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Yale University.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This database of documents on cultures around the world, formerly called the HRAF Collection of Ethnography, has been re-named and re-organized in 2008. The new browsing and searching capabilities ought to be a little easier for students (and others) to use.
Links are maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
ABC-Clio.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Second edition (2007) offers an overview of domestic violence "from social, legal, and historical perspectives." Chronology, thematic entries, biographical sketches, statistics, more.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Career Education Institutes.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This commercial database, which consists of subject-oriented collections of student internship/summer job opportunities in over 2,000 organizations and companies, is now being updated with 2008 information. Among the collections updated recently are
* Internships with Community and Social Service Agencies
* Women's Rights Internships Book
* Internships in International Affairs
* The Human Rights Internship Book.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This 2007 volume contains over 400 articles on "the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modern era."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Springer / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Published in 2004, this volume deals with both social and clinical aspects of women's health. In addition to hundreds of alphabetically-arranged entries, it includes several overview essays.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
This annual publication probably is the single most generally-useful collection of statistical information on the U.S. The new 2008 edition contains over 900 tables, including 64 new compilations.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Three-volume set (2004) provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States, with approximately 545 articles ranging from short biographical entries to longer essays surveying topics such as the Stonewall riots, federal law and policy, same-sex institutions and AIDS.
You may view the table of contents here.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.