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  • Preface

  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp vii-vii

  • Summary

    Although The new Walford: guide to reference resources (TNW) has a broadly similar purpose to John Walford's classic Guide to reference materials, its structure and content are quite different. Developments on the internet and the web have ensured that. We have focused much more on the needs of newcomers to the various areas of science, technology and medicine (STM), simplifying the book's subject arrangement, but at the same time considerably widening the types of resource described. Above all, whilst hardly creating a book that is bedtime reading, we have aimed to make the guide easily browsable.

    There is greatly increased emphasis on the producers of STM information, on the basis that these are less likely to change than the individual resources that they generate. This includes a wide range of stakeholders (sponsors, regulators, critics, etc.) who make up the landscape of STM research and practice. Distilling the volume and wealth of resources now accessible down to a ‘starter pack’ of a few thousand items not surprisingly has been rather challenging; and there is no doubt that we will have been more successful in some subject areas than in others. We shall welcome feedback on the resource choices we have made via the TNW dedicated e-mail address:

    newwalford@facetpublishing.co.uk. Most research for this volume was carried out mid-2004, however, all URLs were checked in April 2005.

    It is not possible in a volume of this type and size to treat all the different viewpoints within each subject; especially in areas of controversy. The majority of the resources described reflect what the Editors perceive to be the currently dominant paradigms within STM. However, in a number of subject areas one or two works are cited which depart significantly from the mainstream in their treatments. These are included simply to remind the reader that such alternative viewpoints exist and should be pursued in any comprehensive survey.

  • Physics & Astronomy

  • from SCIENCE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 84-111

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The Cambridge companion to Newton

    I.B. Cohen and G.E. Smith, ed. Cambridge University Press, 2002, 514pp. £15.99. ISBN 0521656966.

    In this text ‘distinguished contributors examine the main aspects of Newton's thought’, including not only his work in mathematics and physics, but also his other investigations into alchemy, theology, and prophecy.

  • ■ The Newtonian moment: science and the making of modern culture M. Feingold; New York Public Library and University of Cambridge Oxford University Press, 2005, 234pp. £25.00. ISBN 0195177355. www.nypl.org/research/newton [COMPANION]. Produced to accompany an exhibition at NYPL co-sponsored by the University of Cambridge Library: 8 October 2004 – 5 February 2005.

    • Cosmology and controversy: the historical development of two theories of the universe H. Kragh See entry no. 698

    The elements of physics

    I.S. Grant and W.R. Phillips Oxford University Press, 2001, 789pp. £32.99. ISBN 0198518781.

    www.oup.com/ephys [COMPANION]

    Good reliable solid text in seven parts: Mechanics; Vibrations and waves; Quantum physics; Properties of matter; Electricity and magnetism; Relativity; Mathematical review. ‘The new text is elegantly produced and maintains an excellent standard. It is well illustrated, but not as profusely as American texts; this economy is welcome.’ (Times Higher Education Supplement)

    Explorations in physics: an activity-based approach to understanding the world

    D.P. Jackson, P.W. Laws and S.V. Franklin Wiley, 2002, 368pp. $59.95. ISBN 0471324248.

    A valuable source of projects and topics for pre-degree and undergraduate students and their teachers. Well presented materials include various problems for the reader to tackle, if wished, to gain a greater depth of understanding of a topic. ‘A useful, well researched and interesting book. an excellent source of inventive and fascinating teaching ideas.’ (Physical Sciences Educational Reviews)

    Fundamentals of physics: extended edition

    D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker 7th edn, Wiley, 2004, 1328pp. $140.95. ISBN 0471232319.

    http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA

    Leading textbook available in a variety of offerings. This extended edition provides enhanced coverage of developments in physics in the last 100 years, including: Einstein and Relativity, Bohr and others and Quantum Theory, and more recent theoretical developments such as String Theory.

    URL gives access to details of the full range of Wiley's higher education texts for physics – and for other subjects.

