New books purchased by the Balfour Library

New books added to the Overnight Loan shelves:

Bad science, by Ben Goldacre. London: Fourth Estate; 2008. Balfour Library shelfmark: D.7 (39i-iii)

Behavioral genetics, 5th ed., by Robert Plomin ... [et al.]. New York: Worth Publishers; 2008. Balfour Library shelfmark: ENY (44ei)

Biochemistry and molecular biology, 4th ed., by William H. Elliott and Daphne C. Elliott. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: EH (58d)

Brain damage, brain repair, by James W. Fawcett, Anne E. Rosser and Stephen B. Dunnett. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2001. Balfour Library shelfmark: GF (228)

The cell: a molecular approach, 5th ed., by Geoffrey M. Cooper, Robert E. Hausman. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: qEC (23e)

The developing brain, by Michael Brown, Roger Keynes. Andrew Lumsden. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2005. Balfour Library shelfmark: GFE (58)

Ecological developmental biology: integrating epigenetics, medicine, and evolution, by Scott F. Gilbert and David Epel. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: EEB (74i-ii)

Evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters, by Donald R. Prothero. New York: Columbia University Press; 2007. Balfour Library shelfmark: GJ (38i-ii)

From neuroscience to neurology: neuroscience, molecular medicine, and the therapeutic transformation of neurology, edited by Stephen Waxman. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Academic Press; 2005. Balfour Library shelfmark: GF (224)

How humans evolved, 5th ed., by Robert Boyd. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark : EO (278ei-ii)

Injured brains of medical minds: views from within, compiled and edited by Narinder Kapur. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1997. Balfour Library shelfmark: GF (227)

Molecular biology, 3rd ed., by Phil Turner. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Group; 2005. Balfour Library shelfmark: EM (82ci-ii)

The new brain sciences: perils and prospects, edited by Dai Rees and Steven Rose. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2004. Balfour Library shelfmark: GF (226i-ii)

Only a theory: evolution and the battle for America's soul, by Kenenth R. Miller. New York: Penguin Books; 2008. Balfour Library shelfmark: EO (318i-ii)

Principles of population genetics, 4th ed., by Daniel L. Hartl and Andrew G. Clark. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.; 2007. Balfour Library shelfmark: ENY (42di-ii)

The student's guide to cognitive neuroscience, by Jamie Ward. Hove: Psychology Press; 2006. Balfour Library shelfmark: GF (225)

Textbook of neural repair and rehabilitation. Volume 1: Neural repair and stability, edited by Michael E. Seltzer ... [et al.]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2006. Balfour Library shelfmark: GF (229)

Vertebrates: comparative anatomy, function, evolution, 5th ed., by Kenneth V. Kardong. Boston, MA: McGraw Hill Higher Education; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: UU (26ei-iii)

Books added to the Open Shelves:

Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research, 3rd ed., by Robert R. Sokal and F. James Rohlf. New York: W. H. Freeman and Co.; 1995. Balfour Library shelfmark: EBB (21ciii)

New e-books

The following e-books have now been added to the ebooks@cambridge collections. They are available from the Newton online catalogue at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/newton/ and ebooks@cambridge at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/ebooks.php

They may be on your reading list!

Dixon - How to get a first, Taylor & Francis, 2004

http://www.myilibrary.com/?id=5324

Kappeler - Cooperation in primates and humans, Springer, 2006

http://www.myilibrary.com/?id=60868

Miller - Eat or be eaten, CUP, 2002

http://www.myilibrary.com/?id=95587

Schutkowski - Human ecology, Springer, 2006

http://www.myilibrary.com/?id=46197

Schaik & Janson - Infanticide by males and its implications, CUP, 2000

http://www.myilibrary.com/?id=41784

Boyd - The origin and evolution of cultures, OUP, 2005

http://www.myilibrary.com/?id=56055

Fleagle, Janson & Reed - Primate communities, CUP, 1999

http://www.myilibrary.com/?id=42935

Welcome to our new students, and some useful library pointers

Welcome to all the new Zoology Department undergraduate and postgraduate students!

Are you feeling overwhelmed by all the library services available to you in Cambridge? Then it's a good idea to take advantage of the Research Skills Programme that is run by the University Library. In particular they offer regular "Orientation Tours" of the University Library lasting 30mins, "QuickStart for Part II" which is a 1 hour orientation and e-resource session for Part II students, as well as "Information skills and e-resources" - 1 hour sessions for everyone, including "Getting the most from web resources", "Finding journal and newspaper articles". There are also "Hands-on practical sessions" on topics such as "How to find things on your reading list". See this website for the full programme http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Courses/index.html

Is there a book you think that would be useful or the Balfour Library to purchase? You may be pleased to hear that the Balfour Library welcomes book recommendations from its readers, just email the details to me at library@zoo.cam.ac.uk, along with a short reason why it would be useful and how many people it would be of use to.

Can't find the article or book you're looking for in Cambridge? We also offer an Inter-Library Loans service (for a small fee) whereby we can request items from the British Library to be loaned or copied for our readers. Requests are satisfied within 3-5 working days. See our website for more information http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/library/ills.html

We look forward to seeing you all in the Balfour Library soon, when you register your University Card with us so you can borrow books, purchase a photocopying card and printing credit, and come on an on-demand tour.

Clair & Jane

International Open Access Week at Cambridge

The Open Access movement worldwide has been gathering pace as top-tier universities embrace the effort to provide free online access to research literature and data. To support understanding of Open Access, the University Library is organising a number of events in October during the International Open Access Week. The events are built around DSpace@Cambridge, the University's institutional Open Access repository. For more information on events during the Open Access week contact Barbara Bultmann bb342@cam.ac.uk and visit:
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/create_change/events.html

Conference: Open Access Cambridge

This half-day conference will explore different perspectives on Open Access by bringing together representatives from the research community, the publishing sector and from a learned society.

Speakers will include Dr Tim Hubbard, Head of Informatics Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Dr James Milne, Editorial Director from the Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing; representatives from BioMed Central and Plos Public Library of Science and DSpace@Cambridge.

Wednesday, 21st October, 2.00 - 5.00, Isaac Newton Institute for
Mathematical Sciences, 20 Clarkson Road, Cambridge

Workshop: How to get published - Author workshop held by BioMed Central and PLoS Public Library of Science

This Author workshop is aimed at young scientists and provides guidelines on how to write a 4* research paper with these Open Access publishers.

Wednesday, 21st October, 10.00 - 12.30, University Centre. Please notify the organizers <mailto:bb342@cam.ac.uk>of your attendance.

Presentation: Open Access: E-theses

The DSpace@Cambridge <http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/> team will talk about Open Access and its implications for the scholarly communication process. The team will also introduce the new electronic PhD thesis deposit scheme starting in Michaelmas Term 2009.

Monday, 19th October, 2.30 - 4.00, University Library, Morison Room (Part of the Research Skills Programme)

Discussion: Open Access Table at the Departments

Drop by to talk to pick up information, learn about the public access policies of the UK funding councils, and talk to Librarians and Repository staff about your publishing questions.

Tuesday 20th October, 10.00 - 14.00 - Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (outside the Level 7 Lounge)

Tuesday 20th October, 14.00 - 16.00 - Medical School (Foyer)

Friday 23rd October, 10.00 - 12.30 - Computer Laboratory

More to be scheduled. If you wish us to attend your department/faculty, please email us.

DSpace@Cambridge unveils e-thesis depositing

The DSpace@Cambridge team is pleased to announce that from October 1st 2009 it will be possible to deposit theses in electronic form in DSpace@Cambridge, the institutional repository of the University. The theses will be disseminated online via the DSpace@Cambridge interface, allowing interested readers from all over the world to access them.

Each University faculty or department will have its own e-thesis collection where students, staff and alumni will be able to deposit their theses. The goal is to build a complete digital collection of theses from the University, ensuring continued access to this valuable material for future generations.

The deposit process is simple. The University Library is collaborating with the Board of Graduate Studies on the scheme, and all students submitting their thesis for examination will receive offers to deposit their thesis in DSpace@Cambridge. Deposits are made on a voluntary basis. Librarians from the University Library will verify that all details are correct before the thesis is made available for online access.

It will also be possible for University staff and alumni to make their theses available in DSpace@Cambridge. Further information about e-thesis deposit for current staff and alumni will be distributed to all University departments throughout the autumn. Interested parties can also contact the DSpace@Cambridge team at support@repository.cam.ac.uk

Further information about the scheme is available at: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/repository/theses/

Early career researchers author workshop

On 19 October 2009, Elsevier will be hosting a lecuture aimed at early career researchers on 'How to write a world class paper'. There will be 2 sessions one at 10.30 and one at 2.00 on the Addenbrookes site.

During the presentation, the audience will gain insights in the way publishers, editors and reviewers look at their manuscripts, which may help them to submit better papers.

The lecture will cover those aspects, relevant when preparing and submitting a manuscript for a scientific journal e.g. originality, Hot Topics, format of the article, selection of the journal, language, building blocks, ethical and copyright issues.

Dr Riaz Agha, Managing and Executive Editor of International Journal of Surgery (and Junior Doctor at Addenbrooke's!) will present the workshop and share his experiences with the audience and answer questions.

