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Based on the scholarship in the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Africa, aimed at college and graduate students, this work presents Africa, ...

This encyclopedia explores the many peoples of early European civilizations responsible for such accomplishments as the rise of farming ...

Cross-searchable access to Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and more.

Crosssearches Brill's online reference works in Classical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Near Eastern Studies.

Collection of 25 online reference works on the classical Greek and Roman world.

International scholarly encyclopedia covering all aspects of 19th through 21st-century China.

Online encyclopedias of Medieval Pilgrimage, Medieval Chronicle, Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles

Standard, scholarly encyclopedia covering all aspects of the ancient world.

Bio-bibliography of Arabic works and their authors, with an emphasis on the Classical Period.

This supplement to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics presents the most recent data on particle physics. Reviews all observed and ...

Based on the Oxford Companion to the Theatre, this searchable version contains entries on theatrical styles, dramatists, performers, ...

The first comprehensive revision of this classic reference source, originally published in 1940, features updated and revised entries ...

The Dictionary of Irish Biography, a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, is the most ...

Contains full text essays outlining the lives and careers of American and British authors from all eras and genres and summarizing the ...

Contains over 2,500 entries on operatic characters, with information on the creator of the role and notable performances.

A comprehensive compilation of peer-reviewed health and environmental data on several thousand chemical substances. Includes ...

Comprehensive reference work on Islam and the Muslim world.

The standard reference work on Judaism, with more than 21,000 signed entries on Jewish life, culture, history and religion, written by ...

The electronic version of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, volumes I - XII.

New edition, in progress, covers Islam in the twentieth century, Muslim minorities worldwide, social sciences, humanisties.

Online version of The Encyclopaedia of Judaism, Second Edition (2005).

The Encyclopedia is a 5-volume set and a supplement covering all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present ...

This two-volume reference work details the ways in which the tenets and foundations of African American culture have given rise to ...

Written by experts for a general audience, articles cover topics such as biology, medicine, economics, law, psychology, sociology, and ...

Essays by subject experts treat concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control, with ...

Encyclopedia of American Immigration traces the scope and sweep of U.S. immigration from the earliest colonial settlements to the ...

Contains general essays that historically trace the major religious families and traditions, as well as directory listings that include ...

Comprehensively covers all aspects of Arabic languages and linguistics.

Contains 2000+ specially-commissioned, peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. Updated continuously.

Covering a wealth of topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment, the set helps ...

This encyclopedia describes the Buddhist world view, basic teachings and practices of Buddhism, as well as its different schools and ...

Provides detailed facts and current statistics for over 750 occupations in more than 90 key career fields.

Covers quantum mechanics of atoms, molecules, and condensed phases; thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, electrochemistry, chemical ...

This encyclopedia presents the social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present. Children and Childhood examines ...

The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America is a comprehensive, alphabetically-organized reference source on the human rights and civil ...

This broad-based set surveys clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and ...

Provides a comprehensive overview of universal modes of communication, the media used to communicate, theories of communication and ...

Whether the reader is a student, researcher, or professional in the field of psychology, sociology, or even economics, this four-volume ...

An interdisciplinary source that addresses not only law but also sociology, psychology, history and economics. Entries vary widely from ...

This encyclopedia represents the first attempt to bring an authoritative reference resource to the many faces of disability. Originally ...

Provides more than 700 articles intended for the student and layperson covering the social, medical and political issues related to ...

Offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles, and philosophies in educational practice in the United States and ...

Examines the philosophical and ethical issues underlying contemporary and historical environmental issues, policies, and debates. ...

This six-volume reference on European social history includes more than 230 articles on everything from serfdom and the economy, to ...

Articles on all aspects of feminism

A three-volume survey of food and its place in human culture and society, presented through 600 alphabetically sorted entries. Features ...

This encyclopedia is the first systematic effort to organize and summarize what we know about this complex topic that impacts not only ...

A four-volume survey of the history, cultures, geography and religions of India from ancient times to the present day. Includes more ...

This encyclopedia looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in context of the religion's history and development over the ...

Covers Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods.

Global coverage of language and education, with special emphasis on multicultural and bilingual education. Second edition, published ...

Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Covers ...

A three-volume survey of more than 400 years of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States.

