Appendix C: Resources for research and writing

Student's guide to writing college papers, Fourth edition - Kate L. Turabian 2010


Appendix C: Resources for research and writing

There is a large literature on finding and presenting information. What we have listed here are those works that provide beginners with a useful overview (primarily specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias) and those that help beginners find sources. We have also included citation and writing guides for specialized research papers. If there is no date listed for an item, the publication appears annually. Sources available online or as a CD-ROM (in addition to or in place of traditional print formats) are so indicated. Online sources for which no URL is given are readily available from multiple online databases.

This list is divided as follows:

Internet Databases

General 260

Humanities 261

Social Sciences 261

Natural Sciences 262

Print Resources

General 262

Visual Representation of Data (Tables, Figures, etc.) 264

Humanities 264

General 264

Art 265

History 265

Literary Studies 265

Music 266

Philosophy 267

Social Sciences 267

General 267

Anthropology 267

Business 268

Communications, Journalism, and Media Studies 268

Economics 269

Education 269

Geography 270

Political Science 270

Psychology 271

Religion 271

Sociology 272

Women's Studies 272

Natural Sciences 273

For most of those areas, six kinds of resources are listed:

1. specialized dictionaries that offer short essays defining concepts in a field

2. general and specialized encyclopedias that offer more extensive overviews of a topic

3. guides to finding resources in different fields and using their methodologies

4. bibliographies, abstracts, and indexes that list past and current publications in different fields

5. writing manuals for different fields

6. style manuals that describe required features of citations in different fields

Internet Databases (These Are All Bibliographies and Indexes)

General

ArticleFirst. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1990—. http://www.oclc.org/.

Booklist. Chicago: American Library Association, 1969—. http://www.ala.org/booklist/.

Digital Dissertations. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, [19—]—. http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/pqdt.shtml.

Electronic Resources Review. Bradford, UK: MCB University Press, 1997—2000. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1364—5137.htm.

ERIC. Educational Resources Information Center. Ipswich, MA: EBSCO Pub., 1994—; Bethesda, MD: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 1998—. http://www.eric.ed.gov.

Essay and General Literature. Bronx, NY: H. W. Wilson, 1900—. http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/eglit.htm.

FirstSearch Dissertations. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms. http://firstsearch.oclc.org.

General Reference Center Gold. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 1999—. http://www.gale.cengage.com.

InfoTrac OneFile. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. http://www.gale.cengage.com/onefile.

ISI Web of Knowledge. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 2000—. http://isi/webofknowledge.com.

ISI Web of Science. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, c. 1998—. http://isiknowledge.com.

LexisNexis Academic Universe. Dayton, OH: LexisNexis. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/.

Library Literature and Information Science Full Text. Bronx, NY: H. W. Wilson, 1900—. http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/liblit.htm.

Periodicals Index Online. ProQuest Information and Learning Company, 1990—. http://pio.chadwyck.co.uk/home.do.

ProQuest Research Library. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest Information and Learning, 1998—. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=306&DBld=4138#sform.

Wilson Omnifile Full Text. Mega edition. Bronx, NY: H. W. Wilson, 1990—. http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/omnifile.htm.

WorldCat. Dublin, OH: Online Computer Library Center. http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/.

Humanities

Arts and Humanities Search. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information; Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1990—. http://www.oclc.org.

Bibliography of the History of Art. Santa Monica, CA: J. Paul Getty Trust; Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1990—. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/bha.

History Resource Center U.S. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, c. 2000—. http://www.galenet.com/servlet/HistRC.

Humanities Full Text. Bronx, NY: H. W. Wilson, 1990—. http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/humani.htm.

Social Sciences

Anthropological Literature. Cambridge, MA: Tozzer Library, Harvard University, 1984—. http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/tozzer/anthrolit/anthrolit.cfm.

PAIS Archive. Public Affairs Information Service. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 2004—. http://www.oclc.org.

PAIS International. Public Affairs Information Service. Norwood, MA: Silver-Platter International, 1900—. http://www.csa.com/factsheets/pais-set-c.php.

Political Science Resources on the Web. Ann Arbor, MI: Document Center, University of Michigan, 1996—. http://www.lib.umich.edu/government-documents-center/explore/browse/political-science/254/search.

PsycARTICLES. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001—. http://www.apa.org/psycarticles.

PsycINFO. American Psychological Association. New York: Ovid Technologies, 1900—. http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/.

Social Sciences Citation Index with Abstracts. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, c. 1992—. http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/social_sciences_citation_index.