    Newton's Principia for the common reader

    S. Chandrasekhar Oxford University Press, 2003, 616pp. £52.50.

  • 4 - Implementation

  • from Part 2 - The project life cycle, systems and processes
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 61-72

  • Summary

    Introduction

    Once the project has been planned and the project manager has received permission to go ahead then the implementation process starts and the project manager and team will work on the project until it is complete. This chapter explores the implementation and project completion process, and it provides guidance on what to do if things go wrong.

    Implementing the project

    This stage involves putting the plan into action and actually ‘doing’ the project. The implementation phase involves managing the following:

  • • people

  • • resources

  • • project process.

    • The people side of project management is covered in more detail in Chapter 10 and the financial side is covered in Chapter 6. In this section we will focus on the project process which involves monitoring, tracking and, where necessary, taking corrective action. Effective project managers are people who are able to juggle many different tasks and issues, and respond proactively to problems and challenges as they arise during the project implementation process.

    Although you will have a detailed project plan, it is unlikely that everything will go exactly to plan. Your risk analysis will have identified potential trouble spots and these all need careful monitoring. In real-life projects a diverse range of factors can intervene with adverse effects. Some examples include:

  • • staff sickness

  • • late arrival of equipment

  • • technical failures of equipment or software

  • • inaccurate estimations of the amount of time it will take to complete a task

  • • changes in the price of essential supplies

  • • failure to get permission to go ahead with a particular aspect of the project

  • • change in requirements by funding organization or sponsor

  • • unexpected events, e.g. fire, flood, landslide.

    • Monitoring the tasks

    As project manager you need to monitor tasks, blockages and slippage, match of plan with reality, expenditure, quality, complex changes to the plan. Reiss (1995) identifies two approaches to monitoring progress:

  • • DIY – Do-It-Yourself, i.e. wander around and talk with people, observe what is happening and ask for printouts as and when you think it is appropriate. One of the advantages of this approach is that sometimes small problems or potential problems can be identified extremely early in the project process and a solution can be worked out with the team involved in that part of the project.

  • Introduction

  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp xv-xx

  • Summary

    This Introduction covers:

  • ■ Introducing TNW

  • ■ What's new about TNW?

  • ■ The new information universe

  • ■ Selection and description of resources

  • ■ Organization and arrangement of entries

    • Introducing TNW

    The first volume of The New Walford (TNW) is a guide to reference resources in Science, Technology and Medicine (STM). It provides a collection of resources aimed particularly at helping people to research unfamiliar subject areas. It offers comprehensive coverage of the range of resources available in the networked world, but is necessarily selective in the set of items chosen for each subject field. Our aim is to get you started, to help you navigate uncharted territory and find the right types of resources to meet your needs.

    This new guide builds on the reputation and concept of the classic Walford's guide to reference material, but we have made radical changes to the design, focus and layout. The internet and the world wide web have had a dramatic impact on the quantity and quality of information resources, especially in STM. The new information universe is diverse and complex with its mix of established and emergent media.

    What's new about TNW?

    TNW has been completely ‘re-engineered’ for the hybrid information world. There are seven key changes from ‘The Old Walford’.

  • ■ Focus on the newcomer – TNW has been specially designed to help the less-experienced user of STM resources, particularly people researching a field for the first time.

  • ■ Simpler subject arrangement – TNW has moved away from the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) and adopted its own straightforward threelevel scheme of subject parts, subject groupings and subject fields.

  • ■ Navigation by topic – TNW's new TOPIC INDEX helps you to find your way quickly from a subject heading or an alternative sought term to the right place in the main sequence.

  • ■ New resource categorization – TNW has replaced the 40 or so ‘form headings’ used in the old Walford with a new simpler set of 13 resource categories.

  • ■ Expansion of resource types – TNW includes the full spectrum of resources now available to the internet user, with thousands of organizational websites and portals complementing its coverage of traditional reference tools.

  • ■ Introductory essays – TNW also helps the STM newcomer by offering fifteen short narrative introductions, highlighting key features of each subject part and subject grouping.

