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Career Information Center   Provides information for job seekers on various career areas.  Each profile includes a job summary chart, a job description, and and up-to-date salary information.
     
The College Blue Book   This is the definitive guide to 2-year and 4-year colleges in the U.S. and Canada and provides information on each college's programs, degrees and financial aid sources.
Drugs and Controlled Substances Information for students   This resource gives detailed information on the physiological and psychological effects of 50 addictive drugs and substances; it includes illegal drugs as well as commonly abused prescription and over the counter drugs.
     
Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity   This resource spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanityand human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large.
     
Gale Encyclopedia of Diets   This title Provides an overview of special diets,and dieting and popular weight-loss progras .
     
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Heath   This title provides detailed information on mental disorders and conditions.  Also features entries for prescription, alternative, and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders.
     
New Encyclopedia of Africa   This resource addresses the entire history of African cultures from the pharaohs and the ancient civilizations of the south through the colonial era to the emergence of 53 independent countries, some of them newly emergent in world commerce and others deep in conflict. Covers issues facing the continent such as global development, the AIDS crisis, and international terrorism.
     
Shakespeare for Students: Critical Interpretations of Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry   This is a collection of essays by Shakespeare scholars that have been selected for students at the high school or undergraduate college level. Each entry includes an introduction; a plot synopsis; a character list; a discussion of the work's principal themes; information about the style and literary devices used; a conversation about the work's historical context; and a critical overview.
     
Gale Virtual Reference Library   eBooks available from the New York State Library