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Getting Started | Background Information | Reference Material
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:
- Sage KnowledgeFull-text online encyclopedias, handbooks, ebooks, and videos covering sociology, social work, multicultural and gender studies,political science, psychology, anthropology, criminal justice, health & medicine.
- Credo ReferenceOver 600 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries (English and foreign language), thesauri, books of quotations, as well as a range of subject-specific reference books.