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Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This reference library provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador). | | √ | √ | √ |
EBSCOhost
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Reference databases designed for use in public libraries are made available via the user-friendly search system. | | √ | √ | √ |
Educator's Reference Complete
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of American Religions 7th ed., 2003
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Encyclopedia of American Religions contains general essays that historically trace the major religious families and traditions, as well as directory listings that include contact and descriptive information on individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Biomes
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Offers detailed comparative essays on major biomes and their component ecosystems. Includes entries on land biomes and water biomes and covers climate, elevation, soil, water bodies, vegetation, animal life, food web, plant and animal adaptations, endangered species, human effects on the biome and the effects of the environment on humans' culture and economy. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Career Development
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | With over 300 articles, the Encyclopedia of Career Development is the premier reference tool for research on career-related topics. Covering a broad range of themes, the contributions represent original material written by internationally-renowned scholars that view career development from a number of different dimensions. This multidisciplinary resource examines career-related issues from psychological, sociological, educational, counseling, organizational behavior, and human resource management perspectives. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | A three-volume survey of clothing, costume and fashion, presented through 640 essays, arranged alphabetically. Coverage includes the origins of clothing and body adornment, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress, as well as representative costumes from a wide range of historical eras. For students and researchers at the high-school level or higher. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 2nd ed., 4v, 2002
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This uniquely interdisciplinary resource covers legal, sociological, psychological, historical, and economic aspects of crime and justice worldwide. Entries cover civil and criminal issues, from domestic violence to terrorism, and cite pertinent legal cases as well as publications for further information. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Covers topics such as dieting and popular diets, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and the effects of a person's dietary choices on one's health. Topics are organized around the development and history of a diet, its basic principles, any key figures that influence the trend, and any public or regulatory concerns associated with the practice. Provides information across all age groups from infants to the elderly. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Provides detailed information on 52 drugs and other addictive substances, defined as illegal drugs, legal addictive drugs and other substances as well as commonly abused classes of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Statistics highlight each entry and sidebars provide information on the legal, historical or social aspects of the particular drug. Difficult words are defined within the text. Appropriate for middle school students. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior 2nd
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | The Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior specifically addresses the new frontiers that have opened in the area of addictive studies, exploring not only the biological basis for addiction, but also recent enhancements in diagnosis and treatment. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Fills a much-needed gap between legal texts focusing on the theory and history behind the law and more practical guides dealing with the law and its everyday effect upon its citizens. Articles include brief descriptions of each issue's historical background, profiles of various U.S. laws and regulations, details of how laws and regulations vary from state to state, and comprehensive bibliographies that include print and Web resources and lists of relevant organizations. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | A three-volume survey of food and its place in human culture and society, presented through 600 alphabetically sorted entries. Features multidisciplinary coverage of such topics as comfort food, ethnicity and food, medieval banquets, and nutrient composition, among many others. Includes photographs, illustrations, sidebars, recipes, menus, and timelines. For students and general readers. | | √ | √ | √ |
| Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change , 3v, 2008 | Explores major topics related to global warming and climate
change-ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole,
and thematically from social effects to scientific causes. Covers the
science and history of climate change, the controversies over
climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and
economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change. | | NA | NA | √ |
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This encyclopedia looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries. Containing thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps and more, this new encyclopedia fills a need in this key area of religious studies. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes 2nd ed.
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Provides detailed studies of tribes from all over the United States and Canada, including small tribes and some that no longer exist. Gives detailed yet accessible information on history, religion, art, government, economy, daily life and current social and political issues. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Includes biographies of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Religion
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | The second edition of a resource that is considered a standard reference in the field. Presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture. The original 2,750 entries have been retained, many heavily updated, and approximately 600 entirely new articles have been added by an international team of scholars and contributors. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Science
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Covers all major areas of science, engineering, technology, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Small Business
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This convenient and exhaustive print reference source is designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business. The Encyclopedia contains detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business users, including financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning and more. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Small Business
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business. Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Contains new and updated original articles covering recent concepts (i.e. adoption, race, the Constitution, birthright citizenship) and court cases since 1992 offering comprehensive coverage of all aspects of constitutional law, as well as biographies of people who have had an impact on our government's legal framework (Supreme Court Justices, Presidents, Cabinet Members, Lawyers, and more). Also covers judicial decisions handed down by the Supreme Court. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | The U•X•L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters presents a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of weather, weather-related topics, and natural disasters that gives readers the science behind the weather events that affect us all every day. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture. | | √ | √ | √ |
Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture. Its cross-cultural perspective meets high school curricular requirements for world studies and social sciences. | | √ | √ | √ |
Endangered Species
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Including the addition of 25 new species, this new 2nd edition is completely updated to reflect the changes in endangered and threatened status. Color photographs and maps provide further illustrate the many species threatened by extinction, including amphibians, birds, crustaceans, fish, insects, mammals, mollusks, reptiles, and more. Each entry gives a species description, location, reason for endangerment, and measures being taken to prevent it from extinction. | | √ | √ | √ |
Environmental Encyclopedia
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. Each article is written in a nontechnical style and provides current status, analysis, and suggested solutions whenever possible. | | √ | √ | √ |
Expanded Academic ASAP
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! | | √ | √ | √ |
