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.

Library Serials Review and BioOne Life Sciences Collection

The Library has undertaken a relatively small review of its journal holdings in 2005. After consultation with relevant groups ten titles were cancelled and two new single subscriptions initiated, taking effect from the beginning of 2006. Of considerable greater significance, however, is the addition of the BioOne electronic collection to the Library's holdings. BioOne consists mainly of learned society journals in the pure and applied life sciences; these are titles that have fallen outside the large publishers' packages. Out of a total of 82 titles 52 will be totally new to Massey while many of the others have been available in print only, including Auk, Journal of Parasitology and Annals of the Entomological Society of America. The BioOne package will be available from the beginning of 2006.

New single titles

Journal of ethology (Albany print)
Nature reviews molecular cell biology (Online)

Cancellations

Acta virologica
Advances in applied microbiology
Belgian journal of botany
Biochemistry & cell biology
Canadian journal of microbiology
Hybridoma & hybridomics
Market outlook : Pigs
Novon – including Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Silvae genetica
Vitamins & hormones

BioOne Electronic Collection

New Titles

Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment
American Biology Teacher
American Fern Journal
American Midland Naturalist
American Museum Novitates
American Zoologist (continued by Integrative and Comparative Biology)
Applied Vegetation Science
Bios
BioScience
Brittonia
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
Castanea
Cell Stress & Chaperones
Coleopterists Bulletin
Economic Botany
Florida Entomologist (Open Access)
Folia Geobotanica (forthcoming)
Herpetologica
Herpetological Monographs
In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal
In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant
Integrative and Comparative Biology (continues American Zoologist)
Journal of Arachnology
Journal of Coastal Conservation
Journal of Crustacean Biology
Journal of Field Ornithology
Journal of Herpetology
Journal of Insect Science (Open Access)
Journal of Medical Entomology
Journal of Orthoptera Research
Journal of Paleontology
Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
Journal of the New York Entomological Society
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Mammalian Species
Micropaleontology
Mountain Research and Development
Northeastern Naturalist
Northwestern Naturalist
Palaios
Photochemistry and Photobiology
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Radiation Research
Rangeland Ecology and Management (forthcoming)
Rangelands
Society of Wetland Scientists Bulletin
Southeastern Naturalist
Southwestern Naturalist
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
Ursus
Waterbirds
Wetlands

Titles on BioOne Already Subscribed To

Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
Auk
Avian Diseases
Biology of Reproduction
Botanical Review
Bryologist
Comparative Parasitology
Condor
Copeia
Environmental Entomology
Evolution
Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Journal of Coastal Research
Journal of Economic Entomology
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
Journal of Mammalogy
Journal of Parasitology
Journal of the North American Benthological Society
Journal of Vegetation Science
Journal of Wildlife Management
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Paleobiology
Palynology
Weed Science
Weed Technology
Wildlife Society Bulletin
Wilson Bulletin

Massey's Most Cited Science Journals

I recently compiled a list of the journals most heavily cited by Massey-authored articles appearing in Science Citation Index (i.e. the science part of Web of Science) in 2004. Here are the top 20 with the number of times each was cited by Massey researchers -

Nature	137
Proceedings National Academy of Sciences USA	117
Science	111
Journal of Biological Chemistry	100
Journal of Dairy Science	96
Journal of Applied Physiology	90
New Zealand Veterinary Journal	86
Journal of Animal Science	82
Applied and Environmental Microbiology	81
Veterinary Record	79
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association	77
Physical review B	71
Journal of Environmental Quality	67
Equine Veterinary Journal	61
British Journal of Nutrition	60
Poultry Science	59
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	56
Research in Veterinary Science	56
Journal of the American Chemical Society	54
Journal of Dairy Research	52