Sunday, 5 February 2012

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


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


Friday, 6 January 2012

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

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Merry Christmas!

The Birkbeck Library will be closed for the festive period from Thursday 22nd December, 4 pm, to 8.30 am on Tuesday 3rd 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!


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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

Friday, 9 December 2011

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