Olympic College Libraries have just acquired a subscription to the Columbia Gazeteer of the World. This is a comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and features. The entries vary from a brief notation on a small village to an essay on a country or region and can include information on demography; physical geography; political boundaries; agriculture; cultural, historical, and archeological points of interest; transportation lines; longitude, latitude, and elevations; and official local government place-names.
Many entries will have direct relevance for OC students. One example is the entry on Botswana where the entry discusses the San people. This will be useful to OC's Anthropology students. Here are snippets of the entry on Botswana to give you an idea of the kinds of information in this Gazeteer:
"Botswana (bots−WAH−nah), republic (□ 231,804 sq mi/600,372 sq km; 2004 estimated population 1,561,973; 2007 estimated population 1,815,508), S central Africa; • Gaborone. Bordered N by Zambia at a narrow strip, N and W by Namibia, E by Zimbabwe, and E and S by South Africa. ... [more]
Geography
The terrain is mostly an arid plateau (c.3,000 ft/910 m high); in the E are hills. The Kalahari Desert lies in the S and W.
History to 1900
San (Bushmen) were the aboriginal inhabitants of what is now Botswana, but they were supplanted by the Tswana, and they constitute only a small portion of the population today. Beginning in the 1820s, the region was disrupted by the expansion of the Zulu and their offshoot, the Ndebele. ... [more]
People
The country’s people are known as Batswana, which is also the name of the largest tribe (constituting 50% of the total population); other groups living here include the Bakalanga, Bakalagari, Bayei, Basubiya, Hambukushu, Khoi, Ovaherero, San, and a small number of Europeans. ... [more]
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology
This new encylopedia is a significant addition to Olympic College Library's psychology collection. Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology is part of the Library's Net Library e-book collection. To locate this Encyclopedia, go to Net Library and in the search box type "positive psychology".
Today’s positive psychologists have not invented the study of happiness, well being, or strengths although Positive Psychology has become, in the last decade, its own empirically based field of study and provides an umbrella term that brings together isolated lines of theory and research. The coining of the term for the field of study as we know it today can be traced back to Martin E. P. Seligman’s 1998 Presidential Address to the American Psychological Association. Martin Seligman offers the Foreword to this Encyclopedia.
It can be difficult at times when one has a research topic, to recall all the reference sources that might address my topic. By listing some of the subjects included in this reference work I'm hoping it might help you (and me!) identify the Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology as a useful source in research or student assignments.
Selected topics covered in this encyclopedia include (it's a long list but it gives you an idea of the breath of coverage!):
*abnormal psychology, *aesthetic appreciation, *agreeableness, *applied positive psychology, *attachment styles/theory, *cheerfulness, *civic responsibility and virtues, *clinical psychology, *compassion, *consciousness, *constructivism, *coping, *creativity, *cultural pluralism, *curiosity, *learned helplessness model, *emotional approach coping, *emotional intelligence, *empathy, *empirically-supported (evidence-based) interventions, *endorphins, *ethnic identity, *existential psychology, *forgiveness, *entrepreneurial behavior, *gratitude, *happiness, *health psychology, *heart-brain connection, *humility, *intimacy, *joy, *labeling (positive effects), *laughter, *locus of control, *meaning, *meditation/mindfulness, *narrative identity, *neurobiology, *optimism, *organizational psychology, *perseverance, *personal responsibility, *personality, *play/pleasure, *positive ethics, *positive social media, *posttraumatic growth, *psychological adjustment, *psychopathology, *purpose in life, *quality of life, *rehabilitation psychology, *resilience, *respect, *religiousness/religiosity, *school psychology, *self-efficacy, *self-determination, *self-esteem, *serotonin, *smiles/smiling, *social support, *social welfare, *strengths perspective, *successful (positive) aging, *transformational leadership, *utilitarianism, *values, *virtue ethics, *vitality, *well-being, *wisdom.
Posted by Leslie Hassett, Adjunct Library Faculty
Today’s positive psychologists have not invented the study of happiness, well being, or strengths although Positive Psychology has become, in the last decade, its own empirically based field of study and provides an umbrella term that brings together isolated lines of theory and research. The coining of the term for the field of study as we know it today can be traced back to Martin E. P. Seligman’s 1998 Presidential Address to the American Psychological Association. Martin Seligman offers the Foreword to this Encyclopedia.
It can be difficult at times when one has a research topic, to recall all the reference sources that might address my topic. By listing some of the subjects included in this reference work I'm hoping it might help you (and me!) identify the Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology as a useful source in research or student assignments.
Selected topics covered in this encyclopedia include (it's a long list but it gives you an idea of the breath of coverage!):
*abnormal psychology, *aesthetic appreciation, *agreeableness, *applied positive psychology, *attachment styles/theory, *cheerfulness, *civic responsibility and virtues, *clinical psychology, *compassion, *consciousness, *constructivism, *coping, *creativity, *cultural pluralism, *curiosity, *learned helplessness model, *emotional approach coping, *emotional intelligence, *empathy, *empirically-supported (evidence-based) interventions, *endorphins, *ethnic identity, *existential psychology, *forgiveness, *entrepreneurial behavior, *gratitude, *happiness, *health psychology, *heart-brain connection, *humility, *intimacy, *joy, *labeling (positive effects), *laughter, *locus of control, *meaning, *meditation/mindfulness, *narrative identity, *neurobiology, *optimism, *organizational psychology, *perseverance, *personal responsibility, *personality, *play/pleasure, *positive ethics, *positive social media, *posttraumatic growth, *psychological adjustment, *psychopathology, *purpose in life, *quality of life, *rehabilitation psychology, *resilience, *respect, *religiousness/religiosity, *school psychology, *self-efficacy, *self-determination, *self-esteem, *serotonin, *smiles/smiling, *social support, *social welfare, *strengths perspective, *successful (positive) aging, *transformational leadership, *utilitarianism, *values, *virtue ethics, *vitality, *well-being, *wisdom.
Posted by Leslie Hassett, Adjunct Library Faculty
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