New and Updated Credo Reference Content Available

Credo Reference recently added several new titles, making their already expansive collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other resources, even more helpful. The new additions cover areas including History, Language, Science, and Technology, and increases the size of the Credo Reference collection to 644 books. The new titles are:

• 2012-2013 Occupational Outlook Handbook;
• 3D A-to-Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary;
• Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought;
• Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences;
• Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition;
• Every Day of the Civil War: A Chronological Encyclopedia;
• SAGE Key Concepts Series: Key Concepts in Healthcare Education;
• The Tourism Society's Dictionary for the Tourism Industry.

The following titles were updated to provide the latest edition:

• American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language;
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;
• Debrett's People of Today 2014;
• Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-Present;
• Marquis Who's Who in America;
• Marquis Who's Who in the World;
• Mosby's Dental Dictionary, 2013.

New and Updated Credo Reference Content Available

By Joseph Tresnan

Over the past few months twenty-eight new and updated dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other books have been added to the Credo Reference collection, bringing the total number of titles to 631. The new content provides background information in a broad range of disciplines, including History, Medicine, Science, Social Science, Art, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, and more. The newly added titles are:

• Big Ideas Simply Explained:The Economics Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (2012);
• Big Ideas Simply Explained: The Philosophy Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (2011);
• Big Ideas Simply Explained: The Politics Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (2013);
• Big Ideas Simply Explained: The Psychology Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (2012);
• The Classical Tradition, Harvard University Press (2013);
• Dictionary of American Government and Politics, Edinburgh University Press (2010);
• Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book, Da Capo Press (2010);
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, M.E. Sharpe, Inc, (2013);
• Epilepsy A to Z: A Concise Encyclopedia, Demos Medical Publishing (2009);
• Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Wiley (2007);
• Keywords for Children's Literature, New York University Press (2011);
• A New Literary History of America, Harvard University Press (2012);
• Politics Glossaries: A Glossary of US Politics and Government, Edinburgh University Press (2007);
• Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, Springer Publishing, (2008);
• World Atlas of Sport, University of California Press (2011).

The updated titles are:

• The American Heritage Science Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin (2011);
• BCS Glossary of Computing and ICT, British Computer Society (2013);
• Black Firsts, Visible Ink Press (2013);
• Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. (1994-2012);
• Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. (2012);
• The Deluxe Food Lover's Companion, Barron's Educational Series, Inc. (2009);
• The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Helicon Publishing (2013);
• The Hutchinson Encyclopedia, Helicon Publishing (2013);
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Inc. (2012);
• Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions, Elsevier Health Sciences (2012);
• OECD Factbook 2013: Economic, Environmental, and Social Statistics, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (2013);
• The Princeton Guide to Ecology, Princeton University Press (2012);
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers, Thames & Hudson (2012).

Credo Reference Adds New Titles to Collection

Over the summer, electronic information provider Credo Reference added twenty-four new and updated encyclopedias and other reference works to its General Reference collection, bringing the total number of titles to over 600. The new content provides background information in a broad range of disciplines, including Art, Business, Communication, Economics, Education, History, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Science, and more. The newly added titles are:

• American Human Development Project: The Measure of America 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience, New York University Press
• Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology, Springer Science+Business Media
• Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States, McFarland
• Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations, McFarland
• Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations, McFarland
• Encyclopedia of Philosophers on Religion McFarland
• Encyclopedia of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution, McFarland
• Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience, Visible Ink Press
• If the Paintings Could Talk, The National Gallery
• Key Concepts in Health Psychology, Sage UK
• Key Concepts in Marketing, Sage UK
• Key Concepts in Radio Studies, Sage UK
• Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of Great Thinkers, M.E. Sharpe
• Opera: The Great Composers and their Masterworks, Octopus Publishing Group
• Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity, M.E. Sharpe
• Scientific Exploration and Expeditions: From the Age of Discovery to the Twenty-First Century, M.E. Sharpe
• Springer International Handbooks of Education: International Handbook of Educational Evaluation, Springer Science+Business Media
• Springer International Handbooks of Education: International Handbook of School Effectiveness and Improvement, Springer Science+Business Media

Credo has also added updated editions of the following reference works:

• The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
• Debrett's People of Today 2012, Debrett's Peerage Limited
• Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-present, Marquis Who's Who LLC
• Marquis Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who LLC
• Marquis Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who LLC
• OECD Factbook 2011: Economic, Environmental, and Social Statistics, OECD

Credo Reference's electronic collection encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and more are avalable via the Library's Electronic Databases page. See a list of all 601 titles at http://www.credoreference.com/shelf.do?tab=subject

New in the Library: Orlando: Women's Writing

The Library has begun a subscription to Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Orlando is an online reference source that provides information on the life and writing of 1275 authors from Sappho to J.K. Rowling and beyond. Despite the title, related information on many influential men and non-British women is included. The entries are extensively cross-referenced to allow researchers to follow connections between authors, such as influences, associations, places, and organizations, facilitating research on the full history of British women's writing. The project takes its name and inspiration from Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography. To find Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles on the Library's home page, click on Online Resources, and then Electronic Databases.

Changes to Online Resources on the Library Website

by Ashley Lierman

The Library website has been undergoing some changes. In the left-hand links sidebar from any library page, you can now find all of the electronic resources the library offers under Online Resources. These resources are divided into three pages:

• Electronic Databases: Formerly the Online Resources page, this page lists all the subscriber-only databases to which Rosemont has purchased access.
• Websites By Subject: This page, containing free web resources that come highly recommended by the academic community, has been moved to a sub-page of the Online Resources page.
• Research Guides: Still under construction, this page will contain specially-designed guides to Rosemont resources on a variety of subjects, created by Rosemont College librarians.

The Library website will continue to change and improve in the near future. Make sure you keep checking back to find out what’s new!

Expanded Content Added to Art Full Text

H.W. Wilson’s Art Full Text database is expanding to provide even more full-text sources. With the addition of 82 full-text journals, bringing the total to 370 full-text sources out of the 580 art journals and magazines indexed in the database. The new journals will enhance Art Full Text’s coverage of contemporary art, film, photography, architecture, and design.

In addition to the journals, full-text reference sources have been added to the database.Over 8,500 full-text biographies of artists and related persons are now available through links to Wilson’s Biography Reference Bank. Art Full Text is also providing access to entries from The Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols in Art that clarify the meanings of religious and mythological themes and symbols in paintings and sculptures.

Art Full Text is available through the Library’s Online Resources page. Click here to start exploring the new content.

See the full press release from H.W. Wilson.

New in the Library: Credo Reference

The library has started a subscription to Credo Reference, an online collection of nearly 500 reference books. This service provides a reliable source of information with its full-text access to encyclopedias, dictionaries and more reference books from over 70 respected academic publishers.
With sources covering all of the major disciplines--including art, literature, history, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, medicine, social sciences, and more--whatever your topic, Credo Reference is a great place to start your research.