The past week I've been enmeshed in writing the disaster policy manual for Chadwick Library. It has been a very time consuming process, but that's a post for another day. But, the importance of doing this has been underscored by the latest world event, that of the swine flu that has recently grabbed the attention of the world headlines.
While participating in the listserv for the disaster preparedness forum, there has been much discussion pertaining to the rapid response and appropriate forms of communicating about swine flu.
I came across this very interesting map that shows where outbreaks of diseases exist. Its creators are affliated with Harvard, but uses sources from various national (CDC) and world (WHO)agencies. It also adds in other data sources such as Google News, and ProMed to add to the comprehensive view of the current state of global infectious diseases.
HealthMap provides a jumping-off point for real-time information on emerging infectious diseases and has particular interest for public health officials and international travelers.
Take a look:
http://www.healthmap.org/en
Also interesting is the "Twitter" posts. Check them out at the top of the page.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Business Website
Business Daily
http://businessdaily.com/
One of the largest international news sites on the Internet.
http://businessdaily.com/
One of the largest international news sites on the Internet.
Nursing and Health Websites--March
Recommended health and nursing websites from the March issue of Choice Reviews:
American Association of the History of Nursing
http://www.aahn.org/position.html
Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/
Genes and Disease
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/
Smoking and Health Resource Library
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/shrl/QuickSearch.aspx
American Association of the History of Nursing
http://www.aahn.org/position.html
Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/
Genes and Disease
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/
Smoking and Health Resource Library
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/shrl/QuickSearch.aspx
Science Websites of Interest
Recommended Internet Resources from Choice Reviews (March)
Plant Evolution Timeline
http://www.ensemble.ac.uk/projects/plantsci/timeline/
The Chemistry of Amino Acids
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/problem_sets/aa/aa.html
Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
http://www.feow.org/
Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/
Plant Evolution Timeline
http://www.ensemble.ac.uk/projects/plantsci/timeline/
The Chemistry of Amino Acids
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/problem_sets/aa/aa.html
Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
http://www.feow.org/
Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/
Online Resources for Writers
UChannel
As I was perusing the latest issue of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, the following website caught my eye and I wanted to share it with all of you. It's call UChannel and is academically oriented, offering, "lectures, open panel discussions, and presentations by experts from universities the world over--all touching on some aspect of public or international affairs." Lectures can be streamlined for immediate use or downloaded for later use. Permission is granted to the user to add these lectures to their course guides, sites or computer. It's even possible (in many instances) to download in MP3 format. Podcast and RSS subscription feeds are available. All UChannel participating universities are responsible for content. It received a highly recommended rating from Choice.
Here's the URL if you want to check it out:
http://uc.princeton.edu/main/
Here's the URL if you want to check it out:
http://uc.princeton.edu/main/
Monday, March 23, 2009
February Aquisitions List
ACQUISITIONS LIST
Chadwick Library
Iowa Wesleyan College
February 2009
*---Gifts
#---Free Gov’t Doc.
Reference, Index, Etc.
Education index. H.W. Wilson, 2008. (Index Z5813.E23 v. 58)
The Americana annual. Grolier, 2008. (Ref AE5. E335 2008)
The world almanac and book of facts. World Almanac Books, 2009. (Ref AY67.N5 W7 2009)
Current biography yearbook. H.W. Wilson, 2008. (Ref CT100.C8 2008)
Statistical yearbook. United Nations, 2007. (Ref HA12.5.U63 2006)
