The Credo Reference recently added four new titles, so USC Libraries users can now access:
- Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Routledge in Social Sciences
- Manufacturing Engineering Handbook, McGraw-Hill in Science
- Rivers of North America, Elsevier in Science
- Time Saver Standards for Architectural Design: Technical Data for Professional Practice, McGraw-Hill in Art
In addition, Credo updated three titles to the latest editions:
- Dictionary of Food: International Food and Cooking Terms from A to Z, A&C Black in Food & Beverage
- Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Elsevier in Medicine
- The Hutchinson Chronology of World History in History
Their featured title this month is Elsevier's Rivers of North America, the first comprehensive treatment of North America's rivers, from Southern Mexico to the Arctic. Written by biologists and river scientists, the resource enables users to compare systems throughout the continent. Each chapter focuses on a specific basin or region and details its physical, chemical, and biological aspects including human impacts, dam building, water diversions and pollution. Within these chapters, many rivers are highlighted in summaries. Extensively illustrated with a large number of color photographs and maps/figures, this book will be a primary reference for students in freshwater biology, stream and river ecology, fish and wildlife biology, as well as for river scientists, managers, conservationists, fishermen, and anyone who recognizes the importance of these freshwater ecosystems.
Here are a few selected entries:
- Susquehanna River: a major landscape feature in Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland, as well as the principal tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.
- Rio Grande: 5th longest river in North America and 24th longest river in the world. Its headwaters begin in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado.
- Columbia River: the fourth-largest river that flows to the sea in North America. Its main stem flows from Columbia Lake in British Columbia 2000 km to the ocean at Astoria, Oregon.
- Lower Mississippi River: represents the lower reach of the largest river in North America and one of the largest rivers in the world.
- Yellowstone River: the longest free-flowing river in the conterminous United States.
- St. Lawrence River: among the world's most unique rivers, in part because about half its discharge originates from the huge Laurentian Great Lakes and their many tributaries.
- Saskatchewan River: Canada's fourth-longest river is formed at the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan rivers.
- North America's rivers in the 21st century: read about climate change, other threats and restoration efforts.