New Reference E-Books and Databases

Cambridge University Press.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
This recently-published volume (Volume 9) is the newest addition to the Cambridge History of Latin America series, to which the W&L University Library subscribes through the Cambridge Histories Online database.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
2007 volume by Jacques Fomerand contains nearly 900 entries "on the UN's various committees and organizations, its leaders, terms, policies, and major events in which the UN took part," along with other documentary material.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Second edition (2008) by Lawrence R. Sullivan includes about 400 entries "on individual topics spanning China's political, economic, and social system along with short biographies on important figures -- from politicians to writers and movie directors --- who have shaped Chinese history during the period of Communist rule from 1949 to 2006."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
2007 volume "covers the history of 'the Troubles' through a chronology covering the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process from 1968 until the formation of the new Northern Ireland Executive in May 2007, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on main events, individuals, and organizations."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
2007 volume contains about 500 entries relating to "NBC warfare, ranging from basic descriptions of substances used in NBC warfare to details on incidents and episodes where NBC weapons were used. Entries are structured around historical events, persons important to NBC warfare, countries where such weapons have been developed or used, and international treaties and treaty-related organizations."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
2008 volume includes "a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects" of Native Americans in the U.S.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Second edition (2008) "covers all of the wars that have occurred in Africa since independence. This is done through a chronology broken down by country, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries covering the wars, conflicts, major political and military figures, child soldiers, mercenaries, and blood diamonds."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Grey House / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Two-volume set (2008) contains nearly 400 biographical entries on "the men and women who have made a significant contribution to environmental issues over the last 200 years."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

Elsevier / ScienceDirect.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Ten-volume set (2009) contains nearly 1,500 authoritative signed articles "on a wide variety of topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and other related areas of neuroscience." Subject areas include: the autonomic nervous system; communication, language and speech; disease and dysfunction; nervous system development; neural basis of behavior; structural organization of the brain; and much more.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

Academic Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Published as a three-volume set in 2008 (second edition), containing about 200 authoritative, signed articles "about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life," including "topics as diverse as Arms Control, Peace Movements, Child Abuse, Folklore, Terrorism, and Political Assassinations."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

We now have our first two reference e-book titles from the publisher Facts on File, which recently began publishing e-books through an interface called Infobase:

Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
and
Encyclopedia of American Indian Literature

Both titles are accessible through Annie and through various pages in our Web site.

ABC-Clio.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Edited by Sue Rosser, this 2008 volume "analyzes the ways that scientists have researched gender, the ways those results have affected society, and the impact they have had on the scientific community and on women," using both chronologically-organized entries and thematic entries.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

Brill / NetLibrary.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Hadith are accounts of the words and deeds of the prophet Muhammed and other early Muslims and are often treated as important works of revelation. "This encyclopedic work (2007) on Islam comprises English translations of all canonical hadiths, complete with their respective chains of transmission." It "concludes with an exhaustive index and glossary of names and concepts, which functions at the same time as a concordance."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

Souther Regional Education Board.
Available online.
One of the nation's most comprehensive collections of comparative data on higher education," covering states of the Southern U.S. from Delaware to Texas.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

CQ Press.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Published as a two-volume set in 2008, this resource contains entries up to 1,500 words in length on the First Amendment's freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition in American history, politics, law, and culture.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

CQ Press.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Published as a two-volume set in 2008, this resources contains signed entries by about 200 scholars and experts on "tatutes, rules, regulations, tribal laws, treaties, and agency and judicial decisions that make up Indian law and federal Indian relations," as well as key individuals, concepts such as sovereignty and assimilation, military policy and wars, and the impact of U.S. policies on Native culture and society.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.