Oxford Reference contains over 100 general and subject dictionaries, and language reference works published by Oxford University Press. The collection includes quotations, proverbs, place-names and other general reference works. Among the English language reference works are thesauri and a wide variety of dictionaries (e.g. grammar, abbreviations, idioms, eponyms, euphemisms). Foreign language dictionaries include German, Italian, and Spanish. Specialized subject dictionaries are available in a wide range of disciplines.
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Social sciences
Society and culture
This Collection includes over 650 titles with particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are over 1,000 short reference videos, nearly 300,000 high-resolution art images, and thousands of additional images across all subject areas. Subject coverage is especially diverse and equipped to address all key disciplines.
A collection of over 250 Reference Titles. Sage Reference Online is a social science eBook platform, where you will find an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content.
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Business & Management
Communication and Media Studies
Counseling and Psychotherapy
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Health and Social Care
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Life & Biomedical Sciences
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Research Methods & Evaluation
Sociology
A search of the Gale Virtual Reference Library helps you find electronic reference books published by Gale. Gale is very easy to use especially because you can look through its entire collection with a single search. Also includes Gale's Countries and Their Cultures.
This three-volume encyclopedia offers more than 4000 entries on all aspects of contemporary cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. More than 40 regions are discussed from 1920 to the present day. Culture is broadly defined to include food, sport, religion, television and transport, alongside architecture, dance, film, literature, music and sculpture.
Gale In Context: Biography is an engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Organized into a user-friendly portal experience, it merges Gale's authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia. Users can browse to find people based on occupation, role, or historical period, or search based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text.
Biography is built on a foundation of more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Providing coverage of the most searched and studied people, Biography includes over 5,000 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures. Reference content is offered alongside videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers. This resource is continuously updated to ensure users have access to the latest information.
v. 1. Autochthonous societies
v. 2. New societies : the Caribbean in the "long" sixteenth century
v. 3. The slave societies of the Caribbean
v. 4. The long nineteenth century
v. 5. The Caribbean in the twentieth century
v. 6. Methodology and historiography of the Caribbean.
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Oxford Bibliographies combines features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, giving researchers scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Subjects:
African Studies
African American Studies
American Literature
Anthropology
Art History
Atlantic History
Biblical Studies
British and Irish Literature
Buddhism
Childhood Studies
Chinese Studies
Cinema and Media Studies
Classics
Communication
Criminology
Ecology
Education
Hinduism
International Law
International Relations
Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Literary and Critical Theory
Medieval Studies
Military History
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Health
Renaissance and Reformation
Social Work
Sociology
Victorian Literature
Resource URL: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com
Abbreviation: oxbib
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: Religion, Urban and Regional Planning, *General / Multi-Subject, Bibliography
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Research Starter
Multidisciplinary guide to the study of Latin American Studies that includes essays on research trends and approaches, provides entries on over 6,000 bibliographic and research sources, and selectively identifies specialized collections and resources in United States research libraries.
Draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day.
Includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.
(12 volume set): 1. National symbols -- 2. Geography, the environment, and urbanization -- 3. History : the colonial period (Pre-Columbian era to 1901) -- 4. History : the Republican period (1902-1958) -- 5. History and government : the revolutionary period (1959- ) -- 6. Contemporary economy and society -- 7. Literature and the social sciences -- 8. Performing arts -- 9. The plastic arts -- 10. Popular culture and religion -- 11. Sports -- 12. Cuban diaspora.