This visually striking art book will appeal to all who appreciate the beauty of ikebana and might inspire readers to try their hand at creating their own hanaike using Ueno’s techniques.
A beneficial purchase, of particular use for self-published and small-press authors, with information that will be helpful for anyone seeking to boost the visibility of their work.
Written for an architecture and construction audience, this history and critique of the greening of building codes would also be a good addition for collections with a focus on sustainability and ecology.
While one must take care that the costs of project management don’t outweigh the benefits, this work provides tools and examples to provide a solid starting point for interested librarians. Recommended reading for library administrators and technical services librarians.
The technical aspects of kintsugi are best directed to artists interested in learning the Japanese techniques. For the layperson, there are other methods of repairing ceramics that mimic the look of kintsugi without the expense and difficulty.
An astute, visually appealing, fun-to-read book about COVID’s impact on buildings, cityscapes, and the environment, with insightful, innovative recommendations for future best practices.
Vaporis includes scholarly research but writes for the general reader. Interest in samurai culture is significant, and this non-sensational choice emphasizes scholarship.
Noteworthy for its specialized content and usability, this is one of four collections of primary documents from Coherent Digital hosted on the History Commons platform. It covers the period from the armistice of 1918 to the outbreak of World War II.
This encyclopedia may help high school and lower-level higher education students seeking rudimentary information about specific political violence topics, but it may not be needed in most libraries.
While Buckley’s breezy tone may not be to every reader’s liking, the inclusion of countless unusual facts means even diehard baseball fans will learn something new. An entertaining but optional purchase for most libraries.
Providing a window into the many accomplishments of Asian artists over the centuries, this illuminating and useful resource is an important purchase for larger public libraries and academic institutions.
This definitive testament to Tubman’s life and works will appeal to all readers. An indispensable resource for those interested in learning more about enslavement, women’s studies, and 19th-century American history.
Part of HeinOnline’s suite of legal-reference databases, Water Rights & Resources provides access to a concentrated collection of resources on the interplay of state and federal laws governing all aspects of water in U.S. society. It is an excellent resource for legal and environmental studies, as well as political science, U.S. history, and related subjects.
Statista is an outstanding resource offering wide-ranging and robust content, a plethora of ways to find the content, sensible links to key reports, and engaging visuals. Added features and the timely addition of relevant subject matter make it a significant source of consumer and market data.
This well-organized, comprehensive reference book may inspire readers to explore engineering as a career. Recommended for anyone who wishes to learn more or to brush up on their knowledge about engineering.
This useful hands-on guide is recommended for librarians, educators, and human-services providers with minimal programming experience working in communities that lack life-skills training opportunities.
This affordable, compact, and user-friendly guide is best suited for public library collections. Perfect for casual explorers, seasoned hikers, and students alike.
This exceptional resource will be useful for students and researchers wishing to know more about the remarkable works of Asian American artists and writers over the past 150 years. A recommended purchase for large public libraries and all academic collections.
In the United States, 2.3 million people are imprisoned inside of jails, prisons, or detention facilities with little to no access to information services of any kind. Some public libraries meet this need through Reference by Mail.
More than 100 additions and changes to reference databases and online products highlight new reasons to consider updating library online reference offerings.
Books of lists, lists of books, collections of music, art, movies, and more (so much more) offer multiple pleasures for browsers, list makers, and the endlessly curious.
Julie Kirsch, senior vice president and publisher of Rowman & Littlefield, shines a light on notable titles, both past and upcoming, and shares the changes and challenges that this independent publisher has seen over the past few years.
Barbara Olson, ProQuest’s director of product marketing for historical collections and primary sources, spoke with LJ about new content that ProQuest has added to its offerings.
Timothy L. Fields, senior associate dean of admissions at Emory University, and Shereem Herndon-Brown, founder and chief education officer of Strategic Admissions Advice, share their insights into the college admissions process and speak with LJ about their book, The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions: A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race (Johns Hopkins University Press).
With an ever-increasing volume of misinformation circulating online, students and adults alike need help navigating the information landscape and finding accurate data sources. Reference books and databases are critical in filling this need.
Long live reference! LJ’s annual feature celebrates the resources and librarians that help patrons find facts, plan new ventures, write papers, and learn everything about anything from atoms to zoogeography. In this supplement, librarians across the nation highlight research-ready databases that make a daily difference in the search experience of students, scholars, and general users. A team of reference librarians detail how they help incarcerated patrons. Reviewers and editors showcase a cornucopia of reference titles, over 870+ of them, ranging from print titles to new databases and updated ebook collections.
Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts’s collection of modern and practical ebook content is a solid investment for educational and organizational institutions that support fine arts studies, media, film, marketing, and other visual arts, as well as practical aspects of the field and professional development.
