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April 29, 2008
National Commission on Industrial Farm Production
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production was released Tuesday 4/29.
Posted by Ann Viera at 01:07 PM
April 28, 2008
NCBI Bookshelf in PubMed--full text biomedical books
The Bookshelf is a growing collection of biomedical books that can be searched directly by typing a concept into the textbox above and selecting "Go".
The bookshelf link is the one labeled Books in the black bar at the far right of the PubMed screen.
An article in Biol. Cell summarizes one life scientist's use of the Bookshelf:
Biol Cell. 2006 Jul;98(7):439-43.
Books for free? How can this be? - A PubMed resource you may be overlooking.
Corsi AK.
Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064,
USA. corsi@cua.edu
The NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) at the National
Institutes of Health collects a wide range of molecular biological data, and
develops tools and databases to analyse and disseminate this information. Many
life scientists are familiar with the website maintained by the NCBI
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), because they use it to search GenBank for
homologues of their genes of interest or to search the PubMed database for
scientific literature of interest. There is also a database called the Bookshelf
that includes searchable popular life science textbooks, medical and research
reference books and NCBI reference materials. The Bookshelf can be useful for
researchers and educators to find basic biological information. This article
includes a representative list of the resources currently available on the
Bookshelf, as well as instructions on how to access the information in these
resources.
Posted by Ann Viera at 09:07 AM
April 24, 2008
Hours for Finals and Beyond!
Pendergrass Library will be open extended hours for finals starting April 28th.
Our schedule for finals is:
Monday April 28- Friday May 2 7:30 a.m.-midnight
Saturday May 3 9:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Sunday May 4 12:00 p.m-midnight
Monday May 5 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Schedule for May 7-June 1 (between Spring and Summer Sessions)
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m-6:00 p.m.
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Tuesday, May 13 We will open at 10:00 a.m.
Monday, May 26 Memorial Day, Closed
Schedule for June 2-August 8 (Summer Session)
Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Friday, July 4 Independence Day, Closed
As always, you can find our operating hours here: http://www.lib.utk.edu/hours/agvet/
Posted by allison scripa at 12:33 PM
April 22, 2008
Care and Welfare of Dogs Bib/Webliography from AWIC
The Animal Welfare Information Center at the National Agricultural Library has recently posted an updated bibliography/webliography on Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Dogs.
AWIC Resource Series No. 40
March 2008
Updates Housing, Husbandry, and Welfare of the Dog Quick Bibliography Series, QB 97-08
Table of Contents
* Introduction
* Anesthesia and Analgesia
* Behavior
* Breeding
* Clinical and Laboratory Techniques
* Feeding
* General
* Health
* Housing
* Husbandry
* Physiology
* Regulations
* Shelter Dogs
* Therapeutic and Working Dogs
* Zoonoses
* Web Resources
Posted by Ann Viera at 09:22 AM
April 18, 2008
Sustainable Campus Report from Sustainable Endowments
Source: Inside Higher Ed 4/18/08: Students are more likely to act in environmentally friendly ways (or at least to report that they do) at colleges and universities where campus policies emphasize environmental sustainability, according to a survey of 1,700 students conducted by researchers at the College of William and Mary and released today. The survey, released by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, found that students at institutions that received A grades on the institute's sustainability "report card" were likelier than those at colleges that scored D's and F's to report limiting their energy use, limiting their appliances, and turning off their computers when not in use, among other behaviors. "When students perceive climate change to be a priority for their school, it really affects their individual actions," Samantha Weston, co-director of the study and a senior at William and Mary, said in a news release about the survey.
Posted by Ann Viera at 08:26 AM
April 16, 2008
Having trouble printing a PDF?
The University of Tennessee Office of Information Technology (OIT) suggests saving the file as HTML or printing as and image. For detailed instructions visit their help page at:
http://oit.utk.edu/labs/faq/pdfprinting.html
Posted by Allison Roberts at 03:19 PM
Open Source Textbooks Milestone
Read the Inside Higher Education story about the open source textbook movement and find out what open source textbooks are and what titles are available.
Posted by Ann Viera at 08:31 AM
April 14, 2008
Is the world heading for a food crisis?
BBC news reports that World Bank has announced emergency measures to tackle rising food prices around the world.
Read the full story and other reports about the food price crisis.
