Janet Hughes

Biological Sciences Librarian
Associate Librarian

Department Address

E408 Paterno Library
140 Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-1811
Office Phone
814-865-3705
Departmental Phone
814-865-7056 (department)
jah19@psu.edu

Academic Support Areas

Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Forensic Sciences

Publications

Choosing a Hand-Held Inventory Device, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2008

Assessing Reference: Using the Wisconsin-Ohio Reference Evaluation Program in an Academic Science Library, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2007

Assessing Reference: Using the Wisconsin-Ohio Reference Evaluation Program in an Academic Science Library, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2006

Issues and Concerns with the Archiving of Electronic Journals, Science and Technology Libraries, 2004

Characterization of Unique Serials Indexed in the Zoological Record, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2001

Teaching the Internet: What you Need to Know, What you Need to Show, Biofeeedback, 1999

Giving patrons what they want: The promise, process and pitfalls of providing full-text access to journals, Collection and Curation, 1998

Can Document Delivery Compensate for Reduced Serials Holdings? A Life Sciences Library Perspective, College and Research Libraries, 1997

Information at Your Fingertips: Use of the Internet at the Life Sciences Reference Desk, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 1997

Use of faculty publication lists and ISI citation data to identify a core list of journals with local importance, Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, 1995

Bibliomed Citation Series, CD-ROM Professional, 1994

The Entrez:Sequences CD-ROM, Canadian CD-ROM News, 1993

Other Publications

Chapters

Issues and Concerns with the Archiving of Electronic Journals, Haworth Press, 2003

Book/Film/Article Reviews

Review of the book Bioinformatics Algorithms: techniques and applications, edited by Ion I. Măndoiu and Alexander Zelikovsky, E-Streams, 2008

Bioinformatics Algorithms: techniques and applications, E-Streams, 2008

Understanding Bioinformatics, E-Streams, 2008

Review of the book Understanding Bioinformatics, by Marketa Zvelebil & Jeremy O. Baum, E-Streams, 2008

Chinese Herbal Medicine: modern applications of traditional formulas, E-Streams, 2005

Environmental Physiology of Animals, 2nd Edition, E-Streams, 2005

The Gmo Handbook: Genetically Modified Animals, Microbes, and Plants in Biotechnology, E-Streams, 2005

Review of the book Analyzing Microarray Gene Expression Data, by Geoffrey J. McLachlan, Kim-Anh Do, and Christophe Ambroise, E-Streams, 2005

Analyzing Microarray Gene Expression Data, E-Streams, 2005

B Cell Protocols, E-Streams, 2005

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, Volume 6, Pardalotes to Shrike-thrushes, E-Streams, 2004

The TOS handbook of Texas birds, E-Streams, 2004

Life sciences for the 21st century, E-Streams, 2004

Bat Ecology, E-Streams, 2004

Handbook of Cell Signaling, E-Streams, 2004

From Genes to Genomes: Concepts and Applications of DNA Technology, E-Streams, 2003

Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California: Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés, E-Streams, 2003

Defending Evolution in the Classroom: A Guide to the Creation/Evolution Controversy, E-Streams, 2002

In Vitro Mutagenesis Protocols, 2nd edition, E-Streams, 2002

Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas, E-Streams, 2002

Medical Device Safety: The Regulation of Medical Devices for Public Health and Safety, E-Streams, 2002

Proteins, Peptides and Amino Acids SourceBook, E-Streams, 2002

Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa, E-Streams, 2002

Amphibians and Reptiles of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, E-Streams, 2002

Birds of Northeast Texas, E-Streams, 2002

Birds, Mammals, & Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands: an identification guide, E-Streams, 2001

A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World : the lowland s of Mexico, Northern Guatemala, and Belize, E-Streams, 2001

Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals, E-Streams, 2001

Birding in the American West: a handbook, E-Streams, 2001

Birds of Nepal, E-Streams, 2001

Birds of the Texas Panhandle: their status, distribution, and history, E-Streams, 2001

Common Names of Mammals of the World, E-Streams, 2001

Diseases of Sheep, 3rd Edition, E-Streams, 2001

Pigeons and Doves: a guide to the pigeons and doves of the world, E-Streams, 2001

The Birds of Africa, Volume 6, E-Streams, 2001

Where to Watch Birds in Africa, E-Streams, 2001

Mammals of Madagascar, E-Streams, 2000

Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 3, the Central Neotropics, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, E-Streams, 2000

Routledge German Dictionary of Biology/ Wörterbuch Biologie Englisch: Volume/Band 1 and Volume/Band 2, E-Streams, 2000

Short Protocols in Molecular Biology: A Compendium of Methods from Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, 4th edition, E-Streams, 2000

Women in the Biological Sciences: a biobibliographic sourcebook, Science and Technology Libraries, 2000

Iguanid Lizards of Cuba, E-Streams, 2000

Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine, Science and Technology Libraries, 2000

Author’s Guide to Biomedical Journals: complete manuscript submission instructions for 235 leading biomedical periodicals, 2nd ed., Science and Technology Libraries, 2000

Chinese Herbal Medicine : modern applications of traditional formulas, Science and Technology Libraries, 1999

Genome Analysis: A Laboratory Manual, E-Streams, 1999

Handbook of Microbiological Media, 2nd ed., Science and Technology Libraries, 1999

Mammals of the Eastern United States, 3rd edition, E-Streams, 1999

Notable Women in the Life Sciences: a biographical dictionary, Science and Technology Libraries, 1999

The Laboratory Hamster and Gerbil, E-Streams, 1999

Genetic Disorders Sourcebook: basic information about hereditary diseases and disorders such as Down syndrome, PKU, Von Willebrand disease, Gaucher disease, Tay-Sachs disease, and sickle cell disease, Science and Technology Libraries, 1999

Atlas of the Hematology of the Laboratory Rat, E-Streams, 1999

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Paleopathology, E-Streams, 1999

Dictionary of Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology, Food For Thought30, 1998

Magazine/Trade Publications

Prices and Incomes, then and now, Sci-Tech News, 1996

Others

Library Guides: BIOL 110: BioBlitz Resources: Overview-all species, 2015

FOR 880: Biomass Feedstocks, 2015

Euphausiids of the World Ocean CD-ROM, E-Streams, 2002