4 May, 2012

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An open bookNeed to look something up? Your Library gives you access to many different respected resources - both in print and online - like dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Here is just this month’s list of new reference works!

New printed reference works

The encyclopedia of war / edited by Gordon Martel.
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–355.09-ENC

Shi yong ying han shi pin ke ji chi huia = A practical English-Chinese dictionary for food science and technology / chief editor, Qian Jianya.
Beijing : Chemistry Industry Press, 2008.
2ND FLOOR REFERENCE–664.003-SHI

British music education yearbook 2012
London : Rhinegold Publishing, 2012.
3RD FLOOR REFERENCE–780.71058-BRI     

Oxford thesaurus of English.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009.
4TH FLOOR INFORMATION DESK

Collins dictionary.
Glasgow : HarperCollins, 2011.
4TH FLOOR INFORMATION DESK 

Political atlas of the modern world : an experiment in multidimensional statistical analysis of the political systems of modern states / Andrei Melville; with Yuri Polunin … [et al.]; translated by Igor Romashkevich … [et al.]; illustrations by Vitaly Kabernik.
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–320.3-MEL

Resort to war : a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816-2007 / Meredith Reid Sarkees and Frank Whelon Wayman.
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2010.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–355.0904-SAR      

The UK primary education directory 2012.
Redhill : The UK Education Directory Company Ltd, 2012
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–372.942058-UK             

For more reference works, look up individual titles on the Unicorn catalogue.

New online reference works

Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity
Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of Great Thinkers
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology
Springer International Handbooks of Education: International Handbook of School Effectiveness and Improvement
Scientific Exploration and Expeditions: From the Age of Discovery to the Twent-First Century
If the Paintings Could Talk
Key Concepts in Radio Studies
Key Concepts in Marketing
Key Concepts in Health Psychology

New editions of :

The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia
Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-present
Marquis Who’s Who in America
Marquis Who’s Who in the World
Debrett’s People of Today 2012

To find existing titles go to our Online dictionaries and encyclopedias page  or search the Unicorn catalogue.

Other new resources

Other new books and new e-books are listed on the Unicorn catalogue.

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