Provides 3000+ peer-reviewed articles, images, a glossary of terms, news, and some multimedia files on a wide variety of life sciences ...

The Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns looks at 500 major marketing and advertising campaigns of the 20th century from a ...

Short articles covering all topics related to materials. Thematic areas covered include materials, applications, properties, and ...

Nearly 700 contributors from around the world, including 25 Asian countries, provide 3,000 articles on Modern Asia from a global ...

The classic comprehensive English-language reference source for Western philosophy, updated and expanded to cover all philosophy ...

Coverage of all aspects of polymer science, including nanotechnology, imaging and analytical techniques, methods of controlled polymer ...

Provides coverage of demographic topics both in the core field and in neighboring disciplines. Encompasses the large-scale changes in ...

Aimed at the nonspecialist reader interested in health and medicinal issues, the Encyclopedia examines a broad range of topics such as ...

A multimedia encyclopedia covering all aspects of Puerto Rican history and culture, including the experience and achievements of Puerto ...

Covers 3500+ reagents used in organic synthesis. Searchable by reagent names, structures, substructures, reaction conditions, and ...

A two-volume survey of the pursuit of leisure in the United States, from Colonial to modern times, presented through 271 alphabetically ...

The second edition of this highly regarded encyclopedia, intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, ...

Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work ...

Addresses the interactions, contradictions, and tensions between science and religion, both historically and in contemporary life. The ...

This Encyclopedia considers both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the ethical and political issues raised by ...

This convenient and exhaustive 2-vol. print reference source is designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can ...

Covers all aspects of social work. Topics new to the 20th edition include: demographic changes from immigration, technology, the ...

This classic reference has been updated to reflect many changes in society and in the field of sociology in recent years. Articles ...

Encyclopedia of Special Education, 3rd edition addresses issues from theory to practice.

Contains new and updated original articles covering recent concepts (i.e. adoption, race, the Constitution, birthright citizenship) and ...

A three-volume survey of the military aspects of the American Revolutionary War, covering the period 1763-1783. The alphabetically ...

This 2-vol. set encompasses nearly two decades of American history, beginning with the farm crisis of the mid-1920s, through the 1929 ...

With nearly 600 new entries and 1,000 updates, this second editon reflects the far-reaching changes the Middle East has undergone in ...

Coverage begins just prior to the American Revolution, including the Revolution, the framing of the American Constitution, the ...

Focuses on the substance of American law, the processes that produce its legal principles, and the history of the Supreme Court, from ...

Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide, Revised Edition examines the contemporary history of crimes against humanity.

Provides students and researchers with a much-needed, comprehensive resource on the subject of colonialism and expansion. From a global ...

The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft, and Wicca, 3rd ed updates one of the landmark references on the subject.

Covers research on gender studies and the Islamic world.

Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. Each article is written in a nontechnical style and provides current ...

A five-volume survey of European history from the onset of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War. Alphabetically arranged ...

A multi-volume survey of European history from the beginning of World War I in 1914 to the present, presented through alphabetically ...

Explores European history from 1450-1789, from the print revolution to the French Revolution. Includes 1,150 articles written by ...

The encyclopedia identifies 150 types of alternative medicine being practiced today, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, ...

Provides current information on more than 5,000 legal topics. Includes completely revised articles covering important issues, ...

Includes entries covering cancers, cancer drugs, treatments, side effects, and diagnostic procedures. 2 v.

Covers topics such as dieting and popular diets, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and the effects dietary choices on one's health.

Provides access to the world of Internet commerce and addresses the concerns of those who want to join the ranks of the Internet ...

This encyclopedia fills a much-needed gap between legal texts focusing on the theory and history behind the law and more practical ...

Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in ...

Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, ...

Provides detailed information on mental disorders and conditions.

152 original essays on specific minority and ethnic groups in the U.S. covering culture, history, settlement patterns, etc.

Designed to answer such key questions as: How has the U.S. Constitution shaped the economy of the United States? What were the ...

Simultaneous search of three resources: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography

The 3rd edition of this comprehensive resource, now published by Gale, provides entries on the physical geography of every country in ...

Contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures. ...

The Human Rights Encyclopedia was compiled with special emphasis on the impact of the 1948 United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. ...

