Basic Library Research Guide
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
| Ref. AE5 .E363 2005 | New Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Ref. AG6 .N495 2007 | New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge |
| Ref. AZ108 .T74 2005 | Complete Dictionary of Symbols |
| Ref. B51 .R68 1998 | Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
| Ref. BF31 .E52 2000 | Encyclopedia of Psychology |
| Ref. BF1311 .F8 B8 2006 | Spirit Book: the Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, Channelng and Spirit Communication |
| Ref. BF1407 .G74 2003 | New Encyclopedia of the Occult |
| Ref. BL31 .E46 2005 | Encyclopedia of Religion |
| Ref. BL65 .P7 E53 2007 | Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion |
| Ref. BL80.3 .R45 2002 | Religions of the World |
| Ref. BL312 .S76 2004 | Thematic Guide to World Mythology |
| Ref. BL782 .C67 2000 | Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities |
| Ref. D11 .W635 2005 | Cassell's Chronology of World History |
| Ref. DA677 .R52 2000 | Annals of London: a Year by Year Record of a Thousand Years of History |
| Ref. E169.1 .G664 1999 | American Chronicle |
| Ref. E169.12 .E49 2001 | Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture |
| Ref. E184 .S75 H557 2003 | Hispanic American Almanac |
| Ref. E185 .E554 2005 | Encyclopedia of Black Studies |
| Ref. G116 .C465 2007 | Companion Encyclopedia of Geography |
| Ref. G1201 .S1 F5 2004 | National Geographic Historical Atlas of the United States |
| Ref. GN307 .C68 2001 | Countries and their Cultures |
| Ref. GR350 .A33 2004 | African Folklore: an Encyclopedia |
| Ref. GT3150 .T25 2000 | Death and the Afterlife: a Cultural Encyclopedia |
| Ref. GV1101 .U58 2000 | Ultimate Martial Arts Encyclopedia |
| Ref. HF1001 .E466 2001 | Encyclopedia of Business and Finance |
| Ref. HN49 .R33 A85 2004 | Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups |
| Ref. HQ9 .E52 2003 | International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family |
| Ref. HQ784 .T4 S533 2001 | Handbook of Children and the Media |
| Ref. HQ1115 .E53 2001 | Encyclopedia of Women and Gender |
| Ref. HV12 .E54 2006 | Encyclopedia of World Poverty |
| Ref. HV6017 .E52 2002 | Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice |
| Ref. HV8665 .R67 2006 | Prisons and Prison Systems: a Global Encyclopedia |
| Ref. JV6465 .E53 2000 | Encyclopedia of American Immigration |
| Ref. K48 .L44 2002 | Legal Systems of the World |
| Ref. KZ4968 .G67 2001 | Great Debates at the United Nations |
| Ref. LB15 .E47 2003 | Encyclopedia of Education |
| Ref. N6490 .A713 2004 | History of Modern Art |
| Ref. PE1580 .O94 2002 | Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories |
| Ref. PN771 .C59 | Contemporary Literary Criticism |
| Ref. PN1995.9 .U64 C65 2003 | Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies have Portrayed American Past |
| Ref. PN2220 .B6 2004 | Oxford Companion to American Theatre |
| Ref. PS153 .N5 A24 2003 | Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Ref. Q121 .E53 2001 | Encyclopedia of Science and Technology |
| Ref. QA76.575 .E5368 2003 | Encyclopedia of New Media: an Essential Reference to Communication and Technology |
| Ref. QH360.2 .E54 2002 | Encyclopedia of Evolution |
| Ref. QH540.4 .E39 2003 | Ecology Basics |
| Ref. R733 .N38 2004 | Encyclopedia of Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
For additional resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Online Catalog
Statistical and Biographical Sources
| Ref. BF109 .A1 S49 2004 | Fifty Key Thinkers in Psychology |
| Ref. BX4654 .B8 | Butler's Lives of the Saints |
| Ref. CT104 .D54 1998 | Dictionary of World Biography |
| Ref. E176.1 .A6563 2000 | American Presidents |
| Ref. HA37 .U55 C66 2000 | Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census |
| Ref. HA202 .U5 | Statistical Abstract of the United States |
| Ref. HA545 .P83 2003 | New Yorkers at the Millennium: Population Trends in New York State |
| Ref. HQ796 .M4797 2004 | Millennial's: American Born 1977 to 1994 |
| Ref. N6502.5 .C657 2002 | Artists from Latin American Cultures |
Sources for Basic Research Articles
The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the
following databases on campus,
click on the Journal
Articles / Database link.
| Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) | Britannica | Country Watch |
| CQ Library | New York Times Historical (Proquest) | Oxford Reference Online |
| Proquest Newspapers | Research Library (Proquest) | TopicSearch(EBSCO) |
| Wilson Biographies | Wilson OmniFile |
Basic Research Related Websites
| Background Notes | Foreign Country information from the State Department. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ |
| Online Newshour | News stories and indepth background information on current
topics. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/index.html |
| Public Agenda | Provides background, public opinion and statistics on
controversial topics. http://www.publicagenda.org/citizen/issueguides |
| USA.Gov | Gateway to Federal and State agencies and information http://www.usa.gov |
| World Factbook | Provides country profiles, maps, and flags of the nations
of the world https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html |
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