Scarecrow Press imprint: 1180 books
by American Library Association
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
As in the second edition of Building Blocks for Planning Functional Library Space, this volume outlines the measures of space needed for the use of equipment and furniture within a library setting. It provides drawings of typical library furniture and equipment along with diagrams of the space required...
Learning Disabilities
The Ultimate Teen Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Exclusively written for teenagers and young adults dealing with a wide variety of learning disabilities_including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), dyscalculia, and dyslexia_this accessible resource offers the tools for taking a proactive role in identifying, understanding and overcoming...
by Natalia Gendina, Yuriko Nakamura
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
In recent years, interest in International Librarianship has grown rapidly and will continue to grow as globalization influences education and librarianship. In countries around the world, public and school libraries have unique roles and their staffs collaborate across types of libraries to varying...
by Alice Gertzog, Edwin P. Beckerman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Now available in paperback! The Administrative of the Public Library is a comprehensive approach to contemporary public library concerns. It combines theory and practical advice as it addresses in a simple, logical, clear, and jargon-free fashion public library policies, procedures, resources, and...
Police Mission
Challenges and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2004
What is the best management style for the police? Police Mission discusses the values and norms inherent in the American police mission, and examines how police respond to challenges that arise while attempting to uphold this mission. It reveals that the way officers are being trained in ethics and...
Examining Lois Lane
The Scoop on Superman's Sweetheart
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
In June 1938, Superman made his debut in Action Comics #1, which also featured his romantic interest—and Clark Kent’s journalistic rival—Lois Lane. In the decades since, the intrepid reporter has become an iconic figure almost as recognizable as the Man of Steel himself. Lois has appeared in...
Literature Search Strategies for Interdisciplinary Research
A Sourcebook For Scientists and Engineers
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
The amount of published literature can be overwhelming for scientists and researchers moving from a broad disciplinary research area to a more specialized one, particularly in fields that use information from more than one discipline. Without a focused inquiry, the researcher may find too little information...
Booktalking Nonfiction
200 Surefire Winners for Middle and High School Readers
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way...
by Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
The A to Z of Slovakia offers an up to date series of cross-referenced dictionary entries on Slovak political, social, and economic development since the creation of the second Slovak Republic in 1993 until its admission into the European Union in 2004. It includes all of the political actors: the...
by Frank R. Spellman, Melissa L. Stoudt
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Environmental issues, global warming, pollution, and chemical dumping, are ever present in the news. But what about the health problems these issues pose? Frank Spellman and Melissa Stoudt identify the hazardous environmental issues and explain the science behind the dangers to our health.
The...
by Anthony G. Pazzanita
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Mauritania is bordered by Senegal in the south, Mali in the east, Algeria in the far northeast, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the north. Comprised mostly of vast stretches of desert, this young country has escaped the ravages of the violent interstate and civil conflicts that have...
Library User Education
Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2002
'...Material presented here is replete with concrete new ideas not only for collaboration, but also for funding, training, personal involvement, Web-based instruction, and other concepts too numerous to mention. And the best thing about these ideas is that they are not the usual endlessly-discussed...
Teaching Information Fluency
How to Teach Students to Be Efficient, Ethical, and Critical Information Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Teaching Information Fluency describes the skills and dispositions of information fluency adept searchers. Readers will receive in-depth information on what it takes to locate, evaluate, and ethically use digital information.
The book realistically examines the abilities of Internet searchers...
Do We Still Need Peer Review?
An Argument for Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
The current peer review process is broken and unless changes are made it will soon die. In Do We Still Need Peer Review?, author Thomas H.P. Gould examines the evolution of peer review from the earliest attempts by the Church to evaluate scholarly works to the creation of academic peer review and...