Top Journals in Biology & Medicine

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Barbara

The Special Libraries Association‘s BioMedical & Life Sciences Division conducted a poll to identify the 100 most influential journals of biology & medicine over the last 100 years.” The poll was conducted by selection panels for three areas: clinical medicine & allied health sciences, molecular and cellular biology (including journals of biotechnology), and natural history.

The top ten are listed here.
JAMA issue cover

    Clinical medicine & allied health sciences:

  • The New England Journal of Medicine
  • JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
  • BMJ: The British Medical Journal (which beat out The Lancet by two votes)

Nature issue cover

    Molecular, cellular, and general science:

  • Science
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA

Botany issue cover

    Natural history (Botany, Zoology, Anthropology and Paleontology):

  • The American Journal of Botany
  • The Journal of Zoology
  • The American Journal of Physical Anthropology (which finished in a three-way tie with the Journal of Human Evolution, and the American Journal of Human Biology, but then won according to tie-breaking rules on grounds of longevity)
  • The Journal of Paleontology

All of the top ten titles except for The American Journal of Physical Anthropology and the current year’s content of The Journal of Zoology are available to UWW students and staff, either through online databases or in Andersen Library’s first-floor periodicals collection.

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Peace Corps anniversary

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Barbara

In September 1961, Congress passed Public Law 87-293 authorizing the Peace Corps. It was signed into law by then-president John F. Kennedy on September 22nd, although prior to this Congressional authorization he had established the Corps by Executive Order 10924 on March 1st.

So You Want To Join the Peace Corps coverToday Peace Corps volunteers are in over 70 countries, working with local people in areas of education, business and community development, technology, agriculture, youth outreach, health, and the environment. Learn more from the Peace Corps web site, which provides the quarterly Peace Corps Times newsletter, its mission, statistics (94% of volunteers have their bachelor’s degree), and application information for those considering volunteering. There also is an opportunity on Wed., Sept. 30th, to chat online with a returned volunteer and recruiter (preregistration required).

Crossing Cultures coverYou also can find digital images and text (including the public law and executive order noted above) from the National Archives (search the Archival Research Catalog for “peace corps” (the “Digital Copies” button should be highlighted), and search HALCat (Andersen’s Library’s catalog) for the keyword phrase “peace corps” to find titles in our collection such as Crossing cultures with the Peace Corps: Peace Corps letters from the field (online), A Life Inspired coverA life inspired: tales of Peace Corps service (2nd-floor Federal Documents collection, PE 1.2:L 62), and So, you want to join the Peace Corps–what to know before you go (3rd-floor Main Collection, HC60.5 .B34 2000).

Please ask a librarian for more assistance with finding materials.

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The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!

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New Journal Holdings List

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Barbara

If you want to know if you have access to articles in particular journals, magazines, or newspapers, consult the Journal Holdings List. To look up a title, hover on “Find” on the gray horizontal bar on the Library home page and then click “Journal Holdings” on the list that appears. Those of you familiar with the Journal Holdings List from last year will see that it has a very different look.

Search box in Journal Holdings ListIn the Journal Holdings List you can either search for a title or browse an alphabetical list.

search results in Journal Holdings List with links to full text accessOnce you’ve found a title you’ll see links to databases providing access to full-text articles (with an indication of how far back full text is available). If no online full text is available for the date you need, click the “Find it” button, and then click the catalog link to see if there are print or microform holdings in the Library’s 1st-floor Periodicals Collection.

Questions? Please ask a librarian!

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 15

Posted on September 15, 2009 by kyle

Surrender

Surrender:
Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom
By Bruce Bawer
BP171 .B35 2009
New Book Island, 2nd floor

With the eight-year anniversary of the 11 September terrorist attacks just the other day, this book naturally jumped out at me when browsing the shelves.

Bawer, a highly-respected cultural critic, looks at the effects on human rights not by former presidential administration, but by Muslim extremists. The author posits the idea that the combination of fear of radical Islam and political and social correctness threatens to silence the freedoms of speech and press. He points out that individuals that accommodate even the most illiberal aspects of the restrictive religion are helping further their cause. This book is an eye-opening account to the potential harm done to individual rights in the future.

The author’s 2006 book, While Europe Slept, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, is available in the Main Collection, 3rd floor, at call number D1056.2 .M87 B39 2006.

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“It’s the Economy, $tupid…” series

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Barbara

The Fall 2009 Fairhaven Lecture Series will look at various aspects of the global, U.S., and local economies through the eyes of economists, historians and political scientists. All of these free and informative lectures are on Mondays at 3:00 p.m. in the Fairhaven Community’s Fellowship Hall (435 W. Starin Road, Whitewater).

  • Sept. 14: Prospects for Economic Revitalization in Urban and Underserved Communities (Richard McGregory, Academic Support Services)
  • Sept. 21: What Happened to the Greatest Companies on Earth? (Nikki Mandell, History Dept.)
  • Sept. 28: Why Prices are Good, Trade is the Same as Technology, and Other Fun Things in Economics (David Welsch, Economics Dept.)
  • Oct. 5: The Spillover Benefit of Student Housing on Property Values and Tax Revenues in Whitewater (Russ Kashian, Economics Dept.)
  • Oct. 12: Commercial Bank Reform in China (Nancy Tao, Economics Dept.)
  • Oct. 19: What’s New in Monetary Policy: Moving Into a New Universe (Stuart Glosser, Economics Dept.)
  • Oct. 26: How Politics Drives Economic Policy Making (Susan Johnson, Political Science Dept.)
  • Nov. 2: The Stimulus Package, Bailouts, and How They Relate to Globalization (John Dominguez, Economics Dept.)
  • Nov. 9: The Local Economic Impact of the Stimulus Package (Bud Gayhart, Business Outreach Services, College of Business & Economics)
  • Nov. 16: An Armchair Economist’s Dusty Crystal Ball: Seeing the Economic Future and Other Reckless Prognostications (Jeff Heinrich, Economics Dept.)

