Highlights @ Your Library - February

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From the Primaries to the Polls
March eBook of the Month

Available March 1-31 ONLY

America's presidential nominating process is inherently unfair and exclusive, yielding undue weight and privilege to the states that vote in the earliest rounds. More and more states are beating down the door to vote earlier, trying to redress the inequity on a state-by-state basis. In the ensuing free-for-all, the presidential primary schedule has become so front-loaded that the anointed "front-runner" with the biggest war chest in each of the major parties is the de facto nominee. The primaries are becoming mere noise and pageantry, as the national conventions have been for several decades.

From the Primaries to the Polls describes the problem and proposes the solution. The American Plan is designed to begin with contests in small-population states, where candidates do not need millions of dollars to compete and a wide field of presidential hopefuls can be competitive in the early going. A "minor candidate's" surprise success in early rounds, based on merit rather than money, tends to attract money from larger numbers of small contributors for the campaign to spend in later rounds of primaries. Keeping more candidates in the race longer to challenge to the "front-runners" prevents a rush to judgment and permits more voters across the country to select from a diverse field. As the campaign proceeds over ten two-week intervals of primaries and caucuses on a semi-randomized schedule, the aggregate value of contested states becomes successively larger, requiring the expenditure of larger amounts of money in order to campaign effectively. A more gradual weeding-out process occurs, allowing a clear winner to emerge only after the full spectrum of candidates has been in play nationally.

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Endorsements
Endorsement From Robert D. Loevy, Professor of Political Science, Colorado College: Thomas Gangale draws our attention to what is the greatest flaw in American democracy - the totally unfair system by which a small number of arbitrarily selected states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, dominate the presidential nominating process. His proposed solution to the problem is both innovative and practical. This book will help move the United States in the direction of reforming how we nominate our presidential candidates.

Endorsement From Prof. Larry J. Sabato Author, A More Perfect Constitution Director, Center for Politics, University of Virginia: The presidential nominating process is flat-out broken, and few dispute this. Now comes Thomas Gangale, who bravely wades in to give us a possible fix, not just another description of the problem. Whether you agree or disagree with Gangale's proposal, he will cause you to think, so that together we can reconsider and improve the system that produces our Presidents.

About the Author
Thomas Gangale is the author of the American Plan for reforming the presidential nomination process, which is gaining support within the National Association of Secretaries of State and the national and state committees of both parties and on the editorial pages of national newspapers, including The New York Times.

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About the Greenwood Publishing Group

The Greenwood Publishing Group is one of the world's leading publishers of reference titles, academic and general interest books, texts, books for librarians and other professionals, and electronic resources. With over 18,000 titles in print, GPG publishes some 1,000 books each year under imprints such as Praeger, Greenwood Press, and Libraries Unlimited. Many of these titles are recognized with annual awards from Choice, Library Journal, the American Library Association, and other scholarly and professional organizations.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide.

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Science and Technology in World History
February eBook of the Month
Available online through Smith Library February 1-29 ONLY

Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science" emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies.

McClellan and Dorn identify two great scientific traditions: the useful sciences, patronized by the state from the dawn of civilization, and scientific theorizing, initiated by the ancient Greeks. They find that scientific traditions took root in China, India, and Central and South America, as well as in a series of Near Eastern empires, during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. From this comparative perspective, the authors explore the emergence of Europe and the United States as a scientific and technological power.

The new edition reorganizes its treatment of Greek science and significantly expands its coverage of industrial civilization and contemporary science and technology with new and revised chapters devoted to applied science, the sociology and economics of science, globalization, and the technological systems that underpin everyday life.

Provided through the generous support of The Johns Hopkins University Press, Science and Technology in World History will be available to Smith Library patrons February 1-29. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About the Author
James E. McClellan III is professor of the history of science and Harold Dorn is professor emeritus of the history of science and technology at the Stevens Institute of Technology.

About The Johns Hopkins University Press
The Johns Hopkins University Press is a publishing house and division of Johns Hopkins University that engages in publishing journals and books. It was founded in 1878 and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. Its headquarters are in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide.

Capitalism as if the World Matters

October eBook of the Month

Available October 1-31

Fully revised and updated edition of Jonathon Porritt’s groundbreaking work

When first published in 2005, Capitalism as if the World Matters, by one of the leading eco-warriors of our time, shocked both a generation of environmentalists and a generation of business people by brushing aside their petty squabbles and artificial battle lines with a powerful argument—that the only way to save the world from fuel shortages, climate change and environmental catastrophe is to embrace a new type of capitalism, and to do it quickly.

In this substantially revised and updated edition with a new foreword by Amory B. Lovins, Jonathon Porritt – Prime Minister Tony Blair’s chief environmental advisor – tackles the most pressing problems of our time and extends his powerful and controversial argument by suggesting new actions in a tightly argued and highly accessible book.

