New acquisitions for 'Biology' to our catalogue during January 2012.

Last month enriched the content of our Library’s collection with104 new items, including books, electronic books and films, covering a wide range of Biology topics. The collection reflects your academic interests and areas of your studies, but also illustrates the fascinating nature of interweaved disciplines through topics such as Psychobiology, Social Bioarchaeology‎, Geobiology, Biogeography, and many more.

The list of new books and films is very long but worth exploring. Enjoy!

Books

Gills

‎Subjects: Gills, Congresses

Biomolecular crystallography

‎Subjects

: X-ray crystallography, Macromolecules – Structure, Biomolecules – Structure, Proteins – Structure, Crystallography – methods, Protein Conformation, Models, Molecular, Data Collection.

Structural and biochemical studies of the interaction between tubulin and the doublecortin family of neuronal MAPS‎

Subjects: Biology, 2011, Theses

From monkey brain to human brain‎

Subjects: Brain, Comparative neurobiology, Primates, Congresses, Evolution, Physiology, Congresses

Social bioarchaeology‎

Subjects: Human remains (Archaeology), Social archaeology, Adaptation (Biology), Human growth, Aging, Life spans (Biology), History

Impossible extinction‎

Subjects: Microbial ecology, Extreme environments, Extinction (Biology), Catastrophes (Geology), Exobiology, Microbiology

The cell‎

Subjects: Cytology, Molecular biology

Biology‎

Subjects: Biology, Textbooks

Gene expression to neurobiology and behavior‎

Subjects: Gene expression, Brain, Developmental neurobiology, Growth

Biological rhythms, sleep and hypnosis‎

Subjects: Biological rhythms, Hypnosis, Sleep, Psychobiology, Psychological aspects

Weathering the world

‎Subjects: Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004, Tsunamis, Natural disasters, India, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu (India), Social conditions, Environmental conditions

Biological evolution

‎Subjects: Evolution (Biology)

The living cell

‎Subjects: Cytology, Collected Works

Cell biology

‎Subjects: Cytology

Molecular genetic analysis of populations

‎Subjects: Population genetics, Molecular genetics, Genetics, Population, Molecular biology

Biology of plants

‎Subjects: Botany

Practical taxonomic computing

‎Subjects: Biology, Classification, Data processing, Plants, Animals

Modern crises and traditional strategies

‎Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Traditional ecological knowledge, Southeast Asia, Ecology, Environmental conditions

Ecology of woodland processes

‎Subjects: Forest ecology

Essential developmental biology

‎Subjects: Developmental biology

A dictionary of microbial taxonomy

‎Subjects: Microbiology, Dictionaries, Classification
Vocabulary pertinent to taxonomic practice, as well as biographies and introductory chapters. Intended as practical guide for taxonomists and scientists in other disciplines, such as bacteriology, zoology, and virology. List of references.

Biology

‎Subje

cts: Biology, Textbooks

Life

‎Subjects: Biology

Molecular biology

‎Subjects: Molecular biology

The organism

‎Subjects: Neurology, Neuropsychology, Holistic medicine, Philosophy

Fishers and scientists in modern Turkey

‎Subjects: Fisheries, Fishery management, Fishers, Marine resources, Turkey, Black Sea Coast, Black Sea Coast (Turkey), Management, Social life and customs

Biology

Subjects: Biology, Textbooks

Biology

‎Subjects: Biology

Microbiology

‎Subjects: Microbiology, Immune system, Metabolism, Medical microbiology

The chemical basis of life

‎Subjects: Molecular biology, Cytology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Collected Works

The analysis of biological populations

‎Subjects: Animal populations, Biological Evolution, Ecology, Genetics, Population

Lectures on biostatistics

‎Subjects: Biometry, Statistics

The botany of mangroves

‎Subjects: Mangrove plants, Mangrove ecology

Cell biology

‎Subjects: Cytology

Microbiology

‎Subjects: Microbiology, Bacterial Infections, microbiology

The organism and the environment

‎Subjects: Human ecology, Biology

Microbiology

‎Subjects: Microbiology, Metabolism, DNA, Human diseases, Pathogens, Viruses, Immune system

The causes of molecular evolution

‎Subjects: Population genetics, Variation (Biology)

Biological science

‎Subjects: Biology

The origins of angiosperms and their biological consequences

‎Subjects: Angiosperms, Fossil, Angiosperms, Paleontology, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Congresses

Order: in life

‎Subjects: Biology, Life (Biology), Philosophy, History

Biology

Subjects: Biology, Textbooks

Conversations on the beach

‎Subjects: Maritime anthropology, Traditional fishing, Ethnobiology, Indigenous peoples, Traditional ecological knowledge, India, Kerala, Kerala (India), Ecology, Environmental conditions, Social conditions

