Hunter College Libraries Blog

Looking for anatomy and physiology info?  Though you might not realize it, you can find e-books covering anatomy and physiology via the Hunter Libraries databases page.  Here’s how

For overviews, introductory information:

• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (available through the Wiley Interscience link)
• McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (available through the Gale Virtual Library Link)
• Books@Ovid includes full text books from the nursing and allied health professions, with book chapters on anatomy/physiology

For more advanced levels:

• SpringerLink full text books, with chapters/books on anatomy and physiology

Additionally,  there are free resources on the Web–these are authoritative, and excellent for reference/background information.  Here’s one worth checking out:

• PhysiologyINFO

This site was developed by leading researchers in conjunction with
the American Physiological Society to educate the public and answer
your questions about this fundamental area of science.

The Hunter Health Professions Library is pleased to announce that we have expanded our collection of electronic textbooks to 57 titles (up from 19 last semester).  Many of the new titles were purchased with funding from the CUNY e-book/textbook initiative.  These e-books are accessible to all Hunter students and faculty by clicking on the “E-books” link on the Health Professions Library’s home page.

Our list of e-books was already strong in the field of  nursing and is now even more so, with new additions such as the 2010 Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide.  We also offer e-books on the fundamentals of nursing, issues surrounding best practices and evidence-based nursing, and psychiatric or mental health nursing.  However, in our newly expanded collection, users can also browse for e-books in a wide range of health sciences, including:

• epidemiology and public health
• nutrition and dietetics
• internal medicine
• biostatistics
• obstetrics and women’s health

and much more.  So be sure to check out these great new resources from HPL.

Twenty years ago on the 9th of November, the Berlin Wall came down, signifying the end of the Cold War. The New York Times has a huge write-up in today’s paper dedicated to this historic event, including text,  images and personal reflections. There has been a year-long Festival of Freedom celebration in Berlin. The website, which you can read in German or English, provides a wealth of information and is worthy of exploration.

Do you remember the day the wall came down? I was 14, but I clearly remember the news coverage and how big of a deal this was. And then came the commercialism. I found this bit of information in the 1989 Economic Profile from the source Working Americans, 1880-1999:

“A piece of the fallen Berlin Wall could be purchased at Bloomingdale’s for $12.50.”

And the other notable events from 1989 according to the above source?

• Berlin Wall falls
• Chinese student protest in Tiananmen Square
• Dalai Lama wins Nobel Peace Prize
• The Simpsons premieres

The CUNY libraries currently have a trial subscription to GREENR, an important new source of information on a variety of environmental issues and topics.

Database resources are grouped into 10 broad areas:

Agriculture and Food Systems
Law and Politics
Economics and Trade
Pollution
Energy
Resource Management
Environment and Ecology
Science and Technology
Humans in the Natural World
Social Factors

and are then further subdivided.

Students from a variety of courses and disciplines (Eng 120, Geography, CHC, Sociology, Urban Planning, Sociology) have used GREENR successfully to research, for example, the effect of global warming on Bangladesh, efforts to curb idling as a means of decreasing urban air pollution, and solar roof tiles.

Information from a variety of sources, including scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, government documents, trade publications and websites, is included.

GREENR is one of the products listed under Trial Databases on the library’s database menu.  GREENR requires that users enter the bar code from a valid college ID, rather than an e-mail username and password.

LACUNY International Relations Roundtable (IRRT)

REFORMA Northeast Chapter

Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos

Present

An Open Forum with

Dr. Eduardo Torres Cuevas, Director

José Martí National Library of Cuba

Dr. Torres Cuevas will give an overview of Cuba’s National Library, describing its historic Special Collections and innovative services to the disabled.  He will also discuss library services and education in Cuba.  His remarks will be interpreted into English.

Friday, November 6, 2009

2:30 – 4:00 PM

Hunter College Library

Browser’s Lounge – 3rd floor

695 Park Avenue – East Building (68th Street)

RSVP to:  Stephanie Tetro, 212-772-4143

stetro@hunter.cuny.edu