We believe that these sessions will be oversubscribed (indeed the afternoon session is nearly full just from being advertised on the Medical Library website) and so booking is essential. Bookings can be made via the Medical library website at

http://cambridgemedicallibrary.blogspot.com/2009/09/publishing-workshop.html

Access to electronic resources off-campus: important changes from 1 August

The University completed the transition from ATHENS access to locally authenticated access via Shibboleth on the 1st August. Users will no longer be able to access a resource via the ATHENS alternative login route.

The recommended access route for electronic resources is via eresources@cambridge or, in the case of ejournals, ejournals@cambridge, which include the correct links.

Users off-campus should log in using the links provided by publishers on their web sites marked "Institutional login", "Log in via your home institution" or "Shibboleth".

Further information on this change and contact details for enquiries can be found at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/shibboleth.php

New trial e-resource - Reaxys

A trial has been arranged to the new reaction searching and synthesis planning tool for chemists, Reaxys. The trial starts 1 September and ends 31 October 2009 and can be accessed at the URL: https://www.reaxys.com.

Reaxys is based on the combined content of the Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases. Access to the Beilstein and Gmelin databases is currently via the CrossFire service. In 2010, CrossFire will be replaced by the new interface Reaxys.

A webinar describing navigation of the Reaxys interface to the databases can be accessed at any time by registration by any individual in writing to: webinars@reaxys.com. Some hard copies of the quick reference guide will be available from the Chemical Engineering and Rayleigh Libraries in due course. Alternatively you can access the Reaxys Training centre at: http://www.info.reaxys.com/training-center to download copies of the guide and other materials and demos.

New Content Added to the Health and General Sciences & Life Sciences Collections on JSTOR

New Content Added to the Health and General Sciences & Life Sciences Collections on JSTOR - Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, and Journal of Field Ornithology.

JSTOR offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.

The archives are being expanded continuously with a current emphasis on international publications as well as collections of other content types such as pamphlets, images and manuscripts from libraries, societies, and museums. New initiatives to support innovations in scholarship, such as using the archives for text mpre-publication sharing of ideas among scholars, are also underway.

Access to JSTOR content at http://www.jstor.org/ is available on-campus without passwords and off-campus via Raven passwords.

New titles:

The following journals have been added to the JSTOR archive. More detailed information about all JSTOR titles and collections, along with delimited lists, can be accessed from JSTOR’s Available Collections page at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/archives/collections.jsp.

The Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery is an international journal of the medicine and surgery of both captive and wild birds. Published materials includescientific articles, case reports editorials, abstracts,new research, and book reviews. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=javianmedsurg

Published on behalf of the Association of Field Ornithologists, Journal of Field Ornithology publishes original articles that emphasize the descriptive or experimental study of birds in their natural habitats. Articles depicting general techniques, emphasizing conservation, describing life history, or assessing published studies or existing ideas are appropriate. The Journal is especially interested in field studies conducted in the Neotropics and those involving participation by nonprofessional ornithologists. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jfielorni

New books acquisitions and donations, and theses

New books purchased by the Balfour Library:

A bibliography of Afrotropical birds, 1971-1990, compiled by R. J. Dowsett, C. H. Fry & F. Dowsett-Lemaire. Liege: Tauraco Press; 2007. Balfour Library shelf mark: qKZ.6 (50)

Butterflies of West Africa: Text and Plate volumes, by Torben B. Larsen. Stenstrup: Apollo Books; 2005. Balfour Library shelf mark: QNB (38i-ii)

Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et gaumatres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tomes 1 et 2 : The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa, volumes 1 and 2, by Didier Paugy, Christian Leveque and Guy G. Teugels. Paris: IRD, MNHN, MRAC; 2003. Balfour Library shelf mark: VZ.6 (25i-ii)

Modern applied statistics with S, 4th ed., by W. N. Venables and B. D. Ripley. New York: Springer; 2002. Balfour Library shelf mark: EBB (86d)

Donations:

The birds of Pasvik, by E. I. Khlebosolov ... [et al.]. Ryazan: NP "Golos gubernii"; 2007. Balfour Library shelf mark: KZ.4 (5)

Important bird areas in Africa and associated islands: priority sites for conservation, edited by Lincoln D. Fishpool and Michael I. Evans. Cambridge: BirdLife International; 2001. Balfour Library shelf mark: qKZ.6 (48)

New books donated by Cambridge University Press:

Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models, by Andrew Gelman and Jennifer Hill. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2007. Balfour Library shelf mark: EBB (87)

Theses:

Assessing the economic aspects of aquatic invasive species in Great Britain, by Matthew Paul Julius Oreska. (M.Phil.) Cambridge; 2009. Thesis (459)

Demographic analysis of the impact of conservation action on stone curlew populations, by Alison Johnston. (Ph.D.) Cambridge; 2009. Thesis (460)

Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) sentinel behaviour: variation in height and contribution, by Mico Tatalovic. (M.Phil.) Cambridge: 2008. Thesis (461)