Posted by Allison Roberts at 01:35 PM | TrackBack
Dog and Cat Care Videos from Cornell
A new series of videos called Partners in Health on dog and cat care for animal owners is available for viewing on the web or for purchase on DVD. Topics so far available are Basic Cat Care and Cancer in dogs and cats.
Posted by Ann Viera at 08:55 AM
April 13, 2008
Green Gardening Display
To help celebrate Earth Month, one of our current displays focuses on Green Gardening. Please, stop by Pendergrass to check it out and browse through our collection of gardening books.
Posted by Laurel Donahue at 04:17 PM
April 11, 2008
Water Rights : the effects of water on culture
The UT Libraries Diversity Committee Presents
Water rights shape economies, societies and countries like no other natural resource. Culture depends on water for agriculture, navigation, and health. To examine these effects explore literature on international environment, law, government and sociology.
Current Titles . Electronic Resources . Video Resources . Print the Resources . Print the Poster
Water Rights Film Showings
Videos @ Hodges Library
NOW WITH BILL MOYERS (60 min)
Hodges Media Center: HD4465.B5L43 2002
129 Tuesday April 15 th 5:30-6:30
129 Wednesday April 16th 12:30-1:30
THE PLACE OF FALLING WATERS (90 min)
Hodges media center: E99.S2P53 1991
253 Thursday April 17th 5:30-7:00 pm
AUD Friday April 18 4:00-5:30
Series title JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH
GE140 .J68 2003
STATE OF THE PLANET (NO. 8) 56-minutes
129 Tuesday April 15th 12:30-1:30
AUD Wednesday April 16th 3:30-4:30
RIVERS OF DESTINY (NO 1)56-minutes
Thursday April 17th 5:15- 6:15
Friday April 18th 12: 30 -1:30
Videos @ Pendergrass Library
Veterinary Teaching Hospital A118
WATERS OF DISCORD
AVM DVD TD365.T44 2004 Vol 5
VTH A118 Tuesday April 15th 3:00-3:30
VTH A118 Wednesday April 16th 2:00-2:30
WATERY VISIONS: IS THE FUTURE POTABLE?
AVM DVD TD365 .T44 2004 Vol 6
VTH A118 Tuesday April 15th 3:30-4:00
VTH A118 Wednesday April 16th 2:30-3:00
Posted by Allison Roberts at 02:02 PM
April 10, 2008
CAB ABSTRACTS Training at your desktop
Help with the new CAB ABSTRACTS interface is available at you desktop.
CAB ABSTRACTS is the international, research database for agriculture and veterinary medicine.
The interface to CAB ABSTRACTS changed recently to Ovid.
The new Ovid interface is much different from the old one. The change was made because Ovid purchased SilverPlatter.
Fortunately, CABI trainer Chris Ison is offering free web-based training to anyone needing help searching
CAB ABSTRACTS.
Contact him directly to arrange training and see what scheduled training is available from your desktop.
Posted by Ann Viera at 04:34 PM
April 09, 2008
Soil Surveys at Pendergrass Library
Visit our comprehensive soil survey collection description to decode where to find the soil survey you need. The page provides a link to data on finding Tennessee Soils Surveys at the top of the page.
Click here to visit Soil Surveys at Pendergrass Library
Posted by Allison Roberts at 01:08 PM
April 07, 2008
Homeland Security Digital Library
Reminder: UT Libraries subscribes to the Homeland Security Digital Library.
It is on the databases page or go directly to it at https://www.hsdl.org/?
Posted by Ann Viera at 01:37 PM
April is National Gardening Month
Visit the National Gardening Association for ideas on celebrating National Garden Month.
Posted by Allison Roberts at 01:35 PM
2008 Spanish and English Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
The 2008 edition of Agricultural Thesaurus (NALT) and Glossary of Agricultural Terms features online vocabulary tools in both Spanish and English.
Visit NALT at the National Agriculture Library's Website. Use the left blue navigational box to search and browse in English. The Spanish Edition is linked in the center content.
Posted by Allison Roberts at 01:11 PM
April 01, 2008
AVMA Collections Debuts 4/1 Obesity in Dogs/Zoonosis Update
AVMA Collections is a series of single-topic virtual issues that will draw from already-published articles in both JAVMA and AJVR. In general, the content will include articles published after 1999; however, older articles of significant and continuing interest will be included as well.
Inaugural topics available April 1 are "Obesity in Dogs" and "Zoonosis Updates".
Posted by Ann Viera at 10:00 AM