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Oxford Reference
Encyclopedia of Human Rights
The five-volume Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by David Forsythe, offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries signed by leading scholars and human rights experts. The coverage includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art
The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art offers the most current and comprehensive scholarly information on the visual arts of the Renaissance in Northern Europe. Unparalleled in scope and depth, covers a wide range of subject areas, addressing people and subjects specific to all areas of Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
The Encyclopedia encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. Special attention is given to interrelations within these branches of the field and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Histories Online
Over 250 volumes published by Cambridge University Libraries since 1960 covering 15 different academic subjects including history, language and linguistics, literary studies, music, philosophy, political and social theory, religeous studies, etc.
Gale
Encyclopedia of Modern China
Encyclopedia of Modern China provides critical information on the most populous country and most dynamic trade market in the world: the people, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, traditions, art, and literature of this ancient and enduring civilization is explored from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day.
Sage
Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
As a continuation of the older tradition of classical liberalism, libertarian thinking draws on a rich body of thought and scholarship. Contemporary libertarian scholars are continuing that tradition by making substantial contributions to such fields as philosophy, jurisprudence, economics, evolutionary psychology, political theory, and history, in both academia and politics.

Photographs, cartoons, and other ephemera of George Bernard Shaw, all taken from the Richard S. Weiner Shaw Collection.  The exhibit features photographs taken by Shaw, one of his many photographic diaries, photographs by noted photographers such as Steichen and Karsh, cartoons by Max Beerbohm, and other amusing items, including a photograph of Shaw and William Crawshaw, former Colgate dean and professor of English.  It will be on view at Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology from October 15th until December 1.
 
A corresponding article on Shaw appears in the Colgate Scene, Summer 2009,  based on materials from Special Collections along with an interview with Carl Peterson, Head of Special Collections and University Archivist.
 
The attached photograph is Shaw and Sir Robert Ho Tung (right), the Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist, and grandfather of Colgate alumnus and benefactor Robert H.N. Ho ’56.