Reading and Swapping

Read It, Swap It is a book swap site, a kind of global version of the library's own book exchange

Once registered, you list the books you've read or finished with and then search the site for something you might like to read. Once you've made a selection, you contact that user who'll then look at your list and see if there is something they're interested in and hopefully you can arrange a swap.

The websites says they currently have 258,216 books available, which is a vast number and so you're sure to find something of interest.

Wednesday's Journals

Parasitology
Vol. 136, No.6, 2009.

The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Vol. 129, No. 3, 2009.

JAMA
Vol. 301, No. 18, 2009.

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Vol. 87, No. 5, 2009.

Education and Practice
Vol. 94, No. 3, 2009.

Archives of Disease in Childhood
Vol. 94, No.6, 2009.

The Journal of Parasitology
Vol. 95, No. 2, 2009.

Physiological Entomology: from biochemistry to behaviour.
Vol. 34, No. 2, 2009.

New Journals

JAMA
Vol.301, No.19, May 20 2009

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Vol.102, No.5, May 2009

Journal of the Indian Medical Association
Vol.106, No.11, November 2008
Vol.106, No.12, December 2008
(not available online)

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
Vol.22, Nos 2 & 3, 2009

MMWR
Vol.58, No.16, May 1 2009
Vol.58, No.RR-5, May 1 2009

Third Sector
Issue 569, 19 May 2009

Systematics and Biodiversity
Vol.7, Issue 2, June 2009

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Vol.103, No.6, June 2009
(not available online)

The New England Journal of Medicine
Vol.360, No.22, May 28 2009

Science
Vol.324, No.5930, 22 May 2009

Nature
Vol.459, No.7246, 28 May 2009

The Lancet
Vol.373, No.9671, April 11-17 2009
Vol.373, No.9673, April 25-May 1 2009
Vol.373, No.9674, May 2-8 2009
Vol.373, No.9675, May 9-15 2009

Chinese Medical Journal
Vol.122, No.4, 20 February 2009
Vol.122, No.5, March 5 2009
Vol.122, No.6, March 20 2009

Sight and Life
No.1, 2009
Annual Report 2008

Look into those eyes...

Wednesday's Journals

South African Medical Journal
Vol.99, No.5, May 2009
Supplement, May 2009

Journal of Helminthology
Special Issue, Vol.83, June 2009

Africa Health
Vol31, No.4, May 2009

MMWR
Vol.58, No.17, May 8 2009
Vol.58, No.18, May 15 2009

Parasite Immunology
Vol.31, No.6, June 2009

The East African Medical Journal
Vol.85, No.9, Sept 2009
Vol.85, No.10, Oct 2008

Insect Molecular Biology
Vol.18, Issue 3, June 2009

SCN News
No.37, early 2009

Ecological Entomology
Vol.34, No.3, June 2009

International Journal of Health Services
Vol.39, No.2, 2009

Annals of Saudi Medicine
Vol.29, Issue 2, March-April 2009

Clinical Infectious Diseases
Vol.48, No.10, 13 May 2009
Vol.48, Supplement 4, 13 May 2009

Helminthological Abstracts
Vol.78, No.6, June 2009
(not available online)

Protozoologica Abstracts
Vol.33, No.6, June 2009
(not available online)

Nature
Vol.459, No.7245, 21 May 2009

Perspectives in Public Health
Vol.129, No.3, May 2009

BMJ
Vol.338, No.7705, 23 May 2009

Clinical Pediatrics
Vol.48, No.5, June 2009

Medical Teacher
Vol.31, No.3, March 2009

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics: International Child Health
Vol.29, No.2, June 2009

Bulletin De La Societe De Pathologie Exotique
Vol.102, No.2, 2009

Clinical & Experimental Immunology
Vol.156, No.3, June 2009

Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol.46, No.3, May 2009

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Vol.199, No.10, 15 May 2009

Wednesday Journal's

Pest Management Science
Vol. 65, No. 6. 2009.

AIDS
Vol. 23, No. 8, 2009.

