BALFOUR BULLETIN
OCTOBER 2001
WELCOME
Welcome to the ninth issue of the Balfour Bulletin. This issue has been
delayed unavoidably, but I hope it’s worth the wait! In this issue, there is
useful collection development and online journals information, as well as a
review of the 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species web site.
Clair
---------------------------------------------------------------------CONTENTS
Recent accessions
Missing books and other volumes
Newsflash
Web site review
Feedback
---------------------------------------------------------------------RECENT ACCESSIONS
*Books / Pamphlets*
Abe, Takuya, Bignell, David Edward & Higashi, Masahiko [eds.], Termites:
evolution, sociality, symbioses, ecology. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic
Publishers; 2000. QH (7)
Allaby, Michael [ed.], A dictionary of zoology, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University
Press; 1999. DICT SCI (19)3 (Reference Collection)
Alcock, John, Animal behavior: an evolutionary approach, 7th ed. Sunderland,
MA: Sinauer Associates; 2001. GFU (102)g1
Barnes, R. S. K. … [et al.], The invertebrates: a synthesis, 3rd ed. Oxford:
Blackwell Science; 2001. L (36)c1
Bear, Mark & Paradiso, Michael A., Neuroscience: exploring the brain, 2nd ed.
Baltimore: Lippincot Williams & Wilkins; 2001. qGF (12)b
Becker, Wayne M., Kleinsmith, Lewis J. & Hardin, Jeff, The world of the cell,
4th ed. San Francisco: The Benjamin / Cummins Publishing Company; c2000.
EC (249)d
Black’s Medical Dictionary, 3rd ed., edited by Gordon MacPherson. London: A
& C Black; 1999. DICT SCI (15)2 (Reference Collection)
Cambridge University Guide to Courses, 2001-02. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press; 2001. D.10 (6) (Library Office)
Clarke, Roger & Jordan, Bill [eds.], Seventy-five years of birdwatching and
bird studies in Cambridgeshire (and beyond): a history of the Cambridge Bird
Club. Cambridge: Cambridge Bird Club; 2001. KZ.41 (50)
Clement, Peter & Hathaway, Ren, Thrushes. London: Christopher Helm;
2000. KY (49)
Collins French dictionary plus grammar, 2nd ed. Glasgow: Harper Collins;
2000. DICT FRE (5)b (Reference Collection)
Collins German dictionary plus grammar, 2nd ed. Glasgow: Harper Collins;
2000. DICT GER (8)b (Reference Collection)
Collins Gem Russian dictionary. London: Harper Collins; 1996. DICT RUS (8)
(Reference Collection)
The concise Oxford dictionary, 10th ed., rev., edited by Judy Pearsall. Oxford:
Oxford University Press; 2001. DICT ENG (5) (Reference Collection)
Cooper, Geoffrey M., The cell: a molecular approach, 2nd ed. Washington,
DC: ASM Press; Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates; 2000. qEC (23)b
Cowan, W. Maxwell, Südhof, Thomas C. & Stevens, Charles F. [eds.],
Synapses. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press; 2001. GF (215)
Cowlishaw, Guy & Dunbar, Colin, Primate conservation biology. Chicago: The
University of Chicago Press; 2000. YW (32)
Gould, Stephen Jay [ed.], The book of life, new ed. New York: W.W. Norton &
Co.; 2001. qEO (8)b
Graur, Dan & Li, Wen-Hsiung, Fundamentals of molecular evolution, 2nd ed.
Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates; 2000. EO (284)b
Hildebrand, Milton & Goslaw, G. E., Analysis of vertebrate structure, 5th ed.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: c2001. UU.4 (22)e
Hogan, Jerry A. & Bolhuis, Johan A. [eds.], Causal mechanisms of
behavioural development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1994.
GFU (240)2 (Library Office – Replacement copy)
Jachmann, Hugo, Estimating abundance of African wildlife: an aid to adaptive
management. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers; 2001. GGW (157)
Karp, Gerald, Cell and molecular biology: concepts and experiments, 3rd ed.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: c2001. qEC (22)c
Kirby, Peter, Habitat management for invertebrates: a practical handbook.
Sandy: RSPB; 2001. qL (6)
Lawlor, David W., Photosynthesis, 3rd ed. Oxford: BIOS Scientific Publishers;
2001. EAJ (11)c
Little, Colin, The terrestrial invasion: an ecophysiological approach to the
origins of land animals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1990. EO
(238) (Library Office – replacement copy)
Mahajan, Jagmohan, Splendid plumage: Indian birds by British artists, with
descriptions of birds by Bikram Grewal. [London?]: Local Colour Limited;
2001. qKZ.54 (1) (Lock-Up)
Mathews, Christopher K., van Holde, K. E. & Ahern, Kevin G., Biochemistry,
3rd ed. San Francisco: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.; c1999. EH (57)c
McGavin, George C., Essential entomology: an order-by-order introduction.
Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2001. Q (83)
Moore, Janet, An introduction to the invertebrates. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press; 2001. L (43)2,3,4
Nelson, David L. & Cox, Michael M., Lehninger principles of biochemistry, 3rd
ed. New York: Worth Publishers; 2000. qEH (5)c
The new Penguin dictionary of science, edited by M. J. Clugston. London:
Penguin Books; 1998. DICT SCI (22) (Reference Collection)
Nicholls, David G. & Ferguson, Stuart J., Bioenergetics 2. San Diego:
Academic Press; c1992. EAE (9)b
Pears cyclopedia, 2001-02, edited by Christopher Cook, 110th ed. London:
Penguin Books; 2001. D.11 (41)2 (Reference Collection)
The Penguin dictionary of biology, by M. Thain & M. Hickman, 10th ed.
London: Penguin Books; 2000. DICT SCI (23) (Reference Collection)
Philip’s atlas of the world, paperback ed. London: George Philip Ltd.; 2000.
D.13 (25)
Purves, Dale … [ed., et al.], Neuroscience, 2nd ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer
Associates; 2001. qGF (13)b
Race, Phil [ed.], 2000 tips for lecturers. London: Kogan Page; 1999. D.14 (30)
Roget’s thesaurus of English words and phrases, new ed. prepared by Betty
Kirkpatrick. London: Penguin Books; 2000. DICT ENG (2)e (Reference
Collection)
Schilthuizen, Menno, Frogs, flies & dandelions: speciation – the evolution of
new species. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2001. EO (285)
Short, R. V. & Balaban, E. [eds.], The difference between the sexes.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; GFU (266)
The Times concise atlas of the world, 8th ed. London: Times Books; 2000.
D.13 (24)
Tudge, Colin, Last animals at the zoo: how mass extinction can be stopped.
Washington, DC: Island Press; 1992. GGY (7)2
Wandell, Brian A., Foundations of vision. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer
Associates; 1995. GFS (34)3 (Library Office – Replacement copy)
Whitaker’s Almanack 2001. London; 2001. D.11 (2) (Reference Collection)
Wilson, Edward O., Sociobiology: the new synthesis, 25th anniversary ed.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; 2000. qGFU
(6)b
*Cambridge Theses*
Clay, Robert Paul, Correlates of male status in the long-tailed Manakin
Chiroxiphia linearis (Aves: Pipridae). Cambridge; 2001. PhD Thesis (286)
*New hardback journals not on display but shelved in the journals collection*
Advances in Ecological Research, v.32, 2001. B.136
Advances in Imaging & Electron Physics, v.116, v.118, 2001. B.167
Advances in Marine Biology, v.41, 2001. B.138
Annual Review of Neuroscience, v.24, 2001. B.225
Current Topics in Topics in Developmental Biology, v.52, 2001. B.226
Methods in Cell Biology, v.67, 2001. B.144
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MISSING BOOKS AND OTHER VOLUMES
If you come across any of these, please return them to the Library Office
straight away:
*Books*
Barnes, R. S. K., Estuarine biology, 2nd ed. GHM (55)b1
Camhi, J. M., Neuroethology, GF (168)3
Cannell & Hooper, The greenhouse effect, qGGW (11)2,3
Dawkins, M. S., Unravelling animal behaviour, 2nd ed., GFU (203)b
Fowler & Cohen, Practical statistics for field biology, 2nd ed., EBB (57)b
Hewitt, P.G., Conceptual physics, EAA (65)
Heyes & Galef, Social learning in animals, GFU (242)
Wolpert et al, Principles of development. qEEB (2)
---------------------------------------------------------------------NEWSFLASH
*New reference works in the Library*
We have recently purchased some much-needed new reference works for the
Library’s Reference Collection, to replace some very old works in a bad
condition. Highlights include two brand new world atlases (Times and Philips),
new English and foreign language dictionaries, new dictionaries of science,
zoology and biology, and up-to-date editions of general reference works such
as Whitaker’s Almanack and Pears cyclopaedia, that are invaluable sources
of all types of useful information. We hope that you will find these new
acquisitions of interest and use to you. We intend to develop this collection
further in the future.
*Cambridge University Press books spending allocation*
Are there any books published by the CUP that you would like to recommend
to us for purchase? We have yet to spend our allocation from the CUP for this
year (all Department Libraries in the University received a sum from the CUP
this year and will do so every year for the foreseeable future, to spend on their
titles). See their website at www.cup.cam.ac.uk for their online catalogue.
Recommendations for CUP titles and indeed any other books are always
welcome.
*Nature online*
Online access to the journal "Nature" is now available at
http://www.nature.com/ to staff, students, and library users of the University
within the 'cam.ac.uk' domain. No passwords are required.
A link has been added to the A-Z list of journals on the University Library web
pages at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/InformationServices/journals.html
Please note that full text access is currently only available for Nature and not
any of its related titles. Browse the journal’s archive for details of full text
coverage.
*Science online*
Just a reminder that online access to the journal "Science" is available at
http://www.sciencemag.org/ to staff, students, and library users of the
University within the 'cam.ac.uk' domain. No passwords are required.
A link has been added to the A-Z list of journals on the University Library web
pages at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/InformationServices/journals.html (You can
also go to JSTOR directly at http://uk.jstor.org/) Once in JSTOR, click on
“Browse”, then “General Science Collection”, and find “Science” on the list.
