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February 2005

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  • Spring Break Hours, March 5-13, 2005:
    Saturdays - Sundays closed; Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
  • PubMed has had a facelift: full journal title display when you mouse-over the abbreviation; spellchecker which will suggest corrections; new tabs; "Review" filter is a default tab; MY NCBI http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf05/jf05_myncbi.html, including filters where you select your "tabs," and persistent "cookies" (optional) to allow you to stay signed onto your specific preferences. Check it out!
  • NIH final policy on free access to medical research was released February 3. The policy "requests" that, beginning May 2, NIH-funded scientists submit an electronic version of their final manuscripts, defined as the final version accepted for journal publication, including modifications from the peer review process, for deposit in PubMed Central (PMC) as soon as possible, and within 12 months of final publication." More info: http://nihms.nih.gov. To ensure the success of this new system, I encourage you to make your NIH-funded articles available in PMC promptly. This can be accomplished in either of two ways:
    1) Publish in open-access journals that already deposit their papers in PMC and make them immediately and freely available.
    2) When you publish in non-open-access journals
        a) Specify (if necessary) in the publisher's copyright transfer agreement or comparable document that the author retains the right to make the article available in open-access digital repositories (NIH has suggested the following language: "Journal acknowledges that Author retains the right to provide a copy of the final manuscript to NIH upon acceptance for Journal publication or thereafter, for public archiving in PubMed Central as soon as possible after publication by Journal.") For additional information, see also Author's Addendum (from SPARC) [ http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/docs/AuthorsAddendum2_1.pdf ]
        b) Deposit in PMC the manuscript plus any supporting files and indicate the desired public release date. This may mean that you will need to arrange to maintain a "final author version" of your manuscript incorporating all peer review and editorial changes.
  • Science Times: We've added an informal display of the Tuesday science section of the New York Times, near the WU Biology Dept. new publications display upstairs in the library. We would welcome gift additions during summers and intersessions when the free newspapers stop on campus.
  • Biology Library after-hours access will be by ID card instead of key beginning sometime in March; the exact date isn't known yet. Keyholders who want to be sure their ID will work can test on the keypad now:
    1) Close the door (or leave it closed if it is after hours).
    2) Slide your ID through the keypad. Light will turn from Red to Green if you are authorized. Try again if it doesn't work the first time. If your ID card does not work, please bring your ID to the Biology Library and speak with Ruth, Charlotte or Ray.
    3) Prop the door open again (unless you are testing after hours).
    Information about what to do with your B200E keys will be distributed in the March or April News and New Books List.
  • Free classes from National Library of Medicine in April:
    WHAT: PubMed Training
    WHEN: Monday, April 18, 2005, 8:30AM - 5:00PM
    WHERE: Washington University School of Medicine, Becker Medical Library, Rm. 601B
    DESCRIPTION: This full-day class is designed to teach students how to use PubMed which includes MEDLINE citations. The class also includes an overview of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and its importance as a tool to both searchers and indexers.
    AGENDA: http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/agenda.html#Pub
    TO REGISTER: http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/request.html There's a wait list.