New material includes in-depth coverage of the United States and the politics of climate change, the state of environmental debate and the massive upsurge in religious engagement with climate and the environment. Fresh case studies include the role of huge US corporations such as Walmart and General Electric in our sustainable capitalist future. Porritt also looks in-depth at China and the global impact this economic giant may have as it grows into the most environmentally damaging—or perhaps the first sustainable—superpower of the 21st century.

Destined to be one of the most important business, economics and politics books of the year, this is a must read for everyone from business executives to environmental activists to students to the very politicians with their hands on the levers of power.

Capitalism as if the World Matters will be available to Smith Library patrons October 1-31. No need to establish a NetLibrary account; simply visit www.netLibrary.org. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About the Author
Jonathon Porritt, is a former Director of Friends of the Earth, UK, and Founder of Forum for the Future, Britain’s leading environmental advisory group to business. Appointed by Prime Minister Tony Blair to head the UK government’s Sustainable Development Commission, he is also Co-Director of The Prince of Wales’s Business and Environment Programme as well as a Board Member of the South West Regional Development Agency.

About Earthscan
Earthscan is recognized as the most important specialist source of must-have information for all those around the world with a keen interest in a sustainable future. Through publishing books, e-books, journals and reports, Earthscan seeks to increase understanding of environmental issues and their implications at all levels, to influence opinion and policy towards sustainable forms of development and to promote the various businesses, industries and organizations that provide the infrastructure to make this happen.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide.

The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2008
September eBook of the Month

This new and updated edition is packed with fascinating facts and figures about the world we live in.

Available September 1-30

Where is economic growth fastest or inflation highest? Who consumes the most energy? What country has the most asylum seekers? Who are the heaviest drinkers and smokers? If you want to know the answers to these, and thousands of other questions, you’ll find them in the September eBook of the Month.

Completely updated, revised, refreshed and expanded for 2008, The Economist Pocket World in Figures contains rankings on more than 200 topics in subject areas as wide-ranging as geography, population, business, the economy, trade, transport, finance, industry, demographics, the environment, society, culture and crime.

The Economist Pocket World in Figures helps you discover: the highest mountain or longest river; where innovation is highest; where computer and mobile phone ownership is highest; which industrialized countries have the most asylum seekers; who spends most on health, and who the least; where emissions of carbon dioxide are highest; and much more. This annual bestseller now contains data on 183 countries and profiles of more than 65 of the world's major economies, together with special profiles on the Euro area and the World. No well-informed person can afford to be without it.

The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2008 will be available to Smith Library patrons September 1-30. No need to establish a NetLibrary account; simply visit www.netLibrary.org. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About Economist books and Profile Books
The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs and delivers information through a range of formats, from newspaper and magazines to conferences, electronic services and books. Written for people who want a clear and unbiased explanation of the language and principles of business, finance and economics Economist books are published by Profile Books, an independent publisher with titles covering a wide range of subjects including history, biography, memoir, politics, current affairs, travel and popular science.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide.

Beyond the Bubble is August eBook of the Month

Learn how to prepare—and profit—from real estate market changes

We’ve all heard the reports—the great housing boom that has fueled premium prices and sellers’ dreams is slowing down. The real estate market may experience ups and downs like any other, but it’s not likely to implode spontaneously. With proper planning and a little help from the August eBook of the Month, homeowners, investors, and other stakeholders can avoid disaster and in fact profit on their properties regardless of what the market does.

Beyond the Bubble takes a balanced look at what drives changes in real estate markets and how these changes affect property owners and investors. You will learn:

• The history, nature, and dynamics of market bubbles
• How to anticipate a coming downturn and act accordingly
• The regional nature of real estate market conditions
• Differences and similarities in residential and commercial markets
• Other profit strategies when selling is difficult or impossible
• How to analyze the market using facts, not hype

Beyond the Bubble explains and examines the real estate bubble in a context of a larger investment market and the overall economy. This is important because it helps to understand how and why bubbles emerge and, historically, what has happened to earlier bubbles. Once you study the broader markets and bubbles in this context, you will be able to develop an awareness of key market drivers affecting real estate prices, both economic and noneconomic. As a result, you will be better able to evaluate markets and predict the rise and fall of prices. Thorough and well-reasoned, Beyond the Bubble will help you maintain a strong and level foundation for your financial futures.

Provided through the generous support of the AMACOM Books, Beyond the Bubble will be available to Smith Library patrons August 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About the Author
Michael C. Thomsett (Port Townsend, WA) is the author of Getting Started in Real Estate Investing, Getting Started in Options, and The Landlord’s Financial Tool Kit. Joshua Kahr (New York, NY) owns Kahr Real Estate Services, a consulting company, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Real Estate at Columbia University.