  • Appendix A - The language of funding

  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 185-189

  • Summary

    For ILS workers who have not previously ventured into the world of funding it may appear as if they have walked into a strange new world with its own language. Getting to grips with this language is important and an essential activity for any project manager who is working on or hoping to work on an externally funded project. This section provides a summary of many of the important terms, based, in part, on the work of Adirondack (1998).

    The people involved in finance

    Accountant

    Someone who will provide financial advice and/or manage your financial records and provide appropriate financial information in an appropriate format, e.g. for auditing purposes.

    Auditor

    Someone who will audit or check the ‘paper-trail’ and ensure that the project money has been spent in an appropriate way and as outlined in the contract.

    Beneficiaries

    Individuals who benefit from the funding, e.g. as customers in the ILS service or individuals who attend training courses or sessions funded by the project.

    Donor, funder or sponsor

    An individual or organization that provides money for projects or other ventures. Donors are individuals who give or raise donations, e.g. from individuals or organizations. A funder or sponsor is normally an organization that provides grants or funds (or other forms of support).

    Project manager

    The person who is responsible for managing the finances, maintaining the financial records and reporting the financial situation to their manager, management group or steering committee.

    Reviewer

    An individual who is involved in checking a grant application and ensuring that it matches the criteria of the funding organization. They will then evaluate the application and make a recommendation on its acceptance or otherwise.

    The funding process

    Assessment or review process

    The funding application will normally be assessed by either a committee or number of individuals. Their role is to check the funding application against their criteria for funding and grade it. Funding applications that achieve the highest grade, i.e. that are the closest match to the funder's criteria, are those that are likely to be successful.

    Budget

    A summary of the project finances, including the costs of everything and also any income.

  • Science

  • from SCIENCE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 47-59

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The age of science: what scientists learned in the twentieth century

    G. Piel Basic Books, 2001, 480pp. $40.00. ISBN 0465057551.

    Engaging story by former Editor of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Includes coverage of: fundamental forces of nature; subatomic world; cosmology; cell and molecular biology; earth history and evolution of life; human evolution. Useful end notes.

    ‘Highly recommended for all libraries. All levels.’ (Choice)

    At the fringes of science: with a new epilogue M.W. Friedlander Westview, 1998, 202pp. $31.00. ISBN 0813390605.

    ‘What makes Friedlander's book especially useful is that he reviews conventional scientific method and shows how scientists examine the hard cases to determine what is science and what is pseudoscience. Emphasizing that there is no clear line of demarcation between science and nonscience, Friedlander leads the reader through case after entertaining case, covering the favorites of ‘tabloid science’ such as astrology and UFOs, scientific controversies such as cold fusion, and those maverick ideas that were at first rejected by science only to be embraced later. There are many good stories here, but there is also much learning and wisdom.

    Students of science and interested lay readers will come away from this book with an increased understanding of what science is, how it works, and how the non-scientist should deal with science at its fringes.’

  • ■ The skeptic: encyclopedia of pseudoscience M. Shermer, ed. ABC-CLIO, 2002, 903pp. $185.00. ISBN 1576076539. Editor and publisher of The Skeptic magazine provides comprehensive introduction to the most prominent pseudoscientific claims made in the name of ‘science’.

  • ■ Society for Scientific Exploration www.scientificexploration.org. Professional forum for presentations, criticism, and debate concerning topics which are for various reasons ignored or studied inadequately within mainstream science. Quarterly journal. Useful set of Links (under Young Investigators Program.

    • Blackwell guide to the philosophy of science P. Machamer and M. Silberstein, ed. Blackwell Publishing, 2002, 360pp. £18.99. ISBN 0631221085.

    Good wide-ranging overview. 15 chapters ranging from A brief historical introduction to the philosophy of science (and prognostications about its future) to Feminist philosophy of science.

    Chronology of science: from Stonehenge to the Human Genome Project

    L. Rosner, ed. ABC-CLIO, 2002, 566pp. $85.00. ISBN 1576079546. Chronologies divided into subject areas: astronomy, biology, chemistry, ecology, etc.

