Praeger Security International Online

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Dylan Schmorrow, Joseph Cohn, Denise Nicholson

ISBN: 0-313-02786-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-02786-4

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Praeger Publishers

Publication: 3/30/2006

Media Type: Database

Trim Size: DATABASE

Reviews:

"PSI Online offers an integrated environment for researching international security, and is a worthwhile consideration for any academic library that supports these disciplinary areas....an interesting and useful discipline-based approach to researching and connecting with content....the potential applications to the social sciences and history are worth considering for academic libraries in particular....PSI Online could be a valuable resource for institutions with a large undergraduate and graduate curriculum in political science, history, and international affairs."
—Documents to the People Winter 2007
"Highly recommended for academic libraries at colleges and universities with security studies, international affairs, homeland and national security-oriented course, and degree programs. Public libraries may also find PSI affordable and relevant to community interest in terrorism and national security. In any event, libraries have an opportunity to enrich their digital collections through PSI with its growing e-book content based on Praeger and Greenwood print titles. Although specialized, Praeger Security International is a case where content is king."
—The Charleston Advisor January 2008
"Enhancements taking place between August 2007 and January 2008 present an expanded Featured Content Section, including new content in Business Security, Veteran's Issues, Military Technology, 9/11 and the Law, and other areas."
—Booklist November 1, 2007
"There is no doubting that Praeger offers one of the strongest collections of such titles in English, and having its catalog available full-text online makes PSIO worthwhile. The online service offers a significant cost saving when compared to purchasing the book titles: the list prices of the book titles included in PSIO that begin with the letter A alone is more than $2,100. Academic libraries that have or plan to have an International security-related curriculum will want to consider the service."
—Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin June 2006
"Academic libraries that have or plan to have an international security-related curriculum will want to consider this service."
—Booklist 6/1/2005
"[A] one-stop source for information on terrorism and security, covering regional security, humanitarian and peace operations, weapons of mass destruction, armed forces, intelligence, military history, defense and national security, and military affairs....[r]ecommended for comprehensive collections serving serious scholars in politics and government."
—Library Journal 4/15/2006
"Praeger is one of the most respected publishers in the fields of national and international security. Its new Praeger Security International Online (PSIO) opens with the advantage of full-text access to more than 500 Praeger titles as well as primary documents, chronologies, scholarly papers, and annotated bibliographies by experts. It has assembled these copyrighted as well as openly available sources to provide a useful tool for students, academics, and professionals in security studies. Searching PSIO is easy. On entering, the subscriber finds a home page with links to the most recent commentary, regional analysis, and a bibliographic essay. A simple set of tags sends the user to an advanced search page, a browse-by-subject section, a page to generate chronologies of terrorist events, indexes of primary documents, commentaries and regional studies, and access to the CIA World Factbook....Although the site's emphasis is on terrorism, the index of Praeger sources enables access to information on a wider range of security topics. Access to Praeger's library of encyclopedias is particularly useful for students....[P]SIO can be a useful addition to academic and professional libraries. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections."
—Choice 10/1/2006
"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections."
—CHOICE 10/1/2006

Description: Containing over 600 books and growing by more than 70 titles a year, PSIO incorporates the entire Praeger Security International print program and features important titles from Greenwood and Praeger. Updated weekly with commentary by expert authors and well-known researchers, PSIO provides in-depth analysis on security issues that threaten to destabilize our world. With an ever-growing range of content from our global network of institutional partners, it offers varied international perspectives and reflections from psychologists, diplomats, first responders, economists, journalists, civil servants, war-fighters, legal experts, and more.

With its impressive list of contributors and flexible search functionality, PSIO is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the complex issues that affect our lives and future. This unparalleled resource is more than just another database, it's an ever-improving research tool.

Title Features:

An archive of over 1,000 primary documents that support titles in the database and are relevant to the world in which we live
A professionally assembled, comprehensive, and up-to-date terrorism chronology lists and organizes terrorist incidents from the around the world from 1968 to the present, with background information that stretches back more than 75 years
Offers an authoritative and scholarly bibliography assembled by one of the top scholars in the field
A featured content section identifies important subject areas and provides links for direct access to relevant content
Users have the choice of two display types—browser friendly or raw XML format

About the Author: Dylan Schmorrow, PhD, is an international leader in advancing virtual environment science and technology for training and education applications. Dr. Schmorrow is a commander in the U.S. Navy, and has served at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Naval Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Naval Research Laboratory, the Naval Air Systems Command, and the Naval Postgraduate School.

Joseph Cohn, PhD, is a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, a full member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the American Psychological Association, and the Aerospace Medical Association.

Denise Nicholson, PhD, is director of applied cognition and training in the Immersive Virtual Environments Laboratory at the University of Central Florida's Institute for Simulation and Training. Dr. Nicholson holds joint appointments in UCF's Modeling and Simulation Graduate Program, Industrial Engineering, and Management Dylantment, and the College of Optics and Photonics.


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