New for Sociology and Anthropology

U.S. National Institute of Justice.
Available online.
"Presents research exploring Yale professor Elijah Anderson's 'code of the street' theory. Researchers looked for developmental relationships between neighborhood and family characteristics, reported experiences with racial discrimination, expressed street code values and self-reported violent behavior in young people."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Eighth edition (2009) contains essays and directory information on over 2,300 religious groups in North America, plus essays on U.S. and Canadian religions and 21st century religion.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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RAND Corporation.
Available online.
"The study identifies some of the greatest disparities for boys and men of color relative to their white counterparts across specific socioeconomic, health, safety, and school readiness indicators in California and provides information about different strategies for reducing the disparities -- including effective programs, practices, and policies -- that can begin making an important difference in changing the life course of boys and men of color."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here. A printed copy has been ordered for the collection.

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Pew Forum on Religion & Public.
Available online.
Survey data indicate "While the U.S. is generally considered a highly religious nation, African-Americans are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole, including level of affiliation with a religion, attendance at religious services, frequency of prayer and religion's importance in life."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Four-volume set (3rd edition, 2008) contains over 500 signed entries "addressing social, medical, legal, and political issues related to substance use and addictive behavior."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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Cambridge University Press.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Based on the Cambridge Companions series, this ever-growing database currently contains over 2,000 essays offering "introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods." It includes the contents of over 290 volumes in the Cambridge Companions series in Literature, Classics, Philosophy, Religion, and Culture.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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