Wiley-Blackwell is a market-leading presence in the social sciences and humanities, publishing
books and journals in most of the major subject areas, spanning the entire spectrum of subdisciplines.
We publish around 450 journals, edited and written by some of the most highly-regarded
academics in the world. We work in partnership with more than 220 learned societies and top
organizations such as the American Finance Association, The Econometric Society, the
American Psychological Association, Morgan Stanley and UNESCO. Many of these
distinguished journals are at the forefront of their fields - 45% are listed in SSCI and 56 are
ranked in the top quarter of their category by impact factor. Wiley-Blackwell journals top the
rankings in seven categories including finance and industrial relations, with six in the top ten
in public administration, two out of the top three in political science and four in the top ten in
anthropology.
In addition to our journal list, Wiley-Blackwell publishes a truly outstanding and wide-ranging
collection of books and online resources in the Social Sciences and Humanities, including:
- Modern classics and books for the field, such as Wittgenstein’s Philosophical
Investigations
- Ambitious reference works, including the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Sociology,
Blackwell Companion to Syntax, and Blackwell Reference Online
- Major new textbooks, such as Landy’s Work in the 21st Century, McGrath’s Christian
Theology, and Benshoff’s America on Film
- Large-scale readers and anthologies, including Harrison and Wood’s Art in Theory
1900-2000, Lechner’s Globalization Reader, and Wu’s Romanticism
Our list includes many other distinctive and useful books for students and general readers.
Recent publications include Baggini’s The Philosopher’s Toolkit, Eagleton’s How to Read a
Poem, and Samuelson’s Inside the Economist’s Mind.
In this issue of Library News you’ll find details of the latest Blackwell Synergy release features,
new podcasts and blogs available from the Compass journals and a sneaky peek at the
forthcoming International Encyclopedia of Communication, published in conjunction with the
International Communication Association (ICA), as well all of the usual features.
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A Labor of Love? Editing a Major Reference Work
George Ritzer
Editor, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology and BEOS Online.
George Ritzer, describes the Herculean task of editing the recently published 11 volume Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology and tells us why the sociology community needs such a resource:
For several decades, I have been editing various types of books (as well as a journal), a diversion from the far more arduous task of writing books. I assumed, when I took it on, that editing The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology would not be much different from previously edited anthologies, companions and handbooks. I was also buoyed by the fact that I edited a much less ambitious Encyclopedia of Social Theory (only two volumes) in 2005 and that task had not proven much more difficult than previous editing experiences. How wrong I was.
Dealing with close to 1800 entries, and only a slightly smaller number of authors, to say nothing of 33 Advisory Editors, made for a very different, and infinitely more complex, task than I had ever experienced or even imagined. Instead of a set of tasks I could handle during breaks from writing and teaching, it came to take over my work-life, and even my personal-life, for nearly two years. I always had what appeared to be mountains, of drafts of entries to read (or reread).
There was a clear need for a new encyclopedia of sociology. The previous one had been done in the early 1990s and had undergone a minor revision in 2000. It was not only comparatively brief (5 volumes), but also was, in the main, a reflection of a sociology of an earlier era. What was needed was a more contemporary encyclopedia that reflected late 20th and early 21st century sociology. Also needed was a much longer encyclopedia that dealt with the discipline in much greater breadth (over 30 different areas are covered in the Blackwell Encyclopedia) and depth (in many cases, at least fifty entries were written covering major topics in each of those areas; in one case there were nearly 100 entries for a single area). This breadth and depth makes The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology a near-exhaustive overview of the state-of-the-art in sociology.
A great emphasis was placed on being absolutely up-to-date by choosing the latest topics in the field and having them written by authors intimately associated with them. However, classical ideas, theories and methods, were certainly not ignored. Sociology has not outgrown its classical roots and it continues to draw sustenance from them. The classical entries are not “museum” pieces, but rather living topics of concern and interest that continue to inform sociology today.
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology is now a physical reality and, on the surface, it would seem that work on it, especially my work, is complete. However, that is far from the case as it lives on in BEOS Online. We are already well into the process of creating lists of new entries and lining up authors to write them. Why new entries? After all, the bound version of the Encyclopedia was published only a few months ago.
For one thing, even the nearly 1800 entries, 10 volumes (plus an 11th devoted to the index), 6000 pages, and 3.5 million words does not come anywhere close to exhausting what could be written about sociology and included in the Encyclopedia. For another, sociology continues to develop and expand with the emergence of new concepts, ideas, theories, methods and the like, and they need to be added to the resource. Then there is the fact that areas already covered by entries continue to develop and those entries need to be revised and updated to reflect changes. Finally, we made a decision to include entries in the encyclopedia only on deceased sociologists (based on the belief that in at least some cases the passage of time was needed in order to decide whether inclusion was warranted). One result of that decision is that as time passes, and with life being as it is, new possibilities for entries are presenting themselves on a regular basis. For example, since the completion of the bound version of the encyclopedia, such notables as Jacques Derrida, John Kenneth Galbraith, Betty Friedan and Jean Baudrillard have died. The result is that entries on them will be added in regular updates to BEOS Online.
