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Anthropology

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology  GN307.E52 1996
Encyclopedia of World Cultures  GN307.E53 1991
Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes  E77.G15 1998
Gale Encyclopedia of MulticulturalAmerica  E184.A1G14. 1995
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life  GN333.W67 1998

Archaeology

Encyclopedia of Archaeology  CC110.E54 1999
Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology  CC70.C59 1999
New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land  DS111.A2.N488 1993

Art

Dictionary of Art  N31.D5 1996..... also available on-line via E-Resource List (A - Z)
Encyclopedia of World Art (1966)  N31.E4833
International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture  NA40.I45 1993
Timurid Architecture of Iran and Turan  NA5991.G6 1988
Sculpture  NB60.S3813 1996

Business

Affirmative Action : An Encyclopedia  HF5549.5.A34A426 2004
Encyclopedia of Small Business  HD62.7.H553 1998
Encyclopedia of Business  HF1001.E466 2000
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance  HF1001.E467 2001
Encyclopedia of Finance    HG151.E625 2006
Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising  HF5803.A38 2003
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries (1999)  HD1375.H349
Encyclopedia of American Women in Business      HD6054.4.U6 K753 2004

Careers

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance  HF5381.E52 2005

Drama

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World drama  PN1625.W3
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre  PN2035.W67 1994
Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre  ML102.M88G3 1994
New Grove Dictionary of Opera  ML102.O6N5 1992
International dictionary of Films & Filmmakers  PN1997.8I58 1997
British Film Institute Film Classics  PN1995.B735 2003
Encyclopedia of Filmmakers  PN1998.2T53 2002
Film Classics  PN1995.B735 2003
Encyclopedia of Televison  PN1992.I8M874 1997
Encyclopedia of American Radio  PN1991.3u6L32 2000

Education

Encyclopedia of Education  LB15.E47 2003
Encyclopedia of Educational Research  L901.E57 1992
Philosophy of Education : An Encyclopedia  LB17.P485 1996
Encyclopedia of American Education  LB17.U54 1996
Women in Higher Education: An Encyclopedia LC1569.W66 2002  

Environment & Wildlife

Earth Science  QE28.E12 2001
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences  QE5.E5137 1999
Encyclopedia of Environment  GE10.e57
Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues  GE10.E52 2000
Pollution A-Z  TD173.P65 2003
Beachan’s Guide to Environmental Issues and Sources  GE115.B43 1993
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology  QH540.4.E52 1995
Natural Resources  HC103.7.N278 1998
Natural Disasters  GB5014.N373 2001
Encyclopedia of Climate & Weather  QC854.E523 1996
Encyclopedia of Deserts  GB611.E65 1999
Encyclopedia of Rainforests  QH86.J85 2002
Encyclopedia of Microbiology  Q89.E53 1992
Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History  SD143.E53 1983
Hough’s Encyclopaedia of American Woods  SD536.H832
Silva of North America (1890) QK481.S275
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees  QK475.M67 2002
Encyclopedia of Horticulture  SB317.58
Hillier Gardener's Guide to Trees & Shrubs  SB435.H54 1997 
Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers  SB403.2.A438 2002
Encyclopedia of Insects  QL462.3.E455 2003
Encyclopedia of Fishes  QL614.7.E56 1998 
Environmental Encyclopedia   GE10.E58 2003
Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds QL672.2 .F53 2003
Grzimer's Encyclopedia of Mammels  QL701.G7913 1990
Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals  QL715.555 1999
Beacham’s Guide to International Endangered Species  QL82.B435 1998

Geography

Companion Encyclopedia of Geography    G116.C645 2007
Encyclopedia of World Geography   G63.E556 2005
World Geographical Encyclopedia  G63.E5213 1995
Columbia Gazetteer of the World  G103.L7 1998

