Library
New Acquisitions
January 2012
Our Lady of Fatima University
Library Department
NEW ACQUISITONS – JANUARY 2012
OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Accounting and Finance
An Introduction to Banking :Liquidity Risk and Asset- Liability Management
Author:
Moorad Choudhry
Copyright: 2011
Publication: West Sussex : Wiley
Call Number :
This book introduces the key concepts of banking, concentrating
on the application of robust risk management principles from a
practitioner viewpoint, and how to incorporate these principles
into bank strategy.
Available at : St. Jerome, Hilltop, and Antipolo Library
An Introduction to Money Laundering Deterrence
Author:
Dennis Cox
Copyright: 2011
Publication: Oxford, Routledge
Call Number:
Sandra Smidt sets out to explain what play is and why it is so important
as one of the key ways of learning, particularly - but not solely - for young
children. Using case studies drawn from all over the world, Smidt
challenges some of the prevailing myths relating to play and pays close
attention to what it is that early years professionals need to do to interpet
the play, understand its purpose for the child and sometimes extend it.
Available at : St. Jerome, Hilltop, and Antipolo Library
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Financial Accounting : Tools for Decision Making, 6th edition
Authors:
Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt and Donald
E. Kieso
Copyright: 2011
Publication: Massachusetts: Wiley
Call Number: 657.1 K57 2011
This successful book continues to provide accountants with an
understanding of the fundamental concepts necessary to use
accounting effectively. Enhanced discussions of ethics and
international accounting are presented. The coverage of non-cash
items and their impact on decision making has been expanded. In
addition, comprehensive case studies and problems help accountants
tie the material together.
Available at :
St. Jerome Library
Financial Contagion : The Viral Threat to the Wealth of Nations
Editor:
Robert W. Kolb
Copyright: 2011
Publication: New Jersey, Wiley
Call Number: 332.042 F49 2011
Financial Contagion is such an important read. In it, the serious concerns
that revolve around our fragile economic system are investigated,
researched, and explained. Throughout the book, Kolb offers valuable
insights on this dilemma as he compiles the history of financial contagion,
highlights the latest research on systemic failure and interrelated
markets, and analyzes the risks and consequences we face moving
forward.
Available at :
St. Jerome Library
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Business
Inventory Control, 2nd edition
Author:
Sven Axsater
Copyright: 2010
Publication: New York: Springer
Call Number: 658.787 A7 2010
The Strategic importance of efficient Supply Chain Management is
today fully recognized by top management. The total investment in
inventories is enormous, and the control of capital tied up in raw
material, work-in-progress, and finished goods offers an important
potential for improvement. INVENTORY CONTROL deals with a
range of different approaches and models that can be used when
developing inventory management systems and practices,
Available at : St. Jerome Library
Perishable Inventory Systems
Author:
Steve Nahmias
Copyright: 2011
Publication: New York: Springer
Call Number: 658.787 N14 2011
This book is the first publication devoted solely to perishable
inventory systems. The book’s ten chapters first cover the
preliminaries of periodic review versus continuous review and look at
a one-period newsvendor perishable inventory model. Anyone
researching perishable inventory systems will find much to work with
here. Practitioners and consultants will also now have a single wellreferenced source of up-to-date information to work with.
Available at :
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Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on
Author:
Sahar Hashemi
Inventory Control, 2nd edition
Copyright: 2010
Publication: West Sussex: Capstone Publishing
Call Number: 650.1 H27 2010
Life
is
too
short
to
just
come
in
for
the
paycheque
Let's face it, you work for the best years of your life and spend most of your waking
hours on the job, so make sure you are energized, fulfilled and buzzing. Switched
On will help you leap outside your comfort zone and awaken your creativity.
Blast through the old thinking
Switched On shows you how to think like an entrepreneur - have ideas, spot the
opportunities, see the future and make things happen. The future belongs to fresh
thinkers, so turn your receptors on and get ready to bring the real you to work.
