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SharePoint 2013 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Ken Withee
Format: Paperback
Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (2013, Apr 22nd).
Pages: 384
The bestselling guide on running SharePoint, now updated to cover all the new features of SharePoint 2013SharePoint Portal Server is an essential part of the enterprise infrastructure for many businesses. Building on the success of previous versions of SharePoint For Dummies, this new edition covers all the latest features of SharePoint 2013 and provides you with an easy-to-understand resource for making the most of all that this version has to offer. You'll learn how to get a site up and running, branded, and populated with content, workflow, and management. In addition, this new edition includes essential need-to-know information for administrators, techsumers, and page admins who want to leverage the cloud-hosted features online, either as a standalone product or in conjunction with an existing SharePoint infrastructure. more
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Project 2013 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Cynthia Stackpole Snyder
Format: Paperback
Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (2013, May 6th).
Pages: 360
An easy-to-understand guide to the?latest version of Microsoft's enterprise project management software: Project 2013If you've never used project management software before?or if?you're just getting up to speed on the new features in Project 2013, this is the book for you! With this easy-to-understand guide, you have a completely updated resource that covers the latest changes and newest enhancements to Project 2013 and shows you how to?make Project 2013 work for you. After an introduction to basic project management concepts, you'll discover the mechanics of using Project software to create and manage projects. Other topics covered include working with calendars, using and sharing resources, budgeting, formatting taskbars, gathering and tracking data, working with reports, and creating templates. more
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Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services: A Handbook
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Andrew Walsh
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scarecrow Press (2012, Oct 8th).
Pages: 160
This is an essential practical guide for all information professionals who want to get to grips with or improve their use of mobile services.Packed with easy to implement ideas, practical examples and international case studies, this provides you with the ultimate toolkit, exploring ideas as simple as renewals and reminders to the more complex such as access to e-books and virtual worlds. Jargon-free coverage of the background and context to mobile delivery will enable you to fully understand the challenges and embrace the opportunities, getting to grips with critical issues such as what sort of services users really want.Key topics covered include: context including market penetration, range and functionality of devicestextingapps vs. mobile websitesmobile information literacy vs. more
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Adrenaline
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Brian B. Hoffman
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press (2013, Mar 4th).
Pages: 304
Inducing highs of excitement, anger, and terror, adrenaline fuels the extremes of human experience. A rush empowers superhuman feats in emergencies. Risk-taking junkies seek to replicate this feeling in dangerous recreations. And a surge may literally scare us to death. Adrenaline brings us up to speed on the fascinating molecule that drives some of our most potent experiences. Adrenaline was discovered in 1894 and quickly made its way out of the lab into clinics around the world. In this engrossing account, Brian Hoffman examines adrenaline in all its capacities, from a vital regulator of physiological functions to the subject of Nobel Prize–winning breakthroughs. Because its biochemical pathways are prototypical, adrenaline has had widespread application in hormone research leading to the development of powerful new drugs. more
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My Backyard Jungle: The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned to Live with It
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: James Barilla
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press (2013, Apr 1st).
Pages: 376
For James Barilla and his family, the dream of transforming their Columbia, South Carolina, backyard into a haven for wildlife evoked images of kids catching grasshoppers by day and fireflies at night, of digging up potatoes and picking strawberries. When they signed up with the National Wildlife Federation to certify their yard as a wildlife habitat, it felt like pushing back, in however small a way, against the tide of bad news about vanishing species, changing climate, dying coral reefs. Then the animals started to arrive, and Barilla soon discovered the complexities (and possible mayhem) of merging human with animal habitats. What are the limits of coexistence, he wondered? To find out, Barilla set out across continents to explore cities where populations of bears, monkeys, marmosets, and honeybees live alongside human residents. more
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Napalm: An American Biography
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Robert M. Neer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Belknap Press (2013, Mar 4th).
Pages: 352
Napalm, incendiary gel that sticks to skin and burns to the bone, came into the world on Valentine’s Day 1942 at a secret Harvard war research laboratory. On March 9, 1945, it created an inferno that killed over 87,500 people in Tokyo—more than died in the atomic explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It went on to incinerate sixty-four of Japan’s largest cities. The Bomb got the press, but napalm did the work. After World War II, the incendiary held the line against communism in Greece and Korea—Napalm Day led the 1950 counter-attack from Inchon—and fought elsewhere under many flags. Americans generally applauded, until the Vietnam War. Today, napalm lives on as a pariah: a symbol of American cruelty and the misguided use of power, according to anti-war protesters in the 1960s and popular culture from Apocalypse Now to the punk band Napalm Death and British street artist Banksy. more
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Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Daphne J. Fairbairn
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press (2013, Apr 28th).
Pages: 312
While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guard their eggs and larvae--even from the hungry appetites of their own partners. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm longer than their own bodies to mate with females that outweigh them by four orders of magnitude. Why do these gender gulfs exist? Introducing readers to important discoveries in animal behavior and evolution, Odd Couples explores some of the most extraordinary sexual differences in the animal world. From the fields of Spain to the deep oceans, evolutionary biologist Daphne Fairbairn uncovers the unique and bizarre characteristics--in size, behavior, ecology, and life history--that exist in these remarkable species and the special strategies they use to maximize reproductive success. more
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Penguins: Natural History and Conservation (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: P. Dee Boersma
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Washington Press (2013, Apr 1st).
Pages: 360
Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most vulnerable. The fragile status of most penguin populations today mirrors the troubled condition of the southern oceans, as well as larger marine conservation problems: climate change, pollution, and fisheries mismanagement. This timely book presents the most current knowledge on each of the eighteen penguin species--from the majestic emperor penguins of the Antarctic to the little blue penguins of New Zealand and Australia, from the northern rockhopper penguins of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans to the Galápagos penguins of the equator--written by the leading experts in the field. The discussion of each species includes the life history, distribution, population sizes and trends, and International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) status, as well as threats to survival and legal protections, if any. more
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The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Debby Cotter Kaspari
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press (2013, Apr 1st).
Pages: 256
A search for a radio-tagged Indiana bat roosting in the woods behind her house in New York’s Hudson Valley led Akiko Busch to assorted other encounters with the natural world—local ecological monitoring projects, community-organized cleanup efforts, and data-driven citizen science research. Whether it is pulling up water chestnuts in the Hudson River, measuring beds of submerged aquatic vegetation, or searching out vernal pools, all are efforts that illuminate the role of ordinary citizens as stewards of place. In this elegantly written book, Busch highlights factors that distinguish twenty-first-century citizen scientists from traditional amateur naturalists: a greater sense of urgency, helpful new technologies, and the expanded possibilities of crowdsourcing. more
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Office 2013 Simplified (Wiley Desktop Editions)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Elaine Marmel
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Visual; 1 edition (2013, Apr 15th).
Pages: 408
A basic introduction to learn Office 2013 quickly, easily, and in full colorOffice 2013 has new features and tools to master, and whether you're upgrading from an earlier version or using the Office applications for the first time, you'll appreciate this simplified approach. Offering a clear, visual style of learning, this book provides you with concise, step-by-step instructions and full-color screen shots that walk you through the applications in the Microsoft Office 2013 suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Publisher.Shows you how to tackle dozens of Office 2013 tasksShares practical examples and beneficial advice to guide you through each applicationFocuses on visual learners, with step-by-step instructions illustrated with full-color screen shots throughoutOffice 2013 Simplified makes the new Office suite easy to understand, even if you are new to the software. more
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