Politics and International Relations Resource

Digitized reference book collections are coming into their own as publishers increasingly migrate from print offerings to electronic formats. Such online libraries are a harbinger of new approaches to reference collection development seeking to keep pace with changing patterns of materials use that reflect a strong predilection for online resources.

Routledge's Reference Resources Online, of which this Politics and International Relations Resource is a component, follows in the tradition of similar publisher compilations such as Gale's Virtual Reference Library and ABC‐Clio's E‐Books. It contains an eclectic assortment of 22 notable works, a variegated group of general and regional or...