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Collated by NMNH Librarians Martha Rosen and Gil Taylor

Natural History

Restless creatures : the story of life in ten movements / / Matt Wilkinson. by Wilkinson, Matt, 1975- author. Call #: QP301 .W673 2016 Imprint: New York : Basic Books, [2016] Collection: Natural History

Theodore Roosevelt in the field / / Michael R. Canfield. by Canfield, Michael R., author. Call #: E757 .C26 2015 Imprint: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015. Collection: Natural History

Animal communication and noise / / Henrik Brumm, editor. Call #: QL776 .A53 2013 Imprint: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2013] Collection: Natural History

Land of extremes : a natural history of the Arctic North Slope of Alaska / / Alexander D. Huryn, John E. Hobbie. by Huryn, Alexander D. Call #: QH105.A4 H87 2012 Imprint: Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, ©2012. Collection: Natural History

Historical biogeography of the Caucasus / / David Tarkhnishvili. by Tarkhnishvili, D. N. (David Nodarovich) Call #: QH178.C33 T37 2014 Imprint: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014] Collection: Natural History

Ice station : the creation of Halley VI : Britain's pioneering antarctic research station / / essays by Ruth Slavid ; photographed by James Morris. Call #: NA8480 .I24 2015 Imprint: Zurich : Park Books, [2015] Collection: Natural History

A President in Yellowstone : the F. Jay Haynes photographic album of Chester Arthur's 1883 expedition / / Frank H. Goodyear III. by Goodyear, Frank H., III, 1967- author. Call #: CT275.A78 G66 2013 Imprint: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2013] Collection: Natural History

The naturalist : Theodore Roosevelt, a lifetime of exploration, and the triumph of American natural history / / Darrin Lunde. by Lunde, Darrin P., author. Call #: E757 .L95 2016 Imprint: New York : Crown Publishers, [2016] Collection: Natural History

Arrival of the fittest : the hidden mechanism of evolution / / Andreas Wagner. by Wagner, Andreas, 1967 January 26- author. Call #: QH375 .W327 2014 Imprint: New York, N.Y. : Current, [2014] Collection: Natural History

Patterns in nature : the analysis of species co-occurrences / / James G. Sanderson, Stuart L. Pimm. by Sanderson, James G., 1949- author. Call #: QH84 .S26 2015 Imprint: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015. Collection: Natural History

Across the Arctic Ocean : original photographs from the last great polar journey / / Sir Wally Herbert and Huw Lewis-Jones. by Herbert, Wally, author. Call #: G670 1968 .H418 2015 Imprint: London : Thames & Hudson, 2015. Collection: Natural History

House of lost worlds : dinosaurs, dynasties, & the story of life on earth / / Richard Conniff. by Conniff, Richard, 1951- author. Call #: QH70.U62 N44 2016 Imprint: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016] Collection: Natural History

Bulgarian Antarctic research : a synthesis / / Christo Pimpirev, Nesho Chipev, editors. Call #: QE350 .B85 2015 Imprint: Sofia : "St. Kliment Ohridski" University Press, 2015. Collection: Natural History

Lysenko's ghost : epigenetics and Russia / / Loren Graham. by Graham, Loren R., author. Call #: QH438.5 .G73 2016 Imprint: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016. Collection: Natural History

Voices of the wild : animal songs, human din, and the call to save natural soundscapes / / Bernie Krause. by Krause, Bernard L., author. Call #: QC809.A25 K73 2015 Imprint: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2015] Collection: Natural History

Hyper nature / / Philippe Martin. by Martin, Philippe, 1954- photographer. Call #: TR721 .M38313 2015 Imprint: Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2015. Collection: Natural History

Doing global science : a guide to responsible conduct in the global research enterprise / / InterAcademy Partnership/IAP--The Global Network of Science Academies, Indira Nath, Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, Renfrew Christie, Pieter Drenth, Paula Kivimaa, LI Zhenzhen, Jose A. Lozano, and Barbara Schaal ; project staff, Tom Arrison, Anne Muller, Steve Olson, Lida Anestidou, Nina Boston, and Patricia Cabezas. by IAP--the Global Network of Science Academies, author. Call #: Q180.A1 I23 2016

Imprint: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016] Collection: Natural History

Fishes

Sharks of the Mediterranean : an illustrated study of all species / / Alessandro De Maddalena with Harald Bänsch and Walter Heim. by De Maddalena, Alessandro, 1970- author. Call #: QL638.9 .D4293 2016 Imprint: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016] Collection: Fishes

A naturalist goes fishing : casting in fragile waters from the Gulf of Mexico to New Zealand's South Island / / James McClintock. by McClintock, James, 1955- Call #: SH441 .M442 2015 Imprint: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015. Collection: Fishes

Kellogg Marine Mammals Library

Greenpeace captain : my adventures in protecting the future of our planet / / Peter Willcox with Ronald B. Weiss. by Willcox, Peter, author. Call #: GE56.W54 A3 2016 Imprint: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2016. Collection: Kellogg Library

