December 3, 2009 • 11:30 am
I thought that this article mentioned on ScienceDaily was interesting and I thought that it was worth sharing.
ScienceDaily (2009-11-05) — Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity — and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a “weight-acceptance” intervention, researchers found that there could be long-term beneficial effects on certain eating behaviors using a weight-acceptance intervention approach.
Elsevier Health Sciences (2009, November 5). ‘Health-at-every-size’ Approach Is Effective: Health-centered Weight Control Method Shows Promise. ScienceDaily. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104123025.htm#
The full text of the original article is available via the Elsevier ScienceDirect database. Citation:
Veronique Provencher, Catherine Begin, Angelo Tremblay, Lyne Mongeau, Louise Corneau, Sylvie Dodin, Sonia Boivin, Simone Lemieux, Health-At-Every-Size and Eating Behaviors: 1-Year Follow-Up Results of a Size Acceptance Intervention, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Volume 109, Issue 11, November 2009, Pages 1854-1861.
Filed under: Health, JSU, Library, Medicine, alerts, articles, journals
November 17, 2009 • 4:52 pm
Elefteriades, John A., The Woman’s Heart : an Owner’s Guide. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2008
RC 672 .E44 2008
Kessler, David A., The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. Rodale ; New York, 2009.
QP 141 .E467 2009
Wink, Michael, Mind-altering and Poisonous Plants of the World. Portland, OR. : Timber Press, 2008.
QK 100 .A1 W56 2008
Shostak, G. Seth, Confessions of an Alien Hunter : a Scientist’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009.
QB 54 .S549 2009
Takahashi, Mana, The Manga Guide to Databases, Tokyo, Japan : Ohmsha ; San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, 2009.
QA 76.9 .D3 T34 2009
Ribble, Mike, Raising a Digital Child : a Digital Citizenship Handbook for Parents. Eugene, Or. : HomePage Books, 2009.
QA 76.9 .C659 R53 2009
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October 28, 2009 • 8:56 am
The view from the 9th floor this morning.
Filed under: JSU
October 13, 2009 • 10:15 am
Flu.gov has an interactive site that allows users to answer questions to help determine if they or their child might have the H1N1 flu.
Another site, presented by Emory University and Microsoft, allows users to take a flu self-assessment.
Both sites ask the user a series of questions, and help them decide what course of action to take, such as seeing a doctor.
Filed under: Flu, Health, Medicine
September 17, 2009 • 1:30 pm
Filed under: Flu, Health, alerts
September 15, 2009 • 3:33 pm
A sub-collection of electronic books in Science and Health allows you to search all of the e-books in this area at once, if you would like to do so. This link lets you conduct a simultaneous search in:
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative medicine
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Filed under: Health, Library, Medicine, biology, books, databases, journals, nursing, science
September 9, 2009 • 2:03 pm
Filed under: Flu, Health, Medicine
September 4, 2009 • 2:57 pm
The new books pictured below, as well as many others, have recently arrived on the 9th floor. Have a drink or a snack at our new Jazzman’s Cafe and come up and check out the new books, work on an assignment or use the wireless network with your laptop. To find new arrivals in your area of interest, use the New Books tab in our online catalog.
Clegg, Brian, Before the Big Bang : the Prehistory of our Universe, New York: St. Martin’s Press
QB 981 .C627 2009
Collins, James P. and and Martha L. Crump, Extinction in Our Times, Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press.
QL 644.7 .C65 2009
Barrow, John D., 100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know : Math Explains Your World, New York : W.W. Norton & Co.
QA 99 .B188 2009
Filed under: Environment, Library, alerts, biology, books, science
September 3, 2009 • 9:17 am
The Public Library of Science has launched a new website, PLoS Currents: Influenza, to facilitate sharing of information.
The open access site “is built on three key components: a small expert research community that PLoS is working with to run the website; Google Knol with new features that allow content to be gathered together in collections after being vetted by expert moderators; and a new, independent database at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) called Rapid Research Notes, where research targeted for rapid communication, such as the content in PLoS Currents: Influenza will be freely and permanently accessible.”
Filed under: Flu, Health, Medicine, alerts, biology, nursing
The library recently acquired two new resources on climate change.
Shackleton, Robert, Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the United States
Congressional Budget Office
QC 981.8 .C5 S53x 2009
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change is now available in electronic book format via Gale’s Virtual Reference Library.
This one is also available in print as a three-volume set.
Philander, S. George, Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change
QC 981.8 .G56 E47 2008
These resources may be located by a title search in the library’s online catalog. Click on the links for in the record to access electronic versions.
Filed under: Environment, books, climate, reference, science
