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Bibliographies and Subject Guides

• Winter Gardening: A Guide to Selected Resources -- Science Reference Guide (revised December 2009)
  
  
• Endangered Species -- Selected Internet Resources (September, 2009)
  
  
• Women of Invention: Women Inventors and Patent Holders -- Science Reference Guide (August, 2009)
  
  
• Science Fair Projects - Science Tracer Bullet (Updated June 2009)
  
  
• Zoology -- Selected Internet Resources (Updated June 2009)
  
  
• Science Education - Science Tracer Bullet (Updated June 2009)
  
  
• Astronomy - Selected Internet Resources (Updated June 2009)
  
  
• Environmental Science Projects - Science Tracer Bullet (Updated June 2009)
  
  
• Influenza A (H1N1) - "Swine Flu" - Selected Internet Resources  (April, 2009)
  
  
• Earth Day: Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide (Updated April, 2009)
  
  
• Women and Minorities in Science and Technology: A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide (March, 2009)
  
  
• e-Science - Science Tracer Bullet  (February, 2009)
  
  
• American Church, Club and Community Cookbooks: Selected Titles from the General Collections - Science Reference Guide  (February, 2009)
  
  
• Biotechnology - Science Tracer Bullet  (January, 2009)
  
  
• Presidential Food: Selected Resource Guide - Science Reference Guide  (January, 2009)
  
  
• Archaeoastronomy - Science Tracer Bullet (December, 2008)
  
  
• Biomass Energy - Science Tracer Bullet (October, 2008)
  
  
• The Nature & Science of Autumn: A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide (October, 2008)
• Migration of the Monarch Butterfly - Science Reference Guide (October, 2008)
  
  
• Space Based Ornithology: Remote Sensing & Bird Migration - Science Reference Guide (September, 2008)
  
  
• Beer and Brewing: A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide (August, 2008)
  
  
• Aeronautics: A Selected Bibliography -- Books used in preparing Aeronautical and Astronautical Resources of the Library of Congress: A Comprehensive Guide - Science Reference Guide (August, 2008)
  
  
• Podcasts, Webcasts & Other Digital Media Files - Science Reference Guide - (August, 2008)
  
  
• Wind Power - Science Tracer Bullet (August, 2008)
  
  
• Global Warming & Climate Change - Science Tracer Bullet (Web update July, 2008)
  
  
• Japanese Science, Technology and Medicine - Selected Internet Resources (Updated July, 2008)
  
  
• Infrastructure and Public Works - Science Tracer Bullet (July, 2008)
  
  
• Earth's Water Cycle and Climate Change: Reading List - Science Reference Guide (July, 2008)
  
  
• Solar Ovens and Solar Cooking - Science Reference Guide (May, 2008)
  
  
• Science Education - Science Tracer Bullet (April, 2008)
  
  
• Time - Science Tracer Bullet (April 2008)
  
  
• Biographical Sources in the Sciences -- Life, Earth and Physical Science (1989-2006) -- Science Tracer Bullet (April 2008)
  
  
• Foreign Technical Reports Collection: Italy (revised March 27, 2008)
  
  
• Selected Titles on Specialized Gardens: Fragrant Gardens, Sanctuary Gardens and Evening Gardens - Science Reference Guide (revised March 2008)
  
  
• Global Warming & Climate Change - Science Tracer Bullet (revised March 2008)
  
  
• The Science of Addiction: A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide (March 2008)
  
  
• Parking & Parking Structures: A Selected Bibliography - Science Reference Guide (February 2008)
  
  
• Chocolate: A Resource Guide - Science Reference Guide (January 2007)
  
  
• Food Writing: A Resource Guide - Science Reference Guide (December 2007)
  
  
• Updated: Science Fair Projects - Science Tracer Bullet (November 2007)
  
  
• Updated: Food History - Science Tracer Bullet (November 2007)
  
  
• Extraterrestrial Life - Science Tracer Bullet (November 2007)
  
  
• Integrated Pest Management - Science Tracer Bullet (October 2007)
  
  
• 1957-2007: Sputnik and the Space Race: A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide (October 4, 2007)
  
  
• Human Impacts on the Biosphere - A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide - (October 2007)
  
  

Everyday Mysteries:

• How do spiders avoid getting tangled in their own webs?
• How do fortunes get inside of fortune cookies?
• Is a coconut a fruit, nut or seed?  (February, 2009)
• How does a stone “skip” across water?
• Does your heart stop when you sneeze?
• What is the strongest muscle in the human body?
• How can you tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth?
• What are stem cells?
• Why don’t I fall out when a roller coaster goes upside down?

