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Reference Material in the form of subject dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks typically provide background essays, definitions, broad overviews of various topics, or other pertinent facts. Online reference resources can be searched via multi-disciplinary collections like those below.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Over 600 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries (English and foreign language), thesauri, books of quotations, as well as a range of subject-specific reference books.
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Oxford Reference OnlineCurrent edition dictionaries, encyclopedias and thesauri on multiple disciplines and subjects.
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Sage eReferenceStart your research with authoritative encyclopedias and handbooks in the social and behavioral sciences.
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Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia / Marilyn Coleman.
This carefully balanced academic work chronicles the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of American families from the colonial period to the present. Key themes include families and culture (including mass media), families and religion, families and the economy, families and social issues, families and social stratification and conflict, family structures (including marriage and divorce, gender roles, parenting and children, and mixed and non-modal family forms), and family law and policy.