There is, of course, already a great deal of information available such as a wikipedia on many of the topics covered in the Encyclopedia. Why, then, should one consult BEOS Online rather than other sources? For one thing, all entries are vetted by the Editor and in the case of the original entries in the bound volume, by an Advisory Editor, as well. Thus, one who consults BEOS Online can have greater assurance of the quality of the material found there, as well as of its veracity. For another, each entry is part of a broader and more systematic treatment of sociology than is available anywhere else. Thus, it is the totality of what is available, as well as the interrelationship among all the entries (as made clear by systematic cross-referencing), that differentiates the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology and BEOS Online from every other alternative on, or off, the Internet.
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology online is available either by annual subscription or as a one-time purchase with an annual fee covering hosting and updates.
For more information contact your Blackwell Publishing representative or visit: www.blackwellreference.com
Click here to request a 60 day Trial to The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online
Blackwell Synergy Release Update
Last month we've added some new features that we hope you find useful when using Blackwell Syngergy.
CAS (ChemPort) reference links – Links to Chemical Abstracts Services (Chemport) will now be included in reference lists of selected journals.
Related Articles – A Related Articles link has been introduced for STM journals. Related articles are generated by an algorithm that determines the relatedness of terminology across content. We will be extending this feature to all journals later in the year.
Recommended Articles – Blackwell Synergy will now use “collaborative filtering” to generate article recommendations based on user behaviour. These “user-generated” recommendations are in two forms:
- “Users who read this article also read articles x and y”These recommendations will appear on abstract/full text pages.
- Personalized recommendations based on an individual’s and similar individuals’ usage history. Users must be registered and logged on to Synergy and the recommendations will appear in their My Synergy section.
Editor Commentaries – We have created a facility for journal editors to add commentaries to articles of particular interest. Commentaries will highlight the important points of articles and/or provide context for an article, thereby adding value to the online version. This feature is in pilot with a small number of journals. These commentaries will be separate entities linked to from the table of contents and abstract/full text.
COUNTER Journal Report 1a – This report provides data of archive (legacy) usage. The report is identical in format to Journal Report 1, but only usage of legacy issues is reported (whereas JR1 reports on current and legacy usage). Legacy issues are all issues published before 1997.
Shibboleth – Blackwell Synergy is now compliant with the Shibboleth protocol. Shibboleth is a single sign-on authentication system that allows users to login to Synergy with their institution’s credentials, and allows institutions to centralize their federated authentication program. Implementation is dependent on institution participation.
Blackwell Compass Journals Now Offer Even More…
The Blackwell Compass series of online reviews journals in the humanities and social sciences now include teaching guides, podcasts and blogs.
Teaching and Learning Guides
Offering a range of ideas to help teaching faculty inspire their students, including focus questions, suggested reading, useful links and sample syllabi. Visit www.history-compass.com and www.literature–compass.com for examples.
History Compass Podcast Series
Professor Felice Lifshitz and Dr Andrew Gillett discuss one of the most popular recent articles 'Ethnogenesis: A Contested Model of Early Medieval Europe'. Listen here to the first History Compass podcast
Literature Compass Blog
Offers a lively and informative venue for academics in literary studies to survey recent trends in criticism and research, discuss issues raised by Compass articles, explore upcoming research projects, review recent publications and conferences, share teaching ideas, and highlight online resources. Begin browsing the Literature Compass Blog
Introducing three new Compass journals…
Following the success of History, Literature and Philosophy Compass, a new humanities journal, Religion Compass, was launched in January this year.
The series is also expanding into the social sciences: Geography Compass was launched at the 2007 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in April, and Language and Linguistics Compass is set to launch in the summer. These will be joined Sociology Compass and Social and Personality Psychology Compass in 2008.
Religion Compass and Geography Compass are available free to all major institutions until September 2007. To access all content in the journals, visit www.religion-compass.com or www.geography-compass.com
Provide these great resources for your social sciences and humanities faculty just as the Universities of Oxford, Yale, Sydney have among others!
Subscriptions include access to archive content as well as articles published in the current year. Special rates for purchase of three or more Compass journals are available. Please contact libraryinfo@blackwellpublishing.com for more information.
Why not see for yourself!