The logic of environmentalism

‎Subjects: Human ecology, Environmentalism, Ethnobiology, Philosophy

Imaging in developmental biology

‎Subjects: Developmental biology, Imaging systems in biology, Laboratory manuals

Landscape, process and power

‎Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Conservation of natural resources, Sustainable development, Environmental education, Ecology

Freud, biologist of the mind

‎Subjects: Psychoanalysis, Psychobiology, Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939, History

Experimental design for biologists

‎Subjects: Biology, Experimental design, Mathematical models

Cell biology of bacteria

‎Subjects: Bacteria, Cytology

Neuronal guidance

‎Subjects: Neurons, Axons, Growth

The origin of species

‎Subjects: Evolution (Biology), Natural selection

An introduction to nervous systems

‎Subjects: Nervous system, Comparative neurobiology

Biology of disease

‎Subjects: Biomedicine, Disease, Tissues, Diagnosis, Laboratory, Biology, Life Sciences

Magnetic resonance neuroimaging

‎Subjects: Brain, Magnetic resonance imaging

Biopsychology

‎Subjects: Psychobiology

Darwinian populations and natural selection

‎Subjects: Natural selection, Evolution (Biology)

Burton's microbiology for the health sciences

‎Subjects: Microbiology, Medical microbiology, Allied health personnel

Lippincott's illustrated Q&A review of microbiology and immunology

‎Subjects: Microbiology, Immunology, Outlines, syllabi, etc, Examinations, questions, etc

‎Subjects: Cytology, Molecular biology, Outlines, syllabi, etc, Problems, exercises, etcLippincott's illustrated reviews: Cell and molecular biology

Molecular biology

‎Subjects: Molecular biology

Cell biology

‎Subjects: Cytology

Basic bioscience laboratory techniques

‎Subjects: Biology, Life sciences, Laboratory manuals, Handbooks, manuals, etc

An introduction to molecular biotechnology

‎Subjects: Molecular biotechnology, Molecular biology, Genetic engineering, Biotechnology

Handbook of autism and pervasive developmental disorders Diagnosis, development, neurobiology, and behavior

‎Subjects: Autism in children, Developmental disabilities

Prescott's microbiology

‎Subjects: Microbiology

Building brains

‎Subjects: Brain, Nervous system, Developmental neurobiology, Growth

Asking questions in biology

‎Subjects: Science, Biology, Methodology

Cell and molecular biology

‎Subjects: Cytology, Molecular biology

Biology

‎Subjects: Biology, Textbooks

Biological psychology

‎Subjects: Psychobiology, Comic books, strips, etc

Henderson's dictionary of biology

‎Subjects: Biology, Dictionaries

RNA biology

‎Subjects: RNA

Campbell biology

‎Subjects: Biology

Immunity

‎Subjects: Immune system

Molecular biology of cancer

‎Subjects: Cancer, Cancer cells, Molecular aspects

Medical microbiology

‎Subjects: Microbiology, Technique

Fundamentals of forensic DNA typing

‎Subjects: DNA fingerprinting, Forensic genetics

Free radicals in biology and medicine

‎Subjects: Free radicals (Chemistry), Antioxidants, Pathology, Molecular, Physiological effect

Human virology

‎Subjects: Medical virology, Virus diseases, Microbiology

Principles of development

‎Subjects: Developmental biology

The quest for consciousness

‎Subjects: Consciousness, Neurobiology, Physiological aspects, Research

Biology

‎Subjects: Biology

Introduction to proteins

‎Subjects: Proteins, Physical biochemistry, Structure-activity relationships

Mathematical models of biological systems

‎Subjects: Biological systems, Biology, Mathematical models

Physiological strategies for gas exchange and metabolism

‎Subjects: Respiration, Energy metabolism, Physiology, Comparative

Les sciences de la vie dans la pensée française du XVIIIe siècle

‎Subjects: Biology, Natural law, France, History, Philosophy

Methods of soil analysis Microbiological and biochemical properties

‎Subjects: Soil microbiology, Soils, Methodology, Analysis

People and wildlife

‎Subjects: Human ecology, Human-animal relationships, Animals and civilization, Animal attacks, Wildlife conservation

Song of the dodo

‎Subjects: Island ecology, Biogeography, Extinction (Biology), Endangered species

The management of chalk grassland for the conservation of invertebrates

‎Subjects: Wildlife conservation, Biology, Grassland ecology, Chalk, Invertebrates, 1987, Theses, Protection

Origins of us [Complete series] ‎Subjects: Human evolution, Evolution (Biology), Documentary television programs