  • 6 - The money side of projects

  • from Part 2 - The project life cycle, systems and processes
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 93-107

  • Summary

    Introduction

    The ability to understand and manage the money side of projects is an essential skill for all project managers. Although some ILS projects are carried out within normal departmental budgets, many projects are funded by external sources. This means that many information workers become involved in obtaining external funding and then managing a budget. The focus of this chapter is funding and obtaining funds from external sources. In addition, the chapter covers current approaches to funding, external sources of funding, bidding and tendering for projects, managing the finances, and audits.

    Appendix A contains a glossary of common terms relating to the money side of projects.

    Current approaches to funding

    The last ten years have seen the rise of a competitive bidding culture in which different organizations bid for public or private sector funds. Funding is available from a wide range of sources including international organizations, the European Union, central and regional governments, businesses, charitable and other special funds, and individual donors.

    This bidding culture is driven by a range of factors. First, public funding has been reduced. Secondly, there is a belief that bidding promotes better use of resources, increased accountability and creativity. Sometimes there can also be a desire to fund and support particular ways of working, or to facilitate cross-organizational and/or cross-sectoral approaches. Finally, the integration of a diverse range of organizations, departments and services can play its part.

    Today in the UK and other countries a wide range of projects on themes as varied as ICT developments, social inclusion needs, improvement of storage to meet standards, extending access, digitization of resources, lifelong learning, information provision, remote services, for example to rural communities, upgrading and relocating accommodation are supported by external funding.

    The work of Parker et al. (2001) demonstrates the current importance of the bidding culture in public sector library and information work. In their research report The Bidding Culture and Local Government: effects on the development of public libraries, museums and archives they state that ‘Bidding for funds, especially additional monies, is now widely accepted in the archives, libraries and museums sectors as part of the everyday management agenda.’ Their findings indicate that 73% of archives, libraries and museums submitted bids for at least one or two major projects during the study period and that only 3% of libraries had not submitted bids for projects worth over £10,000.

  • Health

  • from MEDICINE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 466-506

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The Oxford companion to the body

    C. Blakemore [et al.], eds See entry no. 3535

    Understanding biotechnology

    A. Borém, F.R. Santos and D.E. Bowen See entry no. 5011

    War or health?: a reader

    I. Taipale, ed. Zed Books, 2001, 672pp. Foreword by Kofi Annan, £16.95. ISBN 1856499510.

    http://zedbooks.co.uk [DESCRIPTION]

    70 articles specially commissioned by the organization now known as Physicians for Social Responsibility.

  • ■ Physicians for Human Rights www.phrusa.org. Founded 1986: promotes health by protecting human rights.

  • ■ Physicians for Social Responsibility www.psr.org. US-based organization ‘committed to the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, the achievement of a sustainable environment, and the reduction of violence and its causes’.

    • Dictionaries, thesauri, classifications

    International classification of functioning, disability and health

    World Health Organization See entry no. 3768

    An introduction to medical terminology for health care: a self-teaching package

    A. Hutton 3rd edn, Churchill Livingstone, 2002, 341pp. $19.99. ISBN 0443070792.

    A very basic introduction, but well laid-out and surprisingly enjoyable to work through.

    Medical terminology made easy

    J.T. Dennerll See entry no. 3771

    NAL Agricultural Thesaurus: NALT

    National Agricultural Library See entry no. 2928

    Laws, standards, codes

    American Health Lawyers Association

    www.healthlawyers.org

    ‘The nation's largest, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field.’ Wide range of useful resources: News and analysis; Publications; Health law websites; etc.

    Health Professions Council [UK]

    www.hpc-uk.org

    ‘We are a new regulator and our job is to protect the health and wellbeing of people who use the services of the health professionals registered with us. At the moment, we register members of 13 professions. However, we may register members of other professions in the future. We only register people who meet our standards for their professional skills, behaviour and health.’

    The 13 professions are: Arts therapists; Biomedical scientists; Chiropodists/podiatrists; Clinical scientists; Dietitians; Occupational therapists; Operating department practitioners; Orthoptists; Paramedics; Physiotherapists; Prosthetists and orthotists; Radiographers; Speech and language therapists. Details about all these.

