The Academic Library in the American University by Stephen E. Atkins, first published in 1991 byt the ALA, presents a critical examination of the emergence and evolution of the academic library as a special purpose institution supporting higher education. This free electronic edition, part of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, offers scanned page images, as well as OCR text, and is full-text searchable.
The Dynamic Terrorist Threat:An Assessment of Group Motivations
and Capabilities in a Changing World is a 2004 report that the RAND Corporation was commissioned by the U.S. Air Force to produce. It assesses terrorist threats, and analyzes past terrorist attackes on the United States and other nations.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, edited by Bonnie G. Smith, captures the experiences of women throughout history in a far-reaching, four-volume work. Although there has been extensive research on women in history by region, no other text or reference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout world history. Boasts over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies.
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