Miami University Libraries
The Miami University Libraries have a new website. This older version is currently still active, to support some older services, but we'd recommend using the new one.
Get HelpOnline Books: Beginning with N
Additional titles may be available in the OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (EBC)
Names & Places - Oxford Reference Collection
Searches simultaneously in all of the titles in Oxford Reference Online that cover place names, family names, and first names.
Napoleon: A Biographical Companion
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Nation Digital Archive
The Nation is America’s oldest weekly magazine and one if its premier journals of opinion since its inception in 1865. (From 07/06/1865 to 1 month ago, EBSCO)
National Academies Press
Publishes reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council; more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy. The institutions represented by the NAP are unique in that they attract the nation's leading experts in every field to serve on their award-winning panels and committees.
National Security
Articles and statistics on national security in the time of the War on Terrorism, with chapters on international terrorism, countries of concern, weapons, and human rights issues. This is part of a series on current topical issues, called Information Plus Reference. (2007, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
National Survey of State Laws, 5th ed.
State-by-state comparisons of current state laws related to consumer, family, criminal, real estate, employment and other fields of law. (5th ed., 2005, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
National Survey of State Laws, 6th ed.
State-by-state comparison of current state laws, how they differ and how they're similar, for a range of subjects. (6th ed., 2008,
Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Native America Today
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Native American Education: A Reference Handbook
(2002, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook
(1996, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Native American Literatures: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Native American Sovereignty On Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Native Americans and the Law: A Dictionary
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Peoples
(1998, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Natural Disasters: Floods: A Reference Handbook
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Natural Disasters: Hurricanes: A Reference Handbook
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia
(2002, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Nectar & Ambrosia: An Encyclopedia of Food in World Mythology
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Nepal and Bangladesh: A Global Studies Handbook
(2002, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
NetLibrary
Books purchased in electronic format and available to browse, view, and check out online. To read these books from off-campus, you must create an account while on campus. (OCLC Online Computer Library Center)
Network Simulation
A 50- to 100-page document that introduces an important topic in engineering or computer science. (Synthesis Digital Library, Morgan and Claypool)
New Dictionary of Eponyms
Features the histories behind hundreds of eponyms (words derived from the name of a person or place). (1997, Oxford Reference Online)
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Designed to introduce a general audience to the main ideas and movements of global cultural history from antiquity to the twenty-first century. (6 v., 2005, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
New Encyclopedia of Africa
Covers the history of African cultures from the pharaohs and the ancient civilizations of the south through the colonial era to the emergence of 53 independent countries and the issues facing the continent. (2nd ed., 5v, 2008, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
New Encyclopedia of Birds
Gives a systematic account of every family of birds, covering their form and function, distribution, diet, social behaviour, and breeding biology. (2007, Oxford Reference Online)
New Information Revolution: A Reference Handbook
(1996, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
New Slavery: A Reference Handbook
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Newsmakers 2007
A recent volume in a set of books that provides profiles of people currently in the news. The entire set is included in the
Biography Resource Center. (2008, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Nigeria's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Nonlinear Source Separation
A 50- to 100-page document that introduces an important topic in engineering or computer science. (Synthesis Digital Library, Morgan and Claypool)
North America: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
North American Indian Drama
Contains 93 plays by 18 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. (Alexander Street Press)
North American Theatre Online
North American Theatre Online provides information about plays,
productions, playwrights and other theater workers, companies, and other aspects
of North American theater, and it links to full-texts of plays included in these
four databases produced by Alexander Street Press: Asian American Drama, Black
Drama, Latino Literature, North American Women's Drama, and Twentieth-Century
North American Drama.
North American Women's Drama
Full text of over 1,500 plays by more than 300 playwrights, beginning with colonial times and spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. A third of the plays have never been published before. (Alexander Street Press)
Nuclear Power: A Reference Handbook
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation: A Reference Handbook
(2002, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)