Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies: Encyclopedias & Reference Sources
Subject Encyclopedias
Scholarly subject encyclopedias provide background information about specific topics. Entries or articles, written by scholars or subject experts, include bibliographies or suggested readings that will lead to more information on your topic.
You can use subject encyclopedias to identify keywords for your research in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Online Subject Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias are tremendously useful resources, especially for researching a new topic. Encyclopedias provide summaries of research topics to get you up to speed quickly: important research findings and researchers, discussions and critiques of theoretical models and methodologies. The summary is followed by a bibliography, leading you to the important articles and books in that area.
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies (ebook) by
ISBN: 9781405196949Publication Date: 2016Encyclopedia of gender and society (ebook) by
ISBN: 1849725268Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society (ebook) by
ISBN: 1412926947Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies by
Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 1405196947Publication Date: 2016-05-09Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures by
ISBN: 9780815333548Publication Date: 1999-12-01The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, 5 Volume Set by
Publication Date: 2016-05-09The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History by
Publication Date: 2008-01-23The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender (ebook) by
Publication Date: 2017
General Online Encyclopedia & Reference Sources
Reference sources can perform a number of information functions: define concepts and vocabulary, provide chronologies, provide a coherent overview of a topic or discipline, contextualize a subject area by virtue of the topics which are included in the scope of a particular work, get you up to speed quickly by filling in background facts and themes.
- Oxford Bibliographies OnlineIncludes scholarly bibliographies that provide research guidance in several topical areas. Our current subscriptions cover the classics, Jewish studies, Islamic studies, Latino studies, medieval studies, the renaissance and the reformation, British and Irish literature, childhood studies, Chinese studies, cinema and media studies, American literature, education, communication, linguistics, philosophy, public health, and international relations.
- Oxford Reference OnlineContains full text subject encyclopedias, reference works, dictionaries, and handbooks in all disciplines.
Print Encyclopedias
The encyclopedias listed are also designed to provide overview, background, synthesis and a quick examination of a topic. Articles are written by discipline experts for general readers and often will include a selected bibliography of the important works on a particular topic. While some of the encyclopedias listed are also available online, most of these are located on the second floor of the library.
Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories by
Call Number: HQ1190 .E63 2000 (2nd floor Reference collection as well as online)Publication Date: 2000-07-01The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History by
Call Number: HQ1121 .O93 2008 v.1-4 (2nd floor Reference collection as well as online)Publication Date: 2008-01-01Women in World History
Call Number: HQ1115 .W6 1999 v. 1-17 (2nd floor Reference collection as well as online)ISBN: 078763736XPublication Date: 1999Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender
Call Number: HQ16 .E52 2007 v. 1-4 (2nd floor Reference Collection)Publication Date: 2007Men and Masculinities: a social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia
Call Number: HQ1090.3 .M436 2004 (2nd floor Reference collection)Publication Date: 2003Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
Call Number: HQ76.3.U5 E53 2004 v.1-3Publication Date: 2003LGBTQ America Today by
Call Number: HQ73.3.U6 L43 2009 v. 1-3 (2nd floor Reference collection)Publication Date: 2009Sexuality: the essential glossary
Call Number: HQ9 .S49 2004 (2nd floor Reference collection)Publication Date: 2004Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
Call Number: HQ1170 .E53 2003 v. 1-6 (2nd floor Reference collection as well as online)Publication Date: 2007Women and Gender in Medieval Europe
Call Number: HQ1147.E85 W64 2006 (2nd floor Reference collection)Publication Date: 2006International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
Call Number: H41 .I58 2001 v. 1-10 (2nd floor Reference collection)