Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects

Editors Marta Deyrup and Beth Bloom have brought together well-known educators from the fields of library science, communication, composition, and education to show you how to develop successful strategies for teaching undergraduates how to conduct basic research and write papers.

Increasingly, libraries are struggling to deal with a growing diversity in the cultural background of their patrons.

Information Technology (IT) is conquering the world.

Thinking about the future of libraries, librarianship and the work librarians do is as old as libraries themselves.

On October 15, 1964 Billy Mills became the only American to win an Olympic Gold Medal for the 10,000 meters.

Cloud computing can be confusing - the number and types of services that are available through "e;the cloud"e; are growing by the day.

Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games.

While the importance of collections has been evident in the sciences and humanities for several centuries, the social and cultural significance of collecting practices is now receiving serious attention as well.

On June 2nd, 1947, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL) held the first college basketball draft in the history of the sport.

As of 2012, Twitter has over 100 million active users worldwide, generating close to 230 million Tweets per day.

As budgets for libraries continue to shrink, the key challenge facing the 21st century librarian is finding how to do more with less.

Teaching Information Fluency describes the skills and dispositions of information fluency adept searchers.

You are getting ready for a performance of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore and you have a few questions.

The 18th century in Britain was a transition period for literature.

The first European Championship in men's volleyball was contested in 1948 by just six teams, and the inaugural women's tournament took place in 1949.

Just as Andrew Carnegie's support changed the landscape of public libraries in America, Apple's launch of the iPhone on June 29, 2007 forever altered how people expected to interact with services.

Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies.

The first European Championship in ice hockey took place more than 100 years ago.

Though basketball dates back more than 120 years, it did not make its Olympic debut until 1936.

During the 2012 European Soccer Championship (popularly called the "e;Euro"e;), nearly one and a half million people attended the matches.

Since there's no point in Twittering if no one acts on your tweets and there's no point in having a Facebook page with a million "e;likes"e; if library use doesn't increase, you'll welcome the eight best practices presented here because they will help your library both actually do social media in a way that matters and do it well.

Most Americans give little thought to their county's size, population, when it was created, or how its name came about.

In the 21st century, most businesses participate in globalization, whether by entering new markets worldwide or dealing with competitors from around the world.

Environmental issues, global warming, pollution, and chemical dumping, are ever present in the news.

In this book, nine librarians from across the country describe their libraries' best practices in this key area.

If libraries are to remain centers for lifelong learning, then that learning must increasingly be e-learning.

The history of the NBA has been filled with superstars, names known to fans and non-fans alike.

Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Scarecrow Press), the Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking quick pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of music.

Green buildings are better buildings.

Competitive swimming is one of only five sports to have been contested at every Olympic Games since the first competition of the modern era was held in 1896.

Since the advent of network television, situation comedies have been a staple of prime-time programming.

This collection of collaborative, high-impact learning experiences in information literacy teaches librarians how to engage students in hands-on, experiential learning.

How have Americans sought peaceful, rather than destructive, solutions to domestic and world conflict?

In an era of Twitter and televised therapy, it may seem that classic theatre has little place in contemporary society.

American Indian Education/indigenous education is still faltering today and is not producing significant differences in results where school practices follow those for the dominant culture.

Calvinism is named after 16th century Reformer, John Calvin whose overall theology is contained in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559).

The Chinese imperial examination system is unique in traditional Chinese society with origins dating back 1,300 years, and has had a far-reaching impact not only on contemporary Chinese society, but also on government systems of other countries around the world.

The Australian Aborigines first arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago.

Neoclassicism refers to the revival of classical art and architecture beginning in Europe in the 1750s and lasting until around 1830, with late Neoclassicism lingering through the 1870s.

The Chinese Communist Party, as the political leader of the world's largest country and second largest economy, plays an undeniably important role in global politics.

William Jefferson Clinton's legacy remains a matter of significant contention among historians, political scientists, and pundits even after a decade of time to reflect.

Not so long ago hardly anything was said of the Lesbian Liberation Movement and the Gay Liberation Movement, indeed, the terms gay and lesbian were not even used if some other expression could be found.

Cote d'Ivoire remains one of the most intriguing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The term "e;French theater"e; evokes most immediately the glories of the classical period and the peculiarities of the Theater of the Absurd.

The Korean War has often been regarded as a forgotten war, although that is certainly unfair.

Donna Jo Napoli has received acclaim for her young adult works and is especially known for her historical novels and her retellings of myth and fairy tales.

A wide-flung archipelago lying between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Indonesia is the world's most populous Islamic country.

Not long after becoming public health concerns in the 1980s, HIV and AIDS were featured in a number of works of fiction, though such titles were written primarily for adult readers.

Ethiopia is clearly one of the most important countries in Africa.

Consisting of two houses-the Senate and the House of Representatives-and 535 members-100 Senators and 435 Representatives, the U.