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Gale Virtual Reference Center
This growing collection of online subject encyclopedias provides in-depth articles on topics spanning a broad range of disciplines, although the emphasis is on the social sciences. Browse individual encyclopedias or do keyword searching across all the available sources.
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Oxford Reference Online
This collection consists of articles, biographies, and definitions from several hundred reference books. You can search across all books or within specific disciplines, and narrow your results to the longer, more substantive entries. Although encompassing all subjects, this collection specializes in history, the humanities, and quick reference information.
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Credo Reference
This online reference database enables simultaneous searching of 50 scholarly reference works, across all areas of study. You can also search within specific subject categories or browse individual books.
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CQ Researcher
This database offers current, in-depth reports on hot social and political issues from a non-partisan perspective. Each report includes background information, tables and charts, pro/con discussion, and suggestions for further reading. (1991–present) User Guide
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Find overviews on a wide variety of topics by searching this online encyclopedia. Besides the search feature, there is also a helpful subject browse, timeline browse, and online atlas.
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Fingertip Facts
This Web page was compiled by the staff at the Geisel Library. It contains links to free Internet sites offering quick factual information such as addresses, currency converters, quick quotes, etc. Emphasis is on U.S. information.
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Search this online dictionary of English to find the current meanings of words and to trace their development through time. User Guide (PDF)
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USA.gov
The official US government search engine for government information. The search results screen allows you to narrow your results by topic or government agency.
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Encyclopedia of Bioethics
This five-volume edition is available online, covering topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control, and the environment. Use the Quick Search or browse the table of contents to view articles that consider the impact of science on present and future generations.
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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Perhaps the most important reference work on animals, this massive encyclopedia provides information on the physical characteristics, behavior, diet, reproductive biology, and habitat of thousands of animal species.
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Oxford Classical Dictionary
This one-volume resource provides comprehensive, scholarly reference information on the history and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. It offers a mix of brief fact-oriented entries and lengthier thematic essays on topics from the fields of history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology.
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TLG: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae IN LIBRARY ONLY
This program contains all the surviving ancient Greek texts from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600, and a large number of texts deriving from the period between A.D. 600 and the fall of the Byzantium in 1453. It has been installed on several computers on the Main Level of Geisel Library. Ask at the Reference Desk for details.
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Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
This interdisciplinary online encyclopedia provides psychological, sociological, and historical perspectives on crime and law enforcement. It includes over 250 topical entries on issues such as capital punishment, community policing, and wiretapping.
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LexisNexis Academic – Business
In the Business section of LexisNexis, you can access in-depth company profiles from sources such as Hoovers and S&P, view company financial data and SEC filings, or read industry analyst reports from Investext.
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Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
This database offers online access to research, data and commentary from Standard & Poor's. Products available through this database include the Industry Surveys, Company Profiles, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, and Global Annual Reports. Profiles include detailed analysis by S&P experts as well as recent financial data.
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Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
Over 900 entries explore corporate social responsibility, societal expectations of corporate behavior, and the business world's impact on society and the environment. Among the topics covered are consumer activism, corporate philanthropy, the just wage, transparency, and sweatshops.
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Encyclopedia of Management
The 6th edition of this encyclopedia offers informative entries on topics relevant to management theory and practice. Sample entries include benchmarking, downsizing, knowledge management, organizational culture, and sunshine laws.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
This comprehensive survey of world economic history offers essays on the history of individual countries, regions, and industries; biographical profiles of key inventors, economists, and businessmen; and topical entries related to agriculture, industrial production, demography, governmental intervention, international economics, finance, and labor.
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Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology
Through over 500 entries, this reference work examines how knowledge about human learning, motivation, and development can be applied to the educational setting. Topics include cognitive development, learning styles, discipline, and parent-child relations.
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Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
An excellent source of brief overviews of important issues in education, particularly about the impact of social and cultural issues. The first two volumes cover issues like homeschooling, gifted education, mainstreaming, and rights of students , while the third volume contains biographies of important figures in education.
