New Online Encyclopedia on Environment Issues Added

The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, a 5 volume set, has been added to the growing number of electronic reference sources in Axe Library. This set is unique in its emphasis on the intersection of environment and society. While explaining topics in a science point of view, the authors relate the issues to resulting society problems and challenges. In addition to searching by topic, the “Reader’s Guide” groups topics in fourteen broad categories such as agriculture, animals, biology and chemistry, climate, conservation and ecology . . .people, politics, pollution, and society. Clustered under each category are the many individual topics. Pollution includes 78 topics such as Agent Orange, acid rain, Alaska pipeline, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, nitrogen oxides, oil spills, urbanization and wastewater.

The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society would be a good starting point for papers and discussions on the overall topic of the environment. Additional readings are suggested at the end of each entry. The encyclopedia can be found in the Online Catalog or on the List of Databases by Title.

"Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography" Now Online

The Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography is an excellent scholarly work, known for its accuracy and reliability. The Dictionary provides the history of science through the lives of scientists from antiquity to modern times. Scientists from all areas are included, particularly mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and earth sciences. The biographies are extensive (1-5 or more pages) and focus on the scientific contribution the person made as well as their personal life. The keyword approach and use of the index allows for more than name searching. For example, searching for paleobotany brings up 16 paleobotantists from 8 countries as well as sections on paleobotany research, history and study and teaching. See references at the end of the article will link to other related entries on the person or topic.

John Frank Adams, a leading figure in algebraic topology
b. Woolwich U.K., 5 Nov 1930; d near Brampton U.K. 7 Jan 1989

Access from the Library homepage: http://library.pittstate.edu> Online Catalog > Title.

Or use the Online Reference Sources > Biography.

Add to ANGEL course resources: The direct link to Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography is: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?prodId=GVRL.scibio&userGroupName=psu_main&authCount=1

The library’s proxy string to add in front of the link is: http://library.pittstate.edu:2048/login?url=

For more information, check the Library’s ANGEL page.

Magill's Medical Guide

MAGILL’S MEDICAL GUIDE Published by Salem Press, 2008

This excellent source is a boon for health professionals, students and any user with a health/medical question. Available online and in print, it includes more than 1,000 signed articles, with the major articles having 3,000-5,000 words. Illustrations and photographs enhance the text, such as the “Major Bones of the Human Skeleton” or “The Organs and Structure of the Chest.” Search by keyword, subject heading, major anatomy/system affected, specialties and related fields, symptoms and warning signs, diseases and conditions, and more.

Good design for easy navigation, including a left–hand side bar showing the table of contents, key terms and definitions, related terms for each article, and selected sources for further study citation.

Magill’s Medical Guide would be a good source to add to ANGEL Course Resources:

• To add to ANGEL: Open the Course page where you want to add Magill’s
• Click on the Resources tab
• Click on “Edit” in the Course Resources box
• Next, click on “add a link’
• Paste the following web address and click “save”

MAGILL’S MEDICAL GUIDE Published by Salem Press, 2008

Electronic Version: Link via the Online Catalog http://ipac.pittstate.edu or from the Library homepage under Online Reference Sources > Health & Medicine.

Print Version: 1st floor Reference 610.3 M272m 20008, 5 vols.