Specialized encyclopedias
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Use these e-books to find an overview article on your topic written by experts!!
Gale Virtual Reference Library (click on title)
This collection of over 250 electronic encyclopedias and other reference books provides access to reliable information in the arts, biography, business, education,environoment, history, law, library science, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nations of the world, publishing and information sciences, religion, science, social sciences, and technology. Listed below are some sample titles from the collection. Those in bold are heavily used titles.
American Men & Women of Science, College Blue Book, Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook, Diseases and Disorders, Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America, Encyclopedia of Food and Cultures, Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, Handbook of Human Rights Law, How Products are Made,International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family, McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, National Survey of State Laws, Political Parties of the World, Race and Racism in Literature, Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans,Trade Unions of the World, West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Who's Who Among African Americans, Women in American Society, Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States, and The Writers Directory.
Sage e-Reference Collection (click on title)
This collection of over 50 specialized encyclopedias cover many aspects of the Social Sciences - including - African American Studies, Aging, Anthropology, Business, Communications, Counseling and Psychotherapy, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Family Studies, Gender, Geography, Health, History, Politics, Psychology, Research Methods, Social Issues, Social Work and Sociology.
The following encyclopedias covering Criminology & Criminal Justice will be of great value to the John Jay community. Click on the encyclopedia title to access the fulltext of that encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice
Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime
