Reference books provide background information on a topic, such as definitions of terms, key figures and events, and well written overviews. They can be a useful starting point for any research project, because they fill in missing knowledge about the topic or provide you with the language of the discipline.
Selected books from our Reference collection:
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
Routledge Companion to Sports History
Titles include:
Encyclopedia of activism and social justice, Handbook of European Union politics, Handbook of International Relations, SAGE handbook of nations and nationalism, Handbook of party politics, SAGE handbook of political advertising, Encyclopedia of political communication, SAGE handbook of political geography, Handbook of political theory, Encyclopedia of politics: the Left and the Right, plus more
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Formerly known as the Blackwell Reference Online, here you will be provided with authoritative, scholarly reference sources (dictionaries, handbooks and companions) in the social sciences and humanities.
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