What's New @ the MMA Library
No. 82 28 September 2009 Online at: http://library.maritime.edu/WhatsNew/

In Print - On the NEW BOOKSHELF
Assessing the impact of the Spellings Commission: the message, the messenger and the dynamics of change in higher education. Brent D. Ruben, 2008. 196 pp. MMA Call Number: LB 2322.2 R83 2008 [Gift to the MMA Library]
Campus security for public and private colleges and universities. Mary A. Lentz, 2009. 377 pp. MMA Call Number: LB 2866 L468 2009
Cargo notes. Dhananjay Swadi, 2009 216 pp. MMA Call Number: VK 235 S82 2009 [Gift to the MMA Library]
English shipbuilding dictionary. Jan Babicz, 2000. 236 pp. MMA Call Number: V 23 E5 2000
Geographical information systems in assessing natural hazards. Alberto Carrara, 1995. 353 pp. MMA Call Number: GB 5001 G46 1995
Jane’s facility security handbook. Jane’s Information Group, 2006. 361 pp. MMA Call Number: TH 9730 J36 2006
National Geographic concise history of the world : an illustrated time line. Neil Kagan, 2006. 416 pp. MMA Call Number: D 11 D37 2006
The New Orleans hurricane protection system : assessing pre-Katrina vulnerability and improving mitigation and preparedness. National Academy of Engineering, 2009. 46 pp. MMA Call Number: HV 635.5 N38 2009
Remote sensing with IDRISI Taiga : a beginner’s guide. Timothy A. Warner, 2009. 297 pp. MMA Call Number: G 70.4 2009
The rise of the Fourth Reich : the secret societies that threaten to take over America. Jim Marrs, 2008. 435 pp. MMA Call Number: JC 481 M37 2008
School of the sea, 1937-1946. Stephen Richardson, 2009. 153 pp. MMA Call Number: D 771 R53 2009 [Gift to the MMA Library]
Sea survival handbook : the complete guide to survival at sea. Keith Colwell, 2009. 155 pp. MMA Call Number: VK 1259 C655 2009

NEW DATABASE
AtoZ Maps Online - World Trade Press
Over 4,000 royalty-free, world, continent, country, and state maps that may be used for reports, posters, multi-media presentations, etc. Includes political, physical, outline, population, precipitation, climate, and other thematic maps.

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 Mandatory Direct Observation Collections for DOT Return-to-Duty and Follow-Up Testing - effective Monday, August 31, 2009. For more information see the DOT website for updates to downloadable documents, such as:
Open Access: accessible to the public, freely and without charge Shipping, World Trade and the Reduction of CO2 Emissions - International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
Explains what the shipping industry and its regulator - the United Nations' International Maritime Organization (IMO) - are doing to deliver a significant reduction in shipping's CO2 emissions.


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