Sociological Abstracts. Sociological Abstracts, Inc. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1990—. http://www.oclc.org.

Natural Sciences

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access). Beltsville, MD: The Library, 1970—. http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1292.

Applied Science and Technology Abstracts. Bronx, NY: H. W. Wilson; Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1983—. http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/applieds.htm.

Science Citation Index. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, c. 1988—. http://www.thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/science_citation_index.

Web of Science. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1998—. http://isiknowledge.com.

Print Resources

General

1. Bowman, John S., ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

1. Garraty, John A., and Mark C. Carnes, eds. American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

1. Matthew, H. C. G., and Brian Howard Harrison, eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, in Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Also at http://www.oxforddnb.com.

2. Jackson, Kenneth T., Karen Markoe, and Arnie Markoe, eds. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. 6 vols. covering 1981—2002. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998—c. 2004.

2. Lagassé, Paul, ed. The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Also at http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia.

2. New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th ed. 32 vols. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2005. Also at http://www.eb.com.

3. Balay, Robert, ed. Guide to Reference Books. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

3. Hacker, Diana, and Barbara Fister. Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. Also at http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/.

3. Kane, Eileen, and Mary O'Reilly-de Brún. Doing Your Own Research. New York: Marion Boyars, 2001.

3. Lipson, Charles. Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.

3. Vitale, Philip H. Basic Tools of Research: An Annotated Guide for Students of English. 3rd ed., rev. and enl. New York: Barron's Educational Series, 1975.

4. Alternative Press Index. College Park, MD: Alternative Press Centre, 1969.

4. Bibliographic Index. New York: H. W. Wilson. Also at http://hwwilsonweb.com/databases/biblio.htm.

4. Book Review Index. Detroit: Gale Research, 1965—.

4. Book Review Index: A Master Cumulation. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980—.

4. Brigham, Clarence S. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690—1820. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.

4. Current Book Review Citations [in English]. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1976—82.

4. Farber, Evan Ira, exec. ed., and Ruth Matteson Blackmore . . . [et al.], senior eds. Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886—1974. Arlington, VA: Carrollton Press, 1979—.

4. Gregory, Winifred, ed. American Newspapers 1821—1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1937.

4. Library of Congress Subject Catalog. Washington, DC: Library of Congress. Also at http://catalog.loc.gov/.

4. National Newspaper Index. Menlo Park, CA: Information Access. Also online from multiple sources.

4. New York Times Index. New York: New York Times.

4. Popular Periodical Index. Camden, NJ: Rutgers University.

4. ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International. Also at http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detai1/pqdt.shtml.

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. New York: H. W. Wilson. Also at http://hwwilsonweb.com/databases/Readersg.htm.

4. Reference Books Bulletin. Chicago: American Library Association, 1984—.

4. Serials Review. San Diego: Pergamon, 1975—. Also by subscription through ScienceDirect.

4. Wall Street Journal Index. New York: Dow Jones. Also at http://www.il.proquest.com/products/pt-product-WSJ.shtml.

5. Strunk, William, and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2004.

5. Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1983.

5. Williams, Joseph M. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.

6. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Visual Representation of Data (Tables, Figures, etc.)

2. Harris, Robert L. Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

3. Cleveland, William S. The Elements of Graphing Data. 2nd ed. Summit, NJ: Hobart Press, 1994.

3. ———. Visualizing Data. Summit, NJ: AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1993.

3. Monmonier, Mark. Mapping It Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.

3. Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning Information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1990.

3. ———. Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Decision Making. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1997.

3. ———. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1983.

3. Wainer, Howard. Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot. New York: Copernicus, Springer-Verlag, 1997.

5. Kosslyn, Stephen M. Elements of Graph Design. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1994.

5. National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Services, Medical Arts and Photography Branch. Graphics User Guide. Bethesda, MD: The Branch, 1986.

5. Nicol, Adelheid A. M., and Penny M. Pexman. Presenting Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Creating Tables. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1999.

5. Robbins, Naomi B. Creating More Effective Graphs. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

Humanities

General

3. Kirkham, Sandi. How to Find Information in the Humanities. London: Library Association, 1989.

4. American Humanities Index. Troy, NY: Whitston.

4. Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1976—. Also at http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=H.

4. British Humanities Index. London: Library Association; Bethesda, MD: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

4. Humanities Index. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1974. Also at http://hwwilsonweb.com/Databases/humanities.htm.

4. Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities. Williamston, MI: P. Thomson, 1960—90.