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Twenty-first Century Education: A Reference Handbook
This reference work provides scholarly overviews of the most important themes and issues facing contemporary education researchers and practitioners. It contains lengthy discourses on topics such as classroom management, multicultural education, small group learning, standardized testing, and curriculum issues in every subject taught in K–12 schools.
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Curriculum Resource Center
This database offers thousands of printable handouts oriented toward middle school and high school classes. Organized by subject, the handout materials cover all areas of a secondary school curriculum, including history, science, math, geography, and religion.
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Educator's Reference Desk
This government-sponsored website includes lesson plans organized by subject, plus resource guides and question archives that link to web resources and journal articles on a variety of education-related research topics.
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Encyclopedia of Human Development
In the course of over 600 articles, this reference work examines human development from a psychological, sociological, and educational perspective. Entries cover such topics as ethnic identity, peer pressure, intelligence, and middle adulthood.
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Literature Resource Center
This database includes lengthy biographical profiles of authors, plot summaries, and literary criticism for thousands of novelists, poets, and other writers. User Guide
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American History Through Literature: 1820–1870
This encyclopedia approaches literature from a historical perspective. It examines individual literary works of historical importance, and also explores the portrayal of American culture and history from this time period through literature. Sample subjects include Calvinism, immigration, "manifest destiny", and transcendentalism.
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American History Through Literature: 1870–1920
This encyclopedia approaches literature from a historical perspective. It examines individual literary works of historical importance, and also explores the portrayal of American culture and history from this time period through literature. Sample subjects include Darwinism, Irish, nature writing, and women's suffrage.
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Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
This encyclopedia covers the major concepts and theories in communication studies. Over 300 entries address issues such as the media and communication technology, while offering socio-cultural, psychological, and non-western perspectives on communication.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
This encyclopedia provides in-depth essays on American literature from the 1600s through the present. Author entries provide both biographical information and commentary on works, while other entries revolve around particular literary movements, periods, and themes.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
The Encyclopedia covers the history of literature in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It includes lengthy discussions of individual authors and their works, plus essays on particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions.
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ARTstor
A searchable database of over a half-million digital images and associated descriptive data. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and includes images from the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Users can search, view, and download images.
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Oxford Art Online
This database provides access to the full contents of The Grove Dictionary of Art along with several other art reference works. Search and view over 5,000 thumbnail art images, conduct basic keyword searches, or use the Advanced Search to find information on specific geographic areas, time periods, or art forms.
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Dictionary of American History
Spanning 10 volumes in its print version, this encyclopedia provides a comprehensive A–Z overview of American history. Included are entries on people, places, organizations, events, battles, and court cases, plus an entire volume of primary source documents.
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
This important reference work on the medieval world explores all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century, including art, language, law, science, philosophy and theology. It primarily concentrates on cultural, social, political, and religious developments in Europe and the Christian world.
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Europe – 1450 to 1789: An Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
This encyclopedia provides alphabetical coverage of important people and historical developments in Europe from the close of the Middle Ages through the French Revolution. Other entries provide overviews of topics such as education, mercantilism, poverty, and theology.
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American Slave Narratives
Read the complete interviews of thousands of former slaves, collected here. They can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic, names, place, or year of birth.
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Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
Spanning five volumes in book form, this online encyclopedia offers approximately 1,200 articles documenting the African-American experience from the end of Reconstruction through the present day. Entries cover historical figures, organizations, court cases, and issues, plus individual articles on African-American history in each state.
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Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
This encyclopedia covers important concepts, philosophical movements, and historical figures from the era of the Enlightenment, which spanned from 1670 to 1815. Although the focus is on the Enlightenment period in western Europe, the encyclopedia also gives attention to Enlightenment-related developments in other cultures.
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Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
This revised edition of a five-volume encyclopedia offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the history and culture of Latin America. While many entries are biographical profiles of important figures in Latin American history, others cover topics such as colonialism, missions, tourism, the coffee industry, and popular music and dance.
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Encyclopedia of World Cultures
This comprehensive resource describes over 1,500 cultures from around the world. Each essay provides information on the culture's history, economy, social relations, political organization, and religious beliefs, along with suggestions for further reading.
