What's New @ the MMA Library
No. 58 10 June 2008 Online at: http://library.maritime.edu/WhatsNew/
In Print - On the NEW BOOKSHELF
Battle for the mind : a physiology of conversion and brain-washing. William Sargant, 1997. 300 pp. MMA Call Number: BF 633 S3 1997
Census Atlas of the United States. Trudy A. Suchan, 2007. 302 pp. MMA Call Number: G 1201 E2 U5 2007
The design of everyday things. Donald A. Norman, 2002. 257 pp. MMA Call Number: TS 171.4 N67 2002
International code for the construction and equipment of ships carrying liquefied gases in bulk : IGC Code. IMO, 1993. 166 pp. MMA Call Number: K 4164.5 I57 1993
The language police : how pressure groups restrict what students learn. Diane Ravitch, 2003. 255 pp. MMA Call Number: LB 3045.7 R38 2003
LNG shipping knowledge : underpinning knowledge to the SIGTTO 2005 standard. 2008. 6 v. MMA Call Number: TP 760 2008
Manual for use by the maritime mobile and maritime mobile-satellite services. ITU, 2005. 576 pp. MMA Call Number: K 4305 I55 2005

The books listed below are part of the donation received from Paul Ticco, a former tenured professor (1997-2002) at Mass Maritime in the MSEP Program.
Bananas, beaches & bases : making feminist sense of international politics. Cynthia Enloe, 1990. 244 pp. MMA Call Number: HQ 1236 E55 1990 [Gift to the MMA Library]
The enclosure of ocean resources : economics and the law of the sea. Ross D. Eckert, 1980. 390 pp. MMA Call Number: JX 4411 E26 1980 [Gift to the MMA Library]
Energy economics and policy. James M. Griffin, 1980. 370 pp. MMA Call Number: HD 9502 A2 G74 1980 [Gift to the MMA Library]
GIS in schools. Richard Audet, 2000. 109 pp. MMA Call Number: G 70.2 A74 2000 [Gift to the MMA Library]
Implementing policy reforms in LDCs : a strategy for designing and effecting change. Louise G. White, 1990. 159 pp. MMA Call Number: HC 59.7 W485 1990 [Gift to the MMA Library]
Keeping options alive : the scientific basis for conserving biodiversity. Walter V. Reid, 1989. 128 pp. MMA Call Number: QH 75 R44 1989  [Gift to the MMA Library]
A primer for policy analysis. Edith Stokey, 1978. 356 pp. MMA Call Number: H 61 S85 1978 [Gift to the MMA Library]
Valuing life : public policy dilemmas. Steven E. Rhoads, 1980. 375 pp. MMA Call Number: HB 501.5 V34 1980 [Gift to the MMA Library]

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES - On the Web  Open Access: accessible to the public, freely and without charge= Open Access
Open Access: accessible to the public, freely and without charge Marine Technology Reporter
Full text available online in PDF format [July 2005- ]. You can set up your own free subscription.
Open Access: accessible to the public, freely and without charge SeaTalk: Nautical Dictionary
A comprehensive nautical dictionary with usage, examples suggesting good seamanship, images of ships and gear and a nautical blog.

TECHNOLOGY and TOOLS for TEACHING
 Open Access: accessible to the public, freely and without charge Numerical Listing of Charts. N.O. Pub.No. 1-N-L. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, 1972. 2nd edition.
A complete listing of charts issued by the Oceanographic Office as of February 1972, including most importantly the cross-referencing of old H.O. and National Ocean Survey C.S. numbers with the later N.O. number scheme. This N.O. chart number scheme is the foundation for DMA/NIMA/NGA chart numbering.

If you have questions about these resources, please contact:
Susan S. Berteaux, Library Director [sberteaux@maritime.edu, ext. 5035]