About AMACOM Books
AMACOM Books, the book publishing division of American Management Association, publishes books on business, management, career growth, current events, science and technology, personal finance, real estate and self-help. AMACOM Books help readers enhance their personal and professional growth and reach into the future to understand emerging trends and cutting-edge thinking.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide.

The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State is July eBook of the Month

RAND study makes recommendations for a successful Palestinian State

Creating a successful Palestinian state poses a wide range of political, economic, social, and environmental challenges. In the July eBook of the Month, researchers from the RAND Corporation provide an in-depth and comprehensive nation-building plan to overcome these obstacles, as well as a design to meet the population's infrastructure needs.

Researchers estimate that the population of the West Bank and Gaza may reach 6.6 million by 2020, because of natural population growth and immigration. Thus Palestine’s infrastructure, inadequate even for current needs, will soon have to support perhaps twice as many people. Palestine’s crumbling infrastructure presents a major challenge for a new Palestinian state. Yet it also provides an opportunity to plan for sustainable development.

The proposals outlined in The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State include a landmark infrastructure corridor that runs up the spine of the West Bank and also links the West Bank and Gaza. The proposal would promote dramatic new development in Palestine and would give Palestinians new access to jobs, food, water, education, health care, housing and public services and would help improve the lives of Palestinians and begin laying the groundwork to sustain long-term development in a future state.

The corridor would support a high-speed 140-mile interurban rail line, highway, aqueduct, energy network and fiber optic cable linking Palestine's major towns and cities. This would act as a catalyst to generate housing, jobs and business development. Construction of the Arc would create an estimated 100,000 to 160,000 jobs for Palestinians over five years, on top of thousands more jobs in new businesses built along the corridor. It would also foster revitalization of historic city centers and preserve forests, nature reserves and agricultural land.

Rather than being a blueprint to be followed in every detail, The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State is designed to provide helpful ideas that Palestinians and other involved parties can study and develop further to best meet the needs of the Palestinian people.

Provided through the generous support of the RAND Corporation, The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State, is part of a multivolume study that offers the most comprehensive recommendations ever made for the success of an independent Palestinian state. Companion volumes Building a Successful Palestinian State and Building a Successful Palestinian State: Security identify policy options that Palestinians, Israelis and the international community could adopt to promote the state's success.

The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian will be available to Smith Library patrons July 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699

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Tracking Down Your Ancestors is June eBook of the Month

Insightful guide offers practical and proven strategies for bringing your family history to life

Researching genealogical history can be an absorbing hobby, or a fun project that the whole family can enjoy. Whether you’re just starting your search or filling the gaps in your family tree, June’s eBook of the Month is packed with ideas about the different aspects of genealogy and the many free or low cost resources available to help you in your quest.

Written Dr. Harry Alder, a prolific writer and long-time researcher, Tracking Down Your Ancestors offers clear, accessible and inspiring text, plus practical tips and key websites to support your research. It will help you find answers to key questions, including:

• What sort of people were your ancestors?
• What did they do?
• Where did they live?
• Is the house still standing?
• Can I walk where they walked?
• Were any of my ancestors famous?
• Are there any skeletons in my closet?

This eBook will lead you to the vast number of genealogy web sites, where family history research that used to take months can now produce exciting results in a weekend. Plus, it will guide you step by step to doing your own detective work. You’ll learn how to get started without getting stuck, how to track down vital information from record offices and parish churches, how to harness the power of email lists and newsgroups, and how to unlock the unique pleasures and challenges of documenting your family history.

Tracking Down Your Ancestors is provided through the generous support of How To Books and will be available June 1-30. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer.

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About How To Books
How To Books has more than 250 titles in print, all of which help readers achieve their dreams and their goals. There's something for everyone, at home and at work. All How To Books titles are self-help books and there's one for most of life's challenges and opportunities. Inspiring and practical, they support personal change and lifelong self-reliance.

About NetLibrary Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is May eBook of the Month

Insightful guide from the founder of the Vanguard Group offers practical and proven strategies for building wealth.

To learn how to make index investing work, there’s no better mentor than legendary mutual fund industry veteran John C. Bogle. Over the course of his long career, Bogle—founder of the Vanguard Group and creator of the world’s first index mutual fund—has relied primarily on index investing to help Vanguard’s clients build substantial wealth. And now, with The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, investors everywhere can learn his secrets.

Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing will demonstrate how to incorporate this proven investment strategy and build a winning portfolio. It will also change the very way readers think about investing. With The Little Book of Common Sense Investing as a guide, readers will discover how to make investing a winner’s game and learn:

• Why business reality—dividend yields and earnings growth—is more important than market expectations
• How to overcome the powerful impact of investment costs, taxes, and inflation
• How the magic of compounding returns is overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs
• What expert investors and brilliant academics—from Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham to Paul Samuelson and Burton Malkiel—have to say about index investing
• And much more

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing also offers warnings about investment fads and fashions, including the recent stampede into exchange traded funds and the rise of indexing gimmickry. The real formula for investment success is to own the entire market, while significantly minimizing the costs of financial intermediation. That’s what index investing is all about. And that’s what this book is all about.