Available at : St. Jerome, Hilltop, and Antipolo Library
Trump University Entrepreneurship 101: How to Turn Your Idea into a
Money Machine
Author:
Michael E. Gordon
Copyright: 2010
Perishable Inventory Systems
Publication: New Jersey: Wiley
Call Number: R 338.04 G65 2010
Although he has ups and downs like every entrepreneur, Donald Trump is one of
the world’s most famous entrepreneurs for good reason—he’s one of the best. In
Trump University Entrepreneurship 101, Second Edition he teams up with
business owner and professor Michael Gordon to show you how to take your
dream and turn it into a big-time moneymaker. This new edition is completely
updated with timely new material and three new chapters, teaching you how to
build a technology venture, even without formal technical education; how to use
social networking, Web 2.0, and "cloud computing" to achieve competitive
advantages, and how to exploit opportunities during recessionary times.
Available at :St. Jerome, Hilltop, and Antipolo Library
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Business Foundations, 2nd edition
Author:
Robert Hughes, William Pride, and Jack Kapoor
Copyright: 2011
Publication: Australia: Cengage
Call Number: 650.01 H87 2011
Foundations of Business, 2nd Edition provides a brief survey of the major
functional areas of business including management, marketing, accounting,
finance, and information technology, as well as core topics such as ethics and
social responsibility, forms of ownership, small business, and international
business. The text is filled with cutting edge content, including up-to-date
information about the economic crisis as well as suggestions on how to manage
personal financial planning in the midst of economic ups and downs. This second
edition also includes two new appendices on Careers in Business and Personal
Finance.
Available at :
St. Jerome Library
Criminology
Counseling Military Families: What Mental Health Professionals
Need to Know
Author:
Lynn K. Hall
Copyright: 2008
Publication: New York, Routledge
Call Number: R 355.12 H14 2008
The objectives of Counseling Military Families are to help the practicing
counselor understand how the military works, what issues are constants
for the military family, and what stressors are faced by the military
member and the family. The book will begin with an overview of military
life, including demographic information and examples of military family
issues, before delving into specific chapters focused on the unique
circumstances of reservists, career service personnel, spouses, and children. The
final section of the book will present treatment models and targeted
interventions tailored for use with military families.
Available at :
Galleria and Hilltop Library
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Education
Playing to Learn : the Role of Play in the Early Years
Author:
Sandra Smidt
Copyright: 2011
Publication: Oxford, Routledge
Call Number:
Sandra Smidt sets out to explain what play is and why it is so
important as one of the key ways of learning, particularly - but not
solely - for young childrenUsing case studies drawn from all over the
world, Smidt challenges some of the prevailing myths relating to play
and pays close attention to what it is that early years professionals
need to do to interpet the play, understand its purpose for the child
and sometimes extend it.
Available at : Graduate School, Hilltop, and Antipolo
Library
Teaching Mathematics Creatively:
Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series
Author:
Sandra Smidt
Copyright: 2011
Publication: Oxford, Routledge
Call Number:
Teaching Mathematics Creatively is crammed full of practical
approaches for bringing the teaching of mathematics to life. From an
examination of where maths is failing to engage pupils in the 21 st
century, to a wide range of exciting approaches and ideas for ensuring
it is possible to teach in a creative way, this is a stimulating and
enjoyable source of inspiration for busy teachers.
Available at : Graduate School, Hilltop, and Antipolo
Library
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Children’s Error’s in Mathematics, 2nd edition
Editor:
Alice Hansen
Copyright: 2011
Publication: Exeter : Learning Matters
Call Number:
This practical guide to children's common errors and misconceptions
in mathematics is ideal for primary teacher trainees, helping them
gain a deeper understanding of the difficulties encountered in
mathematical development.
