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Jaargang 14 | Nr. 6 | december 2012 | AdeKUS InfobulletinEBSCO forthe AdeKUSDe Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB) heeft sinds 2007 een abonnement op de databases van EBSCOhost(Academic Search Elite, Business Source Elite, Regional Business News, Newspaper Source,MEDLINE, GreenFILE, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, Caribbean Search).EBSCO (http://search.ebscohost.com/) is on-site te raadplegen op de campus aan de Leysweg en de campus aande Kernkampweg.Vanwege de importantie van deze databases voor de klanten van de AdeKUS is in november 2012 besloten om hetabonnement te upgraden naar Academic Search Complete en Business Source Complete. Samen bevatten deze databasesmeer dan 35,000 full-text-publicaties, rapporten en full-text-tijdschriften over verschillende wetenschapsgebieden,waaronder biologie, bouwkunde, geneeskunde en gezondheidszorg, chemie en milieu.Om het gebruik van de EBSCO-databases op de AdeKUS te promoten, heeft de UB op 27 november 2012 enigetrainingssessies georganiseerd. Damien Satterthwaite, Regional Sales Manager EBSCO Publishing, verzorgde dezesessies voor docenten, wetenschappers en studenten van de AdeKUS, verschafte tevens een review van de EBSCOdatabasesen belichtte ook de eBooks (http://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks).Voor meer informatie over Academic Search Complete enBusiness Source Complete volgt u de volgende links.1. Academic Search Complete: http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic-search-completeAcademic Search Complete is the world’s most valuableand comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary full-textdatabase.2. Business Source Complete: http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/business-source-completeBusiness Source® Complete is the world’s definitive scholarlybusiness database.14AdeKUSINFOBULLETIN
Jaargang 14 | Nr. 6 | december 2012 | AdeKUS InfobulletinAANRADERS IN DE UB-COLLECTIEHajo B.P.E. Gernaat, Borgesius G. Beckles, Tinde van AndelButterflies of Suriname: a natural history (SK 00407-12)Butterflies of Suriname: a natural history is the first book about Surinamese butterfliesin 160 years and the result of six years of research by the authors. Afterintroductory chapters on the plants, rainforest and the various habitats of Suriname,the biology of butterflies is discussed along with the rich history of butterflyresearch. This is followed by detailed descriptions of 150 species from all families.This is a book for every Surinamer, interested biologist, tourist and all lovers ofSuriname’s natural environment.Paul E. Ouboter and Rawien JairamAmphibians of Suriname (SK 00499-12)Suriname has a long history of faunal inventories, with many of its speciesalready described by Linnaeus. Despite that, the amphibians were only treatedin a few papers in scientific journals. Amphibians of Suriname is the firstoverview of our present knowledge of this interesting group for Suriname.The book presents short descriptions and data on the distribution and naturalhistory of the 104 species now known for the country. Two new species andtwo new subspecies of frogs are described for Suriname, and for several speciesa contribution to the taxonomic discussion is given.Jan H.A. MolThe Freshwater Fishes of Suriname (SK 00727-12)Suriname has a rich inland fish fauna that is related to the most diverse freshwaterfish fauna on planet Earth, i.e. that of the Amazon River. Suriname isundoubtedly the site of origin of the oldest extant preserved specimens of SouthAmerican fishes and 19 Surinamese fish species were described and figured byLinnaeus. Building on ichthyological studies initiated in the 1960s by the BrokopondoProject,this book provides an introduction to the freshwater fish faunaof Suriname, that should be especially useful to decision makers, conservationbiologists, aquarium hobbyists and eco-tourists.AdeKUSINFOBULLETIN15
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