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Library News & Notes —
December 22, 2006


Internet Sites of the Week

Blogs for Shoppers
“From Fashion to Food, Sites Track Deals and Offer Ideas for Stumped Gift Givers.”
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116597907507548593-BD
kCb__LvVi2_vGMqb4HKDlIHk4_20071220.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top

(Source: beSpacific)

Force-extension measurements on bacterial flagella: triggering polymorphic transformations
A paper by Nick Darnton and Howard Berg of the Bacterial Motility Group
http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/abstract/biophysj.106.094037v1

The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science
A report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project tells how “online users have used the Internet to look up the meaning of a scientific concept, answer a specific science question, or check the accuracy of a scientific fact.”
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Exploratorium_Science.pdf
(Source: The Scout Report)

Work-life balance
An Economist article reports on how enterprises are adopting applications such as Google and IM.
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8450071
(Source: j's scratchpad)


NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

Received December 16 - 22, 2006

Title Author/Editor (Publisher, Year) To be Shelved at: Requested by
Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, v.41 Richard, J.P., editor (Academic Press, 2006) QD 476 .A4 v.41 2006 Standing order requested by J. Foley