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Vol. 63, No. 6, 2009.

Epidemiology and Infection
Vol. 137, No. 6, 2009.

The New England Journal of Medicine.
Vol. 360, No, 21, 2009

Science
Vol. 324, No. 5928, 2009
Vol. 324, No. 5929, 2009.

Indian Pediatrics
Vol. 46, No. 3, 2009

British Journal Of Haematology
Vol. 145, No. 3, 2009
Vol. 145, No. 4, 2009.
Vol. 145, No. 1, 2009, Supps.1

Monday's Journals

BMJ
Vol 338, no.7704, 2009

International Perspectives
Vol. 35, No.1, 2009

Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases
Vol. 84, No.5, 2009

Parasitology International
Vol. 58, No. 2, 2009

The New England Journal of Medicine
Vol. 360, No. 20, 2009.

Pediatrics
Vol. 123, No. 5, 2009
Vol. 123, No.5, 2009, Supps

Nature
Vol. 459, no. 7244, 2009.

Nature Immunology
Vol. 10, No. 5, 2009

Academic Medicine
Vol. 84, No. 5, 2009

New Journals

Medical Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases
Vol.1, 2009.
This journal only available in hard copy, no website.


Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
Vol.51, No.2, March-April, 2009.


Revista Brasileira de Saude Materno Infantil
Vol.8, No.4, October-December 2008.


Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
Vol.22, No.3, June 2009.


Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Vol.104, No.1, February 2009.

New Journals

BMJ
Vol.338, No.7703, 9May 2009.

Korean Journal of Parasitology
Vol.47, No.1, March 2009.

Medecine Tropicale
Vol.69, No.1, February 2009.

JAMA
Vol. 301, No.17, May 6 2009.

Tropical Diseases Bulletin
Vol.106, No.5, May 2009.

Journal of Korean Medical Science
Vol.24, No.2, April 2009.

Leprosy Review
Vol.80, No.1, March 2009.

Medical Journal of Malaysia
Vol.63, No.5, December 2008.

Chinese Medical Journal
Vol.122, No.2, January 2009.
Vol.122, No.3, February 2009.

New Journals

Science
Vol.324, No.5927, 1 May 2009

Health Policy and Planning
Vol.24, No.3, May 2009

Nature Medicine
Vol.15, No.4, April 2009

British Journal of Midwifery
Vol.17, No.5, May 2009
(not online)

The New England Journal of Medicine
Vol.390, No.19, May 7 2009

Nature
Vol.459, No.7243, 7 May 2009

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Vol.13, No.5, May 2009
(not online)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Vol.36, No.5, May 2009

American Journal of Epidemiology
Vol.169, No.8, April 15 2009

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Vol.89, No.5, May 2009
Vol.89, May 2009, No.5(s)

The Lancet
Vol.373, No.9672, April 18-24 2009

LSTM

Textese is the abbreviated version of language used on mobile phones, Facebook and Twitter, where messages and status updates require some brevity because of the limit on the number of characters that can be used. This article from Newsweek offers greater detail and some words of warning about it seeping into education.

Generally, textese chatter amounts to shortened versions of linking words ('you're' becomes 'ur') but often acronyms are used to reduce complex actions and emotions down to a couple of letters. These can be as impenetrable as ancient languages, though it has to be said some of the acronyms have become familiar even to those of us who are still catching up, the likes of 'lol' or 'laugh out loud' and 'rofl' or 'roll on floor laughing'.

Interestingly, the school's own acronym, LSTM, also has alternative uses in textese. According to the Urban Dictionary, LSTM can mean either 'laughing sinisterly to myself' or 'laughing silently to myself' presumably for those occasions when you want to show you're feeling guilty about something but not too guilty or that something is funny, but not that funny. Useful.

New Journals

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Vol.29, No.3, April 2009

Nature
Vol.458, No.7242, 30 April 2009

Development In Practice
Vol.19, No.3, May 2009

BMJ
Vol.338, No.7702, 2 May 2009

MMWR
Vol.58, No.14, April 17 2009