e-Encyclopedias & Dictionaries for Select Disciplines
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- Anthropology, Culture Studies & Geography
- The Cambridge World History of Food
- The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas
- Volume I: North America, Part 1
- Volume I: North America, Part 2
- Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 1
- Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 2
- Volume III: South America, Part 1
- Volume III: South America, Part 2
- Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology
- Countries and Their Cultures
- Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body
- Cultural Geography: A Critical Dictionary of Key Concepts
- Encyclopedia of Africa
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
- Encyclopedia of Anthropology
- Encyclopedia of Body Adornment
- Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
- Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture
- Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures
- Encyclopedia of Geography
- Encyclopedia of Human Geography
- Encyclopedia of India
- Encyclopedia of Modern China
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
- Encyclopedia of North American Indians
- Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture
- Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians
- Encyclopedia of the Palestinians
- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
- Human Geography: People and the Environment
- Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia
- New Encyclopedia of Africa
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Culture
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
- The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
- St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
- Art
- Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
- Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
- Encyclopedia of Native American Artists
- The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
- The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
- The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art
- North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
- The Oxford Companion to the Photograph
- History » Ancient & Medieval
- A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women
- The Cambridge Ancient History
- Volume 1, Part 1: Prolegomena and Prehistory
- Volume 1, Part 2: Early History of the Middle East
- Volume 2, Part 1: The Middle East and the Aegean Region, c.1800–1380 BC
- Volume 2, Part 2: The Middle East and the Aegean Region, c.1380–1000 BC
- Volume 3, Part 1: The Prehistory of the Balkans, the Middle East and the Aegean World, Tenth to Eighth Centuries BC
- Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC
- Volume 3, Part 3: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries BC
- Volume 4: Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean, c.525 to 479 BC
- Volume 5: The Fifth Century BC
- Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC
- Volume 7, Part 1: The Hellenistic World
- Volume 7, Part 2: The Rise of Rome to 220 BC
- Volume 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC
- Volume 9: The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146–43 BC
- Volume 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC–AD 69
- Volume 11: The High Empire, AD 70–192
- Volume 12: The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337
- Volume 13: The Late Empire, AD 337–425
- Volume 14: Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, AD 425–600
- The Cambridge History of Ancient China
- The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare
- Volume 1: Greece, The Hellenistic World and the Rise of Rome
- Volume 2: Rome from the Late Republic to the Late Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire
- Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World
- Medieval France: An Encyclopedia
- The New Cambridge Medieval History
- Volume 1: c.500–c.700
- Volume 2: c.700–c.900
- Volume 3: c.900–c.1024
- Volume 4: c.1024–c.1198, Part 1
- Volume 4: c.1024–c.1198, Part 2
- Volume 5: c.1198–c.1300
- Volume 6: c.1300–c.1415
- Volume 7: c.1415–c.1500
- Oxford Classical Dictionary
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
- The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
- History » Modern
- The Cambridge History of the Cold War
- Columbia Guide to the Holocaust
- A Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century World History
- Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914
- Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies, 1760-1815
- Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
- Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450
- Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
- Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire
- Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction
- History of World Trade Since 1450
- The New Cambridge Modern History
- Volume 1: The Renaissance, 1493–1520
- Volume 2: The Reformation, 1520–1559
- Volume 3: Counter-Reformation and Price Revolution
- Volume 4: The Decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War
- Volume 5: The Ascendancy of France
- Volume 6: The Rise of Great Britain and Russia
- Volume 7: The Old Regime
- Volume 8: The American and French Revolutions
- Volume 9: War and Peace in an Age of Upheaval
- Volume 10: The Zenith of European Power
- Volume 11: Material Progress and World-Wide Problems
- Volume 12: The Shifting Balance of World Forces
- Volume 13: Companion Volume
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
- History » United States
- Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront
- America’s Struggle with Empire
- Black Women in America
- The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations
- Volume 1: The Creation of a Republican Empire, 1776–1865
- Volume 2: The American Search for Opportunity, 1865–1913
- Volume 3: The Globalizing of America, 1913–1945