5. Northey, Margot, and Maurice Legris. Making Sense in the Humanities: A Student's Guide to Writing and Style. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Art

1. Chilvers, Ian, and Harold Osborne, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Also at http://www.enotes.com/oxford-art-encyclopedia/.

1. Myers, Bernard L., and Trewin Copplestone, eds. The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Art. Rev. ed. London: Macmillan, 1981.

1. Myers, Bernard S., and Shirley D. Myers, eds. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art. 5 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969.

2. Myers, Bernard S., ed. Encyclopedia of World Art. 17 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987.

3. Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1999.

5. Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing about Art. 8th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2005.

History

1. Cook, Chris. A Dictionary of Historical Terms. 3rd ed. Houndmills, UK: Macmillan, 1998.

1. Ritter, Harry. Dictionary of Concepts in History. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986.

3. Benjamin, Jules R. A Student's Guide to History. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.

3. Brundage, Anthony. Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing. 3rd ed. Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson, 2002.

5. Barzun, Jacques, and Henry F. Graff. The Modern Researcher. 6th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004.

5. Marius, Richard, and Melvin E. Page. A Short Guide to Writing about History. 5th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2005.

Literary Studies

1. Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 8th ed. Boston: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005.

1. Baldick, Chris, ed. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

1. Brogan, Terry V. F., ed. The New Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.

1. Groden, Michael, Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman, eds. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

1. Preminger, Alex, and Terry V. F. Brogan, eds. The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993.

2. Drabble, Margaret, ed. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Also at http://www.enotes.com/oce-encyclopedia/.

2. Hart, James David, and Phillip W. Leininger, eds. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Also at http://www.enotes.com/oca-encyclopedia/.

2. Lentricchia, Frank, and Thomas McLaughlin, eds. Critical Terms for Literary Study. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.

2. Parini, Jay, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. 4 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

3. Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies. 4th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2002.

4. MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literature. New York: Modern Language Association of America. Also online from multiple sources.

5. Barnet, Sylvan, and William E. Cain. A Short Guide to Writing about Literature. 10th ed. New York: Longman Pearson, 2005.

5. Griffith, Kelley. Writing Essays about Literature: A Guide and Style Sheet. 7th ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 2005.

6. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009.

Music

1. Randel, Don Michael, ed. The Harvard Dictionary of Music. 4th ed. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.

1. Sadie, Stanley, and John Tyrrell, eds. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd ed. 29 vols. New York: Grove, 2001. Also at http://www.grovemusic.com.

2. Netti, Bruno, Ruth M. Stone, James Porter, and Timothy Rice, eds. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. 10 vols. New York: Garland, 2002.

2. Sadie, Stanley, ed. The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music. Rev. and enl. ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 1994.

5. Herbert, Trevor. Music in Words: A Short Guide to Researching and Writing about Music. London: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 2001.

6. Bellman, Jonathan. A Short Guide to Writing about Music. New York: Longman, 2000.

6. Wingell, Richard. Writing about Music: An Introductory Guide. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.

Philosophy

1. Blackburn, Simon. The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Also at http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/Subjects_and_Titles__2E_R08.

2. Edwards, Paul. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 8 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1996.

2. Parkinson, George H. R. The Handbook of Western Philosophy. New York: Macmillan, 1988.

2. Urmson, J. O., and Jonathan Rée, eds. The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and Philosophers. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2005.

3. List, Charles J., and Stephen H. Plum. Library Research Guide to Philosophy. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1990.

5. Martinich, Aloysius. Philosophical Writing: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005.

5. Watson, Richard A. Writing Philosophy: A Guide to Professional Writing and Publishing. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992.

Social Sciences

General

1. Calhoun, Craig, ed. Dictionary of the Social Sciences. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Also at http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/Subjects_and_Titles__2E_PS07.

1. Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau. Also at http://www.census.gov/comendia/statab/.

2. Sills, David, ed. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 19 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1991.

3. Herron, Nancy L. The Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources. 3rd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2002.

5. Becker, Howard S. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.

5. Bell, Judith. Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-Time Researchers in Education, Health, and Social Science. 4th ed. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press, 2005.

5. Northey, Margot, Lorne Tepperman, and James Russell. Making Sense: Social Sciences; A Student's Guide to Research and Writing. Updated 2nd ed. Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Anthropology

1. Barfield, Thomas J., ed. The Dictionary of Anthropology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.

1. Winthrop, Robert H. Dictionary of Concepts in Cultural Anthropology. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.