Full text is provided from 1880 to 1996, and accessing articles is fairly
straightforward from here. You can either search or browse journal issues.
JSTOR only archives the journal, however, and coverage currently ends at
1996 (there is a 5 year moving wall designed to protect publishers’ royalties).
BUT you CAN access full text articles from more current issues at
http://www.sciencemag.org/ This has been published online by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, with assistance of Stanford
University's HighWire Press (which helps publish a range of useful journals
online in the public domain at http://highwire.stanford.edu/) Full text coverage
currently begins from the 5th October 2001 onwards. Full text coverage is
patchy up until around 1997, but seems to be more comprehensive from then
on.
*TIBS, TINS, and Current Opinion in Cell Biology online*
“Trends in Biochemical Sciences”, “Trends in Neurosciences” and “Current
Opinion in Cell Biology” are now available online via BioMedNet at
www.bmn.com and a link has been added to the A-Z list of journals on the
University Library web pages at
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/InformationServices/journals.html Self-registration is
required (click on the “Register” icon). Once registered, click on “Journals
collection” then “A-Z list” or (“Full A-Z list” if you only get a partial one) to find
the journal you want. Browse the relevant journal’s archives for details of full
text coverage.
*Journals re-shelving – reminder*
All readers are reminded that they are required to re-shelve journals after use,
and not to leave them on the books returns trolley or anywhere else in the
Library. Re-shelving journals takes up a lot of Library staff time and wastes
our and other readers’ time trying to find the volumes they need. Your
cooperation is therefore essential in keeping the Library tidy and its stock
accessible. Thank you.
*Balfour Library Guide to Electronic Resources*
I have compiled a guide to electronic sources available throughout the
University, located in blue ring binders next to the PCs in the Library. Please
have a look at these to find out the answer to the following questions:
- How do I access online journals?
- How do I get an ATHENS password?
- The online journal I am looking for is not on the A-Z list, how can I access it?
- How do I find references?
- How do I print or download the references that I find?
- How can I find out the contents of journals, especially ones that are not
taken in the University?
- How do I get hold of an article published in a journal that is not taken
anywhere in the University?
- How do I find web resources in my subject area?
The guide also includes a Web of Science Full Search Guide for Science
Citation Index.
The guide is especially useful for finding out how to access online journals
that have been made available by the University, but not via the A-Z list of
electronic journals. (Please see their Introduction to Electronic Journals at
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/InformationServices/intro.html for more information).
There are also details in the Balfour Library guide about online journals
published in the public domain – some popular and important titles are now
available this way.
Guides on how to search the University Library catalogues are also available
in the Library, and will help you find journals and books held throughout the
University.
---------------------------------------------------------------------WEB SITE REVIEW
*The 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species*
http://www.redlist.org/
This list is now only available as an electronic version on the World Wide Web
and on CD-ROM. The reasons for dispensing with a book version are given
under the “Data Organization” link from the Home Page.
From the Home Page you can link to an “Introduction”, “Data Organization”,
information on the “Red List Programme”, “Summary Statistics”, “Sources &
Quality”, “Categories & Criteria”, “Habitat Types”, “Threat Types”, “Image
Captions” (this provides links to other websites which feature photographic
images of species on the IUCN Red List), “References” and “Links to Other
Sites” (for further information on some of the species on the IUCN Red List,
information about organizations working to conserve species and their
habitats, and information on conservation projects being carried out world
wide).
The search facilities, “Search” and “Expert Search”, are quite sophisticated.
With both you can search for species in the entire database or just the
Common name, Taxonomy or Assessor or Special animal keyword sections,
in conjunction with the Text search option. You can specify which biome the
species is found in. You can select all, one or a mixture of the following
options to search: Red List Categories (status) of species; Countries; Regions
of the World; and Marine Regions of the World. You can modify phrases and
choose how to display your results.
Using the “Expert Search” enables users with more knowledge about
taxonomic hierarchies to navigate through the database to find the status of
organism(s) that belong to a certain hierarchy, e.g. moving through from
Kingdom, to Phylum, to Class, to Order, to Family, to Genus and finally to
Species. There is an explicit help guide on searching using all of these
methods.
Your results will display the Scientific Name of the species, Common
Name(s), Red List category, Caveat and Trend. You can click on the Scientific
Name to display the Taxonomy, Assessment Information, Distribution and
Summary Documentation of the species. If you click on the Red List category
result, you will be given an outline of what it means. In the original search, you
can also choose to display the “Extended results” of your search, to show the
Scientific Name, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom and Common
Name(s) of the species.
I think this is a colourful, clear and easy to use web page, which enables you
to search a database full of comprehensive, authoritative data.
---------------------------------------------------------------------FEEDBACK
Comments and suggestions are always very welcome regarding the Balfour
Bulletin. Is there anything you would like to see included here? Do you have
any suggestions for improvement? If so, please contact us as below.
Clair Castle
Librarian
Email cmc32@cam.ac.uk
Jane Acred
Assistant Librarian
Balfour & Newton Library
Tel. (3)36648