    WHAT: NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov Training
    WHEN: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 8:30AM - 12:00PM
    WHERE: Washington University School of Medicine, Becker Medical Library, Rm. 601B
    DESCRIPTION: This half-day class is designed to teach students how to use the NLM Gateway. It also includes a discussion and demonstration of ClinicalTrials.gov.
    AGENDA: http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/agenda.html#Gateway
    TO REGISTER: http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/request.html
  • Open Source Biology/Biotechnology from CAMBIA [ http://www.bios.net/daisy/bios/475 ] Several links including the Feb. 10 paper in Nature, "Gene transfer to plant by diverse species of bacteria.
  • Best sellers in Physiology, 2005, as compiled by YBP Library Services. In the web version of this News & New Book List, titles are linked to WU Catalog or Mobius records.
    1) Consciousness: Creeping Up on the Hard Problem Gray, Jeffrey Oxford U. Press 2004. ISBN 0198520905. $54.50
    2) Brain and Visual Perception: The Story of a 25-Year Collaboration Hubel, David H. New York Oxford U. Press 2005. ISBN 0195176189. $49.50
    3) On Intelligence Hawkins, Jeff Times Books 2004. ISBN 0805074562. $25.00
    4) Origin of Mind: Evolution of Brain, Cognition, and General Intelligence Geary, David C. American Psychological Association 2005. ISBN 1591471818. $59.95
    5) Synesthesia: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience Ed. by Lynn C. Robertson Oxford U. Press 2005. ISBN 019516623X. $55.00
    6) Great Brain Debate: Nature Or Nurture? Dowling, John E. National Academy Press 2004. ISBN 030909223X. $24.95
    7) Stress & Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions Lovallo, William R. Sage Publications 2005. ISBN 1412904781. $37.95
    8) Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging: Linking Cognitive and Cerebral Aging Ed. by Roberto Cabeza Oxford U. Press 2005. ISBN 0195156749. $69.50
    9) Psychosomatic: Feminism and the Neurological Body Wilson, Elizabeth A. Durham Duke U. Press 2004. ISBN 0822333562. $64.95
    10) Analyzing Microarray Gene Expression Data McLachlan, Geoffrey J. John Wiley 2004. ISBN 0471226165. $89.95
    11) Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement Winter, David A. Hoboken John Wiley. 2005. ISBN 047144989X. $100.00
    12) Cognitive Neurosciences Ed. by Michael S. Gazzaniga Cambridge MIT Press 2004. ISBN 0262072548. $145.00
    13) Biophysical Foundations of Human Movement Bruce Abernethy, et al. Human Kinetics 2005. ISBN 0736042768. $49.00
    14) Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Navarra, Tova Facts On File 2004. ISBN 081604998X. $75.00
    15) Mammalian Host Defense Peptides Ed. by Deirdre A. Devine Cambridge U. Press 2004. ISBN 0521822203. $95.00
    16) Allostasis, Homeostasis and the Costs of Physiological Adaptation Ed. by Jay Schulkin Cambridge U. Press 2004. ISBN 0521811414. $100.00
    17) Wondering Brain: Thinking About Religion With and Beyond Cognitive Neuroscience Bulkeley, Kelly Routledge 2005. ISBN 0415938406. $85.00
    18) Neurology of the Arts: Painting, Music, Literature Ed. by F. Clifford Rose Imperial College Press 2004. ISBN 1860943683. $88.00
    19) Architecture and Design of Man and Woman: The Marvel of the Human Body, Revealed Tsiaras, Alexander Doubleday 2004. ISBN 0385509294. $50.00
    20) Functional Metabolism: Regulation and Adaptation Ed. by Kenneth B. Storey Wiley-Liss 2004. ISBN 047141090X. $130.00
**Recent Additions to Library Homepage [Suggestions welcome!]**
*** Indicates an addition or change to the Biology Electronic Journals page [ http://library.wustl.edu/subjects/life/ejournals.html ]
***Castanea [ http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-archive&issn=0008-7475 ]
Full text, v.69:no.4, Dec., 2004+; WU access only; BioOne.
*** Developmental Science [ http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=desc ]
Full text, v.1, 1998+; WU access only; Blackwell-Synergy.
*** Invertebrate Biology [ http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=ivb ]
Full text, v.124, 2005+; WU access only; Blackwell-Synergy.
*** Journal of Coastal Research [ http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-journals-list&issn=1551-5036 ]
Full text, v. 20:no.4, Sept. 2004+; WU access only; BioOne.
Patent Search (BIOS) [ http://www.bios.net/daisy/bios/50 ]
Full text, patents relevant to life sciences from worldwide sources. More info.
*** Rangeland Ecology and Management [ http://www.bioone.org.spokane/bioone/?request=get-journals-list&issn=1551-5028 ]
Full text, v.58, 2005+; WU access only; BioOne.
*** Rangelands [ http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-journals-list&issn=1551-501X ]
Full text, v.27, 2005+; WU access only; BioOne.
***Journal of Vector Ecology [ http://www.sove.org/Journal.html ]
Full text, v.25:no.2, Dec. 2000+; freely available; Society for Vector Ecology.
**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**
For more information on these books, please search the Catalog by title, keywords or author.
Now online