Inside the human body Hostile world ‎Subjects: Documentary television programs, Human biology, Human body, Embryology, Human, Human development, Brain, DNA

Inside the human body Building your brain‎ Subjects: Documentary television programs, Human biology, Human body, Embryology, Human, Human development, Brain

Inside the human body First to last‎ Subjects: Documentary television programs, Human biology, Human body, Embryology, Human, Fetus, Death, Development

Inside the human body Creation‎ Subjects: Documentary television programs, Human biology, Human body, Embryology, Human, Fetus, Conception, Human reproduction, Childbirth, Pregnancy, Development

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Henderson's dictionary of biology Year:2008 Subjects: Biology, Dictionaries	Henderson's dictionary of biology Year: 2011 Subjects: Biology, Dictionaries
Handbook of biochemistry and molecular biology Subjects: Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Handbooks, manuals, etc	The dictionary of cell and molecular biology Subjects: Cytology, Molecular biology, Dictionaries
Biochemistry and molecular biology of antimicrobial drug action Subjects: Anti-infective agents, Microbial metabolism, Microorganisms, Physiological effect, Effect of antibiotics on	Early life on Earth Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic, Archaean
Fungal biology Subjects: Mycology, Fungi	Palaeobiology II Subjects: Palaeobiology
Molecular biology Subjects: Molecular biology

Image Credits: Leukocyte (white blood cell), Maurizio De Angelis, Wellcome Images

Spirals of DNA molecules, Annie Cavanagh, Wellcome Images

A new electronic journal for the New Year

New online subscription to Science magazine

I am pleased to announce that we now have online access to Science magazine from 1880 right up to the current issue. Access to issues from 1997 to date is via the Science web site and archival access (1880-2005) is via JSTOR

See this short video on how to make the most of Science web site

Merry Christmas!

The Birkbeck Library will be closed for the festive period from Thursday 22^nd December, 4 pm, to 8.30 am on Tuesday 3^rd January 2012. Full details of our opening hours can be found at: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/about/hours

We would like to wish all Birkbeck students and staff and all our followers of the Science blog a Merry Christmas and a creative New Year!

Image credits:

Santa Hat was drawn by Eleni Zazani but textures were taken from:

• Furry texture by Caleb Kimbrough used under CC License

• Red Sparkly Fabric by Jessica Torres used under CC License

UK scientific research to be open access

Greater access to the results of scientific research

A new policy announced by the Science Minister, David Willetts, will ensure that all publicly funded scientific research will in future be available on open access - this article in the Guardian explains more

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/08/publicly-funded-research-open-access

Electronic Resource of the Month

Henderson’s Dictionary of Biology

With over 22,000 entries, Henderson’s Dictionary of Biology is an essential reference for students studying any of the biological sciences. We now have online access to the fifteenth edition (2011) which includes many updated and revised definitions and has included new terms from emerging areas such as stem-cell research.

It gives you clear definitions and explanations and covers a wide range of topics within the biological sciences. It also includes up-to-date classification tables for the kingdoms of living organisms.
 
Try Henderson's Dictionary of Biology
 
More online reference resources for the Biological Sciences

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Wellcome Images for the incurably curious

Do you need a picture for your Science presentation? Would you like to illustrate your academic projects and make them stand out? Why not to explore the Wellcome Images collection!

Wellcome Images is the “the world's leading source of images on the history of medicine, contemporary healthcare, social history, biomedical science and clinical medicine.” The collection contains almost 200,000 images harvesting 2,000 years of the mankind civilization and culture.

The images are available for free when used for educational purposes, under the Creative Commons license. Each image bears at the bottom the credit line: Wellcome Library, London. Remember to include the credit line and an attribution to the creators when mentioned. You do not have to be a registered user to download images, however, when signed in you can personalise your searches, save results, email pictures, etc.

The detailed handout on how to access and use the collections, provided by the Wellcome Library, thoroughly explains how to make the most of the collections. You can also visit the “How do I” section of the website if you are not certain how to find your way around.

Would you like to explore further where else you can find images for your presentations?

If you are a Stratford Birkbeck student why not join us in a free Library workshop on “Finding “free to copy” images for your presentations” on Wednesday 30 November 2011 6.30 pm - 8 pm.

During the workshop you will have the opportunity to:

• Reflect on your image seeking patterns
• Consider your legal responsibilities when using digital images from the web
• Be given a selection of sources of copyright cleared images for enhancing your presentations (publicly shared and HE sources)
• Explore what is considered “acceptable use” when using the Flickr Creative Commons pool
• Discover where to find more help and online tutorials

To book your place, please email our Birkbeck Stratford study skills support team at: clpdstratford@bbk.ac.uk or call on 020 8223 4389 or 020 8223 4386.