New Books on 9th

The 9th floor of the Houston Cole Library contains books in many science and health-related subject areas. The books we have gotten recently include these:

Eastoe, Jane, Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Remedies and Recipes
RS 67.G7 E195 2010

Mednieks, Zigurd R., Programming Android: Java Programming for the New Generation of Mobile Devices
QA 76.76.A65 P7684x 2011
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Epstein, Paul R., Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do About It
RA 793 .E67 2011

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New Books on the 9th Floor

A number of new books have arrived on the 9th floor. Some of them are listed here.

Waggoner, Zach, My Avatar My Self: Identity in Video Role-playing Games
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland
QA76.76 .I59 W34 2009

Sweeny, Alastair. Blackberry Planet: the Story of Research in Motion and the Little Device that Took the World by Storm
Mississauga, Ont.: John Wiley & Sons
QA 76.8 .B53 S94 2009

Wansink, Brian, Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
New York : Bantam Books
RC 552 .C65 W36 2007b

Brunet, Michael. Unique Considerations of the Female Athlete
Florence, KY: Delmar Cengage Learning
RC 1218.W65 B78 2010

Dudney, Bill, iPhone SDK Development: Building iPhone Applications
Raleigh, N.C.: Pragmatic Bookshelf
QA 76.8.I64 D836 2009

Hansen, James E., Storms of My Grandchildren: the Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
New York : Bloomsbury USA
QC 981.8 .G56 H365 2009

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New Resources on Climate Change

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: books, climate, Environment, reference, science

Web Site of Interest

A Web site of interest that I came across today:

Annual Report from NOAA
Climate of 2006 – In Historical Perspective

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Hurricane Season 2006

Maybe it’s because I just returned from the American Library Association’s annual conference in New Orleans, but this Web site from FEMA on Hurricane Season 2006 caught my interest. Some of the topics the site covers are preparing, protecting your family and property, and the aftermath of storms.

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Hurricane Katrina Population Shift

This link to a map showing population shifts following Hurricane Katrina, from the demographic research firm Claritas, was in my e-mail today. It was in a posting to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region.
http://www.claritas.com/claritas/content/initial_pop_impact_map.jsp
The information comes from a press release from Claritas about a free web seminar, or webinar, on analysis of Katrina-Adjusted Population Estimates. Information is here.
Categories: weather, hurricane, katrina

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