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Notable New Books at the NMNH Libraries, May 2014 Notable new books at the NMNH Libraries, May 2014 Please see our “Tools for the Researcher” page for details on borrowing. Other questions? Let us know: [email protected] Collated by NMNH/SERC Librarian, Sue Zwicker & NMNH Librarian Martha Rosen Collection: Natural History Global fever : how to treat climate change / / William H. Calvin. by Calvin, William H., 1939- Call #: QC981.8.C5 C342 2008 Imprint: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. Collection: Natural History Nomosystematics : a closer look at the theoretical foundation of biological classification / / Boris P. Zakharov. by Zakharov, B. P. (Boris Petrovich) Call #: QH83 .Z354 2013 Imprint: Manchester, UK : Siri Scientific Press, c2013. Collection: Natural History Practical computing for biologists / / Steven H.D. Haddock, Casey W. Dunn. by Haddock, Steven H. D. (Steven Harold David), 1965- Call #: QH324.2 .H33 2011 Imprint: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2011. Collection: Natural History The Galapagos Marine Reserve : a dynamic socio-ecological system / / Judith Denkinger, Luis Vinueza, editors. Call #: SB484.E2 G34 2014 Imprint: New York : Springer Verlag, 2014. Collection: Natural History The geography of Dokdo / / Korean Geographical Society. Call #: DS924.T655 G46 2013 Imprint: Korea : National Geographic Information Institute, 2013. Collection: Natural History Collection: Birds A naturalist's guide to the birds of Borneo : Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan / / Wong Tsu Shi. by Wong, Tsu Shi. Call #: QL691.B6 W66 2012 Imprint: London : John Beaufoy Pub., 2012. Collection: Birds Bird songs : 250 North American birds in song / / by Les Beletsky ; foreword by Jon. L. Dunn. by Beletsky, Les, 1956- Call #: QL698.5 .B45 2006 Imprint: San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle, 2006. Collection: Birds Breeding birds of the Maltese islands : a scientific and historical review / / Alfred E. Baldacchino, John Azzopardi ; illustrated by Andrew Micallef. by Baldacchino, Alfred E., 1946- Call #: QL690.M3 B35 2012 Imprint: Lija (M) : Malta University Press, 2012. Collection: Birds Lepidópteros de Cuba / / editado por Alejandro Barro y Rayner Núñez ; fotografía, Julio Larramendi y Rayner Núñez. Call #: QL553.C9 L46 2011 Imprint: [S.l. : s.n., 2011] (Vasa, Finlandia : UPC Print) Collection: Entomology Birds and people / / Mark Cocker and [photographs by] David Tipling ; with specialist research by and the support of Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe. by Cocker, Mark, 1959- author. Call #: QL673 .C63 2013 Collection: Birds Marine birds of the Eastern United States and the Bay of Fundy : distribution, numbers, trends, threats, and management / / Ian C.T. Nisbet, Richard R. Veit, Sasha A. Auer, Timothy P. White. by Nisbet, Ian C. T. Call #: QL683.E27 N57 2013 Collection: Birds On rare birds / / Anita Albus ; translated from the German by Gerald Chapple. by Albus, Anita, 1942- Call #: QL676.7 .A4313 2011 Imprint: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2011. Collection: Birds Phillipps' field guide to the birds of Borneo / / Quentin Phillipps; illustrated by Karen Phillipps. by Phillipps, Quentin. Call #: QL691.B6 P45 2009 Imprint: Oxford, England : Beaufoy Books, 2009. Collection: Birds Roy and Ellen Schulz Quillin : personal papers and photographs of the nests and eggs of birds / / by Stanley D. Casto. by Casto, Stanley D. Call #: QL675 .C37 2013 Imprint: [Seguin, Tex.] : The author, 2013. Collection: Birds Collection: Entomology The dynastine scarab beetles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) / / by Brett C. Ratcliffe and Ronald D. Cave and Enio B. Cano. by Ratcliffe, Brett C., author. Call #: QL596.S3 R38 2013 Collection: Entomology Collection: Fishes Biology, stock status and management summaries for selected fish species in south- western Australia / / Claire B. Smallwood, S. Alex Hesp and Lynnath E. Beckley. by Smallwood, Claire B. Call #: SH318.W4 S62 2013 Imprint: North Beach, W.A. : Fisheries Research Division, Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, 2013. Collection: Fishes Guangdong dan shui yu lei zi yuan diao cha yu yan jiu / / Li Guifeng deng bian zhu. (Guangdong freshwater fish resources survey and research(Chinese Edition)) 广东淡水鱼类资源调查与研究 by 李桂峰. Call #: QL634.C6 G834 2013 Imprint: Beijing : Ke xue chu ban she, 2013. Collection: Fishes Songhua Jiang liu yu sheng tai yan bian yu yu lei sheng tai = Ecological evolution and fish ecology of Songhua River Basin / / Yu Hongbing, Zhou Qixing zhu bian. 松花江流域生态演变与鱼类生态 by 于宏兵., 周启星, 1963- Call #: QH181 .S66 2013 Collection: Fishes Taiwan hai xia ji qi lin jin hai yu yu lei tu jian / / Chen Mingru, Yang Shengyun bian zhu. (Atlas of Fishes in Taiwan Strait and Adjacent Waters) 台湾海峡及其邻近海域鱼类图鉴 [精装] by Chen, Mingru., 陈明茹., 杨圣云. Call #: QL634.T28 C435 2013 Imprint: Beijing Shi : Zhongguo ke xue ji shu chu ban she, 2013. Collection: Fishes The snail darter and the dam : how pork-barrel politics endangered a little fish and killed a river / / Zygmunt J.B. Plater. by Plater, Zygmunt J. B., 1943- Call #: GE180 .P53 2013 Collection: Fishes Zhongguo Fujian nan bu hai yang yu lei tu jian / / Liu Min, Chen Xiao, Yang Shengyun zhu = Marine fishes of southern Fujian, China / Min Liu, Xiao Chen, Sheng-Yun Yang. 