Methods in enzymology, v.392: RNA interference
      http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00766879

February 4, 2005 - February 11, 2005

Advances in botanical research.                                          
      Review Serial v.41 (2004)                   
Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry                       
      Review Serial v.59 (2004)                  
Genetics of populations                           Hedrick, Philip W.
      QH455 .H43 2005                        
Primer of conservation biology                  Primack, Richard B.
      QH75 .P7525 2004                      
Towards a thermodynamic theory for ecological...  Jorgensen, Sven Erik
      QH541 .J67 2004 
                    
February 11, 2005 - February 18, 2005

Cultural history of plants                                           
      SB71 .C86 2005                    
Feathered onion : creation of life in the... Trotman, Clive N. A.   
      QH325 .T76 2004                       
Flowers : evolution of the floral architecture... Tcherkej, Guillaume   
      QK495.A1 T39 2004                   
Genes and the agents of life : the individual... Wilson, Robert A.
      QH331 .W72 2005                       
Hunt for the dawn monkey : unearthing...     Beard, K. Christopher 
      QE882.P7 B35 2004                     
Imaging atlas of human anatomy                    Weir, Jamie  
      QM25 .W44 2003                        
Introduction to genetic analysis                                         
      QH430 .I62 2005                       
Microbial biofilms                                                       
      QR100.8.B55 M5252 2004               
Nucleolus                                                            
      QH596 .N83 2004                       
Plant surface microbiology                                               
      QR351 .P5833 2004                     
Principles and applications of soil microbiology                         
      QR111 .P75 2005                       
Principles of brain evolution                     Striedter, Georg F.
      QP376 .S825 2005                      
Principles of soil and plant water relations      Kirkham, M. B.         
      QK870 .K57 2005                      
Pursuit of perfection : aspects of biochemical... Cornish-Bowden, Athel 
      QH325 .C76 2004                       
Regulatory mechanisms of intracellular membrane...                       
      QH601 .R48 2004                        
Sea turtles : a complete guide to their biology,  Spotila, James R.
      QL666.C536 S69 2004                   
Solutions manual for Introduction to genetic analysis                       
      QH430 .I62 2005 Suppl.                  
Synthetic nucleic acids as inhibitors of gene exp                        
      QP623.5.C36 S966 2005 
			
February 18, 2005 - February 25, 2005        

Advanced distance sampling                                               
      QH352 .A38 2004                 
Cellular automaton modeling of biological pattern...  Deutsch, Andreas
      QH491 .D42 2005                       
Chromosomes today.                                                       
      QH600 .C56 v.14                   
Classical genetic research and its legacy                       
      QH445.2 .C536 2004                
Conservation : linking ecology, economics...    Mulder, Monique 
      QH75 .M848 2005                      
From molecular genetics to genomics : the mapping...                      
      QH442 .F77 2004                       
Handbook of bird biology                                                 
      QL673 .H263 2004                       
Piper : a model genus for studies of phytochemistry                       
      QK495.P67 P56 2004                    
Protein geometry, classification, topology...  Taylor, W. R. 
      QP551 .T19 2005                       
Regional scale ecological risk assessment : using...                      
      QH541.15.R57 R44 2005                  
Terrestrial ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar                       
      QH77.A35 T47 2004
    
February 25, 2005 - March 4, 2005

Advances in ecological research: Birds and climate change                 
   Review Serial v.35 (2004)            
Advances in marine biology.                                              
   Review Serial v.47 (2004)              
Current topics in developmental biology.                                 
   Review Serial v.65 (2005)             
Exploring genomes : web-based bioinformatics... Young, Paul G.         
   QH447 .Y686 2003                 
International review of cytology.                                        
   Review Serial v.242 (2004)                
Nuclear envelope                                                     
   QH601.2 .N77 2004
Progress in molecular and subcellular biology: Epigenetics and chromatin
   Review Serial v.38 (2005)

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