- Volume 4: America in the Age of Soviet Power, 1945–1991
- The Cambridge History of Law in America
- Volume 1: Early America (1580–1815)
- Volume 2: The Long Nineteenth Century (1789–1920)
- Volume 3: The Twentieth Century and After (1920–)
- The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas
- Volume I: North America, Part 1
- Volume I: North America, Part 2
- Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 1
- Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 2
- Volume III: South America, Part 1
- Volume III: South America, Part 2
- Daily Life Through American History in Primary Documents
- Dictionary of American History
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
- Encyclopedia of African American History
- Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
- Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
- Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
- Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition
- Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts
- Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
- Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage
- Encyclopedia of the New American Nation
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
- Volume One: Colonial Beginnings Through Revolution, 1500 to 1783
- Volume Two: The Early Republic, 1784 to 1840
- Volume Three: Expansion, Division, and Reconstruction, 1841 to 1877
- Volume Four: From the Gilded Age Through Age of Reform, 1878 to 1920
- Volume Five: Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1921 to 1945
- Volume Six: Postwar Consensus to Social Unrest, 1946 to 1975
- Volume Seven: The Clash of Conservatism and Liberalism, 1976 to Present
- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics
- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War
- Historical Dictionary of the Civil War
- Leaders of the American Civil War: A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War
- People of the Underground Railroad: a Biographical Dictionary
- World War II and the Postwar Years in America
- History » World
- A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East
- The Cambridge History of Africa
- Volume 1: From the Earliest Times to c.500 BC
- Volume 2: From c.500 BC to AD 1050
- Volume 3: From c.1050 to c.1600
- Volume 4: From c.1600 to c.1790
- Volume 5: From c.1790 to c.1870
- Volume 6: From 1870 to 1905
- Volume 7: From 1905 to 1940
- Volume 8: From c.1940 to c.1975
- The Cambridge History of China
- Volume 0: Ancient China, Origins to 221 B.C.
- Volume 1: The Ch’in and Han Empires, 221 B.C.–A.D. 220
- Volume 2: The Six Dynasties, 220-581
- Volume 3: Sui and T’ang China, 589–906, Part 1
- Volume 4: Sui and T’ang China, 589–906, Part 2 (coming 2022)
- Volume 5: The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907–1279, Part 1
- Volume 5: Sung China, 960–1279, Part 2
- Volume 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907–1368
- Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1
- Volume 8: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part 2
- Volume 9: The Ch’ing Dynasty to 1800, Part 1
- Volume 9: The Ch’ing Dynasty to 1800, Part 2
- Volume 10: Late Ch’ing, 1800–1911, Part 1
- Volume 11: Late Ch’ing, 1800–1911, Part 2
- Volume 12: Republican China, 1912–1949, Part 1
- Volume 13: Republican China, 1912–1949, Part 2
- Volume 14: The People’s Republic, Part 1: The Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1949–1965
- Volume 15: The People’s Republic, Part 2: Revolutions within the Chinese Revolution, 1966–1982
- The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia
- The Cambridge History of Egypt
- The Cambridge History of Iran
- Volume 1: The Land of Iran
- Volume 2: The Median and Achaemenian Periods
- Volume 3: The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanid Periods, Part 1
- Volume 3: The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanid Periods, Part 2
- Volume 4: The Period from the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs
- Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods
- Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods
- Volume 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic
- The Cambridge History of Japan
- Volume 1: Ancient Japan
- Volume 2: Heian Japan
- Volume 3: Medieval Japan
- Volume 4: Early Modern Japan
- Volume 5: The Nineteenth Century
- Volume 6: The Twentieth Century
- The Cambridge History of Latin America
- Volume 1: Colonial Latin America
- Volume 2: Colonial Latin America
- Volume 3: From Independence to c.1870
- Volume 4: c.1870 to 1930
- Volume 5: c.1870 to 1930
- Volume 6: 1930 to the Present, Part 1: Economy and Society
- Volume 6: 1930 to the Present, Part 2: Politics and Society
- Volume 7: Latin America since 1930: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
- Volume 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America
- Volume 9: Brazil since 1930
- Volume 10: Latin America since 1930: Ideas, Culture, and Society
- Volume 11: Bibliographical Essays
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders
- The Cambridge History of Russia
- Volume 1: From Early Rus’ to 1689
- Volume 2: Imperial Russia, 1689–1917
- Volume 3: The Twentieth Century
- The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, Volume 1, Prehistory to 1520
- The Cambridge History of South Africa
- The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia
- The Cambridge History of Turkey
- Volume 1: Byzantium to Turkey 1071–1453
- Volume 3: The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839
- Volume 4: Turkey in the Modern World
- The Cambridge History of War, Volume 4: War and the Modern World
- The Cambridge Social History of Britain
- Volume 1: Regions and Communities
- Volume 2: People and their Environment
- Volume 3: Social Agencies and Institutions
- The Cambridge Urban History of Britain
- The Cambridge World History of Slavery
- Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Culture, History and Politics
- Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
- Encyclopedia of Russian History
- Encyclopedia of World History
- Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800-1949)
- Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- History in Dispute: Series
- The New Cambridge History of India
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
- Languages
- Oxford English Dictionary
- The Cambridge History of the English Language
- Volume 1: The Beginnings to 1066
- Volume 2: 1066–1476
- Volume 3: 1476–1776
- Volume 4: 1776–1997
- Volume 5: English in Britain and Overseas: Origins and Development
- Volume 6: English in North America
- The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages
- Encyclopedia of the World’s Endangered Languages
- English Words: Structure, Origin and Meaning: a Linguistic Introduction
- Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners
- The New Velazquez Spanish and English Dictionary
- A Reference Grammar of French
- Literature » Criticism, the Book & Other
- Black Literature Criticism: Classic and Emerging Black Writers Since 1950
- The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
- Volume 1: c.400–1100
- Volume 2: 1100–1400
- Volume 3: 1400–1557
- Volume 4: 1557–1695
- Volume 5: 1695–1830
- Volume 6: 1830–1914
- The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland
- The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism
- Volume 1: Classical Criticism
- Volume 2: The Middle Ages
- Volume 3: The Renaissance
- Volume 4: The Eighteenth Century
- Volume 5: Romanticism
- Volume 7: Modernism and the New Criticism
- Volume 8: From Formalism to Poststructuralism
- Volume 9: Twentieth-Century Historical, Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives
- Critical Survey of Long Fiction
- Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels
- Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
- Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory
- Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism
- Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales
- International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
- The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
- The Oxford Companion to the Book
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
- Literature » American
- The Age of Milton: An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-century British and American Authors
- American History Through Literature 1820-1870
- American History Through Literature 1870-1920
- American Naturalistic and Realistic Novelists: A Biographical Dictionary
- American Women Writers
- Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era
- The Cambridge History of the American Novel
- The Cambridge History of African American Literature
- The Cambridge History of American Literature
- Volume 1: 1590–1820
- Volume 2: Prose Writing 1820–1865
- Volume 3: Prose writing, 1860–1920
- Volume 4: Nineteenth-Century Poetry 1800–1910
- Volume 5: Poetry and Criticism, 1900–1950
- Volume 6: Prose Writing, 1910–1950
- Volume 7: Prose Writing, 1940–1990
- Volume 8: Poetry and Criticism, 1940–1995
- The Cambridge History of American Women’s Literature
- Dictionary of Native American Literature
- Early American Nature Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States
- The Oxford Companion to American Literature
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
- Literature » English
- The Age of Milton: An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-century British and American Authors
- Arthurian Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia
- The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature
- The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660–1780
- The Cambridge History of English Poetry
- The Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature
- The Cambridge History of Irish Literature
- The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature
- The Cambridge History of the English Novel
- The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century English Literature
- The Cambridge History of Victorian Literature
- Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology, 1450 to 2000
- J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
- The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
- The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction
- The Oxford Companion to English Literature
- The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
- The Oxford Companion to the Brontes
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
- Literature » World
- The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature
- The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature
- Abbasid Belles Lettres
- Arabic Literature in the Post-Classical Period
- Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period
- The Literature of Al-Andalus
- Modern Arabic Literature
- The Cambridge History of Australian Literature
- The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature
- The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature
- The Cambridge History of Classical Literature
- The Cambridge History of French Literature
- The Cambridge History of German Literature
- The Cambridge History of Italian Literature
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature
- Volume 1: Discovery to Modernism
- Volume 2: The Twentieth Century
- Volume 3: Brazilian Literature; Bibliographies
- The Cambridge History of Postcolonial Literature
- The Cambridge History of Russian Literature
- The Cambridge History of South African Literature
- The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature
- Encyclopedia of African Literature
- Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
- The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales
- The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature
- The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
- Student Encyclopedia of African Literature
- Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia
- World Folklore for Storytellers: Tales of Wonder, Wisdom, Fools, and Heroes
- Music
- The Blues Encyclopedia
- The Cambridge History of American Music
- The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music
- The Cambridge History of Musical Performance
- The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music
- The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music
- The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Music
- The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory
- The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music
- Free Jazz and Free Improvisation
- Grove Music Online
- Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture
- Icons of R&B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the Artists Who Revolutionized Rhythm
- Icons of Rock: an Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever
- Oxford History of Western Music
- The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia
- Philosophy
- Bioethics
- Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Philosophers
- The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity
- The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century (1790–1870)
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1870-1945
- The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy
- Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy
- Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare
- Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
- Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
- Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering
- Feminist Philosophies A-Z
- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
- The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
- The Philosopher’s Dictionary
- Sanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Political Science, Government & Law
- The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science
- The Cambridge History of Law in America
- Volume 1: Early America (1580–1815)
- Volume 2: The Long Nineteenth Century (1789–1920)
- Volume 3: The Twentieth Century and After (1920–)
- The Cambridge History of Political Thought
- The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought c.350–c.1450
- The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450–1700
- The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought
- The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Political Thought
- The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought
- Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance
- Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law
- Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
- Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
- Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory
- Encyclopedia of Education Law
- Encyclopedia of Forensic Science
- Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
- Encyclopedia of Political Communication
- Encyclopedia of Political Science
- Encyclopedia of Political Theory
- Encyclopedia of Power
- Encyclopedia of the U.S. Government and the Environment
- Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court
- Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
- Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict
- Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States
- Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics
- Gale Encyclopedia of American Law
- Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics
- Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources
- Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens’ Rights and Responsibilities
- Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
- Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources
- Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources
- International Security and the United States: An Encyclopedia
- The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics
- The Oxford Companion to International Relations
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History
- Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History
- Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources
- Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources
- Trials of the Century: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture and the Law
- West’s Encyclopedia of American Law
- Women and Politics Around the World: A Comparative History and Survey
- Women’s Rights: People and Perspectives
- World of Forensic Science
- World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems
- Psychology & Counseling
- The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
- The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology
- The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
- Dictionary of Psychological Testing, Assessment and Treatment
- Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- Encyclopedia of Counseling
- Encyclopedia of Creativity
- Encyclopedia of Depression
- Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology
- Encyclopedia of Emotion
- Encyclopedia of Human Behavior
- Encyclopedia of Identity
- Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics
- Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology
- Encyclopedia of Research Design
- Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
- The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health
- The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
- Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry
- Historical Encyclopedia of School Psychology
- The Human Brain Book
- International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
- Mental Health Care Issues in America: An Encyclopedia
- Psychologists and Their Theories for Students
- Religion » General
- African American Religious Cultures
- Cambridge History of Religions in America
- Contemporary American Religion
- Creation Myths of the World
- A Dictionary of Creation Myths
