Snapshots from the Past: A Roadside History of Denali National Park and Preserve
United States. National Park Service.
Call # A 13.2:C 49/4
204 p., ill. with maps and numerous black and white photos. Historical photos taken along the 92-mile road through Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve.
Amphibians, Reptiles and Turtles of the Cimarron National Grassland, Kansas
United States. Forest Service.
Call # A 13.2:C 49/4
67 p., ill. with color photos and maps. Illustrated guide to the 32 species of amphibians, reptiles, and turtles known to exist in the Cimarron National Grassland of Morton County, Kansas.
“The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to Florida State University and the University of Florida to coordinate 92 institutions in 45 states working to digitize the nation’s biological collections.
FSU’s Center for Information Management and Scientific Communication, in the College of Communication & Information, will work with UF’s Florida Museum of Natural History and its College of Engineering Advanced Computing Information Systems Laboratory to create software and databases the nationwide participants will use to transfer and store the data. FSU will receive $2.8 million of the grant.”
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Legacy of Excellence: The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1862-2011
United States. Dept. of the Army.
D 101.2:AR 5/104
251 p., hardcover, ill. with glossy color photos. Comprehensive illustrated history of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
United States. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Gov Docs HE 20.9008:H 64
611 p., ill. with charts, spiral-bound. Thorough guide-book on HIV/AIDS care for busy clinicians, including testing, prevention, treatment, complications, neuropsychiatric concerns, and oral health.
“Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution have pooled their expertise to create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search—Leafsnap. This electronic field guide allows users to identify tree species simply by taking a photograph of the tree’s leaves. In addition to the species name, Leafsnap provides high-resolution photographs and information about the tree’s flowers, fruit, seeds and bark—giving the user a comprehensive understanding of the species.”
Selected CBO publications related to health care legislation, 2009-2010
Congressional Budget Office
Link: http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo2830/12-23-SelectedHealthcarePublications.pdf
356 p., ill. with tables. Documents from the CBO providing a wide variety of estimates and other analyses regarding the impact of health care legislation proposals on the federal budget.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid, 2003, Charts and State Tables, Printed 2010
Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services
Call Number: Gov Docs HE 20.427:M 46/2003
110 p., ill. with color graphs, contains CD-Rom appendices. National overview of beneficiaries using mental health or substance abuse services, organized by age and diagnosis.
How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease – A Report of the Surgeon General
Dept of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General
Call Number: Gov Docs HE 20.2:T 55/2
704 p., color ill. with graphs, tables, and diagrams. Thorough Surgeon General’s report on smoking and disease.
Mosby’s medical dictionary
By Mosby, Inc.
St. Louis, MO : Mosby, ©2009
Call Number: Reference R121 .M89 2009
From Elsevier Health:
“So much more than just a dictionary…the completely revised, bestselling, trusted Mosby’s Dictionary is the ONE reference you need to help you make sense of the complex world of health care. It features superior-quality definitions plus 2,400 full-color illustrations – nearly three times more than any other dictionary available! But that’s only the beginning. Mosby’s Dictionary also includes encyclopedic entries to explain more difficult concepts in depth, a 43-page Color Atlas of Human Anatomy. It’s the trusted reference you’ll turn to again and again!”