Citation
Chalcraft, T. (2015), "Notes on key reviews in this issue", Reference Reviews, Vol. 29 No. 8. https://doi.org/10.1108/RR-09-2015-0217
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Notes on key reviews in this issue
Article Type: Editorial notes and queries From: Reference Reviews, Volume 29, Issue 8
American Political Culture: An Encyclopedia (RR 2015/288). A three-volume ABC-Clio set that provides 225 entries on modern US politics, law and government with the emphasis on matters that define the culture of American politics, for example religion, the concept of “freedom” and American “exceptionalism”.
Churchill Archive (RR 2015/312). Subscription digital archive provided by Bloomsbury based on more than 800,000 documents housed at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. The archive is available to schools worldwide free of charge.
Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology (RR 2015/306). Updated edition of this two-volume Springer title, first published just five years ago (RR 2011/228), containing approximately one-third more entries.
Encyclopedia of USA Intelligence (RR 2015/291). This is the first encyclopedia to provide comprehensive coverage of US intelligence. With more than 150 entries across two volumes, it provides greater depth than the single-volume, short-entry, Historical Dictionary of USA Intelligence (RR 2007/125). Also available in a continuously updated online version.
International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality (RR 2015/294). The most comprehensive encyclopedia of human sexuality from a biocultural perspective available with over 550 signed entries from a similar number of international contributors.
Oxford Guide to Library Research (RR 2015/281). Fourth edition of one of the few comprehensive guides to library-based research which all information professionals supporting advanced undergraduate research and above should have as a vade mecum.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (RR 2015/287). With nearly 1,500 entries, this is the largest of the freely available online encyclopedias of philosophy, having nearly twice as many entries as the rival Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://www.iep.utm.edu/) (RR 2009/155).
Whichbook (RR 2015/302). Free UK-based book recommendation site aimed at the general user. Whichbook focuses on post-1995 titles with recommendations primarily obtained through use of slider tool allowing selection across a number of spectrums, for example from “happy” to “sad” or “gentle” to “violent”.
Tony Chalcraft