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Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
Covers the essential vocabulary for archaeological work, including
principles, theories, techniques, artefacts, people, places, and monuments, with a focus on Europe, the Old World, and the Americas. (2002, Oxford Reference Online)
Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Abridged from the Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, this contains entries on all the major and many minor religions. (2000, Oxford Reference Online)
Country Studies
Book-length documents containing a great deal of valuable information about many, but not all, countries of the world. The studies were published between 1988 and 1998. Some information is not up to date. (Library of Congress)
Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Great Archaeologists: Encyclopedia of Archaeology
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
The major scholarly encyclopedia covering the social sciences broadly. (26 v., 2001, Elsevier available via ScienceDirect)
Maps - Oxford Reference Collection
Small physical and political maps for each country, state maps for North America, Canada, and Mexico, and more than 100 city maps. (2004, Oxford Reference Online)
Oxford Companion to Archaeology
Articles by scholars about the cultures associated with places, historical cultures, biographies, methods used in archaeological research, human evolution, and other facets of culture. (1996, Oxford Reference Online)
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
Authoritative survey of the Greek and Roman worlds, with articles on such diverse fields as, history and politics; ethics and morals; law and punishment; social and family life; language, literature, and art; religion and mythology; technology, science, and medicine. (1998, Oxford Reference Online)
World Almanac and Book of Facts
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. (Updated annually, World Almanac Education Group)
World Cultural Leaders of the Twentieth Century
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
World Encyclopedia
Entries on a range of subjects, including world affairs, science and technology, the arts, modern and ancient history, religion, sports, and popular culture. (2005, Oxford Reference Online)
World Factbook
Brief, factual information about countries of the world. (2007, U. S. Central Intelligence Agency)
World Population: A Reference Handbook
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Countries and Their Cultures
Describes cultures of countries around the world, including demographic, historical, social, economic, religious, and political information. (4 v., 2001, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Published with the assistance of the Human Relations Area Files at Yale, this describes the various ethnic and national subcultures from around the world. Not all of these groups are in eHRAF yet. (10 v., 1996, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
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