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In Anthropology
In related subjects: Archaeology | Art | China | Countries - info. & background | Dance | Economics | Ethnic Studies/Multicultural Studies | Food | Japan | Latin America | Linguistics | Psychology | Religion | Sociology

Anthropology

• Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Eds. Steve Jones, et al. Cambridge; N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: GN 281 .C345 1992
• Thematic approach to primates and human evolution providing a lot of information.
• Companion encyclopedia of anthropology. Ed. Tim Ingold. London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
• YRL Reference Desk: GN 25 .C65 2002
• The dictionary of anthropology. Ed.Thomas Barfield. Oxford; Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1997.
• YRL Reference Desk: GN 307 .D485 1997
• Dictionary of the social sciences. Ed. Craig Calhoun. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: H41.D53 2002. Also available online:
• Dictionary of the social sciences
• Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Ed. H. James Birx. 5 vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: GN 11.E63 2006
• Scholarly essays on methods and concepts.
• Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Eds. David Levinson and Melvin Ember. 4 vols. New York: Henry Holt, 1996.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: GN 307 .E52 1996
• Scholarly essays on methods and concepts.
• Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Eds. Alan Barnard and Jonathan Spencer. London; NY: Routledge, 1996.
• YRL Reference Desk: GN 307 .E527 1996
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Elsevier Science Ltd., 2002.
• The online version of a scholarly 26-volume encyclopedia that is located at the
• YRL Reference Desk: H 41 .I58 2001

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Archaeology

• Kipfer, Barbara Ann. Encyclopedic dictionary of archaeology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2000.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: CC70 .K56 2000

• Encyclopedia of historical archaeology. Charles E. Orser, Jr, ed. London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: CC77 .H5 E53 2002

Art

• Grove Art Online (Grove Dictionary of Art)
• A scholarly encyclopedia covering all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day.

China

• Information China: the comprehensive and authoritative reference source of new China. Organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; compiled and translated by the China Social Sciences Publishing House; edited for Pergamon Press by C.V. James. Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1989. 3 vols.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: DS706 .I5 1989

Countries: Information and background

• http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/reference/rco/countries.htm

Dance

• International encyclopedia of dance: a project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc. Selma Jeanne Cohen, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 6 v.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: GV 1585 .I586 1998

Economics

• An encyclopedia of macroeconomics. Eds. Brian Snowdon and Howard R. Vane. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, c2002.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: HB172.5 .E55 2002

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Ethnic Studies / Multicultural Studies

• The African American encyclopedia. Ed. R. Kent Rasmussen. 2nd Ed. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2001. 10 vols.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: E 185 .A253 2001

• The Asian American Encyclopedia. Franklin Ng, editor. New York: Marshall Cavendish, c1995. 6 vols
• YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .O6A827 1995

• Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history. Jack Salzman, et. al., editors. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillian, 1996. 5vols.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: E 185 .E54 1996

• Encyclopedia of Indians of the Americas. Keith Irvine, editor. St. Clair Shores, MI: Scholarly Press, 1974-
• YRL Reference Reading Room: E 54.5 .E56

• Encyclopedia of multiculturalism. Ed. Susan Auerbach. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1994-1998. 8 vols.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .A1E58 1994
• Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America. Rudolph J. Vecoli, Judy Galens, et al., editors. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, c1995.
• YRL Reference Desk: E 184 .A1G14 1995 Also available online:
• Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America
• Multiculturalism in the United States: A comparative guide to acculturation and ethnicity. John D. Buenker & Lorman A. Ratner, editors. NY: Greenwood Press, 1992.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .A1M85 1992

• The official guide to racial and ethnic diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites. Cheryl Russell. Ithaca, NY: New Strategist Pubns., 1996.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .A1R78 1996

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Food

• Encyclopedia of food and culture. Eds. Solomon H. Katz and William Woys Weaver. New York: Scribner, 2003. 3 vols.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: GT2850 .E53 2003

Japan

• Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan. [Tokyo]: Kodansha, 2002.
• Based on print publication: Japan an illustrated encyclopedia. 2 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993.

Latin America

• Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. Eds. Barbara A. Tenenbaum and Georgette Magassy Dorn ...[et al.]. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/Simon & Schuster Macmillan; London [England]: Simon & Schuster: Prentice Hall International, 1996. 5 vols.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: F1406 .E53 1996

Linguistics

• The encyclopedia of language and linguistics.. 2nd ed. Ed. Keith Brown. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier, 2006. 14 vols.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: P29 .E48 2006 -Also available online:
• Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics

Psychology

• Encyclopedia of psychology. Alan E. Kazdin, Editor. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 8 v.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: BF 31 .E52 2000

Religion

• Encyclopedia of Religion. Mircea Eliade, editor in chief. New York: Macmillan, 1987. 16 vols.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: BL 31 .E46 1987

Sociology

• A dictionary of sociology. Gordon Marshall, editor. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
• YRL Reference Desk: HM 17 .C66 1998 -Also available online:
• Dictionary of sociology
• Encyclopedia of sociology. 2nd ed. Edgar F. Borgatta, editor. Macmillan Reference USA, 2000.
• YRL Reference Reading Room: HM 17 .E5 2000 -Also available online:
• Encyclopedia of sociology

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Compiled by Patti S. Caravello, January 2005