Provided through the generous support of John Wiley & Sons, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing will be available to Smith Library patrons May 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

About the Author
John C. Bogle is founder of the Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of its Financial Markets Research Center. He created Vanguard in 1974 and served as chairman and chief executive officer until 1996 and senior chairman until 2000. In 1999, Fortune magazine named Mr. Bogle as one of the four "Investment Giants" of the twentieth century; in 2004, Time named him one of the world’s 100 most powerful and influential people, and Institutional Investor presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

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About John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

Award-Winning Caesar in Gaul and Rome

April eBook of the Month
Available via Smith Library April 1-30

Winner of the 2006 AAP/PSP Award for Excellence, Classics and Ancient History

Anyone who has even a passing acquaintance with Latin knows "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres" ("All Gaul is divided into three parts"), the opening line of De Bello Gallico, Julius Caesar's famous commentary on his campaigns against the Gauls. But what did Caesar intend to accomplish by writing and publishing his commentaries, how did he go about it, and what potentially unforeseen consequences did his writing have? These are the questions that award-winning author Andrew Riggsby pursues in the April eBook of the Month.

Named by the Association of American Publishers as the 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) award winner for Excellence in Classics and Ancient History, Caesar in Gaul and Rome uses contemporary literary methods to examine the historical impact that Caesar’s commentaries had on the Roman reading public. In the first part of his study, Riggsby considers how Caesar defined Roman identity and its relationship to non-Roman others. He shows how Caesar opens up a possible vision of the political future in which the distinction between Roman and non-Roman becomes less important because of their joint submission to a Caesar-like leader.

In the second part, Riggsby analyzes Caesar's political self-fashioning and the potential effects of his writing and publishing the Gallic War. He reveals how Caesar presents himself as a subtly new kind of Roman general who deserves credit not only for his own virtues, but for those of his soldiers as well. Riggsby uses case studies of key topics (spatial representation, ethnography, virtus and technology, genre, and the just war), augmented by more synthetic discussions that bring in evidence from other Roman and Greek texts, to offer a broad picture of the themes of national identity and Caesar's self-presentation.

Provided through the generous support of the University of Texas Press, Caesar in Gaul and Rome will be available to Smith Library patrons April 1-30. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer.

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About the University of Texas Press
Since 1950, The University of Texas Press has published books that make lasting contributions to international scholarship and preserve and promote the cultural heritage of Texas. Major areas of concentration are Anthropology, Old and New World Archaeology, Architecture, Art History, Botany, Classics and the Ancient World, Conservation and the Environment, Egyptology, Film and Media Studies, Geography, Landscape, Latin American and Latino Studies, Literary Modernism, Mexican American Studies, Marine Science, Middle Eastern Studies, Ornithology, Pre-Columbian Studies, Texas and Western Studies, and Women's Studies. The University of Texas Press has published more than 2,000 books over five decades. Currently a staff of 50, under the direction of Joanna Hitchcock, publishes some 110 books and 11 journals annually.

About the Author
Andrew M. Riggsby is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary (www.netlibrary.org) is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

March eBook of the Month offers an Adventure Guide to Ireland

Ireland is steeped in history, tradition and culture, making it one of the most popular vacation destinations worldwide. Its story is told in centuries-old castles, stone circles strategically placed to shine in the winter solstice moon, and, of course, in its pubs, where local residents gladly share a pint and a tale.

In the March eBook of the Month, author and Irish native Tina Neylon will open your eyes to the astonishing treasures of Ireland, showing you how to experience this ancient island as a participant, not just a spectator. You’ll join in the pub life of Dublin, meet the people through theater and music groups, visit the lake where St. Patrick first landed in 442 AD, and find some of the finest golf courses in the world.

With all the practical information you need, this guide is a comprehensive introduction to the people, the places, and the culture of Ireland. The best local outfitters are listed, along with contact numbers, addresses and recommendations.

You’ll also find background information on history, geography, climate, culture and recommendations for when to go, where to go and how to get there. This very readable guide takes a region-by-region approach, plunging into the very heart of each area and the adventures offered, giving a full range of accommodations, shopping, restaurants and entertainment for every budget.

Provided through the generous support of Hunter Publishing, Ireland Adventure Guide will be available to Smith Library patrons March 1-31.

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About Hunter Publishing
Founded by Michael Hunter in 1985, Hunter Publishing began as a publisher of guides to unusual destinations, places for which little in-depth information was available. Often they were the only resource available to travelers. Today, Hunter Publishing continues to provide readers with unusual travel books, but has also expanded its horizons and now produces a comprehensive range of travel guides to the Caribbean, the U.S., Europe, South America and the far reaches of the globe.

