New Reference E-Books and Databases

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.
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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."
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Institute of Ismaili Studies / Brill.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Work-in-progress, projected to be a 16-volume publication, "consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. One unique feature of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shiʿi Islam..."
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McGraw-Hill / NetLibrary.
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2008 volume contains signed essays which explore "the most relevant aspects of the media in each society," including country-by-country coverage of 12 nations.
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McGraw-Hill / NetLibrary.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
This 2008 volume, subtitled Press, Cinema and Broadcasting from Unification to Digital, offers an introductory exploration of "the key historical processes and events in the growth and development of Italy's main media and considers it in the context of the economic, political, socio-cultural and technological movements that have affected Italy."
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Greenwood.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
This 2008 volume presents two broad overview in U.S. immigration: this historical record, from the country's earliest days into the 21st Century; and contemporary issues, including security, economic aspects, and legal challenges.
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Routledge / NetLibrary.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
2008 volume contains 22 signed chapters surveying: major themes and movements; logic, language, knowledge and metaphysics; politics, ethics, aesthetics; and more.
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Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
The 36th edition (2009) of this annually-published guide to colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Separate "volumes" provide narrative descriptions, tabular data, degrees offered in various subject areas, financial aid, occupational schools, and more.
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Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Three-volume set (2008) contains nearly 400 signed entries which examine "three key life stages [Childhood and Adolescence; Adulthood; and Later Life] from a sociological perspective, exploring how enduring experiences, as well as transitions and events such as childcare, education, stress, marriage, career, addiction, friendship, parenthood, disease, spirituality, and retirement influence the individual's life course."
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Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
2008 volume contains 100 articles, within 17 broad subject areas, highlighting "the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of education ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st Century."
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Cambridge University Press.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Eight-volume set (1975-1986) offers authoritative coverage from pre-historic times to the mid-1970's.
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