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Saturday, November 18, 2006
Cochrane Library: Current Healthcare Information
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high–quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision–making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based healthcare. In addition to Cochrane reviews, The Cochrane Library provides other sources of reliable information, from other systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials – all the current evidence in one single environment.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia
Location: Reference E179 C66 2003
This two volume encyclopedia has articles on conspiracies in American from the times of the puritans to the present. The set is organized in three major sections. The first provides an overviews of theories and topics. The second section contains alphabetical listed entries which cover "historical, intellectual, and political context behind theories. And the third section provides excerpts from original source documents to illustrate the range of conspiracies
This two volume encyclopedia has articles on conspiracies in American from the times of the puritans to the present. The set is organized in three major sections. The first provides an overviews of theories and topics. The second section contains alphabetical listed entries which cover "historical, intellectual, and political context behind theories. And the third section provides excerpts from original source documents to illustrate the range of conspiracies
Friday, October 13, 2006
American National Biography
Location: WSU Reference CT213 .A68 1999
The American National Biography is an excellent resource twenty-four volume encyclopedia. "Over 10 years in the making, American National Biography is a fascinating study of the people who have shaped the United States. Why replace the Dictionary of American Biography instead of merely updating it through supplements? Because the editors include new scholarship and people who were missed in the original, especially women and ethnic minorities. Numbering 24 volumes and containing 17,500 entries, the work offers readable, informative, and critical biographies for each subject, the location of their papers (if they exist), and selective bibliographies. Excellent indexes--subject, contributor, place of birth, and occupation--enhance use. This is an outstanding set that will be heavily consulted for many years to come"--"Outstanding reference sources 2000," American libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA
The American National Biography is an excellent resource twenty-four volume encyclopedia. "Over 10 years in the making, American National Biography is a fascinating study of the people who have shaped the United States. Why replace the Dictionary of American Biography instead of merely updating it through supplements? Because the editors include new scholarship and people who were missed in the original, especially women and ethnic minorities. Numbering 24 volumes and containing 17,500 entries, the work offers readable, informative, and critical biographies for each subject, the location of their papers (if they exist), and selective bibliographies. Excellent indexes--subject, contributor, place of birth, and occupation--enhance use. This is an outstanding set that will be heavily consulted for many years to come"--"Outstanding reference sources 2000," American libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
A History of Women in the United States: State-by-State Reference
Location: Reference HQ1410 H58 2004
Check out this four volume set. It is a great place to learn about women in the history of the United States. It's Joe Mount's favorite new resource. Ask him more about it!
Check out this four volume set. It is a great place to learn about women in the history of the United States. It's Joe Mount's favorite new resource. Ask him more about it!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Revolutionary Movements in World History: From 1750 to Present
Location: Reference D295 .R49 2006
"This is a print encyclopedia that reaches around the globe to explore the most momentous and impactful political revolutions of the last two-and-a-half centuries, exploring their origins, courses, consequences, and influences on subsequent individuals and groups seeking to change their own governments and societies.
In three volumes, Revolutionary Movements in World History covers approximately 80 revolutions, from the American and French uprisings of the late 18th century to the rise of communism, Nazism, and Fascism; from Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro to the Ayatollah, the Taliban, and the fall of the Berlin wall. Written by leading experts from a number of nations, this insightful, cutting-edge work combines detailed portrayals of specific revolutions with essays on important overarching themes. Full of revealing insights, compelling personalities, and some of the most remarkable moments in the world's human drama, Revolutionary Movements in World History offers a new way of looking at how societies reinvent themselves." Library of Congress
"This is a print encyclopedia that reaches around the globe to explore the most momentous and impactful political revolutions of the last two-and-a-half centuries, exploring their origins, courses, consequences, and influences on subsequent individuals and groups seeking to change their own governments and societies.
In three volumes, Revolutionary Movements in World History covers approximately 80 revolutions, from the American and French uprisings of the late 18th century to the rise of communism, Nazism, and Fascism; from Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro to the Ayatollah, the Taliban, and the fall of the Berlin wall. Written by leading experts from a number of nations, this insightful, cutting-edge work combines detailed portrayals of specific revolutions with essays on important overarching themes. Full of revealing insights, compelling personalities, and some of the most remarkable moments in the world's human drama, Revolutionary Movements in World History offers a new way of looking at how societies reinvent themselves." Library of Congress
Friday, September 01, 2006
Dictionary of Art by Grove
Location: Reference N31 .D53 1998
"Along with writing a great poem, producing a great reference work is probably one of humankind's highest intellectual achievements, at least in the opinion of many scholars and all librarians. Such a work is The Dictionary of Art. With 6700 contributors (a list that reads like a who's who of the world's experts), it covers all aspects of the visual arts in all places at all times, with a weather eye to the contemporary and a discerning eye to the non-Western arts. Coverage includes biographical, geographical, philosophical, and theoretical information, as well as forms and themes, social aspects, and cultural influences. It ranges from Julia Margaret Cameron to Shoji Hamada, Korea to Timbuktu, the Enlightenment to Marxism, and Yoruba Masks to Abstract Expressionism, stopping along the way to include contemporary Algerian graphic artists, the Japanese Grass and Earth Society of early 20th-century painters, conservation and forgery, patronage, and feminism. The entries all include useful bibliographies, and the vast array of images?including artworks and objects, architectural designs and archaeological sites, maps and charts?offer a unique visual record. The work reflects the vast changes in accessibility and attitudes that have so marked the past few decades and have changed the face of art history forever. Those remote regions, previously behind curtains of iron, geography, or intellect, unencountered or unconsidered, have all become available to the scholar, and any acceptable reference book must take note of this. That this is done with no disservice to the accumulated wisdom of the past and with a broad vision of the present is a major triumph for what will clearly be the outstanding art reference tool for many generations of scholars. The cross references are not always as complete as one would wish, requiring use of the index more frequently than is highly desirable. And the excessive parenthetical insertions in the articles are disconcerting to the eye. These are small caveats that in no way diminish the usefulness of the work. Unfortunately, biographical coverage of well-documented historical figures is variable, so don't even think of discarding Thieme-Becker or Benezit." - Library Journal
"Along with writing a great poem, producing a great reference work is probably one of humankind's highest intellectual achievements, at least in the opinion of many scholars and all librarians. Such a work is The Dictionary of Art. With 6700 contributors (a list that reads like a who's who of the world's experts), it covers all aspects of the visual arts in all places at all times, with a weather eye to the contemporary and a discerning eye to the non-Western arts. Coverage includes biographical, geographical, philosophical, and theoretical information, as well as forms and themes, social aspects, and cultural influences. It ranges from Julia Margaret Cameron to Shoji Hamada, Korea to Timbuktu, the Enlightenment to Marxism, and Yoruba Masks to Abstract Expressionism, stopping along the way to include contemporary Algerian graphic artists, the Japanese Grass and Earth Society of early 20th-century painters, conservation and forgery, patronage, and feminism. The entries all include useful bibliographies, and the vast array of images?including artworks and objects, architectural designs and archaeological sites, maps and charts?offer a unique visual record. The work reflects the vast changes in accessibility and attitudes that have so marked the past few decades and have changed the face of art history forever. Those remote regions, previously behind curtains of iron, geography, or intellect, unencountered or unconsidered, have all become available to the scholar, and any acceptable reference book must take note of this. That this is done with no disservice to the accumulated wisdom of the past and with a broad vision of the present is a major triumph for what will clearly be the outstanding art reference tool for many generations of scholars. The cross references are not always as complete as one would wish, requiring use of the index more frequently than is highly desirable. And the excessive parenthetical insertions in the articles are disconcerting to the eye. These are small caveats that in no way diminish the usefulness of the work. Unfortunately, biographical coverage of well-documented historical figures is variable, so don't even think of discarding Thieme-Becker or Benezit." - Library Journal
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