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Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the library collection.
"The United States has been actively engaged in prosecuting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) since September 2001... The author reviews the pertinent cultural history and background of Islam and then posits three root causes of this conflict: the lack of wealth-sharing in Islamic countries, resentment of Western exploitation of Islamic countries, and a U.S. credibility gap within the Islamic community."

Gale.
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The most recent edition (2007) of this annual update to West's Encyclopedia of American Law includes discussions of cases and issues in such areas as abortion, religion, freedom of speech, terrorism, and voting. We also have the 2006 and 2005 editions.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
This second edition (2008), consisting of nine volumes, is the major revision of the first edition of this title and its predecessor. It specializes in coverage of "scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition," containing "nearly 3,000 entirely new articles... contributed by thousands of scholars (including several Nobel prize winners)." You may view the table of contents here.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.