Reference Resources: Encyclopedias

This collection includes many specialized encyclopedias, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, most published by ABC-CLIO, but an increasing number by others, such as Gale, Sage, Macmillan, and Scribner.

Articles from the World Book Encyclopedia, an atlas and a dictionary, articles from earlier encyclopedia editions, magazine articles from EBSCO, animations, videos, sound clips, and Web links.

This basic 10-volume encyclopedia broadly covers not only the facts and events of American history, but also the social, cultural, and economic developments which caused those events.

Authoritative essays on topics ranging from the beginnings of education in the US to international educational developments, including discussions of educational policies, judicial decisions, legislation, and descriptions of organizations in the field.

The first edition (1967) was the standard philosophy reference for more than a generation. This 10-volume second edition has many rewritten and new articles authored by scholars.

The second edition of this highly regarded encyclopedia includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries, many heavily updated, as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles.

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

A multi-volume encyclopedia covering the major areas of science, engineering, technology, mathematics, and the medical sciences.

The 1974 Dictionary has been entirely rewritten by a distinguished team of international scholars. Explores areas covered earlier (e.g., communism, linguistics, physics) and more recent ones (e.g., postmodernism, deconstruction and post-colonialism).

Contains articles on every aspect of the visual arts, including artist biographies, surveys of the art of cultures and countries, and articles on styles, movements, and art forms.

Encyclopedia on all aspects of music, including composers, performers, genres, forms, terminology, orchestras.