Library Resources starting with: W
- Washington Post (Washington, DC) (Newspaper)
- National newspaper (1997 to present)
- Water: No Longer Taken for Granted 2005 (Reference Book Online)
- The Information Plus Reference Series compiles all the pertinent data, both current and historical, on a wide variety of contemporary social issues. Designed as ready-reference tools providing key data on social concerns, these books save researchers and students from the cumbersome task of locating the various data in pamphlets, legal journals, congressional reports, newspapers and other sources.
- Weight in America: Obesity, Eating Disorders, and Other Health Risks (2009) (Reference Book Online)
- Provides information from academic and governmental sources on every aspect of overweight, obesity, and eating disorders, including their prevalence in the United States, their consequences, public opinion about them, and methods of combating them.
- West's encyclopedia of American law (Reference Book in Print)
- Contains a comprehensive overview of American law, covering historical and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and significant persons. Call Number: KF154.W47 2005
- West's Encyclopedia of American Law, 2nd ed. (Reference Book Online)
- Provides current information on more than 5,000 legal topics. Includes completely revised articles covering important issues, biographies, definitions of legal terms and more. Covers such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, and physician-assisted suicide.
- WISERTrade (Specialized Database)
- (World Institute for Strategic Economic Research)
The leading online international trade statistics database in the U.S. The following are some of the series provided: US State Exports by HS, NAICS, SIC, Port; US Customs District Exports Imports by HS; US Exports and Imports by Port by SITC; Japanese Exports and Imports by HS.
- Women in American Society (2008) (Reference Book Online)
- Explores the lives of women in American society. Includes information on women's demographic trends, educational achievements, employment, financial status, parental responsibilities, political roles, victimization, and health issues.
- World Almanac and Book of Facts (Reference Book Online)
- The on-line version of the standard World Almanac & Book of Facts offers expanded content, full text searching, color photos, and links to thousands of websites. Monthly updating keeps information timely.
- World Almanac Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia)
- Contains complete full text of the more than 22,000 articles in Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.
- World Atlas (General Database)
- This database provides a variety of political, outline, elevation, locator, and comparative statistical maps. It also includes several features: Country and State Profiles (maps, facts & figures, climate, culture, etc. of each area), a Comparison Tool (that compares and ranks countries, U.S. states, and Canadian provinces and territories using selected statistics), and an "In the News" section (updated news articles organized by country).
- World News Digest (General Database)
- Brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from Facts On File World News Digest.
- World of Earth Science (Reference Book Online)
- This title in Thomson Gale's "World of" Series is a comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers, and issues relating to topics in earth science. Its encyclopedic approach offers approximately 650 entries in a convenient A-Z format, cross-reference headings, and is written in easy to understand language.
- World Poverty (2009) (Reference Book Online)
- Examines the forms that poverty takes around the world, its many causes, the serious negative consequences that it has for individuals and societies, and the effort to eliminate it.
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