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- BU Libraries Search (BULS) This link opens in a new windowBU Libraries Search provides a single place to search for a wide variety of academic material provided by the library. The material covered by the search includes books, journals, scores, video and audio recordings, and other physical items held by the library. The search also covers ebooks and ejournals owned by the library, as well as online material provided by the library from a variety of sources.
Featured Books
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description.
Books
Discovering our print books and eBooks can be done through Search. Additionally, for more comprehensive literature reviews I suggest going beyond what BU already owns by using WorldCat. Current members of the BU community can borrow books that we don’t own through our interlibrary borrowing services. Other important book tools include the Internet Archive, Google Books, and of courseAmazon.com.
Subject Headings
- Science — Experiments — Juvenile Literature
- Science — Study and Teaching
- Science — Study and Teaching (Elementary)
Selected List of Titles
Big Science for Growing Minds : Constructivist Classrooms for Young Thinkers
Education LB1139.5 .S35 B76 2011
Developing Visual Literacy in Science, K-8
Education LB1585.3 .V37 2010
Doing What Scientists Do : Children Learn to Investigate Their World
Education Reserve LB1585.3 .D67 2010
Learning Science Through Computer Games and Simulations
Education LB1585 .L357 2011
Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning : 40 Activities for K-8 Classrooms
Education LB1585 .B87 2012
Teaching Children Science : A Discovery Approach
Education LB1585 .A29 2010
Interlibrary Loan
Our interlibrary loan service allows current BU faculty, staff, and students to request materials we don't have. Books generally take 1-3 weeks to arrive; articles are generally delivered electronically within 1-2 days.
