Psychology Basics Revised Edition, a new two volume set in our Reference Collection, contains 127 essays on important theories and issues in the dynamic field of psychology. Additions to the revised edition include photographs and medical drawings, helpful lists of diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV-TR, and two appendices: a Biographical List of Psychologists with brief profiles of major figures in the field, both past and present, and an annotated Web Site Directory for support groups, organization's, and on-line sources of information on this field. Topics include aging, cognition, depression, intelligence, memory, motivation, personality and psychotherapy.

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Produced by Behavioral Measurement Database Services, is a comprehensive bibliographic database providing information about behavioral measurement instruments. Information in the database is abstracted into hundreds of leading journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences. Additionally, instruments from Industrial/Organizational Behavior and Education are included. Records contained in HaPI provide information on questionnaires, interview schedules, vignettes/scenarios, coding schemes, rating and other scales, checklists, indexes, tests, projective techniques and more.

Today's Military Wife: Meeting the Challenges of Service Life by Lydia Sloan Cline provides up-to-date information essential for making the most of service life-marrying a service member means marrying into the military family and its way of life. Spouses of both active-duty and Reserve personnel will find information on: health care, socials and protocols, housing, financial affairs, moving orders overseas, separations, and leaving the service.

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How to Conduct Survey Research: A Guide for Schools by Alicia Williams and Nancy Protheroe takes the mystery out of the survey process by providing readable, practical information that will help school leaders plan and conduct surveys that yield usable data-and communicate the data in a way that will truly benefit the district decision-making process.

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Business as Mission: From Impoverished to Empowered edited by Tom Steffen and Mike Barnett is a collection of essays providing an overview of the concept of business as mission (BAM) which originated from a 2005 meeting of the Evangelical Missiology Society. "Because the Holy Spirit continues to stir the hearts of numerous business persons to become involved in missions. Not just to write checks for missionaries and mission endeavors,..but to personally participate in global missions through starting businesses at home and abroad."

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Judith and Richard Wilde's book entitled Visual Literacy illustrates how "visual communication runs throughout our daily lives, whether it's as simple as a traffic light or as complex as sign language...[The Wildes] propose that the repertoire of principles and techniques needed for effective visual communication cannot simply be taught, but must be developed, through hands-on experience with broad-ranging visual problems. Visual Literacy documents this learning process by presenting 19 challenging visual assignments and more than 1,000 pieces of solution art executed by the Wildes students."

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Anatomy of a Park: Essentials of Recreation Area Planning and Design by Bernie Dahl and Donald J. Molnar enables the reader to experience the aesthetic and functional aspects of park design through the eyes of the people fr whom parks are planned, designed and build...The third edition includes a detailed treatment of creative funding solutions, including the ins and outs of grant writing and application. The authors engage the reader in thought-provoking discussions about multiple-use concepts, nature preservation and energy conservation, the increasing importance of cost-conscious budgeting, the value of good design and durable construction, and the latest in computer-assisted park design and maintenance."
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David Adams' second edition work entitled A Handbook of Diction for Singers "is a

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The 'Woman Question and Higher Education: Perspectives on Gender and Knowledge Production in America edited by Ann Mari May "addresses one of the most compelling topics of our time and speaks to our need to understand the long struggle of women to gain an authoritative voice in higher education and the factors that underlie that struggle. It is a uniquely interdisciplinary study that offers a provocative, contemporary look at the 'Woman Question' in relation to higher education at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Leading feminist scholars from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines ... evaluate the role of biology, discrimination, and choice in rationalizing women's exclusion from fully participating in the process of knowledge production, as well as examining institutional impediments."

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Kids Rule! Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship by Sarah Banet-Weiser "examines


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Keith Augustus Burton's book entitled The Blessing of Africa "traces the story of biblical Africa and the place of the Bible in the land of Ham. Beginning in the Old Testament, he explores the geography of biblical Africa...chronicles the African presence in the church from the New Testament onward...coming to the modern era, he examines the achievements of African Christianity and visionary efforts to adapt and reclaim Christianity for the African context."

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The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: how to recognize the subtle signs and act before it's too late by Leigh Branham "is about the hidden, elusive motivations that cause capable employees to start questioning their decision to join your company, start thinking of leaving, eventually disengage, and finally, leave. The . root causes of voluntary employee turnover are hiding in plain sight...This book is ultimately more about solutions than it is about the reasons employees disengage and leave." Branham provides 54 practices for engaging workers and bonding them to your organization.
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Ndaelyo Uko's book entitled Story Building: narrative techniques for news and feature writers "demystifies the narrative style of writing by playfully undoing the knots of journalistic storytelling. It proivdes personalized guidance and practical advice on how to muster the passion and skills to gather compelling details needed to tell an engaging journalistic story on deadline. To write like a pro, you must think and report like a pro. More about this book




Family Abuse and Violence presents a new perspective for studying inter-and intragenerational forms of family abuse and violence. The authors [JoAnn Miller and Dean D. Knudsen] provide a framework for intergenerational existing theories and interpreting empirical data, in order to study socially deviant or criminal problems that occur within families. - from the back cover



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Martha VanCise offers practical guidelines for mission team volunteers as they prepare in advance trips. Her book, Successful Mission Teams: a guide to volunteers, is considered the definitive guide for a 'safe and hassle-free mission trip'. Tips include spiritual preparation, what to wear and how to pack, healthy food choices, relating to missionaries and local people as well as dealing with reverse culture shock when you return from your trip.

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New York Times #1 Bestseller, Quiet Strength: principles, practices, and priorities of a winning life by Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy 'reveals the secrets to his success - principles, practices and priorities that have kept him on track despite overwhleming obstacles, including firings, stereotypings, and the tragic loss of a child. His thoughts on leading, succeeding, and attaining true significance will inspire you to take a long, hard look at the things that really matter in your own life.'

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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions edited by Larry A. Nichols, George A. Mather and Alvin J. Schmidt.

Revised, updated and expanded this one volume reference work provides reliable information on the history and beliefs of nearly every form of religion active today.The authors evaluate the beliefs and practices of each group from the perspective of the Bible and the historic creeds of the Christian church. You'll find histories, numerous illustrations, current statistics, websites, bibliographies, and other useful information.

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Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence edited by Nicky Ali Jackson.

from Books in Print: "The coverage of the Encyclopedia is broad and diverse, encompassing the entire life span from infancy to old age. The entries include the traditional research areas, such as battered women, child abuse and dating violence. However, this Encyclopedia is unique in that it includes many under-studied areas of domestic violence, such as ritual abuse-torture within families, domestic violence against women with disabilities, pseudo-family violence and domestic violence within military families. It is also unique in that it examines cross-cultural perspectives of domestic violence. "

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The Möbius strip : Dr. August Möbius's marvelous band in mathematics, games, literature, art, technology, and cosmology by Clifford Pickover is an "infinite fountain of strange and wondrous forms that can help explain how mathematics has permeated every field of scientific endeavor. Mathematics can help explain the colors of a sunset or the architecture of our brains, how to build supersonic aircraft and roller coasters, and depict faraway galaxies. Following the tortuous path of the Möbius strip, we learn how mathematics has changed the way we understand the cosmos.

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Why Should I Believe You? Rediscovering Clergy Credibility by

Thomas Brady"locates the real reasons for the crisis in clergy

credibility and suggests ways that congregational leaders can

become people who matter to a culture that desperately needs

Jesus, but doubts it needs the church. "

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Announcing new database collections!

Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
1941 - current full text coverage of about
35 Sage journal publications including the following titles:

The Counseling Psychologist; Criminal Justice and Behavior ; Educational and Psychological Measurement ; Environment and Behavior; The Family Journal; Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Journal of Black Psychology; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Psychology of Music; Research on Aging; School Psychology International

Custom Newspapers

This collection, part of Gale InfoTrac, allows you to search a collection of more than 650 newspapers, both national and international, with 42,791,472 articles updated as recently as June 19, 2008. Newspapers in this collection reflect regional and local newspapers.

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Principles of Convergent Journalism by Jeffrey Wilkinson, August E. Grant and Douglas J. Fisher. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

From the back cover "From PDAs to cell phones to computer screens, journalism is no longer confined to the printed page; now journalists must learn to move confidently across a variety of media platforms."

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Gotcha for Guys! Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited About Reading by Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia Agness Kochel. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.

From the back cover "Research indicates boys are interested in reading nonfiction materials ... Gotcha for Guys! deals specifically with books to pique the interest of middle grade boys... chapters with titles like "Creepy-Crawly Creatures" and "Disasters and Unsolved Mysteries"

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Winning without Greed: a Servant Led Success Story by Irv Burling

From the back cover, "This book shows that you don't need greed to succeed. Irv Burling provided direction to a company in crisis and turned it around through servant leadership. Burling served as CEO of CUNA Mutual Life, a leading insurance company, where he proved that when leaders put others first, everyone wins!"

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...Isms: Understanding Religion by Theodore Gabriel and Ronald Geaves

From the jacket flap, "Following the very successful ...Isms: Understanding Art and Isms: Understanding Architectural Styles comes this handy visual guide that offers synopses of the religions of the world and highlights their artistic and architectural manifestations. In any culture, religion has always inspired art, architecture, and design. Each religion featured is illustrated by the outstanding aesthetic achievements for which it is known."

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