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New Encyclopedia of Africa
This online reference work covers the history of African cultures from ancient civilization through the colonial era and independence. In addition to biographical profiles and country histories, the encyclopedia offers in-depth essays on important themes like art, education, language, cosmology, and wildlife.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
This comprehensive survey of world economic history offers essays on the history of individual countries, regions, and industries; biographical profiles of key inventors, economists, and businessmen; and topical entries related to agriculture, industrial production, demography, governmental intervention, international economics, finance, and labor.
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Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
Spanning 17 volumes in its print edition, this resource provides biographical profiles of famous women from 3100 B.C. through the present. Many entries include pictures along with suggestions for further reading.
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New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
This resource offers cross-cultural and interdisciplinary insight into the ideas that have shaped humanity and history. In over 750 articles, distinguished scholars discuss the evolution of our thinking about important concepts such as capitalism, justice, and mysticism, and how those ideas have shaped our social and cultural institutions over time.
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Encyclopedia of Religion
This online version of a seminal 15-volume reference work includes over 3,000 lengthy articles about religious and theological topics. The encyclopedia encompasses theoretical, practical, and sociological perspectives on religion, including cross-cultural looks at different religious traditions.
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Oxford Art Online
This database provides access to the full contents of The Grove Dictionary of Art along with several other art reference works. Search and view over 5,000 thumbnail art images, conduct basic keyword searches, or use the Advanced Search to find information on specific geographic areas, time periods, or art forms.
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This online reference work is an excellent source of background information for research in philosophy. Its 2,000 scholarly articles cover philosophers, important ideas and themes, and major philosophical schools of thought.
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Westlaw Campus
Westlaw includes searchable online versions of several major legal reference sources, including American Jurisprudence (2nd edition), American Law Reports, and Black's Law Dictionary. Click on the "Content List" at the upper left of the main Westlaw screen to access these resources.
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Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law
This encyclopedia offers 400 entries summarizing the latest research about the intersection of law and human psychology. Topics include battered woman syndrome, eyewitness identification, jury behavior, psychopathy, and substance abuse.
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ARTFL Project
This is a searchable collection of mainly French-language texts that range from classic works of French literature to non-fiction writing, primarily from the 18th to 20th centuries. The non-fiction works cover subjects such as literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.
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Nursing Resource Center
This database includes information from a variety of reference works about diseases, drugs, diagnostics, and care plans. Many of the reference articles include illustrative diagrams and videos.
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Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
In nearly 900 entries, this encyclopedia surveys the variety of complementary and alternative medical treatments and therapies that are playing an increased role in health care. Examples include biofeedback, herbalism, kinesiology, reflexology, and yoga.
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This online reference work is an excellent source of background information for research in philosophy. Its 2,000 scholarly articles cover philosophers, important ideas and themes, and major philosophical schools of thought.
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Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This 10-volume encyclopedia offers accessible essays on important philosophers and schools of philosophical thought. In addition, it includes entries that synthesize the viewpoints of various philosophers on concepts like truth, power, and love.
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New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
This resource offers cross-cultural and interdisciplinary insight into the ideas that have shaped humanity and history. In over 750 articles, distinguished scholars discuss the evolution of our thinking about important concepts such as capitalism, justice, and mysticism, and how those ideas have shaped our social and cultural institutions over time.
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Encyclopedia of Bioethics
This five-volume edition is available online, covering topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control, and the environment. Use the Quick Search or browse the table of contents to view articles that consider the impact of science on present and future generations.
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Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
Over 900 entries explore corporate social responsibility, societal expectations of corporate behavior, and the business world's impact on society and the environment. Among the topics covered are consumer activism, corporate philanthropy, the just wage, transparency, and sweatshops.
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Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
This encyclopedia explores a variety of scientific, philosophical, and theological issues from the perspectives of major religious traditions and the scientific community. Entries are available on topics like chaos theory, free will, natural selection, and stem cell research.
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Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
This encyclopedia covers important concepts, philosophical movements, and historical figures from the era of the Enlightenment, which spanned from 1670 to 1815. Although the focus is on the Enlightenment period in western Europe, the encyclopedia also gives attention to Enlightenment-related developments in other cultures.