Click here to arrange a free 2 month institutional trial to any Compass journal. www.blackwell-compass.com
Blackwell Reference Online:
Release of New Titles
We are pleased to announce that June will see the addition of the
following new Blackwell titles into this reference resource:
- A Companion to Shakespeare's Sonnets,
edited by Michael Schoenfeldt
- Companion to William Faulkner,
edited by Richard Moreland
- Blackwell Companion to Consciousness,
edited by Max Velmans and Susan Schneider
- Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text,
edited by Andrew Murphy
- Blackwell Companion to Catholicism,
edited by James J. Buckley, Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt and Trent Pomplun
- A Companion to Hume,
edited by Elizabeth S. Radcliffe
- Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring,
edited by Tammy D. Allen and Lillian Eby
- Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity,
edited by Ken Parry
- Companion to the History of the Book,
edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose
We plan to add a further 25 new titles to Blackwell Reference Online before the end of 2007 from a range of subject areas, including literature, philosophy, religion, linguistics, sociology, history and cultural studies.
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Blackwell Reference Online
With almost 300 volumes and 10,000 chapters including Blackwell’s award winning Companions and Handbooks series and the entire 12-volume Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management it is one of the largest academic reference collections of its kind available online.
Libraries can license access to the complete collection or to one or more of the following subject collections:
- Business and Economics
- Philosophy and Religion
- Literature and Cultural Studies
- Language and Linguistics
- Sociology and Psychology
- History
Blackwell Reference Online is available to institutions as a one-time purchase for perpetual access to the whole collection or individual subject collections. New titles and editions published during the course of 2007 are included in Blackwell Reference Online at no extra charge and new volumes published in subsequent years can be added to the service for an additional fee.
Other Universities that have purchased Blackwell Books Online include:
Manchester University, UK
Cardiff University, UK
Harvard University, USA
Yale University, USA
Duke University, USA
University of Toronto, Canada
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
University of Western Sydney, Australia
University of Western Australia
Monash University, Australia
For more information please visit: www.blackwellreference.com
Announcing New Major Reference Work in Communication Studies
The International Encyclopedia of Communication
Edited by Wolfgang Donsbach
This ground-breaking 12-volume reference work will be jointly published with the International Communication Association (ICA), the leading academic association of the discipline in the world. It will bring together over 1,400 newly-commissioned A-Z entries, divided into 29 editorial areas, each of which is headed by a leading expert in their respective field.
The encyclopedia will simultaneously publish in print and online in March 2008, with regular updates to online content.
Pre-publication offer!
Receive your copy for the discounted price of £1,100 (usually £1,500) for all orders placed before 31st March 2008.
Publication date: March 2008
6,144 pages; 200 illustrations; 12-volume set 978-1-4051-3199-5 hardcover
To take advantage of pre-publication discounts – including free online access to end of 2008 for purchasers of the print set – email us at:
libraryinfo@blackwellpublishing.com
Visit: www.communicationencyclopedia.com for further details
New! Foreign Language Abstracts from the International Communication Association Journals
All four International Communication Association (ICA) journals including; Communication Theory; Human Communication Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication; Journal of Communication (JCOM are now publishing article abstracts languages, improving international communications.
Languages available are:
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Chinese
- Korean
Backfiles Available from the Social Sciences and Humanities
We are pleased to report that there are now 395 journals in our backfiles digitization program and available to order now.
For the list of titles and pricing information, please go to:
www.blackwellpublishing.com/backfiles
We plan to make the complete backfiles of up to 500 scholarly journals available online by the end of 2008.
The program will cover all disciplines and is expected to comprise 6.5 million pages in total. It encompasses all issues of each journal from Volume 1, Issue 1 to December 1996.
Reduced rates are offered on all large orders or consortia purchases.
There is an updated backfiles title list on the website
www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/Digitized_Backfiles.xls
Titles which were finalized and went live on Blackwell Synergy last
month include:
- Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
- Child & Family Social Work
- Computational Intelligence
- Educational Theory
- Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
- Gender & History
- Geophysical Journal International
- Histopathology
- International Journal of Applied Linguistics
- International Journal of Selection and Assessment
- International Journal of Social Welfare
- Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting
- Milton Quarterly
- Muslim World, The
- Pacific Economic Review
- Public Administration
- World Economy, The
Choice: Outstanding Academic Titles From Blackwell
Every year, Choice the premier source for reviews of academic books and internet resources of interest to those in higher education, publishes a list of Outstanding Academic Titles. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles and brings with it the recognition of the academic library community.
In awarding Outstanding Academic Titles, the editors apply several
criteria to reviewed titles:
- overall excellence in presentation and scholarship
- importance relative to other literature in the field
- distinction as a first treatment of a given subject in book or electronic form
- originality or uniqueness of treatment
- value to undergraduate students
- importance in building undergraduate library collections
We are delighted to confirm that 8 Blackwell titles feature amongst
this year's Outstanding Academic Titles:
- Architectural Theory Volume.1: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870, edited by Harry Francis Mallgrave
- A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance, edited by Barbara Hodgdon and W.B. Worthen
- Europe's Troubled Peace, 1945-2000, by Tom Buchanan
- Food in the Ancient World, by John M. Wilkins and Shaun Hill
- The Future of Environmental Criticism Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination, by Lawrence Buell
- A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present, by M.A.R. Habib
- Rawls's Law of Peoples: A Realistic Utopia?, edited by Rex Martin and David A. Reidy.
