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:
The Library is pleased to announce the availability of the following new electronic books in subject areas found on the 9th floor:
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
Business Web Strategy: Design, Alignment, and Application
Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology (Rev Ed)
Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems
Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications
Online Social Networks (Technology 360)
Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior (3rd Ed).
These electronic books, as well as many more in other subject areas, are available through the Library’s catalog, Biology, Computer Science and Emergency Management Electronic Resources subject pages, and the Electronic Book listing.
This week’s report on new books has a new twist. A number of the recently arrived books for the 9th floor are currently displayed in the lobby. Look to the left as you enter from the parking lot to see the display. Some of the titles include:
Crist, Darlene Trew
World Ocean Census QH 95 .C75 2009
Kojima, Hiroyuki The Manga Guide to Calculus QA 300 .K57513 2009
Murdin, Paul
Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos QB 982 .M87 2009
Books in the lobby will show a status of “In Lobby” in the library catalog record.
New books in varied sciences and health subject areas are still arriving on the 9th floor. Here are a few selected titles.
Officer, Charles B., When the Planet Rages: Natural Disasters, Global Warming, and the Future of the Earth QB 631 .O34 2009
This book is one that catches the eye with its attractive photography
Pascale, Cybele, The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook: How to Bake Without Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, and Sesame RC 588.D53 P3677 2009
Strauch, Barbara, The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind. RC451.4.M54.S77 2010
This book’s premise is that the middle-aged brain is more flexible and capable than has been thought. The author also outlines how to maintain its optimal processes.
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
This week’s featured new book on the 9th floor is:
Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity: Science, Ethics, Economics and Law Edited by Laura Westra, Klaus Bosselmann and Richard Westra QH 541.15.E245 R43 2008
A review of the book may be found here, in the Journal of Environmental Law, and more information is available on the publisher’s website, including a preview and table of contents.
The JSU Field Schools and DeSoto State Park will offer Ethnobotany Weekend: Medicinal and Edible Plants at DeSoto State Park June 5-6. Please see this flyer for more information. Ethnobotanist Francine Hutchinson will conduct campfire talks and workshops on identifying and growing these useful plants.
If ethnobotany interests you, there are a number of books on the 9th floor in that subject area. As this is a cross-disciplinary field, some books are found on 3rd floor as well. A selected list of titles from online catalog subject searches for ethnobotany, traditional medicine, and medicinal plants includes these:
Buhner, Stephen Harold, The lost language of plants: the ecological importance of plant medicines RS164.B785 2002
Bellamy, David J., Bellamy’s New world : a botanical history of America
QK115 .B45 1983
Daniel, M, Medicinal plants: chemistry and properties
QK 99 .A1 D36 2006
Pieroni, Andrea, Eating and healing: traditional food as medicine
RS 164 .E26 2006
Solomon, Jack, Cracklin bread and asfidity: folk recipes and remedies GR110.A2 C73
Patton, Darryl, Tommie Bass : herb doctor of Shinbone Ridge.
RS164 .P37x 1988
(This book about an Alabama herbalist is located in the Alabama Collection on the 10th floor.)