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CQ Researcher
This database offers current, in-depth reports on hot social and political issues from a non-partisan perspective. Each report includes background information, tables and charts, pro/con discussion, and suggestions for further reading. (1991–present)
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Praeger Security International Online
This database provides in-depth analysis of terrorism and security issues, including weekly commentaries plus the full text of over 600 books and encyclopedias. PSI also includes an archive of over 1,000 security-related primary source documents (mostly from the US government) and a searchable chronology of terrorist incidents.
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CountryWatch
This database offers a variety of information on the nations of the world. The CountryReviews provide in-depth, up-to-date discussions of economic, political, and social conditions in every country. The CountryWatch Data module compiles annual country-level statistics on health, education, demographics, and the economy.
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Gallup Brain
This database provides searchable access to Gallup poll questions and responses from 1935 through the present. Also available are articles analyzing poll results and a "Topics and Trends" module that illustrates how US public opinion has changed over the years on a variety of hot topics.
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Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology
Through over 500 entries, this reference work examines how knowledge about human learning, motivation, and development can be applied to the educational setting. Topics include cognitive development, learning styles, discipline, and parent-child relations.
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Encyclopedia of Human Development
In the course of over 600 articles, this reference work examines human development from a psychological, sociological, and educational perspective. Entries cover such topics as ethnic identity, peer pressure, intelligence, and middle adulthood.
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Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
The 600 articles in this encyclopedia summarize the latest research on important topics in the field of social psychology, including attitude formation, groupthink, learned helplessness, and self-awareness.
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Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law
This encyclopedia offers 400 entries summarizing the latest research about the intersection of law and human psychology. Topics include battered woman syndrome, eyewitness identification, jury behavior, psychopathy, and substance abuse.
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Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods
This useful handbook provides overviews of all aspects of survey research methodology. Entries cover topics related to statistical methods, survey design, interpretation of results, and ethical issues.
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Encyclopedia of Sociology
As the pre-eminent encyclopedia in the field of sociology, this reference set provides well-crafted introductory essays to topics such as class and race, group conflict resolution, role theory, social justice, and status attainment.
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Encyclopedia of Social Problems
Check this reference source for interdisciplinary essays on major social issues in contemporary society, including both theoretical and real-world approaches for how to address them. Sample topics include domestic violence, homelessness, school vouchers, and urban sprawl.
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Twenty-first Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook
This reference work provides scholarly overviews of the latest sociological thinking about topics such as group dynamics, marriage, socialization processes, and mass communications.
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Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
The 600 articles in this encyclopedia summarize the latest research on important topics in the field of social psychology, including attitude formation, groupthink, learned helplessness, and self-awareness.
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Encyclopedia of Social Theory
This encyclopedia provides an informative introduction to contemporary and classical social theory, including articles on important theorists as well as concepts such as citizenship, labeling, patriarchy, and stratification.
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CQ Researcher
This database offers current, in-depth reports on hot social and political issues from a non-partisan perspective. Each report includes background information, tables and charts, pro/con discussion, and suggestions for further reading. (1991–present)
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Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media
This encyclopedia investigates the influence of media on child behavior and development, including topics such as advertising, video games, music lyrics, and desensitization to violence.
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Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
This reference set offers a social and cultural history of childhood, through articles on aspects of childhood such as education, child labor, foster care, and dating.
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Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
This encyclopedia introduces the major themes and theories of contemporary gender studies. Included are longer thematic essays on issues such as sexuality, gender roles in religion, and the history of women's social movements, along with more narrowly-focused articles on important people and concepts in gender research.
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Encyclopedia of Human Development
In the course of over 600 articles, this reference work examines human development from a psychological, sociological, and educational perspective. Entries cover such topics as ethnic identity, peer pressure, intelligence, and middle adulthood.
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Encyclopedia of Human Relationships
This 3-volume reference work compiles the perspectives of psychologists, sociologists, and scientists about human relationships. The entries summarize the latest theories and research on areas such as communication processes, dating and courtship, family dynamics, personality, and sexuality.
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Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
This online encyclopedia examines race and racism from a variety of scholarly perspectives, including anthropology, sociology, history, economics, and science. The nearly 400 articles include biographies of racial theorists and political leaders, along with topical entries on anti-Semitism, eugenics, hip-hop culture, occupational segregation, and slavery.