Whales' bones of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands : Australia, including Norfolk Island, New Zealand, including Chatham Island and Stewart Island, Pacific Islands - Fiji, Hawaii, Solomon Islands and Tonga / / Nicholas Redman. by Redman, Nicholas. Call #: TT288 .R434 2016 Imprint: Teddington, England : Redman Publishing, 2016. Collection: Kellogg Library

Diving physiology of marine mammals and seabirds / / Paul J. Ponganis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. by Ponganis, Paul J., 1950- author. Call #: QL713.2 .P66 2015 Imprint: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015. Collection: Kellogg Library

Whales, dolphins, & porpoises : a natural history and species guide / / edited by Annalisa Berta. Call #: QL737.C4 W44182 2015 Imprint: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015] Collection: Kellogg Library

Mammals

Bison / / Desmond Morris. by Morris, Desmond, author. Call #: QL737.U53 M72 2015 Imprint: London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2015. Collection: Mammals

Skunk / / Alyce Miller. by Miller, Alyce, author. Call #: QL737.C248 M55 2015 Imprint: London, UK : Reaktion Books LTD, 2015. Collection: Mammals

American Serengeti : the last big animals of the Great Plains / / Dan Flores. by Flores, Dan L. (Dan Louie), 1948- author. Call #: QL719.G73 F56 2016 Imprint: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016] Collection: Mammals

Bats and viruses : a new frontier of emerging infectious diseases / / edited by Lin-fa Wang and Christopher Cowled. Call #: RA641.B38 B38 2015 Imprint: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, [2015] Collection: Mammals

The mammals of Luzon Island : biogeography and natural history of a Philippine fauna / / Lawrence R. Heaney, Danilo S. Balete, and Eric A. Rickart ; illustrated by Velizar Simeonovski and Andria Niedzielski. by Heaney, Lawrence R., author. Call #: QL729.P5 H434 2016 Imprint: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Collection: Mammals

Minerals

Volcanic geology of São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago) / / edited by J.L. Gaspar, J.E. Guest, A.M. Duncan, F.J.A.S. Barriga and D.K. Chester. Call #: QE526.2.A96 V65 2015 Imprint: London : Geological Society, 2015. Collection: Minerals

(MSC) Museum Support Center

The effect of creep and other time related factors on plastics and elastomers / / Laurence W. McKeen. by McKeen, Laurence W. Call #: TA455.P5 M3445 2009 Imprint: Oxford ; Burlington, MA : W. Andrew, 2009. Collection: Museum Support Center

Fabric testing / / edited by Jinlian Hu. Call #: TS1449 .F33 2008 Imprint: Boca Raton : CRC ; Cambridge : Woodhead, 2008. Collection: Museum Support Center

Cotton : science and technology / / edited by S. Gordon and Y-L. Hsieh. Call #: TS1580 .C68 2007 Imprint: Cambridge : Woodhead, 2007. Collection: Museum Support Center

(MSRL) Museum Studies Research

Recruiting and managing volunteers in museums : a handbook for volunteer management / / Kristy Van Hoven and Loni Wellman. by Van Hoven, Kristy, 1983- author. Call #: AM121 .V45 2016 Imprint: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Astride two worlds : technology and the American Civil War / / edited by Barton C. Hacker. Call #: E468.9 .A88 2016 Imprint: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2016. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library Smithsoniana (non-circulating)

The value of the Moon : how to explore, live, and prosper in space using the Moon's resources / / Paul D. Spudis. by Spudis, Paul D., author. Call #: QB582.5 .S68 2016 Imprint: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2016] Collection: Museum Studies Research Library Smithsoniana (non-circulating)

Museum participation : new directions for audience collaboration / / edited by Kayte McSweeney and Jen Kavanagh. Call #: AM7 .M8719 2016 Imprint: Edinburgh : Museums Etc, 2016. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

The breathless zoo : taxidermy and the cultures of longing / / Rachel Poliquin. by Poliquin, Rachel, 1975- Call #: QL63 .P65 2012 Imprint: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2012. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Advancing engagement : a handbook for academic museums. Volume 3 / / edited by Stefanie S. Jandl and Mark S. Gold ; with a foreword by John R. Stromberg. Call #: L797 .H37 2014 Imprint: Edinburgh ; Cambridge, MA : MuseumsEtc, 2014. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Museums and the material world : collecting the Arabian Peninsula / / edited by Pamela Erskine-Loftus. Call #: AM79.4 .M88 2014 Imprint: Edinburgh ; Boston : MuseumsEtc, 2014. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Advanced interpretive planning : essential concepts and strategies for today's interpretive planners / / John A Veverka. Call #: AM151 .V48 2014 Imprint: Edinburgh : MuseumsEtc., 2014. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Museums and visitor photography : redefining the visitor experience / / edited by Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert. Call #: AM111 .M876 2016 Imprint: Edinburgh ; Boston : MuseumsEtc, [2016] Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Alive To change : successful retailing in museums : a collection of essays. Call #: HF5469.65 .A65 2013 Imprint: Edinburgh ; Boston : MuseumsEtc, 2013. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Engaging the visitor : designing exhibits that work / / Stephen Bitgood. by Bitgood, Stephen. Call #: AM151 .B57 2014 Imprint: Edinburgh ; Boston : MuseumsEtc, 2014. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