Health & Medicine

Magill’s Medical Guide  RC41.M34 1998
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine  R733.G34 2005
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders  RB155.5.G35 2002
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine  RC41.G35 1999
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders  RC437.G35 2003
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health  RT21.G353 2002
EncyclopedIa of Alzheimer's Disease  RC523.M665 2003
EncyclopedIa of Autoimmune Diseases  RC600.C37 2003 
Encyclopedia of Bioethics  QH332.E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Cancer  RC262.E558 1996
Encyclopedia of Children's Health and Wellness  RJ45.T9465 2004
Encyclopedia of Disability and Rehabilitation  HV1568.E53 1995
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior  HV5804.E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Gerontology  RC952.5.E58 2007
Encyclopedia of International Sports Science   RC1206.E53 2006
Encyclopedia of Men's Health  RA777.8.R68 2005
Encyclopedia of Mental Health RA790.E53 1998
EncyclopedIa of Obesity and Eating Disorders  RC552.E18C37 2000
EncyclopedIa of Phobias, Fears & Anxieties  RC535.D63 2000
Encyclopedia of Sport Science (includes sports injuries) GV558.E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Women's Health Issues RA778.G39 2002
Encyclopedia of Women's Health     RA778.E5825 2004
Sex & Sexuality   HW21.S4716 2006

HDFS

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development       HQ767.9.C352 2005
Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia   HQ796. C8154 2006
International Encyclopedia of Adolescence  HQ796.I58 2007
Encyclopedia of Psychology (Corsini)  BF31.E52 1994
Encyclopedia of Psychology (Kazdin)  BF31.E523 2000
Handbook of Child Psychology  BF721.H2422 1998
Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescence & the Media     HQ784.M3E53 2007
Handbook of Psychology  BF121.H1955  2003
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior  BF31.E5 1994
Encyclopedia of Human Development   HM626.E53 2006
Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence  BF431.E59 1994
Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology  BF1407.E52 1996
Encyclopedia of Social Issues  HN57.E59 1997
Encyclopedia of Social Work    HV35.S6 1995
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality  HQ21.I65 1998
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society  HQ767.84.E53 2004Handbook of Child Psychology  BF721.H242 2006
A History of Women in the United States  HQ1410.H58  2004  
Lesbian Histories and Culture  HQ75.5.L4395  2000  
Gay Histories and Cultures  HQ75.13.G37 2000 
Encyclopedia of Family Life  HQ534.E53 1999
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family  HQ9.E52 2003
Infancy in America  HQ774.I528  2001
Girlhood in America  HQ777.G5745 2001
Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence  HQ772.G27 1998
Encyclopedia of American Crime  HV6789.S54 2001
Violence in America  HN90.V5V5474 1999

History

AMERICAN
 
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution  KF4548.E53 2000
The Constitution and its Amendments  KF4557.C66 1999
Encyclopedia of the United States Congress  JK1067.E63 1995
Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System  JF501.E53 1994
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency  JK511.E53 1994
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War  E468.E53 2000
Encyclopedia fo the Vietnam War  DS557.7.E53 1996
Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War  UF500.G8 1995
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century  E169.1.E626 2001
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century  E740.7.E53 1996  
Encyclopedia fo American Social History  HN57.E58 1993
Encyclopedia of Rural America  E169.12.E5 1997
Encyclopedia of Urban America  HT123.E5 1998
Civil Rights in the United States  E184.A1C47 2000 
Human Rights in the United States  KF4745.5.C37 2000
Working Americans 1880-1999  HD8066.D47 2000  
Amercan Decades 1900-1999  E169.12.A419 1994 
Encyclopedia of Propaganda  HM263.E53 1998 
Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups  HN90.R3A75 2002   
Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History  E169.1.E624 2001
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture  E169.1S764 2000
 