Statistical abstract of the United States: 2009. U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2008. (Ref HA202.U5 2009)
Gottlieb, Richard (ed.). Sports market place directory 2008. Grey House Publishing, 2008. (Ref HD9992.U5 S667 2008)
The statesman’s yearbook: the politics, cultures and economies of the world. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. (Ref JA51.S7 2009)
The United States government manual 2008/2009. Office of the Federal Register, 2008. (Ref JK421.A3 2008-2009)
Federal criminal code and rules. Thomson West, 2008. (Ref KF9607.52.U55 2008)
Patterson’s American education. Educational Directories, 2009. (Ref L901.P3 2009)
Requirements for certification of teachers, counselors, librarians, administrators for elementary and secondary schools. University of Chicago Press, 2008. (Ref LB1771.W8 2008-2009)
Medical school admission requirements. Association of American Medical Colleges, 2008. (Ref R745.A8 2009-2010)
* Consumer Reports buying guide. Consumers Union, 2009. (Ref TX335.A1 B7 2009)
General Interest
* State of the world 2008. W.W. Norton, 2008. (HC59.B766 2008)
* State of the world 2009. W.W. Norton, 2009. (HC59.B766 2009)
Psychology
Ruscio, John. Critical thinking in psychology: separating sense from nonsense. Wadsworth, 2006. (BF77.R87 2006)
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: the story of success. Little, Brown and Company, 2008. (BF637.S8 G533 2008)
Sociology and Anthropology
Kolmar, Wendy K. Feminist theory: a reader. McGraw-Hill, 2005. (HQ1190.F4633 2005)
Warhol, Robyn R. Feminisms: an anthology of literary theory and criticism. Rutgers University Press, 1997. (PN98.W64 F366 1997)
Art
La Grange, Ashley. Basic critical theory for photographers. Focal Press, 2005. (TR187.L34 2005)
Barrett, Terry. Criticizing photographs: an introduction to understanding images. McGraw Hill, 2006. (TR642. B365 2006)
Szarkowski, John. The photographer’s eye. Museum of Modern Art, 2007. (TR650.S92 2007)
Business Administration
Greenspan, Alan. The age of turbulence: adventures in a new world. Penguin, 2008. (HB119.G74 A3 2008)
Accounting and Economics
Occupational outlook handbook 2008-2009. U.S. Department of Labor, 2008. (HF5382.U5 2008-2009)
Harold, Christine. OurSpace: resisting the corporate control of culture. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. (P301.5.P67 H37 2007)
Communication
Carey, James W. Communication as culture: essays on media and society. Routledge, 2009. (P94.6.C372 2009)
Curry, Jennifer. Representative American speeches 2006-2007. H.W. Wilson, 2007. (PS668.B3 2006-2007)
Boucher, Brian. Representative American speeches 2007-2008. H.W. Wilson, 2008. (PS668.B3 2007-2008)
English and Literature
Weaver, Jace. American Indian literary nationalism. University of New Mexico Press, 2006. (PM157.W42 2006)
Scarry, Elaine. Dreaming by the book. Princeton University Press, 2001. (PN56.I45 S38 2001)
*Goscinny. Asterix at the Olympic games. Dargaud, 1972. (qPN6747.G6 A813 1972)
*Goscinny. Asterix in Spain. Dargaud, 1971. (qPN6747.G6 A8313 1971)
*Goscinny. Asterix the gladiator. Dargaud, 1969. (qPN6747.G6 A9413 1969)
Lyrical Iowa. Iowa Poetry Association, 2008. (PS571.I8 I58 2008)
Beidler, Peter G. A reader’s guide to the novels of Louise Erdrich. University of Missouri Press, 2006. (PS3555.R42 Z59 2006)
Silko, Leslie Marmon. Yellow woman. Rutgers University Press, 1993. (PS3569.I44 Y4 1993)
Mathematics and Computer Science
Cormen, Thomas H. Introduction to algorithms (book and CD ROM). MIT Press, 2001. (QA76.6.C662 2001)
Lippman, Stanley B. C++ primer. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005. (QA76.73.C153 L57697 2005)
Meyers, Scott. Effective STL: 50 specific ways to improve your use of the standard template library. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2001. (QA76.73.C153 M49 2001)
McConnell, Steve. Code complete. Microsoft Press, 2004. (QA76.76.D47 M39 2004)
Anderson, Ross J. Security engineering: a guide to building dependable distributed systems. Wiley, 2008. (QA76.9.A25 A54 2008)
Schneier, Bruce. Applied cryptography: protocols, algorithms, and source code in C. Wiley, 1996. (QA76.9.A25S35 1996)
Stamp, Mark. Information security: principles and practice. Wiley-Interscience, 2006. (QA76.9.A25 S69 2006)
Tidwell, Jenifer. Designing interfaces. O’Reilly Media, 2006. (QA76.9.U83 T55 2006)
Pickover, Clifford A. The Zen of magic- squares, circles, and stars: an exhibition of surprising structures across dimensions. Princeton University Press, 2003. (QA165.P53 2003)
Krug, Steve. Don’t make me think!: a common sense approach to web usability. New Riders Press, 2006. (TK5105.888.K78 2006)
Religion and Philosophy
Kahn, Paul W. Out of Eden: Adam and Eve and the problem of evil. Princeton University Press, 2007. (BJ1401.K34 2007)
Barber, Elizabeth Wayland. When they severed earth from sky: how the human mind shapes myth. Princeton University Press, 2006. (BL312.B37 2006)
Lopez, Donald S. Religions of Asia in practice: an anthology. Princeton University Press, 2002. (BL1015.R45 2002)
Science—Chemistry
Emsley, John. Nature’s building blocks: an A-Z guide to the elements. Oxford University Press, 2003. (QD466.E52 2003)
Taraban, Roman. Creating effective undergraduate research programs in science: the transformation from student to scientist. Teachers College Press, 2008. (Q180.A1 C74 2008)
Youth Literature
Cobblestone: Get on the bus!: on the move for civil rights. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v. 29:4)
Cobblestone: Citizenship American-style. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:5)
Cobblestone: Office of the President. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:6)
Cobblestone: Hamilton vs. Jefferson: the rise of political parties. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v. 29:7)
Cobblestone: Lincoln: with malice toward none. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v. 29:8)
Cobblestone: Voices for peace. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:9)
Cobblestone: The West and the Civil War. Cobblestone Publishing, 2009. (Youth Lit MAG c63 v. 30:1)
Cobblestone: a fair to remember. Cobblestone Publishing, 2009. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v. 30:2)
Audio-Visual
Grant, Michael. Native Americans. Turner Home Entertainment, 1994. (A-V VHS E77.N34 1994 v. 1-6)
Ives, Stephen. The West. PBS, 2004. (A-V DVD F591.W44 2004)
Chadwick Library
Iowa Wesleyan College
February 2009
*---Gifts
#---Free Gov’t Doc.
Reference, Index, Etc.
Education index. H.W. Wilson, 2008. (Index Z5813.E23 v. 58)
The Americana annual. Grolier, 2008. (Ref AE5. E335 2008)
The world almanac and book of facts. World Almanac Books, 2009. (Ref AY67.N5 W7 2009)
Current biography yearbook. H.W. Wilson, 2008. (Ref CT100.C8 2008)
Statistical yearbook. United Nations, 2007. (Ref HA12.5.U63 2006)
Statistical abstract of the United States: 2009. U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2008. (Ref HA202.U5 2009)
Gottlieb, Richard (ed.). Sports market place directory 2008. Grey House Publishing, 2008. (Ref HD9992.U5 S667 2008)
The statesman’s yearbook: the politics, cultures and economies of the world. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. (Ref JA51.S7 2009)
The United States government manual 2008/2009. Office of the Federal Register, 2008. (Ref JK421.A3 2008-2009)
Federal criminal code and rules. Thomson West, 2008. (Ref KF9607.52.U55 2008)
Patterson’s American education. Educational Directories, 2009. (Ref L901.P3 2009)
Requirements for certification of teachers, counselors, librarians, administrators for elementary and secondary schools. University of Chicago Press, 2008. (Ref LB1771.W8 2008-2009)
Medical school admission requirements. Association of American Medical Colleges, 2008. (Ref R745.A8 2009-2010)
* Consumer Reports buying guide. Consumers Union, 2009. (Ref TX335.A1 B7 2009)
General Interest
* State of the world 2008. W.W. Norton, 2008. (HC59.B766 2008)
* State of the world 2009. W.W. Norton, 2009. (HC59.B766 2009)
Psychology
Ruscio, John. Critical thinking in psychology: separating sense from nonsense. Wadsworth, 2006. (BF77.R87 2006)
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: the story of success. Little, Brown and Company, 2008. (BF637.S8 G533 2008)
Sociology and Anthropology
Kolmar, Wendy K. Feminist theory: a reader. McGraw-Hill, 2005. (HQ1190.F4633 2005)
Warhol, Robyn R. Feminisms: an anthology of literary theory and criticism. Rutgers University Press, 1997. (PN98.W64 F366 1997)
Art
La Grange, Ashley. Basic critical theory for photographers. Focal Press, 2005. (TR187.L34 2005)
Barrett, Terry. Criticizing photographs: an introduction to understanding images. McGraw Hill, 2006. (TR642. B365 2006)
Szarkowski, John. The photographer’s eye. Museum of Modern Art, 2007. (TR650.S92 2007)
Business Administration
