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The library recently acquired online access to several of the most valuable reference sources on U.S. politics, all published by Congressional Quarterly Press. Most of these series have been published for years as printed books and only now are available in digital form, via a Washington and Lee subscription.
CQ Guide to the Presidency
Boydell & Brewer / NetLibrary.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This 2004 volume opens with a brief history of Latin American film and then moves to detailed analyses of 25 of the best Latin American films, culminating with City of God (2002).
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
ABC-Clio.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Edited by Geoffrey Gilbert, this 2008 handbook provides an overview of the widening income gap in the U.S. It includes introductory essays, examinations of particular controversies and problems (families, schools, etc.), biographical entries, a collection of data and documents, and more.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Oxford University Press / Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Created by the National Association of Social Workers, this 20th edition (2008) is a four-volume set, containing about 400 articles which "cover all aspects of social, work from practice and interventions, social environments, social conditions and challenges, to social policy and history."
Links will be maintained in various locations in our Web site, including here.
Wiley-Blackwell / Blackwell Reference Online.
Available online.
Created under the auspices of the Interntional Communication Association and published in 2008 as a 12-volume set, this digital product contains over 1,300 signed entries, up to 6,000 words in length, "spanning the scholarship, evidence, and methodology of communication research."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.
Second edition (2008) represents a major revision of the first (1996) and now includes over 5,700 signed entries in six volumes, providing "a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Routledge / NetLibrary.
Available online.
Reference guide (2008) to the region, from the Treaty of Versailles to the present day, with particular focus on the early nationalist and subsequent fascist and communist periods.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
This page contains all entries posted to New Reference E-Books and Databases in June 2008. They are listed from oldest to newest.
May 2008 is the previous archive.
July 2008 is the next archive.
Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.