Videos and podcasts of previous lecture series are available:
Fall 2007 “Big Ideas at UW-Whitewater”
Spring 2008 “Our natural Wonders”
Fall 2008 “Election 2008”
Spring 2009 “My Favorite Lecture”

And if you are interested in doing research on these topics, Andersen Library has materials! Books that can be identified through HALCat (Harold Andersen Library catalog) and articles found in the article databases. Please ask a librarian for assistance.

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Remembering 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Barbara

Sept. 11 is a National Day of Service and Remembrance, as authorized by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (Public Law 111-13).

I remember the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 very well. I was working at the Reference Desk when my colleague arrived and asked if I knew planes had hit the World Trade Center towers. I had no idea what she was talking about until I checked a news website. I could hardly believe what I was seeing. Today I looked again at 9/11 images preserved in the October and November 2001 issues of The Digital Journalist, and I can still hardly believe it.

The Library of Congress has an extensive September 11, 2001, Web Archive preserving images and statements of individuals, groups, the press and institutions in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

Tower Stories cover9/11 Report coverAndersen Library also has material on 9/11, including titles that you can find by searching HALCat (Harold Andersen Library’s Catalog), such as Tower stories: An oral history of 9/11 (3rd-floor Main Collection HV6432.7 .T69 2007) and The 9/11 Commission report: Final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (online or 2nd-floor U.S. Documents Y 3.2:T 27/2/FINAL).

New York Times front page excerpt Sept 12 2001Of course there also are many articles in newspapers, magazines, and journals that can be found by searching the Library’s article databases. Use ProQuest Historical Newspapers™–The New York Times, for example, to see articles at the time of the attacks.

If you would like assistance with finding materials, please ask a librarian.

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The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 8

Posted on September 8, 2009 by kyle

Crunch

Crunch:
Why Do I Feel So Squeezed?
(And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)
By Jared Bernstein
HC106.83 .B472 2009
New Book Island, 2nd floor

We going to do a complete one-eighty here from last week (it was all about shopping, shopping, shopping) and talk about saving money, or more accurately, having less money to save. That’s right – the current financial and economic environment has caused hardships for the bank accounts of most, if not all, Americans. This week’s featured title has a number of answers to questions ranging from Social Security and immigration to the nation’s piggy bank (and yours).

Bernstein, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, must have gotten his inspiration from the nightly news. See, the author covers the issues that concern American citizens at the moment. He utilizes the principles of crunch-time economics to explain what you’re seeing in everyday life and society. Bernstein addresses unemployment, globalization, the economy… everything in an enjoyable tone that may make you think that economics isn’t so dismal after all.

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Library & Cafe Open with changes

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Barbara

Harold Andersen Library (HAL) is open for fall semester hours now. The Food for Thought Cafe is open M-Th 9:30am-2pm & 4:30pm-6:30pm, and F 9:30am-2pm. Staff & students should notice quite a few changes, including:

  • 2nd floor (entrance level): a new arrangement of soft chairs, computers, and tables for laptops or group work dispersed around the room; racks of selected current magazine issues & newspapers; group study spaces & rooms; and browsing collections of DVDs, VHS, CDs, graphic novels, audio books, recent fiction & nonfiction books, and video/computer games. Coming soon: A gaming room with Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation consoles.
  • 3rd floor: quiet study space, individual study rooms, more computers.
  • 1st floor: quiet study space, two collaboratories (reserve through Circulation at 472-5511), more computers, and the new home of the University Archives/ Area Research Center/ Special Collections.

We’ll be adding new soft seating. YOU are asked to vote for your favorite fabric! See the samples on display beside the student message board just inside the Library entrance.

We also are trying a continuous book sale. Each month the selection for sale will feature a genre, subject, or format.

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Author Jerry Apps – Sept. 9

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Barbara

Jerry Apps will give a talk at the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library (Whitewater’s public library at 431 W. Center St.), on Wed., Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. Apps, a former UW-Madison professor, is the author of many books.

Ringlingville coverCheese coverUWW’s Andersen Library has some of his books, including Ringlingville USA: The stupendous story of seven siblings and their stunning circus success (3rd-floor Main Collection, GV1821.R5 A66 2005) and Cheese: The making of a Wisconsin tradition (3rd-floor Main Collection, SF274.U6 A66 1998).

UWW students and staff also can get Apps’ titles from other UW libraries by using the free Universal Borrowing service, which brings requested materials here in 2-4 weekdays. Among the titles available are
Living a country year: Wit and wisdom from the good old days and Every farm tells a story: A tale of family farm values .

Please ask a librarian if you would like assistance with finding and requesting materials.

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Labor Day weekend Library hours

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Barbara

Andersen Library is closed over the Labor Day weekend, Sat-Mon, Sept. 5-7. We’ll be open for regular fall semester hours starting on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7:30 a.m.

Enjoy the holiday, everyone, and rest up for the work ahead. But if you want to get some work done, remember that even when the Library is closed:

  • The Library’s article databases are available; just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as for your campus email or D2L).
  • You can search the Library Catalog and use links to the titles that are online, including ereserves for classes.
  • You can review or renew your checked-out books, DVDs, etc. online (once) through your Personal Record.
  • You can ask a librarian for help using email or chat, or phone us at the Reference Desk during open hours (262-472-1032). Chat will be answered by non-UWW librarians. If you call or email you will not receive a response until the Library is open again.
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