Webcasts:

• Dave Leckrone, astrophysicist with the NASA Hubble Space Program spoke on Hubble: A New Beginning.
  
  
• Dr. Scott A. Braun, research meteorologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., presented Peering Into the Storm: NASA's Exploration of Hurricanes.
  
• Jane Goodall spoke about her latest book, "Hope for Animals and Their Worlds: How Endangered Animals are Being Rescued from the Brink." Co-sponsored with the Center for the Book.
  
• James Clark, Ph.D., the Ronald Weintraub Professor of Biology at George Washington University, presented “Dinosaurs Along the Silk Road.” Dr. Clark was a co-leader of expeditions that discovered the bones of small dinosaurs mired in mud, stacked one on top of another, in the northern part of Xinjiang, China, near the ancient Silk Road. More information: http://www.gwu.edu/~newsctr/newscenter/research/dinosaur/
  
• Dr. Daniel (Danny) Glavin, Astrobiologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, spoke on Astrobiology: Life in Space. For more information about Dr. Glavin, go to http://ael.gsfc.nasa.gov/ael_bio_glavin.html.
  
• Edward F. Guinan, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Villanova University, presented Our Sun: Its Influence on Life and Climate.
  http://www.astronomy.villanova.edu/faculty/guinan/guinan.htm
  
• Molly Brown, Senior Research Scientist, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. at NASA, spoke on Farming, Food Security, and Climate Change.
  
  
• Women in Science and Engineering - National Women's History Project chose "Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet" as the 2009 theme for National Women's History Month. A panel discussion on "Women in Science and Engineering" was held at the Library. The moderator and featured panelist was Carol Burger, associate professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech and coordinator of the university's Science and Gender Equity Program.
  
• Sally Squires, award-winning journalist and former syndicated nutrition columnist of the Lean Plate Club in the Washington Post, spoke on "Healthy Bites: Great-Tasting, Healthy Food on a Budget."
  
• Earth’s Water Cycle in a Changing Climate. A presentation by Peter Hildebrand, chief of the Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
  
  
• Avoiding the Fate of the Mayans. The Maya civilization, at its peak, was one of the most densely populated and culturally dynamic societies in the world. But after flourishing for a thousand years, it abruptly disappeared. Thanks to Landsat satellite data and climate models, NASA archaeologist Tom Sever has gained insights into the event known as the Maya Collapse. His findings can inform our lives today.
  
• "The New Science of Addiction and What It Means for Society," presented by Alan I. Leshner, PhD. Dr. Leshner is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an Executive Publisher of the journal, Science. Cosponsored by the Science, Technology, and Business Division and the Library of Congress Employee's Assistant Program.
  
• Shannon McDonald, A.I.A., is a Senior Architect at the architectural firm of Shannon Sanders McDonald. She spoke about movement issues as related to parking, transportation, environment, architecture, and urban planning.
  
• Timothy J. Barger, who established the first Saudi video and cable TV operations company in Jeddah, and Thomas W. Lippman, Adjunct Scholar at the Public Policy Center at The Middle East Institute, discussed Wallace Stegner’s lost classic, Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil.
  
• Judith Jones is a Senior Editor and Vice President of Alfred A. Knopf and the 2006 recipient of the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. In her nearly 50-year career as a cookbook editor, Jones has worked with a long list of esteemed food writers, including Julia Child and James Beard. She spoke on her upcoming book, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food.
  
• Tom D. Crouch is the senior curator of the Division of Aeronautics at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. His topic was Aeronautics at the Library of Congress: Forty Years of One User's Experience.
  
• Compton Tucker, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA GSFC spoke on “Observing, Fighting, and Mitigating Damage from Fires.”
  
• Judith Jones is a Senior Editor and Vice President of Alfred A. Knopf and the 2006 recipient of the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. In her nearly 50-year career as a cookbook editor, Jones has worked with a long list of esteemed food writers, including Julia Child and James Beard. She spoke on her upcoming book, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food.
  
• School Gardens with Constance Carter, Head of the Science Research Section at the Library of Congress.
  
• Dr. Pamela Peeke, physician, scientist and expert in the fields of nutrition, metabolism, stress, and fitness, spoke on her newest book, "Fit to Live."
  
• Wayne Esaias, Ocean Sciences Branch, NASA GSFC, presented on “Honey Bees, Satellites, and Climate Change.”
  
• Craig Mello and John Mather, 2006 Nobel Prize winners, spoke on "The Origins of Life and the Universe" in a program co-sponsored by the Science, Technology and Business Division and the John W. Kluge Center.
  
  

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