New books and theses acquisitions

New books:

Insects: their natural history and diversity. with a photographic guide to the insects of eastern North America, by Stephen A. Marshall. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books; 2006. Balfour Library shelfmark: qQZ.7 (1) (Large-sized books shelves)

Invertebrate neurobiology, edited by Geoffrey North and Ralph J. Greenspan. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 2007. Balfour Library shelfmark: L.5 (8ii)

Donations:

Calendar of the scientific correspondence of Hugh Edwin Strickland in the University Museum of Zoology, by K. C. Rookmaaker. Cambridge: University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: qD.4 STR Roo (Large sized books shelves)

Endless forms: Darwin, natural science & the visual arts [exhibition held] 16 June - 4 October 2009. Media coverage, by The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge: The Fitzwilliam Museum; [2010]. Balfour Library shelfmark: qFY (8ii) (Large-sized books shelves)

Independent inquiry into dog breeding, by Patrick Bateson. Cambridge: Patrick Bateson; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: qYOW (4) (Large-sized books shelves)

Thesis:

Freshwater non-indigenous species in Great Britain and their interactions with the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, by Philine Susanne Ermgard zu Ermgassen. Cambridge; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: Thesis (473) (Library Office)

Cambridge Postgraduates: Win an iPod Nano and 2 x £20 Amazon vouchers

As part of the Arcadia Programme based at the University Library, postgraduates are being asked to participate in a short 3 minute online survey to answer brief questions about where they seek help developing their information search and management strategies and their awareness of online tools.

Please get involved in this unique survey which will inform future support provided to postgraduates. Everyone who completes the survey before April 9th 2010 will be entered into a prize draw to win an iPod Nano and two runner-up prizes of £20 Amazon vouchers.

Go online now to take part:

http://www.graduatejunction.net/cambridge_postgraduate_survey

New books and theses acquisitions

New books:

Barrel cortex, by Kevin Fox. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2008. Balfour Library shelfmark: GF (232)

The encyclopedia of birds, edited by Christopher Perrins. Rev. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: qK.1 (4b) (Quarto - Large size - shelves)

The encyclopedia of mammals, edited by David W. Macdonald. Rev. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: Y (39d)

Insect hydrocarbons: biology, biochemistry and chemical ecology, by Gary J. Blomquist, Anne Genevieve Bagneres. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: Q.5 (84)

The NEURON book, by Ted Carnevale, Michael Hines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2005. Balfour Library shelfmark: EPA (38)

Donations:

The rise of the amphibians: 365 million years of evolution, by Robert Carroll. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: W.12 (4)

New theses:

Evolution and regulation of an enhancer element in the Achaete-Scute complex of different Drosophila species, by Evangelia Stamataki. Cambridge; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: Thesis (469) (Library Office)

Mechanisms of fluid-based adhesion in insects, by Jan-Henning Dirks. Cambridge; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: Thesis (471) (Library Office)

Programmable array microscopy and its application to neurobiology, by Olivier Faivre. Cambridge; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: Thesis (472) (Library Office)

Statolith growth lines and statocyst function in the Cephalopoda, by Claude Conrad Morris. Cambridge; 1988. Balfour Library shelfmark: Thesis (470) (Library Office)

Balfour Library end of term information

Saturday morning opening

If you have successfully applied for out of hours access to the library, the last Saturday morning that the Balfour Library will be open before the Easter Vacation starts is Saturday 6th March. Saturday morning opening will begin again on the first Saturday of the Easter Term 2010, i.e. Saturday 24th April.

Easter borrowing regulations

Lent Term 2010 ends on Friday 12th March. All books on loan from the Balfour Library must be returned by this date. Books may be renewed for further periods, but please remember that they cannot be taken away from Cambridge. This is because all of our books are subject to recall by other readers and we would need to be able to get them back easily if another reader requested them.

During the Easter Vacation the loan period for Overnight Loan books changes to two weeks, but books still cannot be taken away from Cambridge.

Please see http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/library/booksborrow.html for more information on how to borrow, return and renew books on loan from the Balfour Library.

How to access online resources when you are away from Cambridge (and you are still a valid member of the University)

If you do not currently have an Raven password and think you may need one to access the Web of Knowledge or Scopus (to search scientific literature) or online journals and databases when you are away from Cambridge, you should apply for one following the instructions given on the University Computing Service 'How do I get a Raven password?' website at http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/docs/faq/n5.html This page will also help you if you have lost or forgotten your Raven password.

It is strongly recommended that you check the University Library's ejournals@cambridge page at http://camsfx.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/cambridge/az to see whether you will actually be able to access particular online journals away from the University network (cam.ac.uk domain) BEFORE you leave Cambridge, or see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/ for access to particular databases. See the 'Access Route' link next to the journal or database title to do this. Some online journals are not accessible outside of the University network so you may wish to download or print off articles from these before you leave Cambridge.

Easter period closing dates

The Balfour Library will close for Easter at 5:00pm on Thursday 1st April and will re-open at 8:30am on Tuesday 6th April. The library will be open as usual throughout the Easter Vacation however, see our opening hours at http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/library/open.html

Thank you for your cooperation.

We wish you a very Hoppy Easter!

Best wishes,

Clair & Jane

Cambridge Libraries Widget video

Watch the video to see how easy the Widget is to use:

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/toolbox/camlibwidget.html

The Cambridge Libraries Widget is an interface for Cambridge library users and draws together search facilities, your library profile, loans and requests in one easy-to-manage application.

You can access it in CamTools, Facebook and iGoogle, or embed it in your own web page, so you can use it wherever you spend time online. The page linked to above also provides instructions on how you can quickly and easily install the Widget to use these applications.

You can also access the Widget from the Balfour Library website. It has been embedded on "Books and ebooks" area (follow the links for 'Books and ebooks' > 'Borrowing books' > 'How to renew a book') and also in the Library Account & Renewals "Quick link" on the right-hand side of the library website home page at: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/library/index.html

I THINK I've successfully managed to add a similar quick link that works on this blog, see the right-hand side of the page.