New Reference E-Books

Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Five-volume set (2008) contains about 1,100 signed articles "on the substance of American law, the processes that produce its legal principles, and the history of the Supreme Court, from its creation to the present," covering "concepts, cases, topics, personalities, institutions, events, and processes."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Released in 2008, this encyclopedia contains more than 300 signed essays covering "cover concepts, institutions, topics, events and people, including global warming, animal rights, environmental movements, alternative energy, green chemistry, industrial ecology, and eco-sabotage." Includes several entries by Washington and Lee's Greg Cooper.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Sage.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Published in 2008, this two-volume set includes about 500 signed entries which cover "the major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary gender studies," providing "a cross-national/cross-cultural perspective that provides comparative analyses of the life experiences of men and women around the world."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Two-volume set, published in 2008, contains about 600 signed entries covering "major facets of survey research methodology, from selecting the sample design and the sampling frame, designing and pretesting the questionnaire, data collection, and data coding, to the thorny issues surrounding diminishing response rates, confidentiality, privacy, informed consent and other ethical issues, data weighting, and data analyses."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Lexington Books / NetLibrary.
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2008 guide to the electoral process in 22 countries, looking at "not only the type of electoral system in these countries," but also who administers elections; which are the offices people can vote for, who is allowed to vote, political and financial regulations, and voter turnout.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Gale.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
W&L now has online access to the most recent edition (2008) of this annual update to West's Encyclopedia of American Law. The Yearbook updates earlier coverage and introduces emerging issues.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Greenwood.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Three-volume set (2007) "summarizes the history and current status of issues involving the separation of church and state through chapters examining the backgrounds, relevant constitutional concerns, and variety of perspectives on specific controversies."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Praeger / Greenwood.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This 2008 guide provides an overview of the "business environment and culture in the top twenty trading partners of the United States."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Greenwood.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This 2008 volume contains about 250 entries which "are devoted to major thinkers, principal concepts and ideas, memorable phrases or maxims, and enduring ideological strains."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Greenwood.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
2008 volume offers "a concise and objective explanation of government operations, mapping the federal government's branches, departments, agencies, corporations, and quasi-official bodies, and the bureaucracies that support them."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.