What's New

What's New

New Databases [3/3/2023]

Through collaboration with JerseyClicks, a statewide electronic resources program offered by the New Jersey State Library, we have added and/or re-instated the following databases:

  • Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep  (The database provides tools and guidance on jobs, careers, and practice for college entrance exams and civil service job exams.)
  • Health Source: Academic/Nursing Edition (This full-text database covers nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.)
  • Health Source: Consumer Edition (This database provides information on. It provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines on topics such as medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health)
  • Legal Information Reference Center (This database contains full-text publications and legal forms, with a majority of the resources through Nolo, a well-established provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.)
  • Military & Government Collection (This database offers a collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.)
  • Newspaper Source Plus (This database includes millions of full-text newspapers articles, and more 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.)

We also added the following EBSCO databases:

  • Newswires (This database provides near real-time access to top world-wide news such as Associated Press, United Press International, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis. The index to the full text content is held for a rolling 30-day archive.)
  • OpenDissertations (This is an open-access database providing researchers with citations to graduate research across a span of time, from the early 20th century to the present, this database will continue to grow through regular updates and new partnerships with graduate degree-granting institutions.)

Recent EDI e-Books [8/18/2022]

The following EDI e-books are available to access through the Library's online catalog WorldCat Discovery 

Title Author Publisher Pub Year
A Primer on Minority Serving Institutions Andrés Castro Samayoa-Marybeth Gasman Routledge 2019
Accessibility and Diversity in the 21st Century University Gary A. Berg-Linda Venis Information Science Reference 2020
An Illustrated Guide to Managing Institutions of Higher Education : For New Leaders and New Institutions Fiona Hunter-Neil Sparnon-Ursula Bevan Hunter Brill 2021
Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies : Teaching and Assessing Writing for a Socially Just Future Asao B. Inoue Parlor Press, LLC 2015
At the Crossroads of Pedagogical Change in Higher Education : Exploring the Work of Faculty Developers Melanie N. Burdick-Heidi L. Hallman Routledge 2022
At the Intersection : Understanding and Supporting First-Generation Students Robert Longwell-Grice-Hope Longwell-Grice Stylus Publishing 2021
Becoming a Diversity Leader on Campus : Navigating Identity and Situational Pressures Eugene T. Parker III Routledge 2022
Black Faculty in the Academy : Narratives for Negotiating Identity and Achieving Career Success Fred A. Bonner II-aretha faye marbley-Frank Tuitt-Petra A. Robinson-Rosa M. Banda-Robin L. Hughes Routledge 2015
Black Women Speaking From Within : Essays and Experiences in Higher Education Hope, Kelly K. Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers 2018
Breakaway Learners : Strategies for Post-secondary Success with At-risk Students Gross, Karen Teachers College Press 2017
Breaking Down Silos for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) : Teaching and Collaboration Across Disciplines Stephanie L. Burrell Storms-Sarah K. Donovan-Theodora P. Williams Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2020
Building Behavior : The Educator′s Guide to Evidence-Based Initiatives Jessica Djabrayan Hannigan-John E. Hannigan Corwin 2020
Campus Service Workers Supporting First-Generation Students : Informal Mentorship and Culturally Relevant Support As Key to Student Retention and Success Georgina Guzmán-La’Tonya Rease Miles-Stephanie Santos Youngblood Routledge 2021
Centering Women of Color in Academic Counterspaces : A Critical Race Analysis of Teaching, Learning, and Classroom Dynamics Annemarie Vaccaro-Melissa J. Camba-Kelsay Lexington Books 2016
Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students : Qualitative and Intersectional Studies of Educational Mobility Ashley C. Rondini-Bedelia Nicola Richards-Nicolas P. Simon Lexington Books 2018
College Belonging : How First-year and First-Generation Students Navigate Campus Life Lisa M. Nunn Rutgers University Press 2021
College Student Self-Efficacy Research Studies Terence Hicks-Michael McFrazier UPA 2014
College Students' Sense of Belonging : A Key to Educational Success for All Students Terrell L. Strayhorn Routledge 2019
College Success for Students with Disabilities : A Guide to Finding and Using Resources, with Real-World Stories Irene Ingersoll McFarland 2016
Community Colleges and First-Generation Students : Academic Discourse in the Writing Classroom Jan Osborn Palgrave Macmillan 2015
Complete the Agenda in Higher Education : Challenge Beliefs About Student Success Lee Ann Nutt-Latoya Hardman Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2019
Confronting Equity and Inclusion Incidents on Campus : Lessons Learned and Emerging Practices Hannah Oliha-Donaldson Routledge 2021
Cooperative Learning for Intercultural Classrooms : Case Studies for Inclusive Pedagogy Kate Ferguson-Patrick-Wendy Jolliffe Routledge 2018
Creating Campus Cultures : Fostering Success Among Racially Diverse Student Populations Samuel D. Museus-Uma M. Jayakumar Routledge 2012
Critical Assessment and Strategies for Increased Student Retention Black, Ruth Claire Information Science Reference 2018
Critical Praxis in Student Affairs : Social Justice in Action Susan B. Marine-Chelsea Gilbert Stylus Publishing 2022
Critical Race Theory: Black Athletic Sporting Experiences in the United States Billy J. Hawkins-Akilah R. Carter-Francique-Joseph N. Cooper Palgrave Macmillan 2017
Crossing the Finish Line : How to Retain and Graduate Your Students Alan Seidman Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2018
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Tripp, L. Octavia-IGI Global.-Collier, Rhonda M.-Information Science Reference (Publisher) Information Science Reference 2020
Designing Intersectional Online Education : Critical Teaching and Learning Practices Xeturah M. Woodley-Mary F. Rice Routledge 2022
Developing an Intercultural Responsive Leadership Style for Faculty and Administrators Ashley D. Spicer-Runnels-Teresa E. Simpson Information Science Reference 2020
Diverse Administrators in Peril : The New Indentured Class in Higher Education Edna Chun-Alvin Evans Routledge 2016
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in Contemporary Higher Education Jeffries, Rhonda B.-IGI Global Information Science Reference 2019
Educational Challenges at Minority Serving Institutions Marybeth Gasman-Andrés Castro Samayoa-William Casey Boland-Paola "Lola" Esmieu Routledge 2018
Engaging the "Race Question": Accountability and Equity in U.S. Higher Education Alicia C. Dowd-Estela Mara Bensimon Teachers College Press 2015
Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education : Strategies for Teaching Rita Kumar-Brenda Refaei University of Cincinnati Press 2021
Exploring Campus Diversity : Case Studies and Exercises Sherwood Thompson-Pam Parry Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2018
Faculty of Color Navigating Higher Education Karen Harris Brown-Patricia Alvarez McHatton-Michelle Frazier Trotman Scott Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2016
First-Generation College Students : Understanding and Improving the Experience From Recruitment to Commencement Lee Ward-Michael J. Siegel-Zebulun Davenport Jossey-Bass 2012
Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM : The Role of Minority Serving Institutions Robert T. Palmer-Dina C. Maramba-Marybeth Gasman Routledge 2012
Funds of Knowledge in Higher Education : Honoring Students’ Cultural Experiences and Resources As Strengths Judy Marquez Kiyama-Cecilia Rios-Aguilar Routledge 2017
Geographies of Campus Inequality : Mapping the Diverse Experiences of First-Generation Students Janel E. Benson-Elizabeth M. Lee Oxford University Press 2020
Handbook of Research on Assessment Practices and Pedagogical Models for Immigrant Students Keengwe, Jared-IGI Global-Onchwari, Grace Information Science Reference 2019
Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equity : Critical Perspectives for Leadership Adrianna Kezar-Julie Posselt Routledge 2020
Higher Education and First-Generation Students : Cultivating Community, Voice, and Place for the New Majority R. Jehangir Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Higher Education, Pedagogy and Social Justice : Politics and Practice Kelly Freebody-Susan Goodwin-Helen Proctor Palgrave Macmillan 2019
Higher Education: Financial Concerns and Minority-Serving Institutions Wieck, Lilian SNOVA 2019
How Protective Factors Mitigate Risk and Facilitate Academic Resilience Among Poor Minority College Students Morales, Erik E. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2010
I Can Finish College : The Overcome Any Obstacle and Get Your Degree Guide Cantarella, Marcia Y. Sourcebooks 2012
Increasing Persistence : Research-based Strategies for College Student Success Wesley R. Habley-Jennifer L. Bloom-Steve Robbins Jossey-Bass 2012
International Students and Academic Libraries : Initiatives for Success Sullivan, Patrick-Jackson, Pamela A. Association of College and Research Libraries 2011
Minority Student Retention : The Best of the "Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice" Alan Seidman Routledge 2016
Multiracial Experiences in Higher Education : Contesting Knowledge, Honoring Voice, and Innovating Practice Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero-Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe Stylus Publishing 2021
Overcoming Challenges and Creating Opportunity for African American Male Students Jennifer T. Butcher-Johnny R. O'Connor Jr.-Freddie Titus Information Science Reference 2019
Profiles of Academic Library Efforts to Enhance Student Retention Holderman, Sharon-Primary Research Group Primary Research Group Inc. 2019
Promoting Equity and Justice Through Pedagogical Partnership Alise de Bie-Elizabeth Marquis-Alison Cook-Sather-Leslie Luqueño Stylus Publishing 2021
Promoting Ethnic Diversity and Multiculturalism in Higher Education Barbara Blummer-Jeffrey M. Kenton-Michael Wiatrowski Information Science Reference 2018
Pursuing Quality, Access, and Affordability : A Field Guide to Improving Higher Education Ehrmann, Stephen C. Stylus Publishing 2021
Racial Battle Fatigue in Higher Education : Exposing the Myth of Post-Racial America Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner-Katrice A. Albert-Roland W. Mitchell-Chaunda Allen Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2015
Racial Equity on College Campuses : Connecting Research and Practice Royel M. Johnson-Uju Anya-Liliana M. Garces SUNY Press 2022
Ready, Willing, and Able : A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success Mandy Savitz-Romer-Suzanne Bouffard Harvard Education Press 2012
Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts : Identity, Policies, and Campus Climate Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher-Devika Dibya Choudhuri-Jason L. Taylor Routledge 2020
Spirituality, Community, and Race Consciousness in Adult Higher Education : Breaking the Cycle of Racialization Timothy Paul Westbrook Routledge 2017
Student Engagement Techniques : A Handbook for College Faculty Elizabeth F. Barkley-Claire H. Major Jossey-Bass 2020
Survey of Best Practices in Student Retention, 2019-20 Edition Primary Research Group, Inc. Primary Research Group, Inc. 2019
The College Dropout Scandal David Kirp Oxford University Press 2019
The Empowered Professor: Breaking the Unspoken Codes of Inequity in Academia Dana Mitra Teachers College Press 2022
The State of College Access and Completion : Improving College Success for Students From Underrepresented Groups Laura W. Perna-Anthony Jones Routledge 2013
The Truly Diverse Faculty : New Dialogues in American Higher Education S. Fryberg-E. Martínez Palgrave Macmillan 2014
Untold Stories : The Latinx Leadership Experience in Higher Education Peter Rios Wipf and Stock 2021
Using ESL Students’ First Language to Promote College Success : Sneaking the Mother Tongue Through the Backdoor Andrea Parmegiani Routledge 2019
When Grit Isn't Enough : A High School Principal Examines How Poverty and Inequality Thwart the College-for-All Promise Linda F. Nathan Beacon Press 2017
Working While Black: The Untold Stories of Student Affairs Practitioners Antione D. Tomlin Information Age Publishing 2022

