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Ebook of the Week: Biophilic Cities

A biophilic city is more than simply a biodiverse city, says author and “urban greening” advocate Timothy Beatley. It is a place that learns from nature and emulates natural systems, incorporates natural forms and images into its buildings and cityscapes, and designs and plans in conjunction with nature.

Biophilic Cities: Integrating Natureinto Urban Design and Planning (Island Press, 2011) outlines the essential elements of a biophilic city, and provides vivid examples and stories about cities that have successfully integrated biophilic elements–from the building to the regional level – around the world.

This ebook is available for Dal users only. Read it now!

Info-Sci Medical E-books Collection

The Kellogg Library recently purchased the Info-Sci Medical e-book package (about 100 books) from IGI- Global. This collection covers topics in health informatics, health technologies, biotechnology, knowledge management and related subjects. Individual books are being added to our catalogue which is searchable from many pages on the Libraries’ website, or you can access the whole collection from our E-books page. The collection can be browsed or searched.

Connect now to the Info-Sci Medical E-book Collection. This takes you to the IGI Global website. Look for the Info-Sci Medical link on the left side of the screen under “Research Collections.”

AccessPharmacy Trial

A free trial to AccessPharmacy for Dalhousie University will begin March 12, 2011 and will be valid through April 11, 2011.

To access your free trial, please visit: www.accesspharmacy.com

Please note that access is on-campus only.

AccessPharmacyTM from McGraw-Hill is an online curricular resource designed to meet the  changing demands of pharmacy education. A flexible resource,  AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.

A selected title list for AccessPharmacy includes:

  • Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 7e
  • Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, 7e
  • Goodman & Gilmans The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11e
  • Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, 17e
  • Applied Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics, 5e
  • Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 11e
  • Casarett & Doulls Essentials of Toxicology, 2e
  • CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2009
  • Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists, 3e
  • Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 23e
  • Pharmacy and Federal Drug Law Review
  • Pharmacy Student Survival Guide, 2e
  • Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 5e

Ebooks. Print Books. What’s Your Preference?

The latest issue of the Dal Gazette features a lead article on the Dal Libraries quarter-of-a-million-and-growing electronic book collection. Reading books online is becoming increasingly the norm–it’s great to be able to access what you want when you want it, no matter where you are. But there are issues with ebooks. The vendors from whom we buy them often place restrictions on how many people can access an ebook at one time, or on how much of the ebook can be printed off.

How do you you feel about electronic versus print books?

Pathology e-Books Added to MDConsult

The following pathology books have been added to the e-book collection in MDConsult.

– Hsi: Hematopathology
– Iacobuzio-Donahue & Montgomery: Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology
– Nucci & Oliva: Gynecologic Pathology
– O’Malley & Pinder: Breast Pathology
– Sidawy & Ali: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology
– Thompson: Endocrine Pathology
– Thompson: Head and Neck Pathology
– Tubbs & Stoler: Cell and Tissue Based Molecular Pathology
– Zander & Farver: Pulmonary Pathology
– Zhou & Magi-Galluzzi: Genitourinary Pathology

To view the full text of these books connect now to MDConsult, click on the  “Books” tab, then click on the “Pathology” collection.

Red Book Online Acquired

Published by the  American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases, the Red Book provides vital practice-focused information in topic areas such as immunizations, school health, blood safety, sexually transmitted infections, drug therapy, and antimicrobial prophylaxis; and diseases from anthrax and smallpox to West Nile virus, tuberculosis, influenza, and pneumococcal infections.

As well as the fulltext of the current edition of Red Book, the Red Book Online  features include:

  • Regularly updated Status of Licensure and Recommendations for New Vaccines Table
  • Special vaccine shortage update page
  • User-friendly search enhancement with “Key Words in Context” (KWIC)
  • Links to essential up-to-date information such as the 2006 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization
  • Links from text to errata (updates) incorporated throughout as well as in a complete list
  • Visual Library of over 2,000 full-color images

You can connect to the Red Book through Novanet and WorldCat, as well as our databases and e-books pages.

Connect now to Red Book Online