- Encyclopedia of Global Religion
- Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology
- Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements
- Encyclopedia of Religion
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
- Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media
- Encyclopedia of Religion in America
- Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
- Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America
- Hispanic American Religious Cultures
- The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
- Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the Present
- Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices
- Science and the World’s Religions
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
- Religion » Bible
- The Cambridge History of the Bible
- Volume 1: From the Beginnings to Jerome
- Volume 2: The West from the Fathers to the Reformation
- Volume 3: The West from the Reformation to the Present Day
- The New Cambridge History of the Bible
- Volume 1: From the Beginnings to 600
- Volume 2: From 600 to 1450
- Volume 3: From 1450 to 1750
- Volume 4: From 1750 to the Present
- Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation
- Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception
- Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- The Oxford Companion to the Bible
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
- The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
- Religion » Christianity
- The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity
- The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought
- The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
- The Cambridge History of Christianity
- Volume 1: Origins to Constantine
- Volume 2: Constantine to c.600
- Volume 3: Early Medieval Christianities, c.600–c.1100
- Volume 4: Christianity in Western Europe, c.1100–c.1500
- Volume 5: Eastern Christianity
- Volume 6: Reform and Expansion 1500–1660
- Volume 7: Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660–1815
- Volume 8: World Christianities c.1815–c.1914
- Volume 9: World Christianities c.1914–c.2000
- The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature
- Dictionary of Feminist Theologies
- Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity
- Encyclopedia of Catholicism
- Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism
- Encyclopedia of Protestantism
- New Catholic Encyclopedia
- New Catholic Encyclopedia
- New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement (2009)
- New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement (2010)
- New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement (2011)
- New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement (2012-2013)
- New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement, Jubilee Volume: The Wojtyla Years
- Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
- Religion » Judaism & Islam
- The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy
- The New Cambridge History of Islam
- Volume 1: The Formation of the Islamic World, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries
- Volume 2: The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries
- Volume 3: The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries
- Volume 4: Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century
- Volume 5: The Islamic World in the Age of Western Dominance
- Volume 6: Muslims and Modernity: Culture and Society since 1800
- The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- Volume 1: Introduction: The Persian Period
- Volume 2: The Hellenistic Age
- Volume 3: The Early Roman Period
- Volume 4: The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period
- A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations
- Encyclopaedia Judaica
- Encyclopedia of Islam and Women
- Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
- Encyclopedia of Judaism
- Historical Dictionary of Islam
- Islamic Philosophy A-Z
- The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought
- The Qur’an: An Encyclopedia
- Sociology » General
- The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User’s Guide to Sociological Language
- The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth-century Social Thought
- Encyclopedia of Case Study Research
- Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics
- Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies
- Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America
- Encyclopedia of Research Design
- Encyclopedia of Social History
- Encyclopedia of Social Networks
- Encyclopedia of Social Work, Twentieth Edition
- Encyclopedia of Sociology
- International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
- Sociology » Human Development, Gender & Family
- Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior
- Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development
- Encyclopedia of Adolescence: Normative Processes in Development
- Encyclopedia of Adoption
- Encyclopedia of Ageism
- Encyclopedia of Aging
- Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media
- Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society
- Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
- Encyclopedia of Human Development
- Encyclopedia of Motherhood
- Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender
- Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World
- Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources
- Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources
- Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia
- International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies
- Theatre, Film & Dance
- The Cambridge History of American Theatre
- The Cambridge History of British Theatre
- The Companion to Theatre and Performance
- Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
- Encyclopedia of Early Cinema
- International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
- International Encyclopedