These virtual journals collect articles from participating peer-reviewed source journals to consolidate news in each area. Abstracts may be viewed for free, articles may be purchased through the site. Topical email alerts are available for registered users — registration is free.

Journals:

Applications of Superconductivity
Biological Physics Research
Nanoscale Science & Technology
Quantum Information
Ultrafast Science.

Virtual Journals in Science and Technology

Here are some links to open source journals in the areas of Geoscience and Vertebrate Paleontology:

Geoscience

Vertebrate Paleontology

New Government Document:

Uneven-aged management of longleaf pine forests : a scientist and manager dialogue
Dale G. Brockway
Asheville, NC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, [2005]
Call# A 13.88:SRS-78

Also online: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr%5Fsrs078.pdf

New Government Document:

Restoration of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems
Dale G. Brockway
Asheville, NC : USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 2005.
Call# A 13.88:SRS-83

Also online: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr%5Fsrs083.pdf

New Government Document:

Hydrologic and water-quality conditions in the Kansas River, northeast Kansas, November 2001-August 2002, and simulation of ammonia assimilative capacity and bacteria transport during low flow
Patrick P. Rasmussen
Reston, Va. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Call# I 19.42/4-4:2005-5188

Also online: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67342

New Book:

Salinity and Tides in Alluvial Estuaries
H. H. G. Savenije
Boston : Elsevier, 2005.
Call# GC97 .S38 2005

From Elsevier.com:

“Since the publication of ‘Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters’ by Fischer et al.(1979) and ‘Estuaries, a Physical Introduction’ by Dyer (1973, revised in 1997), no comprehensive theory has been published on salinity and tides in estuaries. This book combines the classical knowledge on salinity and tides with new insights that have been gained during the last decades, within one consistent theoretical framework.”

World Atlas of Natural Hazards
Bill McGuire
London : Arnold, 2004.
Call# Ref G1046 .C1 M3 2004

From Oxford University Press:

“The World Atlas of Natural Hazards presents an authoritative yet accessible picture of the perils our planet and our society currently face and a view of the range and scale of threats that may be expected in the new century and beyond. The atlas incorporates a narrative that is driven by maps, images and graphics to paint portraits of natural hazards in space and time, the manner in which they impinge upon our society, and what we can do to avoid, mitigate, or manage their worst excesses. New research that sheds light on processes and mechanisms is addressed, along with established and innovative methodologies designed to limit the impact of natural hazards and reduce associated risk. The book opens with an introduction to the historical development of hazard and risk mapping and closes with a sober assessment of prospects for the future.”

Atlas of the United States
Harm J. DeBlij, ed.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Call# Ref G1105 .A82 2006

From Oxford University Press:

“An indispensable item in any modern professional or personal library, the Atlas of the United States offers a closer look at the oldest, richest, and most populous country on the continent. Opening with two pages of the latest statistics, this atlas provides a broad overview of a multicultural and diverse nation taking its first steps into a new century. The heart of this comprehensive volume is a unique thematic section covering physical, historic, urban, economic, social, and cultural topics ranging from environmental change to religious practice, and indigenous peoples to migration patterns. Accompanied by a balanced combination of informative text and instructive charts and graphs, these newly drawn maps seek to explain the dynamic forces shaping the United States of America.

The thematic section is followed by a spectacular two-page satellite image of the lower 48 states and several regional maps including a full page for the US Pacific islands plus dozens of larger-scale maps of urban areas. A useful, illustrated gazetteer offers still more precision with charts of census data and descriptions of the history, geography, and industry of each state and its capital. In combination, these components transform the new Atlas of the United States into a home reference unsurpassed in quality that is equal parts study source and travel guide. All of this is facilitated by a comprehensive index with latitude and longitude coordinates and alphanumeric grid references that make finding places effortless. What’s more, page number indicators and refined locator windows throughout the atlas allow for easy identification of adjacent map pages.

With hundreds of maps rendering every region from Barrow, Alaska to Venice, Florida in layer-colored contours, this atlas is the United States as it hasn’t been seen before.”

New Reference Book:

Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences
5 Vol
Malcolm G Anderson and Jeffrey J McDonnell, eds
Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, 2005.
Call# Ref GB655 .E527 2005

From Wiley.com:

” Understanding and management of the water natural system is essential for life. There are increasing pressures on the availability and exploitation of fresh water resources through population increase, pollution and degradation of resources, and variations in distribution from regional and global change in the climate. Compilation of knowledge in this area will be a prerequisite for education and training of practising and research hydrologists.

Hydrological Sciences has perhaps three important characteristics that, whilst not perhaps unique in terms of scientific context, are of particular relevance to the proposed initiative to develop a definitive research level multi-volume encyclopedia of the subject. Firstly, the field of Hydrological Sciences is of particular importance in that the process underpinnings that relate to the movement of water from the atmosphere, through and on hillslopes, rivers and floodplain environments are themselves central to related sciences such as ecology, climatology etc. Secondly, hydrological science is a rapidly evolving and developing area but there is a lack of an inclusive reference source that offers an innovative approach melding together information on hydrological processes from sub-catchment to the global scale. Finally, many users and scientists increasingly require software that encapsulates the science of the hydrological problem in a convenient and scientifically credible manner. This new project acknowledges these three major elements of the science, and for the first time seeks to develop a definitive, research level encyclopedia with software access.

The majority of the entries will be substantial articles (up to 10,000 words). Such articles will occupy approximately 10-15 pages in the final printed Encyclopedia, including illustrations, black and white photographs, figures, tabular material and accompanying reference list. Accordingly such articles of this type will be of the status of short scientific papers.”

New Reference Book:

Our Earth’s Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change
2 Vol
Helmut Geist, ed
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Call# Ref GF90 .O87 2006

From Greenwood Publishing Group:

“Scientists predict that the environment over the next 100 years will be threatened by severe challenges–the loss of biodiversity, expected changes in world-wide climate, and decreasing amounts of arable land and potable water for an exploding human population. All of these will greatly impact how the earth will be able to support life in the future. And at the center of these global environmental changes are developments in land use. Over the last 300 years, and in particular the last 50 years, the earth’s land has been altered drastically as a result of increasing industrialization and urbanization worldwide, as well as by changes in agricultural techniques in lands under cultivation. These developments raise troubling questions about out future: How will these changes affect the sustainability of certain types of land use? How will they impinge upon critical regions, like rainforests and deserts? Will the earth be able to provide for the basic human needs of food, shelter, and water?

Our Earth’s Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land Use and Land-Cover Change is an A-to-Z encyclopedia that addresses all aspects of the science of land-use change:

• Evidence of land-use and land-cover change over the last 300 years, and how these changes impact the lives of people today
• Discussions of the models and techniques that scientists use to determine how, and how fast, the earth is changing
• Entries on the scientists and organizations who study these developments and who attempt to predict what will happen to the earth in the future
• Discussions of policies and measures that can be implemented on a local level that will allow a sensible balance between sustainability and development

Written by leading scientists who have spent years studying the phenomena, the encyclopedia hopes to provide a strong foundation for understanding current controversies, and is written on a level that is understandable to scientists and other interested readers alike.”