"Everybody" knows how to use Annie...

• Dr. Wielgus' group deals with some facet of pregnancy, so a keyword search for that term would seem a sensible place to begin. That search nets 125 hits --perhaps 'too many' to look through. Two strategies to reduce the number: you might use the LIMIT command to find items published after, say, 1990 (more recent is better?). How about some other terms? 'fertilization'? 'embryo'? Examination of some of these records will lead you to some really relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings, which you can use to do an H search.

• Dr. Russell's group is looking for emerging diseases, and a keyword search for emerging disease* yields 7 hits --2 of them US Govt documents, and two books that look like they're right on the money. Note the call numbers: RA644.V55 E44 1993 [which I've put on RESERVE in the Science Library], RA651.G37 1994. But by definition 'emerging' is a contemporary phenomenon, and books may be of limited utility.

• Dr. Nye's group will wrestle with animal behavior, so what's available for an overview of that topic, before deciding on a particular species? A keyword search gets 304 hits --definitely "too many", but a quick glance through some of them shows that the call number QL751 turns up quite frequently. A trip to that area will suggest the term 'ethology' if you haven't already thought of it, and you'll also see 11 volumes of a serial called Perspectives in Ethology, worth a closer look.

• Dr. I'Anson's group is after physiology of disease. A keyword search for physiology disease just gives 13 hits, and most of those don't look very fruitful --though RC49 .H329 looks OK. WHY such meagre results? In fact you probably want to consider specific diseases and then look into their physiology. A look through the Merck MAnual of Diagnosis and Therapy will surely suggest something to you.

One thing you will often need to use Annie for: ascertaining whether W&L has holdings of particular journals. Do a TITLE search (e.g., Behaviour is a title we do have), and note the LIB. HAS for the volumes and years we hold. In some cases Annie will offer a link to an electronic version of a journal. Animal Behaviour is a case in point.