AMERICAN -  MULTICULTURALISM & CULTURAL GROUPS
 
Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism  E184.A1E58 1993
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America  E184.A1G14 1995
Encyclopedia of Urban Culture HT108.5.E53 2002
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (1980)  E184.A1H135
Native American Tribes E77.G15 1998
Native America in the 20th Century  E76.2.N36 1994
Encyclopedia of Irish in America  E184.I6E53 1999
Encyclopedia of African-American Politics  E185.S58I55 2003
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African & African American Experience   DT14.A37435 2005
African American Encyclopedia  E185.A253 2001
Reference Library of Black America  E185.P56 1990
Encyclopedia of Asian-American History  E184.O6.A89 2002
Asian American Encyclopedia  E184.06A827 1995
Japanese American History  E184.J3J3355 1993
Jewish-American History E184.J5J48 1992
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the U.S.  E184.S75H365 1993
A History of Women in the United States  HQ1410.H58  2004  
Lesbian Histories and Culture  HQ75.5.L4395  2000  
Gay Histories and Cultures  HQ75.13.G37 2000 

INTERNATIONAL
China Today: An Encyclopedia of Life         DS777.6.C458 2005
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance  CB361.E53 1999
Encyclopedia of Government and Politics  JA61.C66 1992 
World Encyclopedia of Political Systems & Parties  JF2011.W67 1999  
Encyclopedia of Democracy  JC423.E53 1995
Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery  HT861.H57 1997
Human Rights Encyclopedia  JC571.L523 2001
Encyclopedia of Genocide  HV6322.7E53 1999
Encyclopedia of European Social History  HN373.E63 2001
Oxford Companion to World War II  D740.093 1995
Encyclopedia of Conflicts since WW II  D84.E53 1999
Encyclopedia of the Cold War  D843.A668 1994
Encyclopedia of the Developing World   HC59.7.E52 2006
Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War  UF500.G8 1995 
Encyclopedia of Terrorism  HV6431.K883 2003
Encyclopedia of the United Nations KZ4968.M66 2002
Encyclopedia of French Culture  DC33.7.E53 1998
Encyclopedia of German Culture  DD290.26.E53 1999
Encyclopedia of Spanish Culture  DP233.5E63 1999  
Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture  DA925.B47 1999  
Cambridge Encyclopedia of China  DS705.C35
Cambridge Encyclopedia of India  DS334.C36 1989  
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia  DK14.C35 1994  
An illustrated Encyclopedia of Japan  DS805.J262 1993
Blackwell Companion to Jewish Cultures DS102.8.B461989
Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel  DS149.E597
Oxford Encyclopedia of Modern Islamic World  DS35.53.095 1995

Journalism

History of the Mass Media in the United States  P92.U5H54 1998
Encyclopedia of Television  PN1992.I8M874 1997
Encyclopedia of Televison  PN1992.I8M874 1997
Encyclopedia of American Radio  PN1991.3u6L32 2000

Law

West’s Encyclopedia of American Law  KF154.W47 1998
Encyclopedia of Everyday Law  KF387.G27 2003
Encyclopedia of American Crime  HV6789.S54 2001
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice HV6017.E52 2002
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment HV6017.E524 2002
Guns in American Society  HV7436.G8783 2002
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior  HV5804.E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Terrorism  HV6431.K883 2003

Literature

Literary Movements for students  PN597.L58 2002Dictionary of Literary Biography  PS221.D5 ..... also available on-line via E-Resource List (A - Z)
Medieval Folklore  GR35.M43 2000
Encyclopedia of World Literature of the 20th Century  PN771.E5 1999
Encyclopedia of the Novel  PN41.E53 1998
Critical survey of Poetry  PN1021.C7 2003
Encyclopedia of American Poetry  PS316.E63 1999
Cambridge History of Irish Literature   PB1306.C36 2006
Shakespeare for Students  PR2987.S47 1992
Shakespeare A to Z  PR2892.B69 1990
Literary Movements for Students  PN597.L58 2002
Harlem Renaissance  PS153.N5H243 2003

Music

New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians  ML100.N48 .....  also aviable on-line via E-Resource List (A - Z)
New Grove Dictionary of American Music  ML101.U6N48 1986
Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950  ML102.P66K55
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz  ML102.J3N48 1988
New Grove Dictionary of Opera  ML102.O6N5 1992
Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre  ML102.M88G3 1994
Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music  ML102.P66G84 1998

