Humanities and Social Science Course Resources
Critical thinking skills. Research guidance for college students. The history of young adult literature. Time travel in the popular imagination.
Serving students, professors, and practitioners in the humanities and social sciences, books from ALA Editions cover a wide range of relevant topics and approaches, providing valuable information and context to foster learning.
Examination copies are available for instructors who are interested in adopting these titles for course use.
This delightful book considers how science fiction stories portray archives and archivists, analyzes the ways in which these portrayals affect readers’ views, and shows how archivists can leverage these insights to improve the public’s understanding of the discipline.
Presenting a systematic philosophical framework for thinking critically about knowledge, information, and one’s own quest for what matters in life, this book serves as a fun and irreverent guide for sound-decision making in action.
Named a 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
"Offers college students invaluable guidance on approaching the research process with intentionality and locating quality resources to support their arguments ... A solid resource for beginning researchers, appropriate for high schoolers and beyond. Quaratiello’s clear explanations of searching and evaluating should serve students for years to come."
— Library Journal
"With its highly detailed, readers will find this a handy desk reference for a quick dip in a moment of need. The readable tone promises tattered corners rather than dormroom dust. Not to be missed is the book's companion website, which provides links to the sites referred to throughout ... Clearly written with the college student in mind, other audiences can make excellent use of this title--including high school students, inquisitive adults, teaching librarians, and library science students."
— VOYA
"This valuable book, including an index and visuals, will assist any student who is starting a research project, struggling through a research assignment, or putting the final touches on a paper. Written so that a novice can understand, the materials are comprehensive enough to suit even the graduate student or advanced scholar performing research."
— ARBA Online
This powerful work of archival storytelling will inspire readers both inside and outside of the library field.
"Unflinching ... Essential reading, discussion, and action for everyone who works within the library industry."
— Library Journal (starred review)
"[Offers] the LIS community an opportunity to engage in thoughtful conversations about the state of our profession and to learn from the experiences of Black and African American library users, who have been historically excluded from our institutions, and often underserved."
— College & Research Libraries
"Useful for an introductory level ethics and information course, or an additional text in a foundations course in LIS."
— Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
"Hopefully guides like this one will encourage more teachers and researchers to use CC licenses on their works and enable truly efficient knowledge sharing."
— OPEN@VT
"An indispensable guide to understanding and supporting through library resources and programming the ever-growing population of creative writers, emerging and established, in our communities."
— Catholic Library World
This book is essential for researchers and students alike who are aspiring to or currently work in academic libraries and the teams who support them.
Written by an internationally recognized expert, this book is ideal for students seeking to undertake or currently undertaking a TBP, and PhD supervisors looking to better support TBP.
Gain strategies and practical tools for introducing undergraduates to scholarly research topics such as research ethics, the role of research in higher education, quantitative and qualitative methods, and research in the areas of STEM, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Packed with tips, worksheets and real-life examples as well as covering key areas, this book provides a comprehensive reference for anyone looking to enter or working in digital content in the cultural sector.
This collection of essays examine 21st century social justice movements through the lens of preservation.
"It is a superb piece of polemic and advocacy but could readily serve too as an introduction to the key recordkeeping issues of democracies in the digital age ... Every archivist should read it.”
— Archives and Manuscripts
