus.
The full MEDLINE abstract is provided, and a link to the PubMed page.
You can send your results straight to your email.
http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/index.shtml
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