Oakes, Elizabeth H.

Presents a five-volume series on social science resources on the Internet and provides hundreds of Web sites on key topics in the disciplines of world and U.S. history, government, economics, and geography.

Presents a comprehensive reference guide to help locate, evaluate, and apply for apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs; and includes listings of state and federal organizations with addresses for programs in fifty-five job categories, essays, and directories.

Contains brief biographies of scientists whose work has had a significant and lasting influence on society and/or their discipline. Arranged alphabetically from Marie-Louise Lachapelle to Vladimir Zworykin.

Presents biographical profiles of nearly five hundred scientists from throughout history, including more than two hundred woman and minority scientists; also includes indexes arranged by field of specialization, nationality, and subject.

Contains alphabetically-arranged entries on the different apprenticeship programs that are available; includes information on education requirements, when to apply, starting and ending salaries, and other related topics.

Presents a comprehensive manual of sports medicine and contains over one hundred fifty entries on such topics as aerobic training, injuries, fatigue and heat exhaustion, and physical therapy.

Contains over 150 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about sports medicine, discussing injuries, therapies, strength training, and other related topics.

Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of more than 260 American novelists, short story writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and nonfiction authors of diverse ethnicity from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, providing further reading lists for each; and includes three subject indexes.