Selected dictionaries, encyclopedia

Online

Social sciences

• International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences

  This Encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioural sciences on a grand scale. Describes all the fields encompassed within the social and behavioural sciences. The online edition is browsable, searchable and includes regular updates.

• Blackwell Reference Online

  You can search for entries in any of the works below from the main Blackwell reference online search screen.

  • The Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists
  • The Blackwell Companion to Sociology
  • Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists
  • The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought
  • The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology
  • The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology
  • The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities
  • The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements
  • The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Culture
  • The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families
  • A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory
  • A Companion to Gender Studies
  • A Companion to Asian American Studies
  • A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies
  • The Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology
  • The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion
  • The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics
  • The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion
  • The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought
• Gale virtual reference library
  Includes:
  • International encyclopedia of marriage and family
  • Encyclopaedia of aging
  • Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
  • Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
  • Encyclopedia of Population
  • Encyclopedia of Religion
  • Environmental Encyclopedia
• Dictionary of race and ethnic relations

Print

Sociology

• Blackwell dictionary of sociology : a user's guide to sociological language
• Dictionary of sociology
• A critical dictionary of sociology
• Collins dictionary of sociology
• Dictionary of sociology
• Penguin dictionary of sociology
• Encyclopedia of social theory
• Encyclopedia of sociology
• International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
• Social science encyclopedia
• Blackwell dictionary of modern social thought
• Dictionary of the social sciences
• Reader's guide to the social sciences

Research and statistics

• The Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods
• A-Z of social research : a dictionary of key social science research concepts
• Dictionary of statistics and methodology : a nontechnical guide for the social sciences
• Qualitative inquiry : a dictionary of terms
• SAGE dictionary of statistics : a practical resource for students in the social sciences

Sociology specialised dictionaries and encyclopedia

• Max Weber dictionary : key words and central concepts
• Routledge critical dictionary of feminism and postfeminism
• glbtq : an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, & queer culture / Claude J. Summers
• Dictionary of medical sociology
• Handbook of economic sociology

General dictionaries and encyclopedia

General dictionaries and encyclopaedias for the social sciences cover major theorists / writers and major concepts and terminology used in the social sciences. Others deal more specifically with sociology, others even more specifically with topics within sociology eg multiculturalism, feminism, religion etc. To see if the library holds specific ones in your area of interest check the library catalogue. Use Search and type in keywords such as encyclopedias and sociology, for example:

• encyclopedias AND sociology (for sociology encyclopedias)
• dictionaries AND sociology (for sociology dictionaries)

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