Announcements:

New eBooks [2019]
The following e-books are available in the Library.

The following e-books are available in eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost).

  • Research Methods in Health Promotion 2015
  • SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research 2016
  • SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods 2017
  • SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis 2014
  • SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection 2018
  • SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods 2017
  • SAGE Handbook of Social Science Methodology 2007
  • SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology 2016

The following e-books are available in eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost).

  • Mobile Learning : Perspectives on Practice and Policy 2018
  • Community College Finance : A Guide for Institutional Leaders 2015
  • Community College Leaders on Workforce Development : Opinions, Observations, and Future Directions 2017
  • Generation X Presidents Leading Community Colleges : New Challenges, New Leaders 2017
  • Inclusive Directions : The Role of the Chief Diversity Officer in Community College Leadership 2017
  • Maintaining Strategic Relevance : Career and Technical Education Program Discontinuance in Community and Technical Colleges 2015
  • Practical Leadership in Community Colleges : Navigating Today's Challenges 2016
  • Re-visioning Community Colleges : Positioning for Innovation 2013
  • Up and Running : Starting and Growing a Leadership Program at a Community College 2018
  • How to Teach Adults : Plan Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World, Expanded Edition    2014
  • Digital Technology As Affordance and Barrier in Higher Education 2017
  • Learning in Virtual Worlds : Research and Applications    2016
  • Mobile Learning : A Handbook for Developers, Educators, and Learners    2015
  • Mobile Learning and Higher Education : Challenges in Context    2018
  • SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment : SAGE Publications    2012
  • Foundations of Educational Technology : Integrative Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives    2016
  • Mobile Learning in Schools : Key Issues, Opportunities and Ideas for Practice    2018
  • Understanding Community Colleges    2018
  • Using Virtual Worlds in Educational Settings : Making Learning Real    2018
  • Academic Leadership and Governance of Higher Education : A Guide for Trustees, Leaders, and Aspiring Leaders of Two- and Four-year Institutions    2013
  • Accreditation on the Edge : Challenging Quality Assurance in Higher Education    2018
  • Community Colleges As Incubators of Innovation : Unleashing
  • Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Communities and Students    2019
  • Competing on Culture : Driving Change in Community Colleges    2018
  • Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education    2017
  • Developing Tomorrow's Leaders : Context, Challenges, and
  • Capabilities    2015
  • Facing an Exponential Future : Technology and the Community College    2018
  • Financing Community Colleges : Where We Are, Where We're Going    2016
  • Higher Education Accountability    2018
  • How to Be a Dean    2019
  • Leading Colleges and Universities : Lessons From Higher Education
  • Leaders    2018
  • Minding the Dream : The Process and Practice of the American
  • Community College    2014
  • Our Higher Calling : Rebuilding the Partnership Between America and Its Colleges and Universities    2018
  • Overcoming Educational Racism in the Community College : Creating
  • Pathways to Success for Minority and Impoverished Student Populations    2016
  • Redesigning America's Community Colleges : A Clearer Path to Student Success    2015
  • Shared Vision : Transformational Leadership in American Community Colleges    2014
  • The American Community College    2013
  • The Completion Agenda in Community Colleges : What It Is, Why It Matters, and Where It's Going    2017
  • The Completion Agenda in Community Colleges : What It Is, Why It Matters, and Where It's Going    2017
  • The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges    2017
  • Unrelenting Change, Innovation, and Risk : Forging the Next Generation of Community Colleges    2016
  • Winnebagos on Wednesdays : How Visionary Leadership Can Transform Higher Education    2018
  • Community and Public Health Education Methods    2017
  • Health Education: Creating Strategies for School & Community Health    2015

The following e-books are available in eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost).

  • Caring for Patients From Different Cultures    2015
  • Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care : Your Story/Our Story – A Case-Based Compendium    2019
  • Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements : Development, Interpretation, and Application    2015
  • Moral Distress and You : Supporting Ethical Practice and Moral Resilience in Nursing    2015
  • Genetics/genomics Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice    2016
  • Nurse's Pocket Guide : Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions, and Rationales    2019
  • Pain Management Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice    2016
  • Nightingale's Legacy : The Evolution of American Nurse Leaders  2016
  • Nursing Theories & Nursing Practice    2015
  • Transcultural Caring Dynamics in Nursing and Health Care    2016
  • Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice    2015
  • Diseases of the Human Body    2016
  • Care Coordination : A Blueprint for Action for RNs    2018
  • Essentials of Medical Genetics for Nursing and Health Professionals 2020
  • Fundamentals of Nursing Models, Theories and Practice    2014
  • Key Concepts and Issues in Nursing Ethics    2017
  • Nursing Care Plans : Guidelines for Individualizing Client Care Across the Life Span    2019
  • The Organizational Context of Nursing Practice : Concepts, Evidence, and Interventions for Improvement    2018
  • Pocket Guide to Culturally Sensitive Health Care    2011
  • Mosby's 2019 Nursing Drug Reference E-Book    2019
  • Middle Range Theory for Nursing, Fourth Edition    2018
  • Nursing : The Philosophy and Science of Caring    2008
  • Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists    2017
  • Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing, Second Edition : Enhancing Professional Quality of Life    2019
  • Delivering Culturally Competent Nursing Care, Second Edition: : Working with Diverse and Vulnerable Populations    2019
  • Introduction to Art Therapy : Faith in the Product    2008
  • The Modern History of Art Therapy in the United States    2010
  • Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion 2014
  • Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research    2009
  • Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs    2017
  • Health Behavior : Theory, Research, and Practice    2015
  • Research Methods in Health Promotion    2015
  • LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care : A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice    2017
  • Health Program Planning and Evaluation 2018

The following e-books are available in eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost).

