New Acquisitions List
J. F. Drake Memorial Learning Resources Center
May 7-14, 2008
000 Computer Science, Information and General Works
Reference Non-Circ
016.5999 M1599 1998
Author McKusick, Victor A. (Victor Almon), 1921-
Title Mendelian inheritance in man : a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders / Victor A. McKusick ; with the assistance of Stylianos E. Antonarakis ... [et al.].
Edition 12th ed.
Publisher Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Description 3 v. ; 29 cm.
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Main Collection Available
025.1974 B6518t 2007
Author Block, Marylaine, 1943-
Title The thriving library : successful strategies for challenging times / Marylaine Block.
Publisher Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2007.
Description xxi, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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300 Social Sciences
Main Collection Available
364.1523 J795t 1993
Author Jones, Valarie.
Title True crime. Vol 2, serial killers & mass murderers / by Valarie Jones & Peggy Collier ; illustrated by Jon Bright.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Forestville, CA : Eclipse Books, 1993.
Description 61 p. : ill., ports. ; 13 x 17 cm.
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Black Collection Available
371.829 N778t 2008
Author Noguera, Pedro.
Title The trouble with Black boys : and other reflections on race, equity, and the future of public education / Pedro A. Noguera.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
Description xxviii, 324 p. ; 24 cm.
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378.199 O135 2008
Author O'Brien, Judith Grunert.
Title The course syllabus : a learning-centered approach / Judith Grunert O'Brien, Barbara J. Millis, Margaret W. Cohen ; foreword by Robert M. Diamond.
Edition 2nd ed.
Publisher San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
Description xix, 132 p. ; 28 cm.
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307.762 A681r 1994
Author Arendt, Randall.
Title Rural by design : maintaining small town character / by Randall Arendt ; contributing authors, Elizabeth A. Brabec ... [et al.] ; cosponsored by Lincoln Land Institute of Land Policy, Environmental Law Foundation, Center for Rural Massachusetts.
Publisher Chicago, Ill. : Planners Press, American Planning Association, c1994.
Description xx, 441 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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371.33 B8256L 2007
Author Braun, Linda W.
Title Listen up! : podcasting for schools and libraries / Linda W. Braun.
Publisher Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2007.
Description xix, 97 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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364.1523 M6474b 2003
Author Brumberg, Joan Jacobs.
Title Kansas Charley : the boy murderer / Joan Jacobs Brumberg.
Publisher New York : Penguin Books, 2003.
Description xii, 273 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
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Main Collection Available
370.973 L3491 2007
Title The last word : the best commentary and controversy in American education / Education Week ; foreword by Jay Mathews ; commentaries selected by Mary-Ellen Phelps Deily and Veronika Herman Bromberg.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher San Francisco : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.
Description xii, 244 p. ; 23 cm.
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378.12 M1585e 2007
Author McKinney, Kathleen.
Title Enhancing learning through the scholarship of teaching and learning : the challenges and joys of juggling / Kathleen McKinney.
Publisher Bolton, Mass. : Anker Pub. Co., c2007.
Description xix, 201 p. ; 23 cm.
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New Books Area Available
305.896 W5169c 2003
Author Cowan, Rosemary.
Title Cornel West : the politics of redemption / Rosemary Cowan.
Publisher Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2003.
Description 216 p. ; 24 cm.
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Main Collection Available
361.32 B6754s 2006
Author Bogo, Marion.
Title Social work practice : concepts, processes, and interviewing / Marion Bogo.
Publisher New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
Description xxi, 311 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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400 Language
Main Collection Available
428.4071 M159t 2008
Author McKnight, Katherine S. (Katherine Siewert)
Title Teaching the classics in the inclusive classroom : reader response activities to engage all learners / Katherine S. McKnight and Bradley P. Berlage.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
Description viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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500 Science
Main Collection Available
535 B1247g 2004
Author Bachor, H.-A. (Hans-Albert)
Title A guide to experiments in quantum optics / Hans-A. Bachor and Timothy C. Ralph.
Edition 2nd, rev. and enl. ed.
Publisher [Weinheim] : Wiley-VCH, c2004.
Description xiii, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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550.222 796i 2001
Author Drury, S. A. (Stephen A.), 1946-
Title Image interpretation in geology / Steve Drury.
Edition 3rd ed.
Publisher Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2001.
Description xi, 290 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4
in.) and 1 3-D viewer
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Main Collection Available
539.77 G795p 2005
Author Green, Dan.
Title The physics of particle detectors / Dan Green.
Publisher Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description xiii, 361 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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530.41 H781s 1991
Author Hook, J. R. (John R.)
Title Solid state physics / J.R. Hook, H.E. Hall.
Edition 2nd ed.
Publisher Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1991.
Description xxi, 474 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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530.14 M1294r 2004
Author McComb, W. D.
Title Renormalization methods : a guide for beginners / W.D. McComb.
Publisher Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description xviii, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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600 Technology
Main Collection Available
616.716 R5142n 2003
Author Richards, Ann, 1933-2006.
Title I'm not slowing down : winning my battle with osteoporosis / Ann Richards with Richard U. Levine.
Publisher New York : Plume, 2004, c2003.
Description xiv, 188 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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658.406 F9653s 2008
Author Fullan, Michael.
Title The six secrets of change : what the best leaders do to
help their organizations survive and thrive / Michael Fullan.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
Description xiii, 151 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Main Collection Available
618.92 E532 2008
Title Embracing autism : connecting and communicating with children in the autism spectrum / Robert Parish and friends.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
Description xxv, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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636.2 G6634L 2003
Author Gordon, Ian R.
Title Laboratory production of cattle embryos / I. Gordon.
Edition 2nd ed.
Publisher Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2003.
Description xxviii, 548 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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636.2088 B4146 1992
Title Beef cattle production / edited by R. Jarrige and C. Béranger.
Publisher Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, c1992.
Description xvi, 487 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
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900 History and Geography
Main Collection Available
909 C5828 2007
Title Civilization past & present : volume II, from 1300 / Palmira Brummett ... [et al.].
Edition Custom ed. for Alabama A&M University
Publisher New York : Pearson Custom, c2007.
Description 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (cheifly col.), col. maps ;
27 cm.
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