Christmas recommendations

Merry Christmas from all the library staff! 

 

We’ve got a bumper blog post for you to dig into just before the festive season. We hope you take note and enjoy the journal recommendations.  Remember that all of the journals below can be found on the ground floor of the library.

 

The Garden December 2017

Virtual horticulture. P.50  

Take a look at Robin Dwiar’s article which suggests that ‘videogames are a force for good, as they bring accurate visual depictions to virtual worlds’.

Fun fact about this article: Robin is a Writtle alumnus!

 

Prolandscaper December 2017

There’s plenty to read in the current issue of Prolandscaper. Our top picks are:

·        Design for health by Adam White. P.40. For some additional reading, try Green infrastructure and public health by Christopher Coutts. It’s available in the library at shelf mark 301.76/ COU.

·        Portfolio. p.53.

·        Beautiful Bark by Andy McIndoe. p.92.

·        Helping make a profit by Sam Hassall. pp. 100-101.

 

Essex Naturalist No.34 2016/17 (Journal of the Essex Field Club)

·        Changes in vegetation of two Essex salt marshes (2004-2016), Blackwater estuary, following managed coastal realignment. pp.188- 205

The article has been co-authored by WUC alumnus James Oliver and our very own John E. Morgan.

 

Landscape: the Journal of the Landscape Institute Winter 2017

·        Take a look at the Winners of winners segment on pp. 44-50. This features the prize winners of the 2017 LI Awards. Who impressed the judges this year?

·        Touching the imagination pp.53-59. Ruth Slavid’s feature focusses on designing a garden for children with autism. Slavid discusses Davies White who won three awards at the RHS Hampton Court flower show for presenting a project that should help improve understanding of designing for children with autism.

Wiley journals

The library subscribes to 15 core Wiley journals:

• Animal Conservation (1998 onwards)
• Annals of Applied Biology (1997 onwards)
• Conservation Biology (1997 onwards)
• Equine Veterinary Education (1997 onwards)
• Equine Veterinary Journal (1997 onwards)
• Integrative Zoology (2006 onwards)
• International Zoo Yearbook (1997 onwards)
• Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition (1997 onwards)
• Journal of Applied Ecology (1998 onwards)
• Journal of Ecology (1998 onwards)
• Journal of Small Animal Practice (1997 onwards)
• Zoo Biology (1997 onwards)
• Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (1997 onwards)
• Journal of Zoology (1997 onwards)
• Zoonoses and Public Health (1997 onwards)

These titles (and any open access titles published by Wiley) are searchable via Writtle Discovery. Full text content from these, and only these titles, is available between the dates listed above.

You do not need to log in to access full text material if you are on campus. However if you are off campus you will need to use the institutional username and password detailed on the library’s Moodle page to log on to the publisher’s site. The password changes every six months.

It is also possible, but not necessary, to browse or search material via Wiley Online Library. Your search results may display one of the the following symbols:

• Article from a subscribed journal (open padlock)
• Freely available article, not necessarily from a subscribed title (open padlock + FREE)
• Article from an open access journal (open padlock + OPEN)

If there is no symbol next to an article you are not entitled to access it.

Highlights from this week

Another week gone by, another blog post to read! Remember that all of the publications listed below can be found on the magazine stands on the ground floor of the library.

Veterinary Practice Today November/ December 2017

Making a nutritional recommendation. pp. 19- 21

• Senior nurse Nicola Ackerman writes about the important role of diet. 

Where to invest your time and money online. pp. 76-77

• This article offers a viewpoint on the use of various channels.
• If you want to find out more, try Digital marketing: strategy, implementation and practice which is available in the library at class mark 658.87202854678/CHA. 

Veterinary Times 13th November 2017 

Bovine advanced reproductive technology. pp. 24-29

• This article explores the use of advanced technologies for inseminating cows, focussing on a variety of available methods.
• An overview of advanced reproductive technologies (ART) through the eyes of a large animal practitioner is also provided.

Broodmare management in UK: could it be better? pp. 18-20

• Discusses the use of ovulatory induction agents and post-covering treatments in reducing early pregnancy loss in horses.

Town and Country Planning Vol. 86 No. 1 November 2017

Building a 21st Century Garden City. pp. 466-468

• The government’s 2014 budget set out plans for a New Garden city settlement of up to 15,000 homes at Ebbsfleet, Kent.  
• This will be the first government sponsored Garden City to be built in the UK.
•  Mark Pullin explores how Ebbsfleet Development Corporation is approaching the task of creating this new settlement and how plans have altered over the past twenty years which is when the area was first identified with the potential to develop.