中国福建南部海洋鱼类图鉴（第1卷） by Liu, Min., 刘敏., 陈骁., 杨圣云. Call #: QL623.56 .L58 2013 Collection: Fishes Collection: Invertebrate Zoology Catalogus fossilium Austriae : ein systematisches Verzeichnis aller auf österreichischem Gebiet festgestellten Fossilien / / In Einzeldarstellungen hrsg. von der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften unter Mitarbeit von Fachpaläontologen; Schriftleitung: Othmar Kühn. Call #: QE755.A9 C35 Imprint: Wien ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1965- 2001- Wien : Verlag der Österreichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Collection: Invertebrate Zoology Les Cidaris de la craie des Provinces Anglo- parisienne & Sarthe-Aquitaine / / par Alain Vadet, Philippe Nicolleau & Nicolas Cottard. by Vadet, A. (Alain), author. Call #: QE783.E2 V113 2013 Collection: Invertebrate Zoology Collection: Kellogg Library Dolphin / / Alan Rauch. by Rauch, Alan, author. Call #: QL737.C432 R36 2014 Collection: Kellogg Library Collection: Mammals Flying blind : one man's adventures battling buckthorn, making peace with authority, and creating a home for endangered bats / / Don Mitchell. by Mitchell, Don, 1947- Call #: QL737.C5 M678 2013 Collection: Mammals Collection: Minerals Mineralogische Sammlung Deutschland : das Krügerhaus in Freiberg / / [Red. Mitarb.: Rainer Bode ... et al.]. Call #: QE381.G3 M56 2012 Imprint: Freiberg : Edition Krüger-Stiftung, 2012. Collection: Minerals Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Dinosaurs without bones : dinosaur lives revealed by their trace fossils / / Anthony J. Martin. by Martin, Anthony J., 1960- author. Call #: QE861.4 .M38 2014 Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection: Reptiles Tadpoles and frogs of Australia / / Marion Anstis. by Anstis, Marion, author. Call #: QL668.E2 A67 2013 Collection: Reptiles The biology of chameleons / / edited by Krystal A. Tolley and Anthony Herrel. Call #: QL666.L23 B56 2014 Collection: Reptiles Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Behind the colonnade : thirty-seven years at the British Museum / / Norman Jacobs. by Jacobs, Norman, 1947- Call #: AM7 .J33 2010 Imprint: Stroud, Gloucestershire [England] : History Press, 2010. Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Creating exhibitions : collaboration in the planning, development, and design of innovative experiences / / Polly McKenna- Cress, Janet A. Kamien. by McKenna-Cress, Polly. Call #: AM151 .M42 2013 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Creativity in museum practice / / Linda Norris and Rainey Tisdale. by Norris, Linda. Call #: AM7 .N67 2014 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Emergency planning and response for libraries, archives, and museums / / Emma Dadson. by Dadson, Emma. Call #: Z679.7 .D32 2012 Imprint: Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, Inc., c2012. Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Exhibitions : concept, planning, and design / / by Tom Klobe. by Klobe, Tom. Call #: AM151 .K56 2012 Imprint: Washington, DC : The AAM Press, 2012. Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Hidden treasures : what museums can't or won't show you / / Harriet Baskas. by Baskas, Harriet. Call #: AM11 .B37 2013 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Magnetic : the art and science of engagement / / Anne Bergeron and Beth Tuttle. by Bergeron, Anne. Call #: AM121 .B47 2013 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Museum making : narratives, architectures, exhibitions / / edited by Suzanne MacLeod, Laura Hourston Hanks, and Jonathan Hale. Call #: NA6690 .M8685 2012 Imprint: Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012. Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Museums in a global context : national identity, international understanding / / edited by Jennifer W. Dickey, Samir El Azhar and Catherine M. Lewis. Call #: AM7 .M885245 2013 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Museums in postcolonial Europe / / ed. by Dominic Thomas. Call #: AM40 .M87 2012 Imprint: New York : Routledge, 2012, c2010. Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library The Newberry 125 : stories of our collection / / introduction by David Spadafora. by Newberry Library. Call #: Z733.N797 N39 2012 Imprint: Chicago : Newberry Library : Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, c2012. Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library The objects of experience : transforming visitor-object encounters in museums / / Elizabeth Wood and Kiersten F Latham. by Wood, Elizabeth E. Call #: AM151 .W66 2014 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Speaking of genetics : a collection of interviews / / Jane Gitschier. by Gitschier, Jane. Imprint: Call #: QH26 .G58 2010 Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2010. Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Smithsoniana A Civil War timeline / / by Stephanie Fitzgerald. by Fitzgerald, Stephanie. Call #: E468.3 .F54 2014 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Smithsoniana (non-circulating) .
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