Finding the New York Academy of Sciences

A colleague told me this morning that her son, who is a Massey science student, had been given the cruel and unusual punishment of having to find and read a chapter from one of the volumes of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. This series is made up of edited monographs (okay, books!) each of which is separately catalogued by the library. This can make it tricky to track down a reference. Lets say we are looking for the following -

FITCH, W. M. (1974) Comparison between evolutionary substitutions and variants in human hemoglobins. Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 241, 439-448.

This is a chapter in the book "Hemoglobins : comparative molecular biology models for the study of disease" edited by Hyram Kitchen and Samuel Boyer but of course the chapter author (Fitch) and title (Comparison between evolutionary...) do not appear in the catalogue which lists the book and editors only. Fortunately each volume from the series does have an entry of the form "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 241" and you can search for them directly as a title search if you enter them directly in this precise format.

An easier method is to do a keyword search which includes the volume number - annals new york academy sciences 241. This will take you directly to the catalogue record for that volume. All the students need to do then is to familiarise themselves with the unusual print on paper format!

Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences - New electronic resource

An objective view from the publisher -

"Prepared by an international team of experts, this reference work covers all important aspects of meat science from stable to table, including animal breeding, physiology and slaughter, meat preparation, packaging, welfare, and food safety, to name a few. This Encyclopedia further covers important topics such as food microbiology, meat in human nutrition, biotechnological advances in breeding and many more. The Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences will be an invaluable resource to practitioners of meat science and students alike."

One of the editors of the encyclopedia is Carrick Devine, of the Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand in Hamilton.

Access Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences

It will be added to the Technology Subject Guide on the Library's website or can be found by a Title search on the Library catalogue

Rae Gendall Transferring to Albany Library

Rae Gendall Transferring to Albany

Rae Gendall who has been a Liaison Librarian for the College of Sciences at Palmerston North since 2002 is moving to the same position on the Albany campus.  Rae has made a significant contribution to the development of library collections and services both at Turitea and nationally and is a major contributor to the Library/TDU Knowledge Management in Research Programme.  Her final day at Turitea will be Tuesday 20 September and she will begin at Albany on Monday 26 September.  All requests for assistance or other communications on the Turitea site should now be made to Bruce White.  

Baileys Industrial Oil and Fat Products Now Online

Since publication of the first edition in 1945, Bailey’s Industrial Oil and Fat Products has remained the standard reference on the chemistry and processing technology of edible oils and fats as well as industrial and nonedible derivative products. The Sixth Edition features seventy-five articles that synthesize and present the latest information available on products, processing and equipment, technology and by-products.

The theory and practice of handling, formulating and isolating oils and fats, as well as analytical methods and uses, are all covered. Plus, the information and background needed for the development of new products and applications are also provided. Moreover, all the latest topics are presented, including new articles on fungal and algal oils, conjugated linoleic acid, cocoa butter, phytosterols, and plant biotechnology used in oil production.

View Bailey's Industrial Oil and Fat Products

Bailey’s can be accessed through the Technology Subject Guide (Recommended Reference Resources) from the Library’s web page.