Author: Donna Batten
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410337641
Category : LAW
Languages : en
Pages : 1633
Book Description
"This encyclopedia fills a much-needed gap between legal texts focusing on the theory and history behind the law and more practical guides dealing with the law and its everyday effect upon its citizens. Containing approximately 200 articles, the Encyclopedia includes: brief descriptions of each issue's historical background, covering important statutes and cases; profiles of various U.S. laws and regulations; and details of how laws and regulations vary from state to state."--Publisher description.
American Governance
Author: Stephen L. Schechter
Publisher: American Governance
ISBN: 9780028662497
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Provides scholarship on a wide range of essential issues related to how Americans govern themselves. Key topics include formal frameworks such as the various U.S. and state constitutions and federal, state, and local governments, as well as the formation and action of citizens"--
Publisher: American Governance
ISBN: 9780028662497
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Provides scholarship on a wide range of essential issues related to how Americans govern themselves. Key topics include formal frameworks such as the various U.S. and state constitutions and federal, state, and local governments, as well as the formation and action of citizens"--
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
Author: Thomas Riggs
Publisher: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Econ
ISBN: 9781573027533
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Resource added for the Economics ?10-809-195? courses.
Publisher: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Econ
ISBN: 9781573027533
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Resource added for the Economics ?10-809-195? courses.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law
Author:
Publisher: Gale
ISBN: 9781414436845
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explains legal terms and concepts in everyday language, covering a wide variety of persons, entities, and events that have shaped the U.S. legal system and influenced public perceptions of it.
Publisher: Gale
ISBN: 9781414436845
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explains legal terms and concepts in everyday language, covering a wide variety of persons, entities, and events that have shaped the U.S. legal system and influenced public perceptions of it.
Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Author: Dinah Shelton
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This volume, covering entries A-H, presents information on those acts that fall within the definitions developed over the past century of crimes under international law: war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This volume, covering entries A-H, presents information on those acts that fall within the definitions developed over the past century of crimes under international law: war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law
Author: GALE RESEARCH INC.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780028677279
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780028677279
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
U-X-L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters
Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410332943
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Presents comprehensive, up-to-date information on weather and climate basics, weather conditions and phenomena, natural disasters, forecasting, and human influences on weather and climate.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410332943
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Presents comprehensive, up-to-date information on weather and climate basics, weather conditions and phenomena, natural disasters, forecasting, and human influences on weather and climate.
Reference and Information Services
Author: Kay Ann Cassell
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 083891568X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Designed to complement every introductory library reference course, this is the perfect text for students and librarians looking to expand their personal reference knowledge, teaching failsafe methods for identifying important materials by matching specific types of questions to the best available sources, regardless of format. Guided by a national advisory board of educators and practitioners, this thoroughly updated text expertly keeps up with new technologies and practices while remaining grounded in the basics of reference work. Chapters on fundamental concepts, major reference sources, and special topics provide a solid foundation; the text also offers fresh insight on core issues, including ethics, readers' advisory, information literacy, and other key aspects of reference librarianship;selecting and evaluating reference materials, with strategies for keeping up to date;assessing and improving reference services;guidance on conducting reference interviews with a range of different library users, including children and young adults;a new discussion of reference as programming;important special reference topics such as Google search, 24/7 reference, and virtual reference; anddelivering reference services across multiple platforms As librarians experience a changing climate for all information services professionals, in this book Cassell and Hiremath provide the tools needed to manage the ebb and flow of changing reference services in today's libraries.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 083891568X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Designed to complement every introductory library reference course, this is the perfect text for students and librarians looking to expand their personal reference knowledge, teaching failsafe methods for identifying important materials by matching specific types of questions to the best available sources, regardless of format. Guided by a national advisory board of educators and practitioners, this thoroughly updated text expertly keeps up with new technologies and practices while remaining grounded in the basics of reference work. Chapters on fundamental concepts, major reference sources, and special topics provide a solid foundation; the text also offers fresh insight on core issues, including ethics, readers' advisory, information literacy, and other key aspects of reference librarianship;selecting and evaluating reference materials, with strategies for keeping up to date;assessing and improving reference services;guidance on conducting reference interviews with a range of different library users, including children and young adults;a new discussion of reference as programming;important special reference topics such as Google search, 24/7 reference, and virtual reference; anddelivering reference services across multiple platforms As librarians experience a changing climate for all information services professionals, in this book Cassell and Hiremath provide the tools needed to manage the ebb and flow of changing reference services in today's libraries.
