New E-Resources at Northwestern

Military-Industrial Complex and American Society

Covers the military-industrial complex, from its Cold War era expansion to the present. – Publisher.

Euthanasia : A Reference Handbook

Explores the legal, medical, and spiritual components of end-of-life questions. – Publisher.

Dictionary of Women Worldwide : 25,000 Women through the Ages

This dictionary contains more than 25,000 brief biographical entries on women, including thousands of entries on non-U.S. figures. – Publisher.

Crimes and Trials of the Century

Focus is on crimes of the century of the last 100 years. Covers in detail how each crime is laid out, the investigation discussed, the media reaction, the trial (if there was one) is narrated, the resolution is explored, and the significance of the case in terms of its social, political, popular, and legal relevance is examined. – Publisher.

Climate Change : A Reference Handbook

Outlines key scientific, economic, and political issues, reviews how the global community has addressed the issue to date, and discusses the options being explored for further action. – Publisher.

Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa

Illuminates the lives of the most influential and controversial figures in the Middle East and North Africa who came to prominence during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Includes profiles of contemporary leaders who belong to various political, ethnic, and religious groups, as well as notable individuals associated with business, law, science, social issues, sports, entertainment, literature, and the fine and performing arts. – Publisher.

Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability – Volume 2 – The Business of Sustainability

Explores how sustainability is being factored into industries across the globe. – Publisher.

Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability – Volume 1 – The Spirit of Sustainability

Examines the ways in which religious ideas, beliefs, and practices have both promoted sustainability and served as roadblocks. Covers topics such as religious vegetarianism, understandings of the Earth as Gaia, the Lynn White Thesis, and the field of “science and religion.” – Publisher.

Geography Compass

Geography Compass is an online-only journal publishing original, peer-reviewed surveys of current research from across the entire discipline. Geography Compass publishes state-of-the-art reviews, supported by a comprehensive bibliography and accessible to an international readership. – Publisher.

Complete Database for Japanese Magazines and Periodicals from the Meiji Era to the Present / 明治から現在まで総合雑誌から地誌まで雑誌記事索引集成データベース

Index to periodical articles published in Japanese, including those in former Japanese colonies, and including local periodicals not present in many other indexes. Coverage is from 1868 onwards.  Merges data from various composite periodical  indexes by Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan.