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Social Research Related Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
Search articles, biographies, videos, images, and web sites. Also includes the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences contains nearly 3,000 new articles contributed by thousands of international scholars and several Nobel Prize winners. This new edition is essential to research and study in the disciplines of sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, psychology, and other fields.
Encyclopedia of Sociology
This classic reference provides articles covering core issues such as race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy and abortion.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design
Addresses issues of research design within the experimental sciences. Entries provide summaries of advantages and disadvantages of often-used designs and illustrations using real-life examples.

Encyclopedia of Social Work This link opens in a new window
This is a collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press. Provides over 800 overview articles, on key topics, including addictions and substance use, aging and older adults, children and adolescents, couples and families, gender and sexuality, poverty, and race, ethnicity, and culture.

Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse
This volume presents definitions of key terminology, predictors, and consequences of different forms of maltreatment. It examines larger social systems that can contribute to abuse, as well as community, relationship, and individual predictors of both perpetration and victimization.
Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook
This book examines the history behind racial, gender, and religious profiling, charts its guiding philosophies, surveys supporting legal doctrines and legislation, and presents the arguments pro and con.
Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook
This book provides a detailed discussion of the history of substance abuse, covers the classification of drugs, explains how drugs work in the body, includes a general survey of both legal and illegal drugs, and describes the methods of substance abuse prevention and treatment.