Available at : Graduate School, Hilltop, and Antipolo
Library
Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
Authors:
Mai Leicester and Denise Taylor
Copyright: 2010
Publication: Berkshire : Open University Press
Call Number:
This fun, practical book is very easy to use in the classroom and is
designed to help children:
Understand key critical thinking concepts.
Understand different types of reasoning and knowledge in all areas of the
curriculum.
Draw on their natural wonder and curiosity to engage in philosophical
discussion.
Available at : Graduate School, Hilltop, and Antipolo
Library
Behaviour in the Early Years, 2nd edition
Authors:
Angela Glenn, Jacquie Cousins and Alicia Helps
Copyright: 2011
Publication: Exeter : Learning Matters
Call Number:
Behaviour in the Early Years provides hands-on, tried and tested strategies
to help you respond instantly and effectively to behaviour problems. This
accessible and practical book helps readers to understand why children
behave as they do and encourages them to think about how they handle
difficult situations.
Available at : Graduate School, Hilltop, and Antipolo
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This practical guide to children's common errors and misconceptions
in mathematics is ideal for primary teacher trainees, helping them
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Medicine and Health
Harrison’s Endocrinology, 2nd edition
Author:
Michael J. McGraw, et al.
Copyright: 2010
Publication: Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Co.
Call Number: 616.4 H24 2010
Featuring the chapters on Endocrinology that appear in Harrison’s Principles
of Internal Medicine, 17th ed., this compact clinical companion delivers the
latest knowledge in the field, backed by the scientific rigor and reliability that
have defined Harrison’s. You’ll find coverage that reflects the expertise of
renowned editors and contributors—presented in a carry-anywhere format
that makes it ideal for the classroom, the wards, or exam/certification
preparation.
Available at :
Health Sciences Library
Cancer Basics
Editor:
Julia Eggert
Copyright: 2010
Publication: Pennsylvania: Oncology Nursing Society.
Call Number: 616.9940231 C16 2010
From the foundations of cancer to issues of survivorship, this new textbook will
provide healthcare professionals with all the details and information needed to
gain a true understanding of the basics of cancer. Written for nurses new to
oncology and non-nursing professionals who are working in the specialty,
Cancer Basics is a perfect resource for training and education. Readers will gain
insights into the foundations of cancer, with chapters on the biology of cancer,
cancer prevention, genetic risk, cancer detection, and more. Treatment options
are also explored with chapters on surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy,
targeted therapies, clinical trials, and more. Also explained are common
symptom patients with cancer might experience, and a look at issues for cancer
survivors and their families.
Available at :
Health Sciences Library
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Principles of Good Clinical Practice
Author:
J. Larry Jameson
Copyright: 2010
Publication: London: Pharmaceutical Press
Call Number: 615.580724 P93 2010
Good clinical practice guidelines providing an international quality standard for
the regulation of clinical trials. This title is one of the "RPS Pharmacy Business
Administration Series" which aims at covering all business aspects relating to
pharmacy practice. Good Clinical Practice is an international quality standard
for the regulation of clinical trials. GCP guidelines include standards on how
clinical trials should be conducted, provide assurance of safety and efficacy of
newly developed drugs and protect human rights. This text aims to be a onestop source for guidance and checking the rules for proper conduct of clinical
trials. It also includes historical development, trends, review of current system
and future development.
Available at :
Health Sciences Library
Medical Terminology Quick & Concise: A Programmed Learning Approach
Author:
Marjorie Canfield Willis
Copyright: 2010
Publication: Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer
Call Number: R 610.14 W87 2010
Using a unique approach, this book is designed to give students an introduction
to and basic working knowledge of medical terminology. The focus is on learning
the most common medical term components, using these term components to
build terms, and analyzing the use of these terms in health records. Its unique
approach consists of 3 key elements: programmed learning (perfect for selfstudy or classroom instruction); contextual learning (students learn the
terminology and in how they will encounter the terminology: Signs and
Symptoms, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic); and concise content (students are only
presented with the key facts and pertinent information.) To bring the content to
life, the student will actually follow a cast of characters, including doctors,
healthcare providers, and patients.
