Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING)



                 JOHN WHELAN LIBRARY BULLETIN No. 3 - 29/07/97
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John Whelan Library (JWL) Bulletin is issued at irregular intervals, whenever
there is important news at the library. Suggestions and comments on this 
bulletin are welcome.


Topics
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1. NEW ACQUISITIONS.
   

1. NEW ACQUISITIONS
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The following books have arrived recently. If location is not specified, they
are on the New Acquisitons shelf at SLO library and can be borrowed filling in
the loan cards as usual:

1. 'Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes', IAU Symposium No. 178,
   E. F. Van Dishoeck (editor), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.
2. 'Essential Information for Members of Council and Advisory Bodies',
   PPARC, 1997.
3. 'The Exotic Flora of the Canary Islands', Juan Alberto Rodriguez Perez, 
   EVEREST, 1988.
4. 'Landscapes of La Palma and El Hierro', Noel Rochford, Sunflower Books,
   1993.
5. 'La Palma (in English)', OTERMIN ediciones.
6. 'Discovering La Palma', Juan Jose Santos y Carlos Javier Taranilla,
   EVEREST.
7. 'La Palma - A natural garden', Juan Jose Santos, Mini Ediciones DAVID,
   1997.
8. 'The Canary Islands through History', Salvador Lopez Herrera, Graficas
   Tenerife, 1978.
9. 'La Palma Inside Out - A practical insiders' guide to the Green Island, 
   Anne Charles,1993.
10.'Historia de Canarias', Jose M. Castellano Gil y Francisco J. Macias
   Martin, Centro de la Cultura Popular Canaria, 1993.
11.'Conquista y Repartimiento de la Isla de La Palma', Ana Vina Brito, Buho
   Ediciones, 1997.
12.'La Palma - Impressions', Juan Jose Santos, Mini Ediciones DAVID, 1995.
13.'La Palma (in Spanish)', Everest, 1996.
14.'La Palma - Wild Plants and Flowers', Juan Jose Santos, Mini Ediciones
   DAVID, 1996.
15.'Los Espacios Naturales de La Palma', M. Mora Morales, Editorial Globo,
   1995.
16.'Ground-Based Astronomy in Asia - Third East-Asian Meeting on
   Astronomy', N. Kaifu (editor), National Astronomical Observatory, Japan,
   1996.
17.'The History of the Milky Way - ASP Conference Series Vol. 112', A. 
   Burkert et al (editors), ASP, 1996.
18.'Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Atmosophere - Proceedings of a Yohkoh
   Conference - ASP Conference Series Vol. 111', R. D. Bentley and J. T. 
   Mariska (editors), ASP, 1996.
19.'Completing The Inventory of the Solar System - ASP Conference Series Vol.
   107', T. W. Rettig and J. M. Hahn (editors), ASP, 1996.
20.'The Minnesota Lectures on Extragalactic Neutral Hydrogen - ASP Conference
   Series Vol. 106, E. D. Skillman (editor), ASP, 1996.
21.'Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques - IAU
   Colloquium 159 - ASP Conference Series Vol. 113', B. M. Peterson et al 
   (editors), ASP, 1997.
22.'Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun - Ninth Cambridge Workshop - ASP
   Conference Series Vol. 109', R. Pallavicini et al (editors), ASP, 1996.
23.'M. A. S. S. Model Atmospheres and Spectrum Synthesis - 5th Vienna 
   Workshop - ASP Conference Series Vol. 108', S. J. Adelman et al (editors),
   ASP, 1996.
24.'Blazar Continuum Variability - ASP Conference Series Vol. 110', H. R.
   Miller et al (editors), ASP, 1996.
25.'Pulsars: Problems and Progress - IAU Colloquium 160 - ASP Conference 
   Series Vol. 105', S. Johnson et al (editors), ASP, 1996.
26.'Young Galaxies and QSO Absorption-Line Systems - ASP Conference Series
   Vol. 114', S. M. Viegas et al (editors), ASP, 1997.
27.'CO: Twenty-Five Years of Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy - IAU Symposium
    No. 170', W. B. Latter et al (editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.
28.'Proceedings of the 27th Meeting of the Polish Astronomical Society - 
   Poznan, Sep. 12-15, 1995',Polish Astronomical Society, Copernicus
   Foundation for Polish Astronomy, 1996.
29.'Cassell's Dutch Dictionary. English-Dutch and Dutch-English', Cassell, 
   1996. Location: rest room, sixth floor, SLO.
30.'Collins English Dictionary. English-Spanish and Spanish-English',
   Collins, 1997, Location: rest room, 6th floor, SLO.
31.'Testing Computer Software', C. Kaner et al., International Thomson
   Computer Press, 1993.
32.'A Short History of the Universe', J. Silk, Scientific American Library,
   1997.
33.'Mastering Optics - An Applications Guide to Optical Engineering', J.
   Blackwell and S. Thornton, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
34.'Electronic Imaging in Astronomy - Detectors and Instrumentation', I. S.
   McLean, Wiley, 1997.
35.'Strategies for Software Engineering - The Management of Risk and
   Quality', M. A. Ould, Wiley, 1990.
36.'Software Systems - Failure and Success', C. Jones, International
   Thomson Computer Press, 1996.
37.'Software Requirements & Specifications - A Lexicon of Practice,
   Principles and Prejudices', M. Jackson, Addison-Wesley, 1995.
38.'Before the Beginning - Our Universe and Others', M. Rees, Simon &
   Schuster, 1997.
39.'Reflecting Telescope Optics I', R. N. Wilson, A&A Library-Springer, 1996.
40.'The Trouble with Computers', T. K. Landauer, MIT Press, 1995.
41.'An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics', B. W. Carroll and D. A.
   Ostlie, Addison Wesley, 1996.



Javier Mendez Alvarez
ING librarian
jma@ing.iac.es

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* To order books, email me with this information: title, author, ISBN number, 
  approximate price, publisher, year of publication (o edition number) and
  number of copies (if more than one, justify why). Further information 
  is welcome too. 
* To borrow books, fill in a loan card. All the books can be borrowed
  except those which are for reference only. Put the loan card into the red 
  plastic bag and leave it where the book was exactly. Return the book to 
  the 'Returned Books' tray.
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