Online Reference Resources (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Etc.)

General | Biography | Folklore, Culture, Fine & Performing Arts
History | Language & Linguistics | Literature
Politics, Conflict, Borders & Migration | Religion & Philosophy
Social Sciences | Science & Environment | Women & Feminism


General
The Columbia gazetteer of the world. Columbia University Press, 2001.
Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2001.
A companion to postcolonial studies. Blackwell, 2005.
The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern world. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Biography
Biography Resource Center. Gale Group.
Notable Latino Americans: a biographical dictionary.Greenwood Press, 1997.
The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas in the United States. Oxford University Press, 2005.

Folklore, Culture, Fine & Performing Arts
Death and the afterlife: a cultural encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Dictionary of Chicano folklore. ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Encyclopedia of folk medicine: old world and new world traditions. ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Encyclopedia of folklore and literature. ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Encyclopedia of taboos. ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Folklore. Vols. 1 and 2: an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art. ABC-CLIO, 1997.
The Garland encyclopedia of world music.Garland Publishers, 1998-2002.
Grove/Oxford art online. Oxford University Press, 2007.
Heroes & hero cults in Latin America. University of Texas Press, 2006.
International encyclopedia of dance. Oxford University Press, 1998.
Medieval folklore: an encyclopedia of myths, legends, tales, beliefs, and customs. ABC-CLIO, 2000.
The Oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in America. Oxford University Press, 2005.
The Oxford encyclopedia of theatre and performance. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Oxford Music Online, [Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music]. Oxford University Press, 2007.

History
Annals of American History. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2002.
An atlas and survey of Latin American history. M.E. Sharpe, 2007.
Chronology of world slavery. ABC-CLIO, 1999.
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press, 2001.
New dictionary of the history of ideas. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005.
Gale Encyclopedia of world history: Governments. Gale Group, 2008.
Gale encyclopedia of world history: War. Gale Group, 2008.

Language & Linguistics
Basic Spanish: a grammar and workbook. Routledge, 2006.
International encyclopedia of linguistics. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Modern Spanish grammar: a practical guide. Routledge, 2003.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online [English, French, German, Italian & Spanish]. Oxford University Press. 2007.
A student grammar of Spanish. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Webster's New World 575+ Spanish verbs. Wiley, 2004.
Webster's new world Spanish grammar handbook. Wiley, 2005.

Literature
The concise Oxford dictionary of literary terms. Oxford University Press, 2001.
Encyclopedia of folklore and literature. ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Encyclopedia of postmodernism. Routledge, 2002.
Latin American women writers. Alexander Street Press, 2005.
Latino literature: poetry, drama and fiction. Alexander Street Press, 2004.

Politics, Conflict, Borders & Migration
The Blackwell dictionary of political science: a user's guide to its terms. Blackwell, 1999.
Border crossing: US--Mexico border crossing data. U.S. Department of Transportation, 2005.
Contemporary Spanish Politics. Routledge,2004
Dictionary of genocide. Greenwood Press, 2008.
Gale Encyclopedia of world history: Governments. Gale Group, 2008.
Gale encyclopedia of world history: War. Gale Group, 2008.
Encyclopedia of the stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around the world: Vol. I, A-C. Greenwood Press, 2002.
Encyclopedia of the stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around the world: Vol. II, D-K.
Encyclopedia of the stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around the world: Volume III, L-R.
Encyclopedia of the stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around the world: Volume IV, S-Z.
International conflict: a chronological encyclopedia of conflicts and their management, 1945-1995. Congressional Quarterly, 1997.
A political and economic dictionary of Latin America. Europea Publications, 2004.
A political and economic dictionary of Western Europe. Routledge, 2005.

Religion & Philosophy
The Blackwell companion to Catholicism. Blackwell, 2007.
Encyclopaedia Judaica. Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.
Encyclopedia of American religions. Gale Group, 2003.
Encyclopedia of Islam. Brill, 2002.
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world. Thomson/Gale, 2004.
Encyclopedia of politics and religion. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2007.
Encyclopedia of religion. Macmillan Reference USA, 2005.
Jesus in history, thought, and culture: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003.
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. Routledge, 2003.
Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Stanford University, 1997.

Social Sciences
Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology. Blackwell, 2007.
The Cambridge economic history of Latin America. Vol.II, The long twentieth century. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
The dictionary of anthropology. Blackwell, 1997.
Encyclopedia of gangs. Greenwood Press, 2008.
Encyclopedia of multicultural education. Greenwood Press, 1999.
Encyclopedia of Population. Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.
Encyclopedia of race and racism. Macmillan Reference USA, 2008.
The Houghton Mifflin dictionary of geography: places and peoples of the world. Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Indigenous peoples, poverty, and human development in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
International encyclopedia of the social sciences. Macmillan Reference USA, 2008.
The international encyclopedia of communication. Blackwell, 2008.
A political and economic dictionary of Latin America. Europa Publications, 2004.
A political and economic dictionary of Western Europe. Routledge, Claire Annesley. 2005.
The social science encyclopedia. Routledge, 2004.
Work in America: an encyclopedia of history, policy, and society. ABC-CLIO, 2003.

Science & Environment
Dictionary and introduction to global environmental governance. Earthscan, 2007.
Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy. Macmillan Reference USA, 2009.

Women & Feminism
Encyclopedia of feminist theories. Routledge, 2000.
Radical women in Latin America: left and right. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.
The Routledge companion to feminism and postfeminism. Routledge, 2001.
Women and social movements in the United States 1600-2000. Alexander Street Press, 1997.

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