Choice and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) have recognised eight SAGE resources as outstanding resources of 2015. Six reference titles and one digital resource were recognised on Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list, and one reference title was listed on RUSA's Outstanding Reference Sources for adults.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives by Scott C. Martin was honored by RUSA on its 2015 Outstanding Reference Sources list. Selected by experts of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section of RUSA, the honour recognises valuable reference resources that are highly recommended for inclusion in any library's reference collections.
Titles honored by Choice as Outstanding Academic Titles include: SAGE Research Methods Cases; For Ethnography, by Paul Atkinson; Encyclopedia of Transportation (CQ Press), by Mark Garrett;
Historical Guide to World Media Freedom, by Jenifer Whitten-Woodring and Douglas A. Van Belle; The SAGE Handbook of Feminist Theory, by Mary Evans, Clare Hemmings, Marsha Henry, Hazel Johnstone, Sumi Madhok , Ania Plomien and Sadie Wearing; The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence, by Janet M. Bennett; and The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy, by Edward S. Neukrug.
Choice is a resource for reviews of academic books and digital resources for the higher education community from the Association of College & Research Libraries. More than 7,000 scholarly products are reviewed by Choice every year, and only ten percent are recognised as Outstanding Academic Titles. Qualifying titles demonstrate overall excellence in presentation and scholarship, importance relative to other literature in the field, originality or uniqueness, value to undergraduate students, and importance in building undergraduate library collections.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Transportation was further distinguished as a Top 25 title and The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence was named by Choice as one of the top 75 resources for community colleges.
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