The University of Texas at Austin
School of Information
INF 382D Introduction to Information Resources and Services
ENCYCLOPEDIAS (Fall 2010)
I.
SINGLE-VOLUME ENCYCLOPEDIAS
1. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Chicago: Britannica, 2006. PCL REF AG 5 B78
2. Crystal, David, ed. The New Penguin Encyclopedia. London, UK: Penguin, 2001. PCL REF
AE 5 N49
II.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
1. World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2003. PCL REF AE 5 W55
2. Compton’s Encyclopedia & Fact Index. Chicago: Compton’s Books. YOUTH COLLECTION
AG 5 C73
3. The New Book of Knowledge. Danbury, CT: Grolier. YOUTH COLLECTION PCL STX AG 5
N273
III.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS FOR ADULTS
1. Encyclopedia Americana. Danbury, CT: Scholastic, 2003. PCL REF AE 5 E333
2. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago; London: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2002.
PCL REF AE 5 E363
IV.
SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS
1. Birz, H. James, ed. Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006.
PCL REF GN 11 E 63 2006
2. Borchert, Donald M. Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 2nd ed. PCL
REF B 51 E 53
3. Borgatta, Edgar F. and Rhonda J. V. Montgomery. Encyclopedia of Sociology. 2nd
ed. New York: Macmillan, 2000. PCL REF HM 425 E5 2000
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4. Considine, Glenn D. and Peter H. Kulik. Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia. New
York: Wiley Interscience, 2002. PCL REF Q 121 V269
5. Ekerdt, David J. Encyclopedia of Aging. Detroit: Gale, 2002. PCL REF HQ 1061 E534
6. Guthrie, James W. Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan, 2003.
PCL REF LB 15 E47
7. Horowitz, Maryanne Cline. New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Detroit: Gale,
2005. PCL REF CB 9 N49
8. Hoxie, Frederick E., ed. Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1996. PCL REF E 76.2 E 53
9. Jones, Lindsay, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan, 2005. PCL
REF BL 31 E 46
10. Kastenbaum, Robert. Encyclopedia of Death and Dying. Detroit: Gale, 2003. PCL
REF HQ 1073 M33 2003
11. Katz, Solomon H. Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Detroit: Gale, 2003. PCL REF
GT 2850 E53 2003. PCL REF GT 2850 E53 2003
12. Kazdin, Alan E. Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press,
2000. PCL REF BF 31 E 52
13. Kors, Alan Charles, ed. Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Oxford, UK: Oxford
University Press, 2003. PCL REF B 802 E 53
14. Levinson, David and Karen Christensen, eds. Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport.
Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire, 2005. PCL REF GV 567 B48 2005
15. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. 9th ed. New York: McGraw Hill,
2002. PCL REF Q 121 M3
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16. Mercatante, Anthony S. and James R. Dow. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World
Mythology & Legend. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2004. PCL REF BL 303 M45
17. New Catholic Encyclopedia. Jubilee Volume. Detroit: Gale, 2001. PCL REF BX841
N44
18. Post, Stephen G. Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 3rd ed. PCL REF QH
332 E52
19. Skolnik, Fred, ed. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2007. PCL REF DS
102.8 E496
20. Steele, Valerie, ed. Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Detroit: Gale, 2005. PCL
REF 507 E53 2005
21. Steiger, Brad and Sherry Hansen Steiger. The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and
Unexplained. Detroit: Gale, 2003. BF 1025 S 79
22. Strayer, Joseph R. Dictionary of the Middle Ages. New York: Scribner’s, 1982. PCL
REF. D 114 D5
23. Sturtevant, William C., ed. Handbook of North American Indians. Washington, DC:
Smithsonian Institution, 1983-2008. PCL REF E 76.2 H36
24. Thoney, Dennis A. Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003.
PCL REF QL 7 G7813
25. Turner, Jane, ed. The Dictionary of Art. New York: Grove, 1996. PCL REF N 31 D5
26. Tyler, Ron, ed. The New Handbook of Texas. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical
Association, 1996. PCL REF F 384 N48
27. Wilson, Charles Reagan and William Ferris, eds. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
Chapel Hill, NC; London, UK: University of North Carolina Press, 1989. PCL F 209 E53
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28. Zipes, Jack, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Oxford, UK: Oxford
University Press, 2006. PCL REF PN 1008.5 O94
V.
ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIAS
1. Britannica Online. http://search.eb.com
2. The Canadian Encyclopedia:
http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia. http://newadvent.org/cathen/
4. Encyclopedia of Islam. http://www.brillonline.nl.
5. Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. http://www.netlibrary.com
6. Encyclopedia of Sociology. http://www.netlibrary.com
7. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. http://www.ebscohost.com
8. Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. http://www.netlibrary.com
9. Gale Virtual Reference Library. (see library title list) http://find.galegroup.com
10. Grove Art Online (The Dictionary of Art) (Oxford Art Online).
http://www.oxfordartonline.com
11. Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. (Oxford Music Online).
http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com
12. Guthrie, James W. Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd Ed. New York: Macmillan, 2002.
http://find.galegroup.com
13. Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org
14. Hutchins, Michael, Dennis A. Thoney, and Melissa C. McDade, eds. Grzimek’s Animal Life
Encyclopedia. 2nd. Ed. Detroit: Gale, 2004. http://find.galegroup.com
15. Jones, Lindsay, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd Ed. Detroit: Macmillan, 2005.
http://find.galegroup.com
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16. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Online.
http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com
17. MSN Encarta Encyclopedia. http://encarta.msn.com
18. Oxford African American Studies Center, http://www.oxfordaasc.com, including:
A. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2nd ed)
B. Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
C. Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
19. TeAra.govt.nz: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/
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