A History of Medicine
Lois N. Magner
Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2005
Call# R131 .M179 2005
From Amazon.com:
“This concise, broadly based text fulfills a need in the literature by providing an up-to-date account of medical history from paleopathology to the most recent theories and practices of modern medicine. It includes not only a wide-ranging overview of Western medicine, but also an introduction to the rich and varied medical traditions of the Near and Far East.”
Pathogenic Fungi: structural biology and taxonomy
Gioconda San-Blas and Richard A. Calderone, eds.
Wymondham, Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic Press, 2004
Call# QR245 .P38 2004
From Caister Academic Press:
“During the past decade we have witnessed a mushrooming of papers in the area of medical mycology; detailing major advances in areas such as genomics, molecular and cellular biology, molecular epidemiology, immune response and vaccine development, and strategies to combat infections in humans. This sheer volume of information makes it extremely difficult for the busy research scientist and/or teacher of medical mycology to keep abreast of all the latest advances. This book, together with its companion volume “Pathogenic Fungi: Host Interactions and Emerging Strategies for Control”, brings together expert international authors who critically review current topics, and through the provision of extensive reference sections positively encourage readers to pursue the subject in greater detail.
The book is divided into two sections: “Fungal Dimorphism and Pathogenicity” and “New Taxonomic Tools”. The first section focuses on morphogenesis, the cell cycle, and the cell wall of human pathogens. These play a major role in elucidating fungal relationships, both with the environment and with the host. Experts in fungal structural biology contribute in-depth reviews on a variety of topics with a focus on molecular and biochemical analysis. The final chapter in this section presents a fascinating review of how mathematical modelling can be used to understand the building of three-dimensional cell structures in the morphogenetic process. The second section, entitled “New Taxonomic Tools”, presents novel approaches to aid the understanding of strain variability, the significance of environmental and patient strains, and the relatedness of “uncultured” fungi. In addition the use of molecular tools for the taxonomic classification of previously unclassifiable fungi is featured.
Essential reading for everyone with an interest in medical mycology including: mycologists, biotechnologists, molecular biologists, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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This week’s resource spotlight is on CABDirect. CABDirect is the premier database in applied life sciences, covering primarily agriculture, animal science, plant science, and forestry, but also including human health and nutrition, aquaculture, soil science, environmental topics, and biotechnology. CABDirect indexes over 9000 journals with records as far back as 1973.
CABDirect has a unique interface that allows you to search any combination of the general subjects of Animal Sciences, Plant Sciences, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies, and Human Sciences. Each general category can be subdivided into specific subject abstracts.
The advanced search allows you to search up to 3 terms in almost 30 fields combinable by AND, OR, or NOT. You can also limit your search by publication date range, document type, and language. The full record for each result gives a link to the full text if available, and searches are combinable through the search history screen.
Microbial Functional Genomics
Jizhong Zhou
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss, 2004
Call# QH447 .M53 2004
From Wiley:
“Microbial Functional Genomics offers a timely summary of the principles, approaches, and applications. It presents a comprehensive review of microbial functional genomics, covering microbial diversity, microbial genome sequencing, genomic technologies, genome-wide functional analysis, applied functional genomics, and future directions. An introduction will offer a definition of the field and an overview of the historical and comparative genomics aspects.”
Also available full text online
Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists: a Primer
Miriam Zelditch, et al.
Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004
Call# QH351 .G46 2004
From Elsevier:
“Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists is an introductory textbook for a course on geometric morphometrics, written for graduate students and upper division undergraduates, covering both theory of shape analysis and methods of multivariate analysis. It is designed for students with minimal math background; taking them from the process of data collection through basic and more advanced statistical analyses. Many examples are given, beginning with simple although realistic case-studies, through examples of complex analyses requiring several different kinds of methods. The book also includes URL’s for free software and step-by-step instructions for using the software.”
Cell Cycle and Growth Control: Biomolecular Regulation and Cancer
Gary S. Stein
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss, 2004
Call# QH604 .M6 2004
From Wiley:
“This new edition provides a basis for understanding cell cycle and growth control as it relates to biological regulation, with an emphasis on aberrations accompanying the onset and progression of cancer. It covers cellular, biochemical, molecular, and genetic approaches to investigating the control of processes in cell cycle. The fundamental principles, as well as the conceptual and experimental approaches to the study of proliferation, are presented, followed by detailed discussions of the applications to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.”
Genetics and Ecotoxicology
Valery E. Forbes, ed.
Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis, 1999.
Call# RA1226 .G46 1999
From Amazon.de:
“This first volume in the series [Current Topics in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry] provides a detailed treatment in ecotoxicology and stresses why genetics is important in understanding if and how chemical contaminants affect populations. Written by an array of international contributors from various fields covering mammals, invertebrates, fish, plants, as well as molecular ecotoxicology, this book considers both ecological/evolutionary consequences and practical implications of the interplay between chemical toxicants and the genetic population.In broadening the understanding of ecological response, this resource ranges from molecular to classical genetics, from plant to animal, from asexual to sexual, touching on some fundamental issues of evolutionary biology. In addition, gaps in our present understanding of genetic and ecotoxicological processes and future research directions have been identified.”
This week’s spotlight is on Academic Search Premier. Academic Search Premier is an excellent general database that covers all academic subjects including biology, chemistry, environmental science, and coastal science. It indexes almost 8000 scholarly journals. But what makes it particularly useful is that it includes the full text of more than 4000 of those journals. Althought the coverage in specific subjects may not be as comprehensive as elsewhere, this is an excellent place to find full text articles in the biological sciences.
Academic Search Premier is on the EBSCO platform, which allows up to 3 terms in more than 15 fields combinable by AND, OR, or NOT. It also allows you to limit your search to full text only, publication date range, or to a specific journal. Searches are saved in the search history and can be combined. ESBCO also allows you to set up email alerts that will notify you when a record is added that meets your search criteria.
This week’s spotlight is on the National Science Digital Library. The NSDL was created by the National Science Foundation as a resource for educators from Kindergarten all the way up to University level. It consists of a one-stop-shop for web resources in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, allowing for a simple keyword search returning materials from other digital libraries, NSF funded project websites, and outside sites reviewed by the NSDL.
A link on the main page takes you to the subsection specifically for University faculty. In adition to the search window, this page includes a resource spotlight, top picks, research articles on the role of digital libraries in education, and contact information. It also provides an events calender, with links to conference web pages, and a list of science related RSS Newsfeeds.