Available at :
Health Sciences Library
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Nursing
Nursing Theories: A Framework for Professional Practice
Author:
Kathleen Masters
Copyright: 2012
Publication: Massachusetts
Call Number: 610.7301 M39 2012
Nursing Theories: A Framework for Professional Practice presents a fascinating
look at the work of select nurse theorists and popular nursing theories, teaching
readers to both understand and apply theories in nursing practice. Broken into
five, comprehensive sections the text opens with a general overview of nursing
theory and application before providing a more in-depth analysis of the major
and middle range theories of nursing. Examples from the literature and case
studies illustrate how to apply theory to practice, including the Environmental
Model, Theory of Transpersonal Caring, Behavioral System Model, Roy
Adaptation Model, Theory of Interpersonal Relations, Theory of Human Becoming,
Nursing Process Theory, Self-Transcendence Theory, and much more.
Available at : Graduate School Library
Psychology
Medical Terminology Quick & Concise: A Programmed Learning Approach
Author:
Marjorie Canfield Willis
Copyright: 2010
Publication: Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer
Call Number: R 610.14 W87 2010
This clear and concise text offers undergraduate students a brief but solid
introduction to the fundamental concepts of cognitive psychology.
Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology, Second Edition adds and
integrates the latest developments in the field including the
transformational findings of cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging,
emotion, and cognitive development. Offering a coherent perspective on
what is happening at the leading edge of the field today, this text will
engage students interest with its relevant and insightful examples of
important concepts in cognitive psychology.
Available at :
Tamaraw Library
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Physical Therapy
Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, (5th edition)
Authors:
Susan Michlovitz, James W. Bellew, and
Thomas P. Nolan Jr.
Copyright: 2011
Publication: Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Co.
Call Number:
A volume in the Contemporary Perspectives in Rehabilitation Series; edited by
Steven L. Wolf, PhD, PT, FAPTA. Here s a current, concise, and evidencebased approach to the selection, application, and biophysical effects of
therapeutic modalities in a case-based format with a wealth of photographs
and figures. The 5th Edition builds and expands on the strengths of previous
editions and their focus on expanding and strengthening clinical decisionmaking skills through a hands-on, problem-solving approach.
Available at :
Tamaraw, and Antipolo Library
Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation
Susan B. O’Sullivan and
Schmitz
Copyright: 2010
Publication: Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Co.
Call Number:
Authors:
Thomas
J.
This is a practical, step-by-step guide to help you understanding the
treatment process and to select the most appropriate intervention for your
patient. Superbly illustrated, in-depth coverage will show you how to
identify functional deficits, determine what treatments are appropriate, and
then to implement them to achieve the best functional outcome for your
patients. This one-of-a-kind text uses case studies in the narrative and
then visually on the accompanying DVD to present real-world clinical
demonstrations of how the interventions selected make a difference in
your patients’ lives.
Available at :
Tamaraw, and Antipolo Library
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Travel Management
Hotel Interior Design and Planning
Authors:
Jacob Botham
Copyright: 2011
Publication: New Delhi : Discovery Pub. House
Call Number: 728.5 B65 2011
The interior design and planning of hotel is a multi-faceted profession
in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a
structure to achieve a built interior environment. This thoughtprovoking and absorbing book will guide and inspire the students of
hotel management and hospitality studies.
Available at :
St. Jerome and Antipolo Library
Eco-Tourism
Authors:
Susan B. O’Sullivan and Thomas J. Schmitz
Copyright: 2010
Publication: Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Co.
Call Number: 338.4791 R15 2011
Contents of the Book:
Concept of Ecotourism
Preparation while going for Ecotourism
Animal watching while at their natural habitat
Hunting wild animals with camera
Looking for EcoFauna
Available at :
St. Jerome and Antipolo Library
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