Lura Sanborn October 5th, 2010
Energy, Transportation & the Environment: A Statistical Sourcebook and Guide to Government Data: Information Publications, 2009.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 363.7 In3E
Largely focusing on three main areas:
1. Energy
2. Transportation
3. Environment
This guide contains the most pertinent statistics from the vast information resource gathered by the federal government. Each section is broken down into additional subsections. For example, read about:
• Energy production and consumption by source, 1949-2007
• Fossil fuel production on federally-run land, 1980-2007
• Alternative-fueled vehicles on the road, 1995-2006
• Alternative fueling stations by state and type, 2008
• Projected world oil supply and use, 2006-2030
Helpful for: Eco-Action, Global Issues, Sustainability Studies, Ecology, Statistics
Tags: Eco-Action, Ecology, Global Issues, global warming, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Science, Statistics, Sustainability
Lura Sanborn September 21st, 2010
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children’s Issues Worldwide edited by Irving Epstein, Greenwood Press, 2008.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.2303 Ep8
Each volume in this six-volume set presents children’s issues from a different area of the globe. Included is a discussion of the United Nations codification of children’s rights as well as an introduction specific to each region.
The six volumes are divided into these regions:
- Volume 1 – Asia and Oceania
- Volume 2 – Central and South America
- Volume 3 – Europe
- Volume 4 – North America and the Caribbean
- Volume 5 – Sub-Saharan Africa
- Volume 6 – North Africa and the Middle East
Each volume is then divided alphabetically into countries and then by the following topics:
- National Profile
- Education
- Play & Recreation
- Child Labor
- Family
- Health
- Laws & Legal Status
- Religious Life
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Growing Up in the 21st Century
These topics are then followed by a resource guide of additional materials as well as one or more maps of the featured area/country.
Helpful for: Humanities IV, Humanities V, Children’s History, Social and Gender Studies, Global Issues, Middle Eastern Voices
Tags: children, children's history, Global Issues, Humanities IV, Humanities V, Middle Eastern Voices, New Reference Book, reference, Research, U.S. History
Lura Sanborn May 11th, 2010
European Immigration edited by Anna Triandafyllidou and Ruby Gropas, Ashgate, 2007.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.7 T73E
A presentation of immigration patterns as related to the 25 European Union member states. Immigration policy(s), impact, history and related statistical data for each member state is included.
A sampling of included nations: Austria, Denmark, France, Latvia, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.
Helpful for: Humanities V, Global Studies, Statistics, European Studies
Tags: EU, Europe, European Union, Global Issues, Global Studies, Humanities, Humanities V, Immigration, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Statistics
