[Yulpub] Fwd: Credo Reference Content Update - New Titles!

[Suzanne Lorimer]

New titles added to what used to be called Xreferplus ...  These will be
automatically added to Yale's subscription to ALL content offered.  (Kathryn:
see the section on downloading MARC records.)

-Sue

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Latest Additions
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- Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution, Cambridge University
Press, in Social Sciences (http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/476)
- The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, Cambridge University Press, in Social
Sciences (http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/474)
- Encyclopedia of American Folk Art, Routledge, in Art
(http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/472)
- Encyclopedia of Paleontology, Routledge, in Science
(http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/478)
- Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work, Routledge, in
Literature
(http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/479)

We're updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The
following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon!

- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Cassell, in Language
(http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/475)
- Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing, Elsevier, in Medicine
(http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/477)
- Roget's II The New Thesaurus, Houghton Mifflin, in Dictionaries
(http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/473)


Forthcoming Titles
More titles are coming soon to Credo Reference. See the complete list at
http://corp.credoreference.com/forthcoming.


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Featured Title of the Month
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Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work from Routledge
(http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?volid=479)

Featuring 300 critical essays on writers of memoirs, novels, poetry, short
stories and drama. This comprehensive scholarly work presents a broad spectrum
of voices remembering, interpreting and reinterpreting one of the twentieth
century's most politically and emotionally charged events. This reference
provides wide international coverage and features comprehensive coverage of
authors who made the Holocaust their primary focus, plus those that might not
be viewed as Holocaust writers.

For a summary of Holocaust writing, read the introduction which provides an
in-depth overview of the literature with detailed descriptions of writing from
individual countries. (http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6777316)

View some of the entries:

- Heinrich Böll, German writer who won the 1972 Nobel prize for literature:
http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=479:6777426
- Albert Camus, Algerian-born French writer:
http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=479:6777448
- Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet and singer who identified the Holocaust as the
"central psychic event in his life":
http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=479:6777475
- Anne Frank: http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=479:6777540
- Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus, a comic book memoir using cats and mice to
tell the story of Vladek Spiegelman's life during and after the Holocaust:
http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6777754

The appendices bring together different categories of Holocaust studies. You can
find which writers experienced particular events, such as the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising or Kristallnacht. Below are a few of the appendices:

- Literary themes: http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6777798
- Ghettos noted in the literature:
http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6777799
- Historic events: http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6777801
- Historic figures treated or mentioned in the literature:
http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6777802

Holocaust Literature is the winner of the 2004 Dartmouth Medal Honorable
Mention, given to reference works of outstanding quality and significance.
(http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaawards/dartmouthmedal.htm)

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Downloadable MARC Records available
MARC records are available for all Credo Reference titles, including recently
released titles, through your Librarian Admin. All of Credo's MARC records have
been updated to reflect the new Credo Reference name and URLs. Please do
download these updated records at your convenience from
http://admin.credoreference.com/admin.do?page=admin.marcdownload.

Add links to your website
Don't forget that static URLs are also available for all subject areas, titles
and entries. See the complete list of title URLs at
http://admin.credoreference.com/admin.do?page=admin.titleinfo. Titles can be
added to your online subject guides, course pages (Blackboard or WebCT) or
anywhere else!

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Specialist Reference
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Credo's Specialist Reference service delivers in-depth subject-specific
expertise that enables libraries to develop reference collections for advanced
programs. Specialist Reference can be ordered individually or added to your
Ready-Reference service. Below are some key titles from our Specialist
Reference collection:

- 12 Blackwell Psychology Handbooks, including Blackwell Handbook of Childhood
Cognitive Development  (http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/327) and Blackwell
Handbook of Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
(http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/339)
- Bridgeman History of Science (http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/381)
- The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders
(http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/346)
- Who's Who 2007 (http://corp.credoreference.com/vol/444)

See a complete list at http://corp.credoreference.com/specialist

If you would like to add a Specialist Reference title to your subscription,
please contact usasales at credoreference.com (North America) or
uksales at credoreference.com (UK and Rest of World)

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Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Research Services
Sterling Memorial Library
Yale University
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203) 432-8371
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