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

The Elsevier ScienceDirect database will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 12 hours from 7:00 a.m. CST Saturday, January 23 to 7:00 p.m. CST) We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Information about the upgrades is available here.

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.

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

The view from the 9th floor this morning.

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.

Some Web sites with influenza information:

Overview: Flu.gov

CDC Guidance for Responses to Influenza for Institutions of Higher Education during the 2009-2010 Academic Year (pdf)

FluView: Weekly Surveillence Report

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:

A site with a collection of useful information.

Influenza (Flu) Evidence-based Medical Information from EBSCO Publishing

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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