Archive for March, 2011

59 new Cambridge Publisher’s Ebooks

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Northwestern University Library now has access to 59 Cambridge Publisher’s Ebooks.   Access is available via the Library’s catalog NUcat or the Library’s new search tool.

American Drama
Arthur Miller

Categories and Computer Science

Computer Vision for Human-Machine Interaction
Confronting Modernity in the Cinemas of Taiwan and Mainland China
Copyright Exceptions
Creativity in Invention and Design

Data Structures and Algorithms Using Visual Basic.Net

Deductive and Declaritive Programming

European Broadcasting Law and Policy
France and Islam in West Africa, 1860–1960
From Slave Trade to ‘Legitimate’ Commerce
Global Civil Society?
Global e-commerce
Histories of City and State in the Persian Gulf
Horn and Crescent
Intellectual Property in the New Millennium
Islam in Britain, 1558–1685
Jurisdiction and the Internet
Knowledge and Social Practice in Medieval Damascus, 1190–1350
Knowledge, Discovery and Imagination in Early Modern Europe
Land in Dar Fur
Living Islam
Mahdis and Millenarians
Medicine and Power in Tunisia, 1780–1900
Muslim Tradition
Ozu’s Tokyo Story
Political Thought in Medieval Islam
Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo
Pragmatism in the Age of Jihad
Prediction, Learning, and Games
Privacy, Property and Personality
Professing Performance
Qur’anic Christians
Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad 1870–1900
Religion and Custom in a Muslim Society
Rural Hausa
Science, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples
Software and Patents in Europe
Succession in the Muslim Family
Tanganyika Under German Rule 1905–1912
The Global Governance of Knowledge
The Interface Between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy
The Internationalisation of Copyright Law
The Invention of Evening
The Legal Protection of Databases
The Rule of Law in the Arab World
The WTO and Global Convergence in Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services
Theatre Matters
Thrillers
Trade Marks and Brands
Understanding Cinema
War and Memory in Lebanon
Warfare in the Sokoto Caliphate
Watch This Space
West African Food in the Middle Ages
West African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce
West African States: Failure and Promise
Word and Image in Japanese Cinema

Chicago Tribune (Proquest 1985-present)

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Chicago Tribune (Proquest 1985-present)

Each issue of every newspaper is indexed thoroughly, so your patrons have access to not only top news stories, but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even such items as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed. The complete text of recent articles is provided in the ASCII format. – Publisher.

Asian American History and Culture

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Asian American History and Culture

Offers coverage of the arts, culture, community, education, family, gender, marriage, occupation, and work of more than twenty national-origin groups, both historically and in contemporary American society.

Latino History and Culture

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Latino History and Culture

In creating this encyclopedia … the need for a comprehensive new work on the role of Latinos/as in U.S. history and culture was made clear both by the continuing increases in the population and the influence of the Latino community and by the ever more apparent fact that these two aspects of society are inextricably linked and profoundly influential in the evolution of the nation’s ideologies, belief systems, values, and treatment of its people. – The editors.

African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review

Friday, March 25th, 2011

African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review

African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review (ACPR) is an interdisciplinary forum for creative and rigorous studies of conflict and peace in Africa and for discussions between scholars, practitioners, and public intellectuals in Africa, the United States, and other parts of the world. – Publisher.

International Journal of Science Education, Part B : Communication and Public Engagement

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

International Journal of Science Education, Part B : Communication and Public Engagement

International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement will address the communication between and the engagement by individuals and groups concerning evidence-based information about the nature, outcomes, and social consequences, of science and technology. – Publisher.

Access to this title is restricted to the Northwestern University Evanston campus.

International Development Planning Review

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

International Development Planning Review

International Development Planning Review’s editorial policy is to reflect international development planning policy and practice. This includes a focus on the physical, economic and social conditions of urban and rural populations – Publisher.

Review of International Political Economy

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Review of International Political Economy

The journal encourages a global and interdisciplinary approach across issues and fields of inquiry. It seeks to act as a point of convergence for political economists, international relations scholars, geographers, and sociologists, and is committed to the publication of work that explores such issues as international trade and finance, production and consumption, and global governance and regulation, in conjunction with issues of culture, identity, gender, and ecology. – Publisher.

Access to this resource is restricted to the Northwestern University Evanston campus.

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Journal of Supportive Oncology

The Journal of Supportive Oncology (JSO) publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of supportive care for patients with cancer, including original clinical research articles, state-of-the-art review papers, peer viewpoints, “How We Do It” articles on incorporating best practices and new research findings, commentaries, and letters to the editor. – Publisher.

Psychosomatics

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Psychosomatics

Psychosomatics has been dedicated to helping its readers achieve excellence in the clinical care of patients with medical and psychiatric comorbidity. – Publisher.