Reference and Information Services
Author: Melissa A. Wong
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 853
Book Description
This revised and updated sixth edition of Reference and Information Services continues the book's rich tradition, covering all phases of reference and information services with less emphasis on print and more emphasis on strategies and scenarios. Reference and Information Services is the go-to textbook for MSLIS and i-School courses on reference services and related topics. It is also a helpful handbook for practitioners. Authors include LIS faculty and professionals who have relevant degrees in their areas and who have published extensively on their topics. The first half of the book provides an overview of reference services and techniques for service provision, including the reference interview, ethics, instruction, reader's advisory, and services to diverse populations including children. This part of the book establishes a foundation of knowledge on reference service and frames each topic with ethical and social justice perspectives. The second part of the book offers an overview of the information life cycle and dissemination of information, followed by an in-depth examination of information sources by type—including dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, and abstracts—as well as by broad subject areas including government, statistics and data, health, and legal information. This second section introduces the tools and resources that reference professionals use to provide the services described in the first half of the text.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 853
Book Description
This revised and updated sixth edition of Reference and Information Services continues the book's rich tradition, covering all phases of reference and information services with less emphasis on print and more emphasis on strategies and scenarios. Reference and Information Services is the go-to textbook for MSLIS and i-School courses on reference services and related topics. It is also a helpful handbook for practitioners. Authors include LIS faculty and professionals who have relevant degrees in their areas and who have published extensively on their topics. The first half of the book provides an overview of reference services and techniques for service provision, including the reference interview, ethics, instruction, reader's advisory, and services to diverse populations including children. This part of the book establishes a foundation of knowledge on reference service and frames each topic with ethical and social justice perspectives. The second part of the book offers an overview of the information life cycle and dissemination of information, followed by an in-depth examination of information sources by type—including dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, and abstracts—as well as by broad subject areas including government, statistics and data, health, and legal information. This second section introduces the tools and resources that reference professionals use to provide the services described in the first half of the text.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Author: Jeffrey S. Lehman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780787663674
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780787663674
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Eighth Edition
Author: Kate L. Turabian
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226816397
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
A little more than seventy-five years ago, Kate L. Turabian drafted a set of guidelines to help students understand how to write, cite, and formally submit research writing. Seven editions and more than nine million copies later, the name Turabian has become synonymous with best practices in research writing and style. Her Manual for Writers continues to be the gold standard for generations of college and graduate students in virtually all academic disciplines. Now in its eighth edition, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations has been fully revised to meet the needs of today’s writers and researchers. The Manual retains its familiar three-part structure, beginning with an overview of the steps in the research and writing process, including formulating questions, reading critically, building arguments, and revising drafts. Part II provides an overview of citation practices with detailed information on the two main scholarly citation styles (notes-bibliography and author-date), an array of source types with contemporary examples, and detailed guidance on citing online resources. The final section treats all matters of editorial style, with advice on punctuation, capitalization, spelling, abbreviations, table formatting, and the use of quotations. Style and citation recommendations have been revised throughout to reflect the sixteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. With an appendix on paper format and submission that has been vetted by dissertation officials from across the country and a bibliography with the most up-to-date listing of critical resources available, A Manual for Writers remains the essential resource for students and their teachers.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226816397
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
A little more than seventy-five years ago, Kate L. Turabian drafted a set of guidelines to help students understand how to write, cite, and formally submit research writing. Seven editions and more than nine million copies later, the name Turabian has become synonymous with best practices in research writing and style. Her Manual for Writers continues to be the gold standard for generations of college and graduate students in virtually all academic disciplines. Now in its eighth edition, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations has been fully revised to meet the needs of today’s writers and researchers. The Manual retains its familiar three-part structure, beginning with an overview of the steps in the research and writing process, including formulating questions, reading critically, building arguments, and revising drafts. Part II provides an overview of citation practices with detailed information on the two main scholarly citation styles (notes-bibliography and author-date), an array of source types with contemporary examples, and detailed guidance on citing online resources. The final section treats all matters of editorial style, with advice on punctuation, capitalization, spelling, abbreviations, table formatting, and the use of quotations. Style and citation recommendations have been revised throughout to reflect the sixteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. With an appendix on paper format and submission that has been vetted by dissertation officials from across the country and a bibliography with the most up-to-date listing of critical resources available, A Manual for Writers remains the essential resource for students and their teachers.