Sleep

Sleep
1) Encyclopedia Britannica Online
a) go to taylor’s iportal http://iportal.taylors.edu.my, look for Online Resources tab, select Online Reference Tools, and click on Encyclopedia Britannica
b)In the Search box, type sleep, and click search button
c)Look at the Search Results: sleep. Click on the first result, sleep, this is a good article to get started with. There are 24 pages; the table of contents is just on the left panel. Or you may scroll down if you want to click on the Next button to read the next page.
2) ebrary
a) go to taylor’s iportal http://iportal.taylors.edu.my, look for Online Resources tab, select Online Databases, and click on ebrary.

b) Once the ebrary is launched, click on Advanced button,
c) In the search box called “for”, type sleep, in the select box called “in”, click the drop down menu and select title.

5) The results showed that there are 15 books with the title sleep

6) Click the Show Table of Contents if you want to see the content of the books. Otherwise, you may want to click the title of the book to read the book

7) If you have problems to read or open the book, you need to create an account by clicking on the Bookshelf button (on the left screen), and then click on the link Do you need to create a new bookshelf.

3) Academic Source Premier
a) Go to taylor’s iportal http://iportal.taylors.edu.my, scroll down until you see Academic Source Premier which is in the red color. Click on the Academic Source Premier
b) Click on EBSCOhost Research Databases
c) Click on Academic Source Premier
d) In the box Find:, type in sleep and select TI Title, under the Limit your results, checked the box called Full Text
e) Click the Search button after you have don’t d)
f) Under Narrow Results by Subject, click on Sleep
g) Then, click on Magazines, now you can browse through and open the articles.
Please note that I have sent the articles to you. If you have not received it, please let me know about it.

Transgenic plant

1) Printed Book
(i)Brock biology of microooganisms,11ed. (call no.579MAD)by Michael T. Madigan and John M. Martinko
Pg.989 section 31.10 Genetic engineering in plant agricultural: Transgenic plants - until page 991
(ii) Genetic Modification (call no.660.60994GEN)by Justin Healey - this book is very good to get basic understanding.
(iii) Microbiology and biotechnology (call no.660.62LOW)by Pauline Lowrie and Susan Wells. Pg.54 Improving crop plants by genetic engineering
(iv) Microorganisms & biotechnology (call no.660.62CHE) by Peter Chenn
Pg.45 1994-The world's first genetically modified food.....
Pg.75 Genetically engineered tomatoes
Pg.76 How to genetically engineer plants
Pg.78 Social, economic and ethical implications

2) ebrary
(i) Environmental effects of transgenic plants: the scope of adequacy and regulation

3) Gale Cengage
(i) Advanced search
Document Title(ti) : transgenic plant
Limit result : to documents with full text

Hydroponics

1) ebrary
Basic search: hydroponics
Select: Text
Books: 1) Food safety: thinking globally acting locally
***2) Return to resistance: breeding crops to reduce pesticide dependence (Page 307 - has a section for hydroponics)

2) Gale Cengage
Advanced search: hydroponics
Select: Document title
Academic Journals: 19
Magazine: 8

3) Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Basic search: hydronopnics
.............The principal advantage is the saving of labour by automatic watering and fertilizing. The disadvantages are high installation costs and the need to test the solution frequently. Yields are about the same as for soil-grown crops.

Click on Index entry for more results. There are 3 index entries that discuss this topic