The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE, are now online: ** From the Center of Latin American Studies, University of Kansas: Latin American Theatre Review The Latin American Theatre Review (LATR) is published twice per year by The University of Kansas’ Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center of Latin American Studies. [...]
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May Book of the Month in Psychiatry Online
Monday, May 9th, 2011
May brings access to a free PDF version of this featured book from the APPI Bookstore: Stress-Induced and Fear Circuitry Disorders edited by Gavin Andrews, M.D., Dennis S. Charney, M.D., Paul J. Sirovatka, M.S., and Darrel A. Regier, M.D., M.P.H. As disorders in which stress or fear play major roles present an increasing need for [...]
T.C Boyle’s Latest Novel: the (charming?) Channel Islands
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
In When the Killing’s Done, author T. Coraghessan Boyle sets the action in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and most memorably, in the nearby Channel Islands of Anacapa and Santa Cruz. The main characters (the human ones) have various relationships to the islands. These include a biologist for the National Park Service, an activist on the far [...]
Project Muse adds titles: African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review and Syllecta Classica
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Two journals previously announced as joining Project MUSE are now online: ** From the Indiana University Press: African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review is an interdisciplinary forum for creative and rigorous studies of conflict and peace in Africa and for discussions between scholars, practitioners, and public intellectuals in Africa, the United States, and other parts of [...]
April Book of the Month in Psychiatry Online
Friday, April 1st, 2011
April brings access to a free PDF version of this featured book from the APPI Bookstore: Textbook of Violence Assessment and Management edited by Robert I. Simon, M.D., and Kenneth Tardiff, M.D., M.P.H. Evaluating and treating patients with violent ideations and behaviors can be frustrating, anxiety-provoking, and even dangerous, as errors in judgment can lead [...]
Grove Encyclopedia of American Art now available online
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Pepperdine University Libraries has just acquired the online edition of The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art (GEAA) deals with all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art (DOA) and [...]
Three additional titles join Project Muse
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE, are now online: ** From the Dictionary Society of North America: Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America Dictionaries: The Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on all aspects of lexicography, as well as from [...]
City of Malibu Turns 20!
Monday, March 28th, 2011
Twenty years ago today, Malibu officially became a city. The Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives hold the archives of the Malibu Times and the Malibu Surfside News, both of which covered the journey to Malibu’s cityhood and are an excellent resource for researching Malibu’s history. These newspapers are a major part of Pepperdine’s [...]
New in Project Muse
Monday, March 14th, 2011
The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE, are now online: The Journal of Burma Studies is an annual scholarly journal jointly sponsored by the Burma Studies Group of the Association for Asian Studies and the Center for Burma Studies of Northern Illinois University and published by NUS Press, National University of Singapore. The [...]
March Book of the Month from Psychiatry Online
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
March brings access to a free PDF version of this featured book from the APPI Bookstore: Resident’s Guide to Clinical Psychiatry edited by Lauren B. Marangell, M.D. The resident’s job is as challenging as it is critical to patient care, and perhaps no specialty is as daunting to the beginning clinician as psychiatry. This book [...]
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