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Global Issues in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Focuses on broad issues such as war, terrorism, human rights, poverty, globalization, world trade, and global warming, as well as specific events and topics related to these broad topics. Includes articles and multimedia.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Gale Virtual Reference Library offers online access to reference sources including encyclopedias, almanacs, series and more. UMBC titles cover biography, business, law, public health, economic history, and multicultural studies.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
In-depth reports on national and international topics, including health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy.
SAGE Knowledge (Sage) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to social science books, videos, handbooks, encyclopedias, and dictionaries.

E-Book: Climate Change: an Encyclopedia of Science, Society, and Solutions [3 Volumes] by Bruce E. Johansen
ISBN: 9781440840869
Publication Date: 2017-09-15
This online e-book presents entries and primary sources that will impress on readers that what we do--or don't do--today regarding climate change will dramatically influence what life on this planet will be like for untold numbers of generations. * Includes primary documents sourced from major scientific journals and from reports on recent climate change from governmental organizations, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the U.S. government's National Climate Assessment
E-Book: Sustainable Food Security in the Era of Local and Global Environmental Change by Mohamed Behnassi (Editor); Gabrielle Kissinger (Editor); Olaf Pollmann (Editor)
ISBN: 9789400767195
Publication Date: 2013-07-01
This volume discusses a broad range of vital issues encompassing the production and consumption of food in the current period of climate change. All of these add up to looming, momentous challenges to food security, especially for people in regions where malnutrition and famine have been the norm during numerous decades.

The Making of Modern Immigration by Patrick J. Hayes (Editor)
Call Number: UMBC Reference Collection: JV6450 .M364 2012, vols. 1-2
ISBN: 9780313392023
Publication Date: 2012-02-13
Combining the insight of two-dozen expert contributors to examine key figures, events, and policies over 200 years of U.S. immigration history, this work illuminates the foundations of the ethnic and socioeconomic makeup of our nation. * 45 entries covering such issues as asylees, immigration and customs enforcement, and U.S.-Mexico border relations * Contributions from an international collaborative of 24 scholars * Photographs * A timeline * Entry-specific bibliographies and a general bibliography
Worldmark Encyclopedia of U. S. and Canadian Environmental Issues by Gale
Call Number: UMBC Reference Collection GE197 .W67 2012
ISBN: 1414490887
Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Covers the environmental issues for each U.S. state and Canadian province. Essays include an introduction that describes the geographical and geological features of the state/province, information on how global climate change could affect the state/province and its inhabitants, information on natural resources, energy, Green Economy, Green Jobs, and Green Building
Climate Change by Brian C. Black (General Editor)
Call Number: UMBC Reference Collection QC903 .C48 2013, vols. 1-4
ISBN: 9781598847611
Publication Date: 2013-01-08
This book provides a holistic consideration of climate change that goes beyond pure science, fleshing out the discussion by considering cultural, historical, and policy-driven aspects of this issue. *Excerpts from reports from international organizations such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) * Transcripts of speeches from world leaders on the climate change issue * Essential, annotated primary sources * Quotes from policy makers, scientists, eyewitnesses, and social and cultural leaders
People on the Move: An Atlas of Migration by Russell King
Call Number: UMBC Reference Collection: G1046.E27 P46 2010
ISBN: 9780520261242
Publication Date: 2010-08-02
Now, and in the past, migration has provided millions with an escape route from poverty, oppression, and conflict of all kinds. Through full-color maps, graphs, and photographs, People on the Move distills a vast amount of information as it explores the ways in which humans have spread around the world, adapted to new realities, and shaped their destinations. Full-color maps of regions, countries, and continents vividly display trends, issues, and processes at a glance, giving a richly detailed picture of human mobility.

Reference Materials

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online offers users access to: Grove Art Online, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as additional articles and bibliographies. Account allows for a maximum of three concurrent users.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Access to over 300 reference works - in a single cross-searchable resource. Includes language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business. Select 'unlocked' and 'free' resources in availability for full access to content.

Schirmer's Encyclopedia of Art
ISBN: 0028654145
Publication Date: 2001
This lavishly illustrated full-color encyclopedia provides a complete survey of world art, from prehistory to the present. More than 400 A-to-Z entries written by scholars and area specialists cover painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, movements and genres around the world--from Europe and Asia to South America and the Middle East.
Universal Principles of Art by John A. A. Parks
ISBN: 9781631590306
Publication Date: 2014
A follow-up to Rockport Publishers' best-selling Universal Principles of Design, a new volume will present one hundred principles, fundamental ideas and approaches to making art, that will guide, challenge and inspire any artist to make better, more focused art. Techniques are simple, direct and easily followed by any artist at any level. This incredibly detailed reference book is the standard for artists, historians, educators, professionals and students who seek to broaden and improve their art expertise.

Oxford Dictionary of Art

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