Online Reference Resources: General Reference

Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.

21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook, 1st ed, 2010
American Decades, 1st ed 2001
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 9th ed 2001
Berkshire Encyclopedia of China: Modern and Historic Coverage of the World's Newest and Oldest Global Power 1st ed, 2010
Countries and Their Cultures , 4v, 2001
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion , 3v, 2005
Encyclopedia of Education , 2nd ed., 8v, 2003
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, 1st ed 2009
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, 2nd ed 2008
Encyclopedia of Religion , 2nd ed., 15v, 2005
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender , 4v, 2007
The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders , 2v, 2003
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health , 2nd ed., 5v, 2007
The Gale Encyclopedia of Science , 3rd ed., 6v, 2004
Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia , 3rd ed., 2003
Major Acts of Congress , 3v, 2004
Milestone Documents in American History, 1st ed 2008
National Survey of State Laws , 5th ed., 2005
New Catholic Encyclopedia , 2nd ed., 15v, 2003
Social Policy:Essential Primary Sources, 1st ed 2007
The African American Almanac, 10th ed 2007
The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2nd ed 2005

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A primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.