About the Author
Tina Neylon lives in County Cork and Ireland is her passion. As a freelance journalist, much of her work has been published in The Irish Examiner, where she has also served as the Books Editor. Her knowledge of the country is extensive and she's thrilled to write Hunter's Adventure Guide to Ireland.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

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A Companion to African-American Studies

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Smith Library’s eBook of the Month for February

In celebration of African-American History Month, Smith Library is pleased to offer A Companion to African-American Studies as the February eBook of the Month. A groundbreaking re-appraisal of the history and future of African-American studies, the Companion includes original essays by expert scholars in the field and covers each topic with authority and clarity.

Edited by Lewis Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon, A Companion to African-American Studies is a definitive intervention at a critical time in the history of race relations and in the academic field of race and ethnic studies. Bringing together a dazzling array of established and emergent voices, the Companion opens with a series of reflections from those who waged pitched battles to establish African-American studies as a bona fide academic discipline and captures the dynamic interaction of African-American studies with other fields of inquiry. Students and scholars of the field will find this to be an exciting and comprehensive overview, and an ideal resource for study and further research.

A Companion to African-American Studies is part of the highly-regarded Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies series. This series aims to provide theoretically ambitious but accessible volumes devoted to the major fields and subfields within Cultural Studies, whether as single disciplines (film studies) inspired and reconfigured by interventionist Cultural Studies approaches, or from broad interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives (gender studies, race and ethnic studies, postcolonial studies). Each volume sets out to ground and orientate the student through a broad range of specially-commissioned articles and also to provide the more experienced scholar and teacher with a convenient and comprehensive overview of the latest trends and critical directions.

Provided through the generous support of Blackwell Publishing, A Companion to African-American Studies will be available to Smith Library patrons February 1-28. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit NetLibrary and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk in person or at Extension 54699.

About the Authors
Lewis R. Gordon is the Laura Carnell University Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought and the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies at Temple University and Ongoing Visiting Professor of Government and Philosophy at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica. He is the author of several books, including Her Majesty’s Other Children (1997), which won the Gustavus Myer’s Award for Outstanding Book on Human Rights, and Existentia Africana: Understanding Africana Existential Thought (2000).

Jane Anna Gordon is a William Penn Fellow in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Why They Couldn’t Wait: A Critique of the Black‑Jewish Conflict Over Community Control in Ocean‑Hill Brownsville, 1967–1971 (2001), and co-editor, with Lewis R. Gordon, of Not Only the Master’s Tools: Theoretical Explorations in African-American Studies (2005).

About Blackwell Publishing
Blackwell Publishing is the world's leading society publisher, partnering with 665 academic, medical, and professional societies. Blackwell publishes 850 journals and, to date, has over 6,000 books in print. The company has over 1,000 staff members in offices in the US, UK, Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Singapore and Japan

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides eContent and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

January eBook of the Month
offers tried and true strategies to reduce taxes

Available online through Smith Library January 1-31

There’s no avoiding tax day, but the January eBook of the Month can help you significantly reduce your payment to the IRS. Written by attorney and tax expert Stephen Fishman, this smart little guide outlines seven simple strategies anyone can use to minimize the pain of April 15 and cut back on income tax.

Lower Taxes in 7 Easy Steps is clear, precise and straight to the point. Fishman begins with a quick overview of tax law and goes on to provide detailed, plain-English explanations on how to:

1. Maximize tax-free income
2. Take advantage of tax credits
3. Defer taxation
4. Make the most of tax deductions
5. Reduce your tax rate
6. Shift income
7. Take advantage of filing status and exemptions

There’s nothing in here about offshore bank accounts or complicated (and possibly illegal) tax shelters. Each rule is fleshed out with plenty of ideas, strategies and real-life examples. In the end, taxpayers will save time and money, and will be able to take advantage of retirement plans, home mortgages, student loans, charitable contributions, medical expenses, dependents, businesses that never get started -- and more!

Provided through the generous support of Nolo, Lower Taxes in 7 Easy Steps will be available to Smith Library patrons January 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit NetLibrary and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk in person or at Extension 54699.

About the Author
Stephen Fishman is the author of many Nolo books, most recently Tax Deductions for Professionals. Other titles include Deduct It! Lower Your Small Business Taxes, Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide and Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn—plus many other legal and business books. He received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1979. After time in government and private practice, he became a full-time legal writer in 1983.

