Overview
"Now in its third edition, this critically acclaimed work provides undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and librarians with descriptions of approximately 610 major reference sources in sociology, its subdisciplines, and the related social sciences. Emphasis is on works in English published in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia from 1997 through early 2004, although coverage of earlier seminal works and those of historical importance or continued relevance is included." Reorganized for ease of searching, this new edition adds over 325 new titles and a electronic sources, and also surveys new editions and updates of previously cited works. It is a substantial revision, and invaluable complement to the previous edition.Synopsis
"Now in its third edition, this critically acclaimed work provides undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and librarians with descriptions of approximately 610 major reference sources in sociology, its subdisciplines, and the related social sciences. Emphasis is on works in English published in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia from 1997 through early 2004, although coverage of earlier seminal works and those of historical importance or continued relevance is included." Reorganized for ease of searching, this new edition adds over 325 new titles and a electronic sources, and also surveys new editions and updates of previously cited works. It is a substantial revision, and invaluable complement to the previous edition.
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Provides undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, librarians, and researchers with substantial descriptions of 576 of the major reference sources in sociology, its subdisciplines, and related social sciences. Cites indexes, bibliographies, handbooks, databases, World Wide Web sites, dictionaries, and other print and electronic reference and information sources published from 1985 to 1996. No date is noted for the first edition. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.