  • Tools for Information Professionals

  • from Tools for Information Professionals
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 705-726

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The internet under the hood: an introduction to network technologies for information professionals

    R.E. Molyneux Libraries Unlimited, 2003, 328pp. $40.00. ISBN 1591580056.

    ‘Providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to network applications and concepts, this practical text covers the Internet; IP addresses; network operating systems; routing; domain names; servers; file formats; and more. It also includes information about the economics of the Internet, privacy, intellectual property, and legal issues.’

    ‘Molyneux provides a readable and often engaging primer for setting up your library, organization, or home office network.a valuable guide for the information professional who either is new to networking or who seeks greater understanding of these technologies and their applications.’ (Public Libraries)

    Science and technology research: writing strategies for students

    T. Neville, D. Henry and B. Neville Scarecrow Press, 2002, 232pp. $24.95. ISBN 081084429X.

    Contents are: Entering the library world; Getting focused; The first step: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other readyreference resources; Getting down to business; Composing your search strategy; Advanced on-line searching; Moving along: locating books; Locating information in journals, conference proceedings, and newspapers; Locating quality information on the World Wide Web; Government resources; What have I found?; Evaluating information; Where do I go from here? Appendices: Ten tips for efficient library research; Sample research strategy.

    ‘The book is an excellent introductory textbook for library technicians and library staff being trained to provide research assistance services. The principles of research are concisely presented and the writing is very accessible. Those looking for in depth coverage of science and technology research sources and skills should look elsewhere.’ (E-STREAMS)

    The semantic web: a guide to the future of XML, web services, and knowledge management

    M.C. Daconta, L.J. Obrst and K.T. Smith Wiley, 2003, 281pp. $35.00. ISBN 0471432571.

    An easily read introductory overview with very good coverage of: the semantic web as a concept; XML; web services; RDF (Resource Description Framework); taxonomies; ontologies. There is a helpful last chapter Crafting your company's roadmap to the semantic web.

  • Technology

  • from TECHNOLOGY
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 509-522

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Global shift: reshaping the global economic map in the 21st century

    P. Dicken Sage Publications, 2003, 632pp. £60.00. ISBN 0761971491.

    Exceptionally good, very well presented and readable introduction. ‘My basic argument is that globalization is not some inevitable kind of end-state but, rather, a complex, indeterminate set of processes operating very unevenly in both time and space … It is vital to understand the longterm, underlying processes of global economic change.’

    18 chapters in four parts: The shifting contours of the geo-economy; Processes of global shift (including Technology: the ‘great growling engine of change’); Global shift: the picture in different sectors; Winners and losers in the global economy. ‘It is utterly repellent that so many people live in such abject poverty and deprivation whilst, at the same time, others live in immense luxury. This is not an argument for levelling down but for raising up. The means for doing this are there. What matters is the will to do it …’ ‘If there was a word beyond definitive, then that would be the word I would be using here.’ (Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol)

    A history of engineering and technology: artful methods

    E. Garrison 2nd edn, CRC Press, 1998, 347pp. $79.95. ISBN 084939810X.

    From the earliest builders through antiquity, renaissance, industrial revolution, 20th century, to new technology and the future.

    History of technology

    I. Inkster, ed. Continuum, 2004, 256pp. £75.00. ISBN 0826471870. ‘The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life – social, cultural and economic – showing how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.’

    Series: History of Technology, V. 25.

  • ■ History of technology and science S. Collins; Carnegie Mellon University . www.library.cmu.edu/Research/Humanities/History/hots.html. Very good example of briefly annotated resource list created by a university reference librarian (and updated January 2005). Well worth checking university library websites for such lists (though their quality and longevity varies considerably).

  • 3 - Planning the project

  • from Part 2 - The project life cycle, systems and processes
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 37-60

  • Summary

    Introduction

    The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the project planning process and to highlight the importance of planning to successful project management. Project planning involves researching the project, thinking ahead and identifying what needs to be done, the people who will carry out the work and the cost. In addition it involves identifying potential problems and developing contingency plans.

