Merck Manual App Available

The Merck Manual, which is available in print at the library, as well as online through a link in the online catalog, is now available as an application  for the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you need the Merck Manual on the go, you can now take it with you.

The Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home edition
REF RC81 .M535x 2003

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
REF RC55 .M4

More information is here on the Agile Partners website and on the Merck  website.

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Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests

We have access to a new e-book: The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests.  This resource was named one of the Best Reference Sources for 2009 by Library Journal.

Description from the Gale website:

“This encyclopedia is written especially for patients and allied health care students by experts in the field.  The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests provides in-depth coverage of 535 surgical procedures, medical tests and related topics, such as anesthetics, common lab test and procedures, medications and postoperative care. Entries for medical test and surgical procedures follow a consistent format, covering definition; purpose; demographic information; diagnosis/preparation; aftercare; risks; morbidity and mortality rates; alternatives and more.”

This ebook is available through the Library Catalog and on the following Library Web pages:

Electronic Resources and Databases for Electronic Books

Electronic Resources and Databases for Medicine, Health, and Nursing

Note: You must be an authorized JSU user to get access off campus.

Filed under: alerts, Health, Medicine, reference

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

Reference Resources Online

Gale Virtual Reference Library sources in health and science are available to you via the Web.  Off campus users need to sign in to use JSU’s databases: use your student/faculty number and last name.

• Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research
  Presents the basic concepts in stem cell biology and addresses the politics, ethics, and challenges currently facing the field. Explores major topics related to the emerging science of stem cell research and therapy.
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
  This 5-vol. set provides more than 850 entries covering topics in nursing and allied health written for students and professionals in the field. Alphabetically arranged entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment.
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
  The encyclopedia identifies 150 types of alternative medicine being practiced today, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda and osteopathy. For the practitioner or interested patient, there are current training requirements, listings of organizations, as well as descriptions of treatments.
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
  Comprehensive survey of 120 cancers, cancer drugs, traditional and alternative treatments, side effects and diagnostic procedures.
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
  Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons.

Filed under: biology, Health, Library, Medicine, nursing, reference, science

Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research Now Available

We now have access to The Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research through the Gale Virtual Reference Library. You can find it by doing a title search in the online catalog.

Filed under: alerts, biology, databases, reference, science, Uncategorized, databases

Encyclopedia of Evolution Electronic Access

We now have electronic access to the Encyclopedia of Evolution from Oxford University Press. A link is available in the library’s online catalog. This work is also available via the “Databases by Title” list through the Oxford Reference Online Premium titles. From there, click on the Biological Sciences link under Subject Reference.

Filed under: biology, Library, reference

New Books

We are getting new books in on 9th floor, but I wanted to highlight a new set of reference works that arrived recently. We have a new edition of Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, REF QL 7 .G7813 2003. This comprehensive set covers the animal world from invertebrates and insects through birds, reptiles and mammals.

To see what new books are available in the Houston Cole Library, use the New Books tab in the online catalog. You may limit searches by date, select from subject areas, including Biology or the more general Science, or search on specific call numbers.

Filed under: reference, zoology

"The Art of Critiquing Research"

I just came across an article that might be of use for classes which have an assignment to review scholarly journal articles.Kuyper, Barbara J. Bringing up scientists in the art of critiquing research.” BioScience 41.n4 (April 1991): 248(3).

Bioscience is available in print, call number QH1.A277, as well as in several databases,including Expanded Academic ASAP from Thomson Gale.

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