May 2026 Content Update Academic Core

9 new titles were released to both Academic Core and Academic Core with Backfile collections in May 2026. There are now 1,101 titles in the curated version of Academic Core and 1,380 titles in Academic Core with Backfile. 

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Titles Added to Academic Core and Academic Core with Backfile

	Addiction ISBN: 9780199557233 An overview of the basic facts about addiction: what it is, how and why it develops, how it is treated, and how society can respond to it. Addictions to both illicit drugs and licit drugs (e.g., alcohol) are covered, as is the possibility that certain behaviours not involving drug use (e.g., compulsive gambling) can qualify as addictions.
	Conversations Online ISBN: 9780198872085 The internet has created communicative possibilities that we might think are broadly positive, and yet it has also been instrumental to the spread of malevolent types of speech. This volume collects eighteen original contributions examining linguistic phenomena in online settings, considering them in terms of existing theories and providing analyses that will be helpful for anybody who is interested in online communication.
	Dismantling the Death Penalty ISBN: 9780197515556 This volume offers a succinct overview of research on the costs and consequences of capital punishment, using diverse sources of information, including closing arguments from murder trials; interviews with jurors; statistical analyses of murder rates; survey data; and quotes from defendants, politicians, and the families of victims.
	Emotions in the Digital World ISBN: 9780197520536 This edited volume examines the ways in which rapidly changing technologies and patterns of media use influence, and are influenced by, our emotional experiences.
	Environmental Justice ISBN: 9780197630136 This book defines the concept of environmental justice, identifies specific environmental justice populations, examines root causes, including racism, capitalism, and colonialism, and traces the history of the environmental justice movement and governmental responses to it. It concludes with suggestions for achieving this elusive goal.
	Neurodiversity ISBN: 9780198876519 This volume examines how neurodiversity has been understood in a variety of settings, including education, research, workplace, health and social care, and criminal justice. It also looks at connections to models of disability, human rights, anti-capitalism, and intersectionality.
	Refugees ISBN: 9780198811787 This volume covers a broad range of issues around the causes and impact of the contemporary refugee crisis for both receiving states and societies, for global order, and for refugees themselves and other forced migrants.
	Renewable Energy ISBN: 9780198951100 This volume describes the main sources of renewable energy (solar PV, wind, hydropower, and biomass), their innovative technologies, and what each could deliver. It also discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with achieving a world powered by renewables.
	Sustainability ISBN: 9780192869623 This volume introduces the concept of sustainability and considers four concepts crucial to it: a) material and energy flows in consumption and production; b) technological interventions for a sustainable society; c) tipping points and resilience in natural and social systems; and d) renewability and circularity in the economy.

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