Great Auk

The Great Auk
Pinguinus impennis

The Great Auk was the last flightless seabird of the Northern Hemisphere. Inhabiting the boreal and low-Artic regions of the North Atlantic, this extinct alcid was the original Penguin.

For those with a Penn State access account read about the Great Auk in Birds of North America online at
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/account/Great_Auk/

Plant Management Network

The Plant Management Network, www.plantmanagementnetwork.org , has recently revamped its homepage making its journals and other electronic resources more readily accessible. This results from comments that all users have not been completely aware of PMN's full range of content offerings. Thus, a lot of underlying links have been given greater visibility by featuring them in the page's right-hand column. Direct links to PMN's four peer-reviewed journals and subscription/partnership icons have also been added. For increased ease of access from other areas of the site, a horizontal navigation bar is available at the top of most pages and the "Find" menu has been significantly enhanced. PMN publishes journals, search engines, and other e-resources in fulfillment of its mission to provide science-based solutions in agriculture and horticulture, worldwide.

Cooperative Extension records

The Penn State University Archives, in concert with the University Libraries Digitization and Preservation Services, have created a digital collection of selected Cooperative Extension records (1916-2000). The records, all held in the Archives collections, were digitally scanned and mastered in ContentDM software for access. These records are now publicly available for research and administrative uses. See http://www.libraries.psu.edu/speccolls/psua/agcountyagents/pamap2.htm. The counties that are digitized are hotlinked and marked in blue.

Turfgrass Information Center news

Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) records for articles from Golf Course Management (GCM), and predecessor titles, from 1933 up through October of 2005, are now linked to a .pdf version of each

article .

To access these articles use the databases by title list from the Libraries homepage and select Turfgrass Information Services.

Books of the month

It is once again Nobel Prize season. This months books focus on previous winners from Curie to McClintock. For more information about the Nobel prizes visit their site at:
http://nobelprize.org/

Little Auk

Dovekie - Alle alle

The Dovekie (also known as the Little Auk) is the smallest and most abundant alcid in the North Atlantic. The Dovekie has been given many colorful names by different cultures. Norwegians refer to it as Alkekonger or King Auk; Newfoundlanders call it Bull Bird (owing to its chunky, neckless appearance). One small Newfoundland community just south of St. Johns, called Bay Bulls, is apparently named after this small, hearty auk.
The Birds of North America, No. 701, 2002
William A. Montevecchi and Iain J. Stenhouse