- Twentieth-century French Philosophy: Key Themes and Thinkers, by Alan D. Schrift
- Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire, by Waldemar Heckel
Visit: www.blackwellpublishing.com/subject_top_social.asp?subj=S to find out more about our social science and humanities titles.
Notice: FEBS Journal No Longer Available on Highwire
Subscribers to The FEBS Journal should be aware that at the end of June 2007 it will no longer be accessible on Highwire Press’s platform. It will only be available on Blackwell Synergy, where it has also been hosted.
Please amend your links to: www.blackwell-synergy.com and inform colleagues of the change.
I would like to reassure you that your access to FEBS will continue as normal throughout.
Colleagues new to Blackwell Synergy will enjoy all the features and benefits of their current access to FEBS and more. Blackwell Synergy has recently been redesigned in consultation with customers so is even better than before.
Blackwell Public Philosophy Series
In a world of 24 hour news cycles and increasingly specialized knowledge, the Blackwell Public Philosophy series takes seriously the idea that there is a need and demand for engaging and thoughtful discussion of topics of broad public importance. Philosophy itself is historically grounded in the public square, bringing people together to try to understand the various issues that shape their lives and give them meaning. This “love of wisdom”- the essence of philosophy- lies at the heart of the series. Written in an accessible, jargon-free manner by internationally renowned authors, each book is an invitation to the world beyond news flashes and sound bites and into public wisdom.
Permission to Steal Revealing the Roots of Corporate Scandal
By: Lisa H. Newton
ISBN: 9781405145398
“Permission to Steal reads like a whodunit: once you start reading it, you will find it difficult to put down. A crisp outlining of corporate scandals moves seamlessly to an analysis of their causes. Newton concludes with seven tasks to bring our society to a point where we can 'trust our nation's wealthiest not to rob us.'Bravo to the author: all will learn from her in this delightful read.”
Ronald Duska, Director of the American College Center for Ethics in Financial Services
Permission to Steal presents a fascinating exploration into the recent corporate scandals including Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom, which have rocked the global business community. Newton explores what went wrong, and advocates a universal reassessment of what is considered “good” in corporate America so that we won’t again fall victim to corporate thieves.
Other titles in the Blackwell Public Philosophy Series:
The Extinction of Desire A Tale of Enlightenment
By: Michael Boylan
ISBN: 9781405148498
Forthcoming Titles
Doubting Darwin? Creationist Designs on Evolution
By: Sahotra Sarkar
ISBN: 9781405154901
In Defense of Dolphins The New Moral Frontier
By: Thomas I. White
ISBN: 9781405157780
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Series Editor(s): William Irwin
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, and a healthy helping of popular culture clears the cobwebs from Kant. Philosophy has had a bad public relations problem for a few centuries now. This series aims to change that, showing that philosophy is relevant to your life - and not just for answering the big questions like "To be or not to be?" but for answering the little questions, "To watch or not to watch South Park?" Thinking deeply about TV, movies, and music doesn't make you a "complete idiot." In fact it might make you a philosopher, someone who believes the unexamined life is not worth living and the unexamined cartoon is not worth watching.
South Park and Philosophy Out Now
Edited by: Robert Arp, Southwest
Minnesota State University, USA
South Park and Philosophy is a smart and candid look at one of television’s most subversive and controversial shows. If you like Chef’s salty balls, you’ll love this book.
Lost and Philosophy: Available from November
Edited by: Sharon Kaye, Associate
Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University.
When Flight 815 crashes on a remote tropical island, it gets stuck in a philosophical quagmire. Survivors band together to guard against surreal dangers, but who will guard the guardians?
24 and Philosophy: Available from December
Jennifer Hart Weed (co-editor) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tyndale University College. Richard Brian Davis (coeditor) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tyndale University College. Ronald Weed (coeditor) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tyndale University College.
If you watch the show, you'll never stop. And then you'll need this book; you cannot have a normal life without it. It's time for a Jackattack. Damn it! When we're finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again!
Coming in 2008
The Office and Philosophy
J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Editor) is Assistant Professor at Hartwick College. He is the author of Putting it into Words: Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry, forthcoming, 2007 and The Politics of Agency: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology, forthcoming 2008. He is also the editor of Family Guy and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2007).
Late Notice Title Change 2007
Please be aware that the journal Conservation in Practice has changed title to Conservation as of January 2007. Volume numbers will continue to run in sequence.
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