Greenspan, Alan. The age of turbulence: adventures in a new world. Penguin, 2008. (HB119.G74 A3 2008)
Accounting and Economics
Occupational outlook handbook 2008-2009. U.S. Department of Labor, 2008. (HF5382.U5 2008-2009)
Harold, Christine. OurSpace: resisting the corporate control of culture. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. (P301.5.P67 H37 2007)
Communication
Carey, James W. Communication as culture: essays on media and society. Routledge, 2009. (P94.6.C372 2009)
Curry, Jennifer. Representative American speeches 2006-2007. H.W. Wilson, 2007. (PS668.B3 2006-2007)
Boucher, Brian. Representative American speeches 2007-2008. H.W. Wilson, 2008. (PS668.B3 2007-2008)
English and Literature
Weaver, Jace. American Indian literary nationalism. University of New Mexico Press, 2006. (PM157.W42 2006)
Scarry, Elaine. Dreaming by the book. Princeton University Press, 2001. (PN56.I45 S38 2001)
*Goscinny. Asterix at the Olympic games. Dargaud, 1972. (qPN6747.G6 A813 1972)
*Goscinny. Asterix in Spain. Dargaud, 1971. (qPN6747.G6 A8313 1971)
*Goscinny. Asterix the gladiator. Dargaud, 1969. (qPN6747.G6 A9413 1969)
Lyrical Iowa. Iowa Poetry Association, 2008. (PS571.I8 I58 2008)
Beidler, Peter G. A reader’s guide to the novels of Louise Erdrich. University of Missouri Press, 2006. (PS3555.R42 Z59 2006)
Silko, Leslie Marmon. Yellow woman. Rutgers University Press, 1993. (PS3569.I44 Y4 1993)
Mathematics and Computer Science
Cormen, Thomas H. Introduction to algorithms (book and CD ROM). MIT Press, 2001. (QA76.6.C662 2001)
Lippman, Stanley B. C++ primer. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005. (QA76.73.C153 L57697 2005)
Meyers, Scott. Effective STL: 50 specific ways to improve your use of the standard template library. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2001. (QA76.73.C153 M49 2001)
McConnell, Steve. Code complete. Microsoft Press, 2004. (QA76.76.D47 M39 2004)
Anderson, Ross J. Security engineering: a guide to building dependable distributed systems. Wiley, 2008. (QA76.9.A25 A54 2008)
Schneier, Bruce. Applied cryptography: protocols, algorithms, and source code in C. Wiley, 1996. (QA76.9.A25S35 1996)
Stamp, Mark. Information security: principles and practice. Wiley-Interscience, 2006. (QA76.9.A25 S69 2006)
Tidwell, Jenifer. Designing interfaces. O’Reilly Media, 2006. (QA76.9.U83 T55 2006)
Pickover, Clifford A. The Zen of magic- squares, circles, and stars: an exhibition of surprising structures across dimensions. Princeton University Press, 2003. (QA165.P53 2003)
Krug, Steve. Don’t make me think!: a common sense approach to web usability. New Riders Press, 2006. (TK5105.888.K78 2006)
Religion and Philosophy
Kahn, Paul W. Out of Eden: Adam and Eve and the problem of evil. Princeton University Press, 2007. (BJ1401.K34 2007)
Barber, Elizabeth Wayland. When they severed earth from sky: how the human mind shapes myth. Princeton University Press, 2006. (BL312.B37 2006)
Lopez, Donald S. Religions of Asia in practice: an anthology. Princeton University Press, 2002. (BL1015.R45 2002)
Science—Chemistry
Emsley, John. Nature’s building blocks: an A-Z guide to the elements. Oxford University Press, 2003. (QD466.E52 2003)
Taraban, Roman. Creating effective undergraduate research programs in science: the transformation from student to scientist. Teachers College Press, 2008. (Q180.A1 C74 2008)
Youth Literature
Cobblestone: Get on the bus!: on the move for civil rights. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v. 29:4)
Cobblestone: Citizenship American-style. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:5)
Cobblestone: Office of the President. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:6)
Cobblestone: Hamilton vs. Jefferson: the rise of political parties. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v. 29:7)
Cobblestone: Lincoln: with malice toward none. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v. 29:8)
Cobblestone: Voices for peace. Cobblestone Publishing, 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:9)
Cobblestone: The West and the Civil War. Cobblestone Publishing, 2009. (Youth Lit MAG c63 v. 30:1)
Cobblestone: a fair to remember. Cobblestone Publishing, 2009. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v. 30:2)
Audio-Visual
Grant, Michael. Native Americans. Turner Home Entertainment, 1994. (A-V VHS E77.N34 1994 v. 1-6)
Ives, Stephen. The West. PBS, 2004. (A-V DVD F591.W44 2004)
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