Archive for September, 2009

Girlhood Studies

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Girlhood Studies

Girlhood Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a
forum for the critical discussion of girlhood and for the
dissemination of current research and reflections on girls’
lives to a broad, cross-disciplinary audience of scholars,
researchers, practitioners in the fields of education, social
service, as well as health care providers and policy makers. – Publisher’s blurb.

Analytical Methods (Royal Society of Chemistry)

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Analytical Methods (Royal Society of Chemistry)

Analytical Methods is a new monthly peer-reviewed journal communicating research on the advancement of analytical techniques for use by the wider scientific community. The journal will offer the advantage of bringing authors’ work to a wide international audience.  – Publisher’s blurb.

Encyclopedia of Human Rights

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Encyclopedia of Human Rights

The online version of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by David Forsythe, offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries signed by leading scholars and human rights experts. The coverage includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms. – Publisher’s blurb.

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is a fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law published in print between 1991 and 2001 under the general editorship of Rudolf Bernhardt.

Uniworld

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Uniworld

Online version of the print publications: Directory of American firms operating in foreign countries, and: Directory of foreign firms operating in the United States.

“The authoritative source of information on multinational firms operating around the world. U.S. companies listed have a substantial investment in overseas operations–wholly or partially owned subsidiary affiliate or branch [sic]. Non U.S. companies (foreign firms) listed have substantial investment within the United States”–Introductory page. Databases may be searched by country, region, state, keyword, zip code or postal code, industry code, revenue and number of employees. Search results can be viewed in HTML and printed, or downloaded into Microsoft Excel.

19th Century UK Periodicals

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

19th Century UK Periodicals

The Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals collection covers the period 1800 to 1900. When complete it will make available full runs of nearly 600 titles, some of which exist only in a single copy, such is the fragile state of much nineteenth-century printed material. – Publisher’s blurb.

The database will contain over six million pages of nineteenth-century journalism, fully searchable, sourced from the British Library, the National Library of Scotland and other specialist libraries.   Records for individual titles will be available via NUcat shortly.

Transportation Letters

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Transportation Letters : The International Journal of Transportation Research

Transportation Letters is a quarterly journal that publishes high-quality peer review and min-review papers as well as technical notes and book reviews on the state of the art in transportation research. The focus of Transportation Letters is on analytical and empirical findings, methodological papers, and theoretical and conceptual insights across all areas of research. – Publisher’s blurb.

Feminist Studies

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Feminist Studies

Feminist Studies publishes research and criticism that address theoretical issues and offer analyses of interest to feminist scholars across disciplines. Feminist Studies features theoretically sophisticated essays that make an original contribution and advance interdisciplinary scholarship regarding women and/or gender. – Publisher’s blurb.