2. Barnard, Alan, and Jonathan Spencer, eds. Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. London: Routledge, 2004.

2. Ember, Melvin, Carol R. Ember, and Ian A. Skoggard, eds. Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Supplement. New York: Gale Group/Thomson Learning, 2002.

2. Levinson, David, ed. Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 10 vols. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1996.

2. Levinson, David, and Melvin Ember, eds. Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. 4 vols. New York: Henry Holt, 1996.

Business

1. Friedman, Jack P. Dictionary of Business Terms. 3rd ed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2000.

1. Link, Albert N. Link's International Dictionary of Business Economics. Chicago: Probus, 1993.

1. Nisberg, Jay N. The Random House Dictionary of Business Terms. New York: Random House, 1992.

2. Folsom, W. Davis, and Rick Boulware. Encyclopedia of American Business. New York: Facts on File, 2004.

2. McDonough, John, and Karen Egolf, eds. The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising. 3 vols. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003.

2. Vernon, Mark. Business: The Key Concepts. New York: Routledge, 2002.

2. Warner, Malcolm, and John P. Kotter, eds. International Encyclopedia of Business and Management. 2nd ed. 8 vols. London: Thomson Learning, 2002.

3. Amor, Louise, ed. The Online Manual: A Practical Guide to Business Databases. 6th ed. Oxford: Learned Information, 1997.

5. Farrell, Thomas J., and Charlotte Donabedian. Writing the Business Research Paper: A Complete Guide. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1991.

Communications, Journalism, and Media Studies

1. Miller, Toby, ed. Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. London: Routledge, 2003.

1. Newton, Harry. Newton's Telecom Dictionary: Covering Telecommunications, Networking, Information Technology, the Internet, the Web, Computing, Wireless, and Fiber. 21st ed. San Francisco: CMP Books, 2005.

1. Watson, James, and Anne Hill. A Dictionary of Communication and Media Studies. 4th ed. London: Arnold, 1997.

1. Weik, Martin H. Communications Standard Dictionary. 3rd ed. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1996.

1. Weiner, Richard. Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications. Rev. and updated ed. New York: Macmillan, 1996.

2. Barnouw, Erik, ed. International Encyclopedia of Communications. 4 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

2. Johnston, Donald H., ed. Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. 4 vols. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2003.

2. Jones, Steve, ed. Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2003.

2. Paneth, Donald. The Encyclopedia of American Journalism. New York: Facts on File, 1983.

2. Stern, Jane, and Michael Stern. Jane and Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: An A to Z Guide of Who's Who and What's What, from Aerobics and Bubble Gum to Valley of the Dolls and Moon Unit Zappa. New York: HarperPerennial, 1992.

4. Blum, Eleanor, and Frances Goins Wilhoit. Mass Media Bibliography: An Annotated Guide to Books and Journals for Research and Reference. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990.

6. Goldstein, Norm, ed. Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. 40th ed. New York: Associated Press, 2005.

Economics

1. Pearce, David W., ed. MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics. 4th ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992.

2. Eatwell, John, Murray Milgate, Peter K. Newman, and Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, eds. The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. 4 vols. New York: Palgrave, 2004.

2. Greenwald, Douglas, ed. The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.

2. Mokyr, Joel, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. 5 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

5. McCloskey, Donald N. The Writing of Economics. New York: Macmillan, 1987.

5. Thomson, William. A Guide for the Young Economist. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001.

Education

1. Barrow, Robin, and Geoffrey Milburn. A Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts: An Appraisal of Selected Ideas and Issues in Educational Theory and Practice. 2nd ed. New York: Teacher's College Press, 1990.

1. Collins, John Williams, and Nancy P. O'Brien, eds. The Greenwood Dictionary of Education. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003.

1. Gordon, Peter, and Dennis Lawton. Dictionary of British Education. 3rd ed. London: Woburn Press, 2003.

2. Alkin, Marvin C., ed. Encyclopedia of Educational Research. 6th ed. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

2. Guthrie, James W., ed. Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed. 8 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.

2. Husen, Torsten, and T. Neville Postlethwaite, eds. The International Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed. 12 vols. Oxford: Pergamon, 1994.

2. Levinson, David L., Peter W. Cookson, and Alan R. Sadovnik, eds. Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002.

2. Unger, Harlow G. Encyclopedia of American Education. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Facts on File, 2001.