About Nolo
Nolo is the only publisher in America with a staff of lawyers dedicated to creating books and software that guide you safely and easily past the legal tangles of life’s big events. Nolo provides reliable, understandable answers to all kinds of everyday legal questions, whether they involve personal or business matters.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides eContent and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

December eBook of the Month offers a new account of Wagner based on the acclaimed New Grove Dictionary of Opera

New Grove Guide to Wagner and his Operas
available online through Smith Library December 1-31

One of the most controversial figures in the history of ideas as well as music, Richard Wagner continues to stimulate debate whenever his works are performed. Drawing upon the scholarship of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the most comprehensive dictionary of opera in the world, the December eBook of the Month offers a concise survey and guide to Wagner and his work.

Author Barry Millington has completely updated the original pieces and contributed four new chapters on Wagner, including a summary of Wagner productions from 1876 to the present day, a suggested listening and viewing guide, complete chronology of Wagner's operas, and a glossary of terms that will delight any opera-goer. In addition, there are detailed entries on each of Wagner's operas, a main biographical section, and a group of separate articles on such topics as Leitmotif and Gesamtkunstwerk, as well as a newly revised updated article on Bayreuth.

Complete with a new preface, updated bibliography, glossary, and discography--including first release dates of each recording--The New Grove Guide to Wagner and his Operas furnishes both seasoned Wagner-lovers and neophytes with all they require for an in-depth appreciation of this unique historical figure.

Praise for The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

"A monument of enlightened scholarship." --Sunday Telegraph

"Make no mistake: This will be the definitive reference work in opera for many, many years to come." --The Chicago Tribune

"All inquiries into Opera begin there from now on." --The San Francisco Examiner Chronicle

'"...this work will significantly affect not only the way opera is enjoyed in the future, but the way it is made." --The Washington Post

Provided through the generous support of Oxford University Press, The New Grove Guide to Wagner and his Operas will be available to Smith Library patrons December 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit NetLibrary and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk in person or at Extension 54699.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides eContent and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

About New Grove Guides
Each entry in the New Grove Guides series of composers and their operas is based on articles in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Since its initial publication in 1980, the Dictionary has been widely acclaimed as an indispensable resource and a classic reference for information on the lives of individual composers, their works, their librettists and interpreters, and the places where they performed. New Grove Guides compile the meticulously researched articles into organized narratives, designed to make finding information as easy as possible without sacrificing readability.

About Oxford University Press
For over 500 years, Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of Oxford University, has demonstrated its commitment to furthering the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford University Press is the world's largest university press publishing over 4,000 new titles each year and has a presence in over fifty countries world-wide. The Press is an integral part of the University of Oxford. It is incorporated by royal charter, and governed under the University Statutes by the Delegates of the Press, who are appointed from the academic staff of the University.

About the Author
Barry Millington is Chief Music Critic for the London Evening Standard and the author/editor of seven books on Wagner, including Wagner and The Wagner Compendium.

November eBook of the Month provides readers with a front-line perspective on national security and U.S. foreign policy

From Vietnam to 9/11 available online through Smith Library November 1-30

In 1974, John P. "Jack" Murtha became the first Vietnam combat veteran elected to Congress. In the nearly three decades since then, Congressman Murtha has been intimately involved with governmental decisions about America's national security and foreign policy, adding his unique perspective to international affairs while faithfully representing Pennsylvania's twelfth district. From Vietnam to 9/11 combines personal memoir with thoughtful analysis to provide a behind-the-scenes account of the formation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy in the last quarter-century. At the same time, it tells the story of a man committed to service and community.

In addition to being the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Jack Murtha has served the President and Congress overseas as chairman of U.S. delegations monitoring elections in the Philippines, Panama, El Salvador, and Bosnia. He has also conducted on-site inspections at numerous crisis spots around the world at the request of the President and the Speaker of the House.

This combination of playing a pivotal role in defense appropriations, participating in hearings on foreign policy, and carrying out important missions overseas has given Congressman Murtha a singular outlook on issues involving national security. In almost every foreign policy crisis in the last two decades, his counsel and recommendations to the President and to Congress have proved both sound and prudent.

Avoiding dry, detached analysis, From Vietnam to 9/11 presents the revealing story of an insider's involvement with international affairs and the lessons he learned from those experiences. Jack Murtha offers refreshingly candid observations of the most important international crises in recent history. From Vietnam and Lebanon to Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq, this eBook details America's failures as well as its successes, pointing out where policymaking was misguided or ill-informed and offering perceptive analyses of resource allocation and policy direction for the coming century.

Provided through the generous support of Penn State University Press, From Vietnam to 9/11 will be available will be available to Smith Library patrons November 1-30. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit NetLibrary and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk in person or at Extension 54699.

About Penn State University Press
As the publishing arm of the Pennsylvania State University and a division of the Penn State University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, Penn State University Press is dedicated to serving the University community, the citizens of Pennsylvania, and scholars worldwide by publishing books and journals of the highest quality. The Press promotes the advance of scholarship by disseminating knowledge-new information, interpretations, methods of analysis-with an emphasis on core fields of the humanities and social sciences.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides eContent and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

October eBook of the Month

What everyone needs to know about stem cell research:

The Stem Cell Divide available online until October 31

In the October eBook of the Month, author Michael Bellomo brings context and clarity to the wide-ranging issues swirling around the Stem Cell debate.

