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DATALOG: bibliographic file of 18 types of environmental fate data
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BIOLOG: sources of microbial toxicity and biodegradation
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CHEMFATE: data values for 25 categories of environmental fate and physical/ chemical property information
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BIODEG: contains experimental values on biodegradation
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BIODEG SUMMARY: summary evaluations, reliability codes and data summaries, and test methods for biodegradability under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.Other SRC free databases and demonstration databases are: Interactive LogKow (KowWin) (demo calculates log P and retrieve experimental log P data from SRC experimental database of 13,000 compounds); Compilation of Ozone Depleting Potentials (ODPs) and Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) for 186 chemicals; and the Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submission (TSCATS) database (unpublished technical reports submitted by industry to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) on over 8,000 chemicals).The SEL Reference Collection contains the following books related to these SRC databases:
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Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates
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Handbook of Environmental Fate and Exposure Data for Organic Chemicals
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Handbook of Physical Properties of Organic Chemicals
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Science & Engineering Library
State University of New York at BuffaloSeptember 2000
Volume 5 Number 2
SEL Directions Book Sale 3-D Topo Maps of U.S. Designing Posters SELections MiSELaneous In the Stacks SEL Hosts Workshops We continue to integrate materials from the Math Library into SEL. Current Math Journals are in the “Current Periodicals” section on the 2nd floor of Capen Hall near the “Reference Collection.” Titles are in alphabetical order by title. The Math Reference Books have been integrated into the SEL “Reference Collection” behind the SEL Reference Desk.
Math Bound Journals are on the 3rd floor but are not yet integrated into the SEL Journal Collection by call number. The Math Journals number sequence (AS-QH) sits in shelves after SEL QA927 and before QB (look in Row Numbers 83-91). Math books are currently being integrated into the SEL Book Collection. Those NOT integrated are in Row Numbers 10-16.
We expect integration to be finished by the end of October. If you have any problems in locating a Math Book or Math Journal, ask for help at the SEL Reference Desk. We have also prepared a flyer with a map to indicate the locations of the Math Collections in SEL. Thanks for your continued patience!
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3-D Topo Maps of U.S.
David J. BertucaThe UB Map Collection (3rd Floor Capen) provides digital access to USGS topographic maps of the United States. Topo USA™ by DeLorme allows you to make customized 3-D topographic maps using the USGS 1:24,000 scale topographic map series. The CD-ROMs are used on the PC in the Map Room (SEL Room 316). Ask SEL Librarians Ernie Woodson or David Bertuca for assistance with viewing these maps. The two 3-D DeLorme products for the
United States cover: v.1 Northeast, v.2 Southeast, v.3 Great Lakes and Plains, v.4 Southwest, v.5 Mountain States, and v.6 Pacific West. A more detailed New York State 3-D map is also available. You can use the CD-ROMs to locate places by name, ZIP code, area code and exchange, or by latitude and longitude. Maps can be produced in standard or three-dimensional (3-D) form. You can customize your map showing specific travel routes, and by adding symbols and other elements. Additional information for this 3-D map series is available from DeLorme.
Back to TABLE OF CONTENTSEnvironmental Chemistry
Fred Stoss
The Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) has developed and maintains a comprehensive resource for environmental chemistry, the Environmental Fate Data Base. The US EPA, Procter and Gamble, and DuPont provide partial support for the database. EFDB provides information assessing human and environmental exposure to organic chemicals of major commercial importance from occupational and consumer use, environmental contamination, and food consumption. Data provided includes physical and chemical properties such as water solubility, vapor pressure, log P (octanol-water partition coefficient), pKa, Henry’s law constants; degradation or environ-mental transport information; and ambient and effluent monitoring data. EFDB is comprised of several related files:
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Water Quality & Treatment; A Handbook of Community Water Supplies. 5th Ed. Raymond D. Letterman, editor. The American Water Works Association, 1999. SEL Ref TD 430 W365 1999
This edition contains 90% new material. All chapters have been rewritten, updated, or expanded by experts in the field. This edition is intended to be more useful to water treatment plant operating personnel, yet still retains the depth of study that is needed by researchers and university students. The 18 illustrated chapters cover topics ranging from water fluoridation and disinfection to chemical precipitation and treatment processes. New to the fifth edition is the coverage of membrane technologies, disinfection processes for the prevention of cryptosporidium and E. coli outbreaks, European regulations, and U.S. regulatory changes.
--Shannon Wilson
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Come one, Come all!
All books $1.00 while they last!
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Poster presentations are growing in their importance as a vehicle to communicate the results of research. Faculty are using poster presentations as an effective means to introduce students to the process of scientific communication (see Using Posters in Case Studies: The Scientific Poster as a Teaching Tool, prepared by Biology Professors Charles Fourtner, Mary Bisson and Christopher Loretz). In addition, national and international conferences use poster presentations as a mechanism to facilitate the exchange of scientific ideas.
A poster presentation is not simply pasting up a scholarly article on foam-core and standing by to defend the “poster.” The poster presentation is supposed to represent a well- designed, eye-catching, and engaging display of research or scientific information. There is, unfortunately, a lack of presentation standards or presenters’ lack of adhering to such standards, even when loosely defined. However, there’s hope.
“Designing Effective Poster Presentations,” provides articles and books in SEL collections that address the design and presentation of posters. The site also provides links to selected relevant Internet sites, including:
Creating a Poster Using MS PowerPoint
Creating Posters for Humanities & Social Sciences
Calls for poster presentations, online sites of poster sessions, and other resources for presentation skills are also provided on this SEL Web site. If you find a resource you feel would be useful to include on this site, please send us the information.
--Fred Stoss
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Math Journals Listed
We have updated the SEL Journals list on our Web site to include the call numbers and new locations of math titles in our journals collection or scroll down the left margin of the SEL Home Page to “SEL Collections.”
Scientific Method @ SEL
The scientific method describes a process by which scientific investigations and research proceed. SEL has created a new Web site, Science as a Way of Knowing: The Scientific Method as A Means of Inquiry.
Western New York is filled with many sights, sounds, and happenings. While the primary focus of UB is the pursuit of knowledge through academic studies and research, faculty and students should take time to explore Buffalo and its environs. This site identifies fun places to visit and things to do in the sciences, culture, and sports. As the leaves turn color, remember the SEL Re:Source article, Fall Foliage Celebration.
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Faculty is reminded to take full advantage of the programs and services of the UB Educational Technology Center, (ETC), which is offering workshops throughout the Fall semester designed to help you learn new technologies and integrate them into your course presentation. Each workshop will demonstrate software applications and show examples of their instructional uses. Workshops are open to all UB instructional personnel including faculty, staff, and TAs. Check their workshops listing. ETC is located in Room 212 Capen Hall via SEL.
New Lecture Series
The Western New York Environmental Roundtable will be launched on Thursday, October 26, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. in the Georgian Room of the Statler Building in downtown Buffalo. The impacts of global warming on Western New York and the Great Lakes will be discussed by Dr. Peter J. Sousounis, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences Department at the University of Michigan.
Contact: Jay Burney, Executive Director, Buffalo Institute of Urban Ecology, Inc..
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In June, the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science sponsored two five-day workshops to train science faculty to write and teach with case studies. A total of 75 faculty in biology, environmental studies, chemistry, physics, engineering, medicine, allied health, psychology, and anthropology attended these workshops. Some of the faculty came from as far away as Costa Rica and Australia.
The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science is a joint project between the College of Arts and Science and the University Libraries. For more information about the summer workshops Click here or contact Dr. Clyde F. Herreid or Nancy Schiller.
--Nancy Schiller
Molecular Biology for Librarians: Workshop at UB
Science librarians and library students ventured to UB for a one-day National Library of Medicine workshop entitled “Molecular Biology for Librarians.” NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information conducted the program.
Students were given an overview of genetics and molecular biology, and received hands-on instruction in NCBI databases such as BLAST, Entrez, and Map Viewer. Buffalo librarians were well represented, making up more than one half of the attendees. Librarians came from the Buffalo area, Central New York, and Ontario.
Faculty might want to make an early note that the NLM/NCBI workshop, “Molecular Biology for Researchers” will be held here at UB on April 24, 2001.
--Fred Stoss
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SEL Re:Source Staff
Editor: Frederick W. Stoss
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Web Editor: David J. BertucaSEL Re:Source is published 10 times a year and is available in electronic format at: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/sel/resource.html. Printed copies of SEL Re:Source are available at SEL.A .pdf copy of the print edition of this issue is also available.
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