The caring museum : new models of engagement with ageing / / edited by Hamish L. Robertson. Call #: AM160 .C37 2015 Imprint: Edinburgh : Museums etc., [2015]. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Pedagogies of public memory : teaching writing and rhetoric at museums, archives, and memorials / / edited by Jane Greer and Laurie Grobman. Call #: AM125 .P43 2016 Imprint: New York : Routledge, 2016. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Micromuseology : an analysis of small independent museums / / Fiona Candlin. by Candlin, Fiona, author. Call #: AM5 .C36 2016 Imprint: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

The Politics of Museums / / Clive Gray, University of Warwick, UK. by Gray, Clive, author. Call #: AM7 .G584 2015 Imprint: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Nineteen American masterworks from the Thelma and Melvin Lenkin collection / / William H. Truettner, Virginia M. Mecklenburg, Eleanor Jones Harvey. by Truettner, William H., author. Call #: ND205 .T78 2015 Imprint: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2015. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Irving Penn : beyond beauty / / Merry A. Foresta. by Penn, Irving, photographer, artist. Call #: TR647 .P46 2015 Imprint: Washington, DC : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; New York, NY : In association with The Irving Penn Foundation, [2015] Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Nation building : craft and contemporary American culture / / edited by Nicholas R. Bell. by Nation Building (Symposium) (2012 : Smithsonian American Art Museum), Call #: NK808.2 .N38 2012 Imprint: Washington, DC : Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in association with Bloomsbury Press, [2015] Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Contemporary perspectives on the detection, investigation, and prosecution of art crime : Australasian, European, and North American perspectives / / edited by Duncan Chappell, University of Sydney, Australia ; Saskia Hufnagel, Queen Mary University of London, UK. Call #: K5219 .C66 2014 Imprint: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014] Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Precious things : the greatest treasures of the museum / / Hanne Strager. by Strager, Hanne, author. Call #: QH70.D42 S77 2014 Imprint: Copenhagen : Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 2014. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Managing scientific information and research data / / Svetla Baykoucheva. by Baykoucheva, Svetla, 1946- author. Call #: Q180.55.M3 B39 2015 Imprint: Waltham, MA : Chandos Publishing, [2015] Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Bone rooms : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums / / Samuel J. Redman. by Redman, Samuel J., author. Call #: CC79.5.H85 R43 2016 Imprint: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2016. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Monticello : the official guide to Thomas Jefferson's world / / Charley Miller and Peter Miller ; [introduction by Leslie Greene Bowman]. by Miller, Charley, author. Call #: E332.74 .M54 2016 Imprint: Washington, DC : National Geographic Books, 2016. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Yours for the asking : an indispensable guide to fundraising and management / / Reynold Levy. by Levy, Reynold. Call #: HG177 .L47 2008 Imprint: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2008. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library

Reptiles

The book of frogs : a life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world / / Tim Halliday. by Halliday, Tim, 1945- author. Call #: QL668.E2 H245 2016 Imprint: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2016] Collection: Reptiles

Freshwater turtles & tortoises of South Asia / / Jayaditya Purkayastha, Indraneil Das, Saibal Sengupta. by Purkayastha, Jayaditya, 1981- author. Call #: QL666.C5 P98 2015 Imprint: Guwahati, Assam : Bhabani Books, an imprint of Bhabani Offset Pvt. Ltd., September, 2015. Collection: Reptiles

Rafetus : the curve of extinction : the story of the giant softshell turtle of the Yangtze and Red rivers / / Peter C.H. Pritchhard. by Pritchard, Peter Charles Howard, 1943- Call #: QL666.C587 P75 2012 Imprint: Ada, Oklahoma : Living Art Publishing, 2012. Collection: Reptiles

Aposematic poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) of the Andean countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela / / editors, Ted R. Kahn [and five others] ; coordinating editors, José Vicente Rodríguez-Mahecha, Russell A. Mittermeier & Anthony B. Rylands ; maps, María Isabel Molena-Ballesteros ; illustrations, Ted. R. Kahn. Call #: QL668.E233 A66 2016 Imprint: Arlington, Va. : Conservation International, 2016. Collection: Museum Studies Research Library Smithsoniana (non-circulating)

Vertebrate Paleontology

Anatomy of the dodo (Raphus Cucullatus L., 1758) : an osteological study of the Thirioux specimens / / Leon P.A.M. Claessens, Hanneke J.M. Meijer, Julian P. Hume, and Kenneth F. Rijsdijk (editors). Call #: QL696.C67 A5 2015 Imprint: [Bethesda, Md.] : Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2015. Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology