Freely Available Research Resources: General Reference Materials
This guide provides a list of high-quality teaching, learning and research materials that are freely available online. The guide includes links to Open Educational Resources and Open Access resources.
Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and PrehistoryNow widely recognised as a standard in the field, the Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory provides the most complete context possible for understanding the 65-million-year story of humankind's origins.
Handbook of Education Policy StudiesThis open access handbook brings together the latest research from a wide range of internationally influential scholars to analyze educational policy research ..
Handbook of Intercultural Communication and CooperationThe ability to communicate with people from diverse cultural backgrounds is becoming increasingly important. Many employers consider intercultural competence to be a key criterion for selecting qualified candidates. The authors discuss practical approaches for designing and conducting intercultural training, methodology, and evaluation procedures based on current research. They explore the intercultural factor within corporations, particularly as it relates to human resource development, negotiating, dealing with conflict and project management. Thoughts on developing an overall strategy for interculturality round off this first volume.
Particle Physics Reference LibraryA joint CERN-Springer initiative, the “Particle Physics Reference Library” provides revised and updated contributions based on previously published material in the well-known Landolt-Boernstein series on particle physics, accelerators and detectors (volumes 21A,B1,B2,C), which took stock of the field approximately one ...
Public Administration in an Information Age - A HandbookAs the authors try to demonstrate in this book, informatization developments in public administration do not only challenge the existing body of knowledge of the public administration discipline, but they are also opening up new perspectives and paradigms for the study of public administration.