Databases & E-Reference Materials

A major reference source used by those involved in chemistry, physics, and engineering. This resource offers data on physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties.

Provides thorough coverage of films and filmmakers, including legendary films, actors and actresses, directors, writers and other production artists. Entries include a detailed essay written by an expert; biographies; filmographies; comprehensive credits; major awards; and updated bibliographies, as well as photographs.

This reference work spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas.

With nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, this encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.

Addresses issues, theories, and concepts that have substantively contributed to the development of intercultural communication theory and research. This encyclopedia features the perspective of cross-cultural psychology, cultural anthropology, and social psychology.

The International Journal of Music (IJM) is an online archive specializing in Music Performance. The IJM provides access to thousands of pieces‚ including articles, interviews, videos, and lessons from 16 digital magazines, and classified into 96 categories.

The IMB allows researchers to identify current scholarship in medieval studies published throughout Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region. This resource contains citations to journal articles, books, conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften, and exhibition catalogues. Indexing is included for publications from 1967 to present covering medieval history from 400-1500.

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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography and structural science. Relevant to all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials, from physics and materials science to chemistry, biology and biochemistry. Emphasis is placed on symmetry, diffraction methods and techniques of crystal-structure determination, and the physical and chemical properties of crystals. The data are accompanied by discussions of theory, practical explanations, and examples.

The International Textbook of Obesity offers definitive coverage of the subject, looking at epidemiology, causes, current research, and management. Useful for a wide range of academic and professional health care workers, including obesity research specialists, diebetologists, nutritionists, practicing physicians, and endocrinologists.

Investment Arbitration Reporter is a news and analysis database focused on international arbitration between foreign investors and sovereign governments, including those arising out of oil and gas projects. IA Reporter contains primary source documents (arbitral awards, decisions and orders), news and analysis of legal developments in this field, and a proprietary dataset (the "Case Profiles" feature) with information on all known cases relating to international investment law.