The American Antiquarian Society has partnered with Gale to offer its American Historical Collections, featuring over six million documents of primary materials from the American Colonial period to the early 20th century. The quality and quantity of the documents in Part VII, the user-friendly features, and the flawless searchability on the Gale platform make this a winner.
Monitoring the World collections are essential primary documents for researchers of 20th-century British intelligence and excellent resources for anyone with an interest in World War I, World War II, or early Cold War strategy.
Librarians who need to give crash courses in digital literacy can get fast facts from the essays’ introductions, and the full entries will be valuable to those who have more time to go over them in classrooms where information literacy is part of the curriculum. Essential for professional-development and library-school collections.
Created by a corporate author rather than a writing professor, the work lacks a voice and is tonally straightforward, but the guidance (plus the 72 essay prompts and sample essays) offers grad-school hopefuls more than enough information and support to feel confident facing the GRE’s writing section. Add this to collections that already have general GRE test-prep titles.
A thorough introduction to information services, topics, and careers. Well-suited for library school students and emerging library and information sciences professionals.
With remote work becoming more common, this practical and well-organized work is timely and recommended for librarians wishing to enhance their collection management practices.
Academic libraries should seriously consider adding this set (in one form or the other), as its interdisciplinary approach will support many departments and research paths.
This painstakingly researched compendium, compiled by authors who are themselves Indigenous “firsts,” is an affordable and essential purchase for all reference collections.
Bloomsbury Architecture Library’s exceptional navigation tools, options for access, and enhanced features make the database an outstanding research tool for anyone interested in historical and modern architecture.
This 20th edition of the famous guide celebrates Emily Post’s life and contributions to American etiquette. Most likely to interest those active in American high-society gatherings and organizations, etiquette classes, and classes on how to be more gracious
This reference work is a detailed historical accounting of this revolutionary gaming device. Recommended for casual fans, game designers and dedicated gaming aficionados.
Most readers will likely be struck by the writers’ enthusiasm, depth of knowledge, and their knack for picking just the right tidbits that will draw readers into the study of the stars. Librarians can buy this and plan nighttime programs with it.
Creativebug fills a critical gap in the library-learning space, particularly for public and school libraries. It is an excellent option for libraries that host community art classes for all ages.
Historians, political scientists, and advanced students will benefit from this collection’s significant and distinctive content as well as the platform’s powerful search and functional design.
O’Neill incorporates many examples from young-adult fiction as he provides clear, nonjudgmental evidence of the American fascination with, rather than fear of, life after death, focusing on the prevalent theme of optimism.
Despite some flaws, this wide-ranging, clearly written volume will help researchers understand the past, present, and potential future of Latinos in the United States.
Remains a standard of excellence for readers who never tire of learning things about American presidents and for researchers who want a well-organized and up-to-date source on the topic.
Fun to browse, this is an excellent collection of vintage pictures for car enthusiasts and anyone else with an interest in mid-20th-century American culture and photography.
The Mass Observation Project remains one of the most unique and intriguing collections offered to patrons. The niche aspect of it being a British project should not stop one’s decision to purchase it; this is an impressive collection of observational, primary source data regarding world events and life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Responding to user feedback, this updated version of Bloomsbury Fashion Central brings together a rich collection of resources to provide one-stop access to interdisciplinary materials on fashion and dress. It is a strong collection for institutions that support art, design, and fashion, as well as business studies with an emphasis on the fashion industry.
Despite its limited coverage of amendments, this adds to the content in Bloch and Jackson’s and Vile’s works, and will interest general readers as well as students of political science, government, and teacher education.
An educational resource comprised of 100-plus exclusive articles by scholars from 25 countries, a four-volume collection of critical readings on historiography, and 60+ scholarly books from Bloomsbury’s catalog. Also included are essays on key concepts and thinkers, learning aides on using primary sources, and in-depth studies of influential classics. Teachers of historical theories and methods will welcome this resource, while researchers at all levels will appreciate the powerful search, user-friendly design, and robust scholarly content.
Gale's new addition to the Archives and Sexuality of Gender introduces the “Hell” segment of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, an infamous private collection of “forbidden books” established in the 1830s. The collection, which includes literary works, manuscripts, engravings, lithographs, and photographs with erotic and illicit themes (e.g., the Flagellation Collection), is perfect for research on sexuality and gender, cultural studies, literature, French cultural history, and more. However, most of the sources are in French, which might this harder to use for non-Francophone researchers.
This practical, concise introduction for those living in cities or towns will provide some cornerstone prepping ideas and tips but is by no means a comprehensive guide.
Readers should not expect academic rigor; instead they’ll find wide-ranging specialized material on the disparate emerging field of multilingual sf from the Arab and Islamic worlds.
Pair with LJ’s profile of Wikipedia editor Susan Barnum (libraryjournal.com/story/susan-barnum-movers-shakers-2018-advocates) to get fired up for some editing!