  • FinTech Revolution : Universal Inclusion in the New Financial Ecosystem    2018
  • Financial Crisis in American Households: The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class    2017
  • The Big Four : The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly    2018
  • Foundations of Computational Finance with MATLAB    2018
  • The Traits of Today's CFO : A Handbook for Excelling in an Evolving Role    2018
  • Global Algorithmic Capital Markets : High Frequency Trading, Dark Pools, and Regulatory Challenges    2019
  • Principles of Sustainable Finance    2019
  • The Myth of Capitalism : Monopolies and the Death of Competition 2019
  • Performing Arts Center Management    2017
  • Accounting, Business, and Finance    2010
  • Financial Market Bubbles and Crashes, Second Edition : Features, Causes, and Effects    2018
  • The Case Against 2 Per Cent Inflation : From Negative Interest Rates to a 21st Century Gold Standard    2018
  • Rethinking America's Highways : A 21st-Century Vision for Better Infrastructure    2018
  • Voices of Innovation : Fulfilling the Promise of Information Technology in Healthcare    2019
  • Universities in the Marketplace : The Commercialization of Higher Education    2005
  • The Gift of Global Talent : How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society    2019
  • Ethics, the Heart of Leadership, 3rd Edition    2014
  • Exceptional Leadership by Design : How Design in Great Organizations Produces Great Leadership    2018
  • Leading Matters : Lessons From My Journey    2018
  • Down the Rabbit Hole of Leadership : Leadership Pathology in Everyday Life    2019
  • Leading With Emotional Courage : How to Have Hard Conversations, Create Accountability, And Inspire Action On Your Most Important Work    2018
  • What the Digital Future Holds : 20 Groundbreaking Essays on How Technology Is Reshaping the Practice of Management    2018
  • Organizational Transformation : How to Achieve It, One Person at a Time    2018
  • Leadership Hacks : Clever Shortcuts to Boost Your Impact and Results    2018
  • Success Through Diversity : Why the Most Inclusive Companies Will Win    2018
  • Lab Rats : How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us    2018

The following e-books are available in eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost).

  • A Companion to African History    2018
  • The Factory: A Social History of Work and Technology    2019
  • Supermarket USA : Food and Power in the Cold War Farms Race    2018
  • Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People : History and Memory    2015
  • Workers on Arrival : Black Labor in the Making of America    2019

The following e-books are available in eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost).

  • Taxing Wars : The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy  2018
  • Necessary Evil : How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights  2018
  • Never Justice, Never Peace : Mother Jones and the Miner Rebellion at Paint and Cabin Creeks  2018
  • The Minimum Wage: A Reference Handbook : A Reference Handbook  2016
  • Are Chief Executives Overpaid? 2018
  • What's Wrong with Protectionism : Answering Common Objections to Free Trade  2018
  • Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment  2008
  • Trust and Distrust in Sino-American Relations : Challenge and Opportunity    2017

The following e-books are available in eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost).

  • Biography
    • Popovers and Candlelight : Patricia Murphy and the Rise and Fall of a Restaurant Empire    2018
  • Data and Computer Science
    • Twitterbots : Making Machines That Make Meaning    2018
    • Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain : Understanding Blockchain and Bitcoin Architecture to Build
    • Decentralized Applications    2018
    • Analytics and Big Data for Accountants    2018
    • Blockchain For Dummies    2019
  • Library and Information Science
    • Promoting Individual and Community Health at the Library    2018
  • Philosophy
    • The Radical Fool of Capitalism : On Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon, and the Auto-Icon    2018
  • Psychology
    • Going Broke : Why Americans (Still) Can't Hold On To Their Money    2019
  • Science
    • Beyond Oil and Gas : The Methanol Economy    2018
  • Social Science
    • The Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America    2014
    • The Tyranny of the Meritocracy : Democratizing Higher Education in America    2015
    • Stories of Capitalism : Inside the Role of Financial Analysts    2018
    • Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains    2019
    • The Smartphone Paradox : Our Ruinous Dependency in the Device Age    2018
    • The Globalization Backlash    2018

 

The following new reference titles are available in Gale eBooks  [3/27/2019]

  • Celebrating Life Customs around the World : From Baby Showers to Funerals 3v 2017
  • Education Today : Issues, Policies & Practices 3v 2018
  • Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries 7th ed. 2017
  • Encyclopedia of Management 8th ed. 2v 2019
  • The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health 4th ed. 7v 2018
  • Issues in U.S. Immigration 2v 2015
  • The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology 2v 2015
  • The SAGE Handbook of Small Business and Entrepreneurship 2018
  • Women in American History : A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection 4v 2017
  • World of Forensic Science 2nd ed. 2v 2016

New Books and Videos

The following new acquisitions lists are updated monthly on the first day of each month.

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New Databases