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New Books!
The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:
1. A practical guide for policy analysis: the eightfold path to more effective problem solving, 5th ed. By Eugene Bardach and Eric M. Patashnik. Thousand Oaks, California: CQ Press, 2016.
Call number: H97 .B37 2016
See a description, the table of contents, and an excerpt at the publisher’s website.
2. An introduction to research, analysis, and writing: practical skills for social science students. By Bruce Oliver Newsome. Los Angeles, California: Sage Publications, 2016.
Call number: H62 .N495 2016
Read a title overview, see the table of contents, and browse a preview here.
3. Gender, HIV and risk: navigating structural violence. By Emma-Louise Anderson. Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Call number: RA643.86.M3 A53 2015
View the table of contents and read a preview on Google Books.
and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:
4. Systems Practices for the Care of Socially At-Risk Populations . The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
5. Measuring Specific Mental Illness Diagnoses with Functional Impairment: Workshop Summary. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
6. Eliminating the Public Health Problem of Hepatitis B and C in the United States: Phase One Report. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.
You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).
If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.
DMPTool Downtime Wednesday May 4th
The DMPTool will be unavailable on Wednesday, May 4th 2016 from 3:00 – 4:00 (PST). During this period users will not be able to log in or have access to their work. We apologize for the inconvenience.
For questions about the DMPTool or other data management tools and services available to UC Berkeley researchers, please see our Research Data Management page or contact researchdata@berkeley.edu.
New Books!
The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:
1. Health care operations management: a systems perspective, 2nd ed. By James R. Langabeer II and Jeffrey Helton. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016.
Call number: RA971.3 .L338 2016.
You can see the table of contents and a sample chapter at the publisher’s website.
2. Stress & health: biological and psychological interactions. By William R. Lovallo. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2016.
Call number: QP82.2.S8 L68 2016.
You’ll find the table of contents and the preface here.
3. The public health response to 2009 H1N1: a systems perspective. Edited by Michael A. Stoto, Melissa A. Higdon. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Call number: RA644.I6 P83 2015.
You may view the abstract and the table of contents at the publisher’s website.
and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:
4. Global Health Impacts of Vector-Borne Diseases: Workshop Summary. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
5. Improving the Health of Women in the United States: Workshop Summary. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
6. Metrics That Matter for Population Health Action: Workshop Summary. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.
You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).
If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.
New bioscience journals
The Life and Health Sciences Division of the UC Berkeley Library has recently purchased access to the following subscription resources:
- Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine and its associated Subject Collections offer review articles on the molecular and cellular bases of disease, translational medicine, and emerging therapeutic strategies. With the addition of CSH Perspectives in Medicine, UC Berkeley researchers now have access to all of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press journals.
- Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology provides protocols for the isolation, characterization, and differentiation of embryonic and adult stem cells.
- Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE): Developmental Biology offers video articles on research methodologies in the field of developmental biology in vitro and in vivo at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ and whole organism levels.
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs):
- WIREs Developmental Biology is published in association with the Society for Developmental Biology and covers topics in cell and molecular biology, stem cell biology, plant biology, evolutionary biology, anatomy, physiology, and neuroscience.
- WIREs RNA offers review articles on topics related to RNA, including structure and dynamics, evolution and genomics, interactions with proteins and other molecules, translation, processing, disease and development, and methods.
- WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine covers topics in medicine, biology, physiology, computational biology and modeling, and bioengineering.
For more information, please contact bios@library.berkeley.edu.
Access Scopus database for research in a variety of fields
Find more results and uncover trends in your field through Scopus, a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.
The UC Berkeley Library is now providing access to this tool covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts & humanities. More than half the content originates outside North America and the content includes journals, conferences, trade publications, and book series.
The database provides various ways to link to the full text of documents, including via UC-eLinks. Scopus offers several features including tools to track, analyze, and visualize your research. Download references into a number of reference managers.
You’ll find Scopus in OskiCat and the A-Z List of Databases.
Post contributed by Jean McKenzie, Acting AUL, Collections
Laptop Lending in the Bioscience Library
MacBook Air laptops are now available for lending at the Bioscience & Natural Resources Library. Students may check out laptops for one-day – long enough to finish that paper, use for a class presentation, or watch a few movies!
Laptops run Windows or OSX and are loaded with the following software: Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Java, Flash, RealPlayer, QuickTime, Silverlight. Technical details, circulation information, and the library’s device lending policies can be found on the Library FAQ.
New Books!
The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:
1. Aging, society, and the life course, 5th ed. By Leslie A. Morgan and Suzanne R. Kunkel. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC, 2016.
Call number: HQ1064.U5 M6818 2015.
See the table of contents and a blog post at the publisher’s website.
2. Delivering health care in America: a systems approach, 6th ed. By Leiyu Shi and Douglas A. Singh. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2015.
Call number: RA395.A3 S485 2015.
Read a title overview, see the table of contents, and browse sample chapters here.
3. Mexican Americans and health ¡sana! ¡sana! By Adela de la Torre and Antonio Estrada. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2015.
Call number: RA448.5.M4 T67 2015.
View a description and a short excerpt at the publisher’s website.
and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:
4. Policy and Research Needs to Maximize Independence and Support Community Living: Workshop Summary. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
5. A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
6. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety: Research Needs. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.
Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.
You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).
If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.
The Materials Project
The Materials Project provides open web-based access to computed information on known and predicted materials as well as powerful analysis tools to inspire and design novel materials. Through computational modeling and supercomputing, the Materials Project allows the user to assess how different atoms and molecules interact with each other. The Materials Explorer is the core tool, or app, through which users can query all of the data in the materials compound database through an interactive Periodic Table of Elements. With 66,140 computed compounds, users discover a number of material properties including compound formation energy, stability, bandgap, density, volume, and more. This app, along with seven others (including the crystal toolkit, structure predictor, and the battery explorer) allows researchers to compute the properties of compounds before materials are synthesized in a lab, all of which save money, time, and guesswork.
The Materials Project was founded by two current UC-Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering professors, Dr. Kristin Persson and Dr. Gerbrand Ceder. The Project is supported by the US Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, MIT, and the Battery Materials Research Program. For more information on collaborators, visit About the Materials Project.
Statista – Statistical Database
Have you ever needed a chart or graph for your project to give it a little pizazz? Then, take a look at Statista!
Statista, a newly licensed statistical database, has a wealth of statistics on a variety of topics from the sciences to business, and more. For example, you can find charts on:
- The global consumption of biofuels
- Global agricultural greenhouse emissions
- A ranking of the countries with the most Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry
Statista is easy to search. It provides charts, graphs, tables, and infographics that you can download and use in your projects.
Take a look today!
Professional Development: Data Analysis: Take It to the MAX
Do you struggle with data analysis? Have megabytes of sensor data to analyze? Are you looking for a smart way visualize your data in order to make sense out of it? Then this online class might be of interest to you!
You will start with a deep dive into data analysis with spreadsheets: PivotTables, VLOOKUPS, named ranges, what-if analyses, and making great graphs. After mastering spreadsheets, you will examine other ways to store and analyze data. You will also look into how Python, a programming language, can help you with analyzing and manipulating data in spreadsheets.
Length: 8 weeks; self-paced
Offered by: DelftX (online courses from Delft University of Technology)
Price: Free with option to add a Verified Certificate for $50
This class is taught with video lectures and hands-on exercises. Class assignments will be done primarily using Excel 2013 and Windows. Most assignments, however, can also be completed using another spreadsheet program and operating system, but DelftX cannot offer full support for all configurations.