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New Reference Book: Energy, Transportation & the Environment

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:00:37 +0000

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

New Reference Book: Children’s Issues Worldwide

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:00:35 +0000

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

New Reference Book: European Immigration

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:06 +0000

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