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Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America
This encyclopedia provides topical essays surveying the history of social welfare issues in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Entries are available for each country on issues such as social security, immigration, aging, and the labor movement.
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Encyclopedia of Social Work
This reference work provides over 400 detailed essays on topics that are of interest to social workers, including child foster care, grief counseling, homelessness, psychotropic medications, and refugees. This encyclopedia also includes discussions of how social work practices and social conditions have evolved over time.
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Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods
This useful handbook provides overviews of all aspects of survey research methodology. Entries cover topics related to statistical methods, survey design, interpretation of results, and ethical issues.
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Gallup Brain
This database provides searchable access to Gallup poll questions and responses from 1935 through the present. Also available are articles analyzing poll results and a "Topics and Trends" module that illustrates how US public opinion has changed over the years on a variety of hot topics.
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International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
The four volumes of this online resource offer a cross-cultural perspective on topics such as family planning, cohabitation, widowhood, and child abuse. It also examines the history of family life within various cultural and religious traditions.
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How to Find Statistics guide
This page compiled by Geisel Library lists some of the best print and online resources for finding statistics, including a section of statistical resources organized by subject.
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FedStats
Get official statistics from more than 100 Federal agencies on topics such as economic and population trends, education, health care costs, foreign trade, energy use, and more. You may browse by an A-to-Z topic list, by state, or search across agency Web sites.
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Historical Statistics of the United States
This comprehensive compendium of statistics provides a quantitative history of the United States, with over 37,000 data series on topics such as health, crime, migration, and the economy.
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International Financial Statistics
The IFS database contains hundreds of data series such as exchange rates, prices, balance of payments, and national accounts for 200 countries. IFS Online Help Guide to IFS Codes (PDF/703KB)
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STAT-USA IN LIBRARY ONLY
This website offers a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the US federal government.
A password is required to access the data; please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
The online edition of the annual Census publication that contains statistics on nearly every topic imaginable, as produced by various government agencies.
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World Development Indicators Online
This database contains country-by-country time series data on over 600 development indicators, including variables related to health, education, trade, the economy, and the environment in each country. The step-by-step data selection procedure enables easy creation and download of data tables for analysis.
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Encyclopedia of Religion
This online version of a seminal 15-volume reference work includes over 3,000 lengthy articles about religious and theological topics. The encyclopedia encompasses theoretical, practical, and sociological perspectives on religion, including cross-cultural looks at different religious traditions.
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New Catholic Encyclopedia 2nd Edition
As the essential reference source in Catholic studies, this encyclopedia features biographical profiles of important figures in Catholic Church history (including the saints), along with essays on Church doctrine and viewpoints on contemporary topics such as abortion, divorce, cloning, and reproductive technologies.
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BibleWorks IN LIBRARY ONLY
BibleWorks is a program designed for advanced study of the Bible. It includes a searchable concordance, dictionaries, research aids, and multiple versions and translations of the Bible itself. This database is installed on a computer on the library’s Main Level; please ask the Reference Desk for assistance.
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Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
This encyclopedia explores a variety of scientific, philosophical, and theological issues from the perspectives of major religious traditions and the scientific community. Entries are available on topics like chaos theory, free will, natural selection, and stem cell research.
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Past Masters: Humanities Database IN LIBRARY ONLY
This CD-ROM of the major works of Saint Anselm and Saint Augustine (in both Latin and English) can be searched using keywords; user guides are available at the Reference Desk. This database is installed on one computer in the Main Level and on the Anselm Room PC.
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Rule of St. Benedict Library IN LIBRARY ONLY
Presents the Rule in Latin and English, together with the full text of many of its key sources, and commentaries by Terrence Kardong and Esther de Waal. It is installed on one computer on the library’s Main Level; please ask the Reference Desk for assistance.
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Please note: Most of these databases are available only to members of the Saint Anselm College community.
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Please include your e-mail address in your message. A Librarian will provide a response as soon as possible. If you have a question that requires a more extensive reply, a member of the Reference Staff may request that you make an appointment.
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