Based on extensive research – including in-depth interviews with trailblazing researchers, visionary business executives, and committed policy activists on both sides – The Stem Cell Divide: The Facts, the Fiction, and the Fear Driving the Greatest Scientific, Political, and Religious Debate of Our Time (AMACOM; August 8, 2006) gives readers the backstory, the perspective, and the scientific truth to make their own informed arguments.

Keeping the subject accessible and compelling, The Stem Cell Divide sheds light on what we know about stem cells and what is really happening in research labs, biotech firms, and policymaking enclaves today. It begins by demystifying the stem cell’s unique qualities and the trait that makes the embryonic variety exceptionally valuable: their ability to develop into virtually any type of cell in the human body. It culminates with a view of what could happen in this century, from the potential of quick-and-easy organ replacement to the danger of extreme performance enhancement to dramatic changes in the power of countries and cultures. In between, chapters delve into pivotal events, including:

• The forces and players behind California’s passage of Proposition 71, which essentially makes conducting stem cell research a state constitutional right – with a staggering price tag of $6 billion attached.
• The rise of Woo Suk Hwang from obscure veterinarian to South Korea’s cloning king – and how stem cells wound up destroying his career and reputation.
• Insights into the recent case of the paraplegic woman who was cured by stem cells to walk again – for three weeks, before her therapy failed.
• The details on President Bush’s compromise to allow federal funds for embryonic stem cell research restricted to the 60 or so existing cell lines – and the political ramifications of his public crack-up with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
  

“Regardless of who sits in the White House handing down legislation, the genie of stem cell research has been let out of its plastic T-flask,” Bellomo observes. “Whether we agree with the result or shun it as a product of science that has spun out of control, it will happen. The only question is when?” For everyone eager to prepare for the coming revolution, THE STEM CELL DIVIDE is required reading.

Provided through the generous support of AMACOM Books (http://www.amacombooks.org), The Stem Cell Divide will be available to Smith Library patrons October 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit NetLibrary and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk in person or at Extension 54699.

About the Author
Michael Bellomo (Los Angeles, CA) works in biopharmaceuticals for Baxter Bioscience, a 4,000-person company dedicated to the creation of new medical and cellular-based technologies. He is the coauthor of Microbe: Are We Ready for the Next Plague?

About AMACOM Books
AMACOM Books, the book publishing division of American Management Association, publishes books on business, management, career growth, current events, science and technology, personal finance, real estate and self-help. AMACOM Books help readers enhance their personal and professional growth and reach into the future to understand emerging trends and cutting-edge thinking.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides eContent and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

September eBook of the Month

The History Highway




Comprehensive road map to historical resources on the web

The History Highway to be available online through September

Praise for The History Highway

"The serious scholar, the history buff, and anyone with a computer and a love of the subject should have this book."

- Library Journal

"A standard and indispensable work for anyone who works with or enjoys history....The travel kit of anyone who plans to explore the history highway."

-History Reviews Online

"The best in its class. Students through professors will find it a good starting point for their historical inquiries on the Web."

-History Computer Review

For anyone interested in history, the resources available through the Internet simply cannot be ignored. Students, teachers and researchers can now search millions of full text monographs and articles, work with previously inaccessible primary documents and explore thousands upon thousands of first rate web sites dedicated to historical topics. But with the proliferation of historical resources on the web, finding the right site can be a daunting task.

Since its original publication in 1996, The History Highway has become the one essential tool for anyone conducting web-based research. Now online at NetLibrary, the fourth edition of this best-selling reference offers live links to all of the websites covered in the eBook, making access to the most current historical information just a mouse click away.

Divided into two sections, The History Highway simplifies Internet research for everyone from novices to faculty. The first section provides a short primer for those with limited experience using the Internet, explaining how to gain access, outlining software requirements and offering helpful hints on using the Internet.

The second section, which represents the heart of the eBook, is a comprehensive listing of more than 3,000 Internet sites that have been carefully reviewed by the editors of The History Highway. Listings are divided into sections covering U.S. history, world history, and a wide range of sub fields including futurism, environmental history, immigration history, and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history. Each listing includes a full description and live link to the relevant web site.

Provided through the generous support of M.E. Sharpe, The History Highway will be available to Smith Library patrons September 1-30. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit NetLibrary and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk in person or at Extension 54699.

About M.E. Sharpe
Founded in 1958, M.E. Sharpe is a privately held publisher of books and journals in the social sciences and humanities, including titles in economics, political science, management and public administration, and history. In addition, M.E. Sharpe also publishes single and multi-volume reference works designed to meet the needs of students and researchers from high school through college under the Sharpe Reference imprint.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides eContent and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 14,000 libraries worldwide.

