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This is the online catalog of materials owned by Penn State Libraries. All formats (books, journals, audiovisuals, maps, recordings, etc.) are included. Circulation status for individual items is also provided. Coverage: Presently contains about 7 million records. Updates: Continuous up-to-the-minute as new records are added.
an interdisciplinary collection of reference sources. Use your keywords to find articles within encyclopedias and other reference works in the GVRL Collections.
online via ScienceDirect. Use your keywords to find references within this encyclopedia.
The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences is the online equivalent of the 24 volume encyclopedia published in 2002. Content is organized around more than 30 primarily interdisciplinary topical areas of active research and significant promise (for example, memory, crime and violence, markets, modernization), combined with the categories: Overarching Topics,Disciplines, Intersecting fields, and Applications. Includes extensive indices, searchable full-text, and embedded electronic reference links. Annual updates are planned for release from 2004.
Contains brief background discussion of countries and international organizations, including history, government, politics, etc.. Also provides brief statistical information.
back to 1976. Explore a country's government and political history. political parties, and legislatures. Includes key facts and issues current to the edition for the year you are researching.