4. The ERIC Database. Lanham, MD: Educational Resources Information Center. Also at http://www.eric.ed.gov/.

Geography

1. Witherick, M. E., Simon Ross, and John Small. A Modern Dictionary of Geography. 4th ed. London: Arnold, 2001.

2. Dunbar, Gary S. Modern Geography: An Encyclopedic Survey. New York: Garland, 1991.

2. McCoy, John, ed. Geo-Data: The World Geographic Encyclopedia. 3rd ed. Detroit: Thomson-Gale, 2003.

2. Parker, Sybil P., ed. World Geographical Encyclopedia. 5 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.

3. Walford, Nigel. Geographical Data Analysis. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

5. Durrenberger, Robert W., John K. Wright, and Elizabeth T. Platt. Geographical Research and Writing. New York: Crowell, 1985.

5. Northey, Margot, and David B. Knight. Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing: Geography and Environmental Sciences. 2nd updated ed. Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Political Science

1. Robertson, David. A Dictionary of Modern Politics. 4th ed. London: Europa, 2005.

2. The Almanac of American Politics. Washington, DC: National Journal. Also at http://nationaljournal.com/members/almanac.

2. Hawkesworth, Mary E., and Maurice Kogan, eds. Encyclopedia of Government and Politics. 2nd ed. 2 vols. London: Routledge, 2004.

2. Miller, David, ed. The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998.

5. Biddle, Arthur W., Kenneth M. Holland, and Toby Fulwiler. Writer's Guide: Political Science. Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath, 1987.

5. Lovell, David W., and Rhonda Moore. Essay Writing and Style Guide for Politics and the Social Sciences. Sydney: Australasian Political Studies Association, 1992.

5. Schmidt, Diane E. Writing in Political Science: A Practical Guide. 3rd ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2005.

6. American Political Science Association. Style Manual for Political Science. Rev. ed. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association, 2001.

Psychology

1. Colman, Andrew M. Oxford Dictionary of Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Also at http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/Subjects_and_Titles__2E_PS05.

1. Eysenck, Michael, ed. The Blackwell Dictionary of Cognitive Psychology. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997.

1. Hayes, Nicky, and Peter Stratton. A Student's Dictionary of Psychology. 4th ed. London: Arnold, 2003.

1. Wolman, Benjamin B., ed. Dictionary of Behavioral Science. 2nd ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1989.

2. Colman, Andrew M., ed. Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology. 2 vols. London: Routledge, 1997.

2. Craighead, W. Edward, Charles B. Nemeroff, and Raymond J. Corsini, eds. The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. 3rd ed. 4 vols. New York: Wiley, 2002.

2. Kazdin, Alan E., ed. Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

4. PsycINFO. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Also online from multiple sources.

4. The Web of Science Citation Databases. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information. Also at http://isiknowledge.com.

5. Solomon, Paul R. A Student's Guide to Research Report Writing in Psychology. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 1985.

5. Sternberg, R. J. The Psychologist's Companion: A Guide to Scientific Writing for Students and Researchers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

6. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2009.

Religion

1. Bowker, John, ed. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Also at http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/Subjects_and_Titles__2E_R01.

1. Pye, Michael, ed. Continuum Dictionary of Religion. New York: Continuum, 1994.

2. Jones, Lindsay, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion. 15 vols. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005.

2. Routledge Encyclopedias of Religion and Society (series). New York: Routledge.

Sociology

1. Abercrombie, Nicholas, Stephen Hill, and Bryan S. Turner. The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology. 4th ed. London: Penguin, 2000.

1. Johnson, Allan G. The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.

1. Scott, John, and Marshall Gordon, eds. A Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

2. Beckert, Jens, and Milan Zafirovksi, eds. Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology. London: Routledge, 2005.

2. Borgatta, Edgar F., ed. Encyclopedia of Sociology. 2nd ed. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000.

2. Levinson, David L., Peter W. Cookson, and Alan R. Sadovnik, eds. Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002.

2. Ritzer, George, ed. Encyclopedia of Social Theory. 2 vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005.

4. Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA). Bethesda, MD: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Also at http://www.csa.com/factsheets/assia-set-c.php.

4. Social Science Research. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Also at http://www.sciencedirect.com.

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Women's Studies

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2. Hine, Darlene Clark, Elsa Barkley Brown, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, eds. Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. 2 vols. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994.

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Natural Sciences

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3. Hurt, Charlie Deuel. Information Sources in Science and Technology. 3rd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

5. Gilpin, Andrea A., and Patricia Patchet-Golubev. A Guide to Writing in the Sciences. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

6. Rubens, Phillip, ed. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001.