Detailed profiles with critical and evaluative essays on major or representative films and film personalities of all periods from Asia, ...

International, peer-reviewed encyclopedia of the middle ages in Europe an its environs.

Published in association with the International Communication Association (ICA), the encyclopedia contains over 1300 entries that range ...

Includes articles specific to countries and to religious traditions, examining the history of family life within these cultures and ...

Online version of the largest reference work published in the social and behavioral sciences

Second edition of the 8-volume IESS. Includes 3000 articles, including wealth and income distribution, economic aid, food production, ...

Covers the latest developments in chemical technology and related fields. Features include dynamic table of contents and online index; ...

Enhanced online version of the Medieval Studies encyclopedia Lexikon des Mittelalters.

Provides a deep historical and cross-cultural perspective on death and dying.

Articles explore everything from Albert Einstein, seismic energy, and acid rain, to lasers and building design. The Encyclopedia ...

Provides thorough, up-to-date overviews of a broad range of contemporary scientific and technical topics, including the latest ...

A comprehensive reference work covering the methodological and theoretical diversity of the cognitive sciences. Includes 471 concise ...

Subject index to folktales from around the world.

Includes more than 1,000 original essays examining specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and ...

A standard in public, academic, and high school libraries worldwide, and prized for its scholarly presentation of persons and subjects ...

This supplement focuses on the pontificate of John Paul II and includes thematic essays that present the man and his work. Included as ...

A survey of the history of Western thought and culture, presented through 700 alphabetically arranged entries exploring the origin, ...

Contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1500 of the world's leading economists.

Searchable full text index to 7,500 print reference works shelved in the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Online version of the comprehensive art reference work covering all forms of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, ...

Venerable encyclopedic dictionary covering all aspects of the Greek and Roman world.

Venerable encyclopedic dictionary covering all aspects of the Greek and Roman world.

Provides an up-to-date guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present. Includes playwrights, plays, actors, directors, ...

This new edition of the classic reference work includes articles that range from clear, concise definitions of musical ideas and terms ...

A lucid, stimulating, and authoritative guide to Shakespeare's plays and poems and their interpretation around the world over the last ...

The Oxford Dictionary of Dance offers wide coverage of dancers, choreographers, teachers, composers, technical terms, major works, ...

Provides over 12,000 entries and covers musical subjects of all kinds in an authoritative and accessible way.

Concise articles on noteworthy people from the British Commonweath who are no longer living.

Comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. Includes brief biographies of every major ...

International in scope and spanning all time periods of human history, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History includes 900 ...

Covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, ...

Covers the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today. Over ...

Provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and ...

Comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout world history. Includes over 650 biographies of influential women and ...

The authoritative standard for English-language music dictionaries, providing biographies, definitions of terms, works lists, etc.

Fully indexed, cross-searchable database of about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford ...

Full text of several classical studies encyclopedias and dictionaries from Oxford University Press.

Examines the fundamental psychological aspects of learning such as cognition, motivation, and emotion, as well as individual and ...

Online version of the 4th edition of the English-language world religion encyclopedia, based upon Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG)

Full text of the comprehensive reference resource covering the philosophical canon and philosophy from all continents and all periods.

Provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national ...

A two-volume biographical resource for professional sports figures. Presents over 600 entries covering a who's who of American sports, ...

A two-volume biographical resource for key individuals of the 1960s. Presents 500 entries describing Americans who defined the decade, ...

Includes more than 2,700 signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, ...

A refereed, open access encyclopedia with in-depth articles on a random array of several hundred philosophical topics, most with a ...

Nearly 1000 articles covering all aspects of the science and technology of industrial chemistry. Features include full search ...

The University of Michigan, An Encyclopedic Survey is a rich and particularly detailed source for the history of the university.

Covers the core knowledge from all specialties of electrical and electronics engineering.

Worldwide statistical data on Christianity.

Survey of primary and secondary educational systems worldwide.

This new title in Gale's World Of...Series is a comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers and issues ...

Theoretical and practical treatment of sports science including sports medicine, exercise physiology, kinesiology, and biomechanics.

Survey of press and electronic media in 200 countries. Includes number and type of media, press laws, censorship, journalism training.