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Blackwell / NetLibrary.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Volume (2007) of 55 peer-reviewed chapters constituting a comprehensive survey of the study of consciousness. Topics include the origins and extent of consciousness, different consciousness experiences, such as meditation and drug-induced states, and the neuroscience of consciousness.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
Bernan / NetLibrary.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
The new 11th edition (2008) of this annually-published (more-or-less) compilation of data on "employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor" measures.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
Edinburgh University Press / NetLibrary.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Part of the Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature series, this 2007 volume by Andrew Smith "provides a thorough grounding in both the history of Gothic literature and the way in which Gothic texts have been (and can be) critically read."
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Thompson Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This 2007 volume contains about 250 signed essays on emerging and infectious diseases and covers the history, politics, and ethical debate related to infectious diseases.
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."
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Greenwood.
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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."
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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.
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.
Lexington Books / NetLibrary.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
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.
Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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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.
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.
This page contains all entries posted to New Reference E-Books and Databases in December 2008. They are listed from oldest to newest.
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