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<\/a>Almanac of American Education<\/strong>
LB2846 .A45 2006
“This latest edition gives the facts, figures, and observations of the
state of education in America at the national, state, regional, and
county levels.”<\/p>\n

American Attitudes: What Americans Think about the Issues that Shape Their Lives
<\/strong>HN90 .P8 A527 2005
“The fourth edition of this unique reference book chronicles the changes
and consistencies in the attitudes of the public over the past thirty
years.”<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/a>Encyclopedia of the City
<\/strong>HT108.5 .E63 2005
“The Encyclopedia of the City is an essential resource examining the
idea of the city from an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
perspective including fields such as politics, sociology, history, urban
design, cultural studies, and psychology.”<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/a>Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
<\/strong>KF8742 .A35 O93 2005
“The indispensable reference work for anyone interested in the workings
and significance of the nation’s highest court—the cases, the issues,
the justices, the details, the broad sweep of the history of the
Supreme Court.”<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/a>Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor
<\/strong>HD8066 .U57 2005
“Thoroughly cross-referenced and illustrated, the Encyclopedia offers
almost 400 entries covering unions, union leaders, labor-related events,
important statutes and court cases, and labor terminology.”<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/a>Atlas of Poverty in America
<\/strong>HC110 .P6 G543 2006
“This reference volume, intended for students and researchers trying to
understand on of the most pressing and longstanding social problems in
America, provides a comprehensive portrait of poverty in the United
States from the beginnings of the Great Society to the present.”<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/a>Oceans
<\/strong>GC11.2 .S76 2006
“This fascinating, fully cross-referenced and indexed volume covers all
areas of oceanographic knowledge and research in hundreds of
photographs, diagrams, maps and charts.”<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/a>Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations
<\/strong>PN6081.A623 2006
“In this new revised edition, with nearly 6,000 quotations and
annotated extensively, you\u2019ll learn not just who said what, but get the full
story behind the quote.”<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/a>American Scientists
<\/strong>Q141.C214 2006
“This book offers a glimpse into the professional careers and
accomplishments of almost 300 individuals such as Paul Berg, Wernher von Braun,
Annie Jump Cannon, Linus Pauling and many equally extraordinary women
and men.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Almanac of American EducationLB2846 .A45 2006“This latest edition gives the facts, figures, and observations of thestate of education in America at the national, state, regional, andcounty levels.” American Attitudes: What Americans Think about the Issues that Shape Their LivesHN90 .P8 Continue reading New Reference Books<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,12,197,71,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}