Psychology

Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescence & the Media     HQ784.M3E53 2007
Encyclopedia of Psychology (Corsini)  BF31.E52 1994
Encyclopedia of Psychology (Kazdin)  BF31.E523 2000
Companion Encyclopediia of Psychology  BF121.C65 1994
Handbook of Child Psychology  BF721.H242 2006
Handbook of Psychology  BF121.H1955  2003
International Encyclopedia of Adolescence  HQ796.I58 2007
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior  BF31.E5 1994
Encyclopedia of Human Emotions  BF531.E55 1999
Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence  BF431.E59 1994
Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory  BF318.E53 1992

Religion, Ethics & Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics  BH56.E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Philosophy  B41.E5
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics  BJ63.A66 1998
Encyclopedia of Ethics (Baker) BJ63.E45 1992
Encyclopedia of Ethics (Duval) BJ63.E46 1999
Encyclopedia of Values and Ethics  BJ63.H47 1996
Encyclopedia of Ethics in Science and Technology  Q175.35.B37 2002
Encyclopaedia of Religion & Ethics (1925-1932) BL31.E43
Encyclopedia of American Religious Experience  BL2525.E53 1988
Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion  BL65.P7E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals     BL31.E47 2004
Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom  BV741.E47 2003
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions  E98.R3 H73 1992
Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism  BL238.E63 2001
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion  BL240.3.E43 2003
Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology  BF1407.E52 1996
Encyclopedia of the Paranomal  BF1025.E54 1996
Encyclopedia of Supersitions  BF1775.R3 1996b
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America   BL458.E52 2006Myths and Legends of the World  BL311.M97 2000

Sports

Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies   RC1206.E53 2006
Encyclopedia of World Sport  GV567.E56 1996
Encyclopedia of Women and Sports  GV709.S44 1996
Encyclopedia of Sports Science  GV558.E531997

Science & Technology

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology  Q121.M3 1997
Encyclopedia of Ethics in Science and Technology  Q175.35.B37 2002
History of Magic and Experimental Science  Q125.T52 1964
Chemical Formalary  TP151.C53
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry  QD4.M33 1997
Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology  TP9.K54 1999
Encyclopedia of Physics  QC5.E52
Encyclopedia of Physics  QC5.R596 2004
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics  QA5.I8313 1987
Encyclopedia of Computer Science  QA76.15.C48 2000
Encyclopedia of Computer Science  QA76.15.W67 2002
Desktop Encyclopedia of the Internet TK5105.5.M85696 1999  
Magill Survey: Space Exploration Series  TL790.M24
Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space  QB500.262.Z56  2000

Sociology

Encyclopedia of African American Society      E185.E546 2005
Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History  E169.1.E624 2001
Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescence & the Media     HQ784.M3E53 2007
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture  E169.1S764 2000
Encyclopedia of Sociology  HM17.E5 1992
Encyclopedia of Rural America  E169.1.E626 2001
Encyclopedia of Urban America  HT123.E51998
Encyclopedia of Food & Culture  GT2850.E53 2003
Encyclopedia of Social Work     HV35.S6 1995
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality  HQ21.I65 1998
Human Rights Encyclopedia  JC571.L523 2001
Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes  E77.G15 1998
Asian American Encyclopedia  E184.O6A827 1995
African American Encyclopedia  E185.A253 2001
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World  DS35.53O95 1995
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women  HQ1115.R69 2000
Sex & Sexuality   HW21.S4716 2006
Working Americans 1880-1999  HD8066.D47 2000

Women's Studies

Encyclopedia of American Women in Business      HD6054.4.U6 K753 2004
Encyclopedia of Women's Health Issues RA778.G39 2002
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America   BL458.E52 2006
Great American Women of the 19th Century: A Biographical Encyclopedia   CT3260.A4725 2005
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women  HQ1115.R69 2000  
A History of Women in the United States  HQ1410.H58  2004  
Lesbian Histories and Culture  HQ75.5.L4395  2000
Encyclopedia of Women and Sports  GV709.S44 1996
Sex & Sexuality   HW21.S4716 2006
Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe  PN471.W565 1997
Women in Music in America Since 1900  ML82.W625 2002
Women in Higher Education: An Encyclopedia LC1569.W66 2002

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