Why Use an Encyclopedia?
Good question -- here are a few reasons:
- Get an overview of a new or complex topic
- Find out the names of key players in a given area
- Locate terms that you can use in your research
- Help narrow (or expand) your topic
- Locate a bibliography of sources to help you start your research.
Print Resources
- Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
Central Reference 4th-flr: HN57 .E594 2004 - Encyclopedia of Criminology
Central Reference 4th-flr: HV6017 .E5295 2005 - Encyclopedia of Social Work
Central Reference 4th-flr: HV35 .S6 20th - Oxford Dictionary of Sociology
Central Reference 4th-flr: HM425 .D5735 2005
E-Resources
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology - George Ritzer, ed.
ISBN/ISSN: 1405124334
Online only.
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice - Gary Anderson & Kathryn Herr
ISBN/ISSN: 141291812X
Encyclopedia of Social Theory - George Ritzer
ISBN/ISSN: 0761926119
International Encyclopedia of Marriage & Family - James J. Ponzetti, Jr.
Call Number: REF HQ9 .E52 2003
ISBN/ISSN: 0028656725
Available both in print and online.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioural Sciences - N.J. Smelser & P.B. Baltes
ISBN/ISSN: 0080430767
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