Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography

Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography
Author: Mary K. Mannix
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2015-01-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838912958

Profiling more than 1400 print and electronic sources, this book helps connect librarians and researchers to the most relevant sources of information in genealogy and biography.

Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion

Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion
Author: Albert John Walford
Publisher: London : Library Association Pub.
Total Pages: 816
Release: 1999
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781856043694

A revised and updated guide to reference material. It contains selective and evaluative entries to guide the enquirer to the best source of reference in each subject area, be it journal article, CD-ROM, on-line database, bibliography, encyclopaedia, monograph or directory. It features full critical annotations and reviewers' comments and comprehensive author-title and subject indexes. The contents include: philosophy and psychology; religion; social sciences, sociology, statistics, politics, economics, labour and employment; land and property, business organizations, finance and banking, and economic surveys; economic policies and controls, trade and commerce, business and management, and law; public administration, social services and welfare, education, customs and traditions; geography; biography; and history.

The Constitution of Silence

The Constitution of Silence
Author: Marvin Rintala
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1979-06-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

From pop gems to blockbuster movies, these are the best tunes of 2008! Titles: All-American Girl (Carrie Underwood) * Celebrate Me Home (Ruben Studdard) * Everything (Michael Bubl?) * Hey There Delilah (Plain White T's) * In My Arms (Plumb) * Lost (Michael Bubl?) * Love Is Free (Sheryl Crow) * Lyra (from The Golden Compass) * The New Girl in Town (from Hairspray) * New Soul (Yael Naim) * Not While I'm Around (from Sweeney Todd) * Raiders March (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) * Taking Chances (Celine Dion) * Umbrella (Rihanna). 64 pages.

Linguistic Human Rights

Linguistic Human Rights
Author: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2010-12-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110866390

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Guide to Reference Books

Guide to Reference Books
Author: Robert Balay
Publisher: ALA Editions
Total Pages: 2056
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Presents an annotated bibliography of general and subject reference books covering the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, history, science, technology, and medicine.

Ladies in the Laboratory II

Ladies in the Laboratory II
Author: Mary R.S. Creese
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2004-05-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1461605814

A fascinating analysis of the work of notable women by national group, giving thorough data comparing the contributions of women in choice fields. Among the women presented are more than a few colorful personalities representative of the entire social scale, from a royal princess to the daughter of a Paris slum shopkeeper. Researchers in the field of women's history and science history will find this indexed volume a valuable resource.

A History of Swedish Experimental Film Culture

A History of Swedish Experimental Film Culture
Author: Lars Gustaf Andersson
Publisher: John Libbey & Company Limited
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2010
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780861966998

This first-ever study of Swedish experimental film represents the results of a Swedish Research Council initiative in 2006--2008. The essays address the institutions, filmmakers, and films important to the history of experimental film in Sweden, and place this history in larger artistic and socio-cultural contexts. The authors look at the work of the Independent Film Group, regional Fluxus groups, E.A.T., and figures such as Viking Eggeling, Rune Hagberg, Pontus Hultén, Öyvind Fahlström, Leo Reis, Bo Jonsson, and Åke Karlung.