    The structure of this chapter is based around the three stages of the project planning process: researching the project, detailed planning, and finally documenting and communicating the plan.

    Researching the project

    Researching the project involves both an external and internal analysis of the project environment. The external environment will help you to identify relevant political, economic or social factors that may have an impact on your project. In addition it will enable you to identify and learn from current good practice within the library and information profession. Information practitioners have extensive experience in a wide range of projects and, in general, they are very willing to share it. Sources of general information and advice include professional literature, conferences, networks and individual practitioners. E-mail discussion lists provide an important source of practical help and advice and these are considered in Chapter 7. Visits are often a useful way of finding out how other practitioners have tackled the same situation as shown in the following example.

    Example Installation of an access control system in a university library

    The following quotation demonstrates the value of taking time to visit other ILS that have tackled a similar project to your own.

    ‘Linda Dixon, the Lending Services Librarian, organized two visits, one to the Economics Library at Oxford University and the other to Salford University. These visits were vital to our understanding of how the whole system would work and began to answer some of our questions relating to staffing, integration with our LMS and procedures for visitors. Although the Economics Library is a much smaller operation the principles behind the system are the same and it was extremely useful to see it working and hear from the staff how easy it was to operate.

  • Pre-clinical Sciences

  • from MEDICINE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 399-425

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Basic medical sciences for MRCP Part 1

    P. Easterbrook 3rd edn, Churchill Livingstone, 2005, 448pp. £25.99. ISBN 0443073260.

    Forthcoming new edn organized: Recommended Reference Books; 1. Genetics and molecular medicine; 2. Microbiology; 3. Immunology; 4. Anatomy; 5. Physiology; 6. Biochemistry and clinical chemistry; 7. Statistics and epidemiology; 8. Clinical pharmacology.

    2nd edn 1999.

    Cells, tissues, and disease: principles of general pathology

    G. Majno and I. Joris 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, 2004, 1005pp. £120.00. ISBN 0195140907.

    Excellent well presented overview. 34 chapters in five parts: Cellular pathology; Inflammation; Immunopathology; Vascular disturbances; Tumours.

    1 st edn Blackwell Science, 1996.

    Clinical laboratory medicine

    K.D. McClatchey, ed. 2nd edn, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002, 1693pp. $99.00. ISBN 0683307517.

    Very useful wide-ranging overview. 11 major sections: General laboratory; Molecular pathology; Clinical chemistry; Medical microbiology and urinalysis; Cytogenetics; HLA typing; Haematology; Coagulation; Microbiology; Immunopathology; Blood bank transfulsion medicine.

    Dictionaries, thesauri, classifications

    Biotechnology from A to Z

    W. Bains See entry no. 5012

    Concise dictionary of biomedicine and molecular biology

    P.-S. Juo See entry no. 1904

    Dictionary of biomedical sciences

    P.J. Gosling See entry no. 1906

    Research centres & institutes

    National Institute of General Medical Sciences [USA]

    www.nigms.nih.gov

    ‘Primarily supports basic biomedical research that lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The Institute's training programs help provide the most critical element of good research: well prepared scientists.’

    Four Divisions: Bioinformatics and computational biology; Cell biology and biophysics; Extramural activities; Genetics and developmental biology; Minority opportunities in research; Pharmacology, physiology and biological chemistry.

  • ■ Coriell Cell Repositories http://locus.umdnj.edu/ccr. NIH funded and maintained by the Coriell Institute for Medical Research. Provides ‘essential research reagents to the scientific community by establishing, verifying, maintaining, and distributing cells cultures and DNA derived from cell cultures’.

    • Associations & societies

    American Council of Independent Laboratories

    See entry no. 4563

    European Federation of Biotechnology

    See entry no. 5023

    GAMBICA

    See entry no. 1775

    Portal & task environments

    Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information: DIMDI (German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information)

    www.dimdi.de/en/dimdi

    Host offering access to wide range of online databases concentrating on medicine, drugs, and toxicology. Includes major internationally available offerings but especially useful for their German region datasets.

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