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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Facts On File
Language
English
Description
This excellent resource covers, in broad subject areas, 3,000 years of Greek history, from the Minoan civilization of Crete to the defeat of the Greeks by the Romans in 30 b.c. Gathers information on leaders, the military, economy, industry, commerce, towns, architecture, the Greek language, Greek literature, religion, myths, art, philosophy, science, and everyday life.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Expertly designed for the New International Version (NIV) text, Comfort Print delivers a smooth reading experience that complements the most widely read contemporary-English Bible translation. Measuring less than an inch thick, it is the perfect on-the-go Bible to take to church, your Bible study group, or travel"--Publisher.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Collects the work of more than 200 experts. Has more than 650 entries which examine and analyze human bondage in all its forms throughout the ages. Offers a historical overview of the subject and identifies the common threads that run through the slave systems of fundamentally different cultures.
Author
Series
How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 166
Language
English
Description
"This book focuses on a key problem that occurs in a reference transaction at the very first step: finding out, quickly and efficiently what the user really wants to know. We offer readers a comprehensive way to tackle the problem though a multi-faceted approach that includes the following elements: explanatory text that summarizes key aspects of each topic together with relevant research on the topic; cases and exercises that allow for an interactive...
Author
Publisher
ALA Neal-Schuman
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"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, selecting and evaluating...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful-all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since 2001, Bryan A. Garner's Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. Now the leading guide to clear...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Reference collections and services have changed considerably in the last three decades. We have moved from all services coming from the reference desk to a more fluid environment where users can be served in person, by phone, email, virtual reference/chat, instant messaging, texting, skyping, etc. Collections have changed too{u2013} from print collections, microfilm, microfiche and microcards to e-resources and e-books plus e-research collections...
Author
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
This work condenses Racinet's classic six-volume set, History of World Costume (1876-1888), and translates it into English for the first time. Its text and 2,000 illustrations, most in full color, cover worldwide costumes from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century Europe--royalty, the working class, soldiers, and the poor.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, "Critique of Practical Reason", published in 1788, is considered by many to be one of the most important works on the subject of moral philosophy ever written. Written several years after his first critique, "Critique of Pure Reason", this work addresses Kant's views on moral philosophy and what it means to be good and ethical. In this work, Kant explores his philosophy of the categorical imperative,...
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Description
Based on the much larger Regular edition (1985). While the biblical text remains unchanged, the notes and introductory material have been pared for manageability, as have the index of personal names and the chronological table. A helpful glossary has been added, with succinct notes and textual references on some 200 key words and concepts of the Bible. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.