May eBook of the Month Outlines Strategies for Early Retirement

Work Less, Live More Available Online through Smith Library

Conventional wisdom says that unless you’re rich you should work full-time to age 65. But millions of Americans are surprisingly close to something even better than retirement—early semi-retirement. Using the secrets in the May eBook of the Month, readers will learn how to work less and start living a more fulfilling life.

A growing tribe of audacious early semi-retirees have stepped off the treadmill of full-time work. Instead, they uncover meaningful second careers and avocations, working part-time or volunteering, while restoring a healthy balance between work and life. As a result, they tend to enjoy improved health, relationships and personal growth.

Work Less, Live More:The New Way to Retire Early shows how you can join the tribe. Author Bob Clyatt draws on his own experience and that of hundreds of others, distilling their collective wisdom into four main strategies:

• Rational long-term investing, based on buy-and-hold index investing and the asset allocation research of Harry Markowitz and Merton Miller, whose work won the 1990 Nobel Prize
• A safe, lifelong withdrawal method for living off your savings
• Sensible spending
• Living outside the culture of consumption and overwork

Work Less, Live More is more than a how-to guide. With inspiring anecdotes from many early semi-retirees, it makes a case for taking on a reasonable amount of part-time work that is meaningful and fulfilling. Rather than fleeing work entirely, these escapees from the grind gravitate toward work they love.

Provided through the generous support of Nolo, Work Less, Live More:The New Way to Retire Early will be available to Smith Library patrons May 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk in person or at X54699.

About the Author

Bob Clyatt retired from full-time work at 42. He works part-time as a writer and sculptor while pursuing such interests as community service, gardening and yoga. He lives with his wife and two sons in Westchester County, New York.

About Nolo

Nolo is the nation’s leading provider of do-it-yourself legal and business solutions for consumers and small businesses. Since 1971, Nolo has offered affordable, plain-English books, forms and software on a wide range of legal issues.

About NetLibrary
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 13,000 libraries worldwide.

Need Answers to Medical Questions?
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine selected as eBook of the Month

World’s #1 Medical Textbook available online April 1-30 through Smith Library

The Harrison's name is synonymous with internal medicine, and Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine continues to be the most authoritative and #1 selling medical textbook throughout the world. Now in full color, the new 16th Edition Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine continues to define the practice of medicine and will be available online April 1-30 through Smith Library.

From its unique section on signs and symptoms through to the most comprehensive coverage of most all conditions seen by physician's, Harrison's 16th Edition features new, expanded, revised and updated material on the key topics in medical practice today. From the latest research findings to up-to-the-minute advances in diagnostic and treatment methodologies, the 16th Edition improves on a winning formula with:

• State-of-the-art coverage of over 4,700 diseases and disorders--more than any other internal medicine text -- in the areas of oncology and hematology; infectious diseases; cardiology; pulmonology; gastroenterology; clinical immunology; rheumatology; endocrinology; and neurology

• A brand new full color format -- 665 full color drawings, 175 clinical and laboratory images, and hundreds of boxes, tables, and algorithms that use color to guide clinicians and students in everyday patient care

• Thorough revision and updates of virtually all chapters

• The addition of key new chapters - including extensive new coverage of Critical Care Medicine

• 145 algorithms for making accurate clinical decisions fast at the point of care

• 1,160 easy-access tables for immediate access to vital information and formulas

• Cardinal manifestations of disease/signs and symptoms in 55 chapters

The ultimate on-the-spot resource, Harrison's 16th Edition puts authoritative, but concise guidelines on pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, and management of all internal medicine disorders at your fingertips. Students will find it to be the cornerstone of their medical education, and a resource they will rely on again and again throughout their career. Clinicians will find it to be an authoritative reflection of internal medicine as practiced today, from the world authorities in the international medical community -- and an indispensable reference for daily practice.

Provided through the generous support of McGraw-Hill Professional, Harrison's 16th Edition will be available to Smith Library patrons April 1-30. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Smith Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any Smith library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact your reference desk.

About McGraw-Hill Professional
McGraw-Hill Professional is a leading global provider of print and electronic content and services for consumers and the business, scientific, technical, and medical communities. Its offerings include consumer, business, and technical reference books and online solutions on medical and health, engineering, and scientific topics. Headquartered in New York, the company has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Camden, Maine. McGraw-Hill Professional’s many imprints and brands include: Schaum’s, International Marine, and Osborne. For more information, visit www.books.mcgraw-hill.com

McGraw-Hill Professional is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, BusinessWeek, and J.D Powers and Associates. Founded in 1888, the Corporation has more than 290 offices in 38 countries. Sales in 2005 were $6 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.

About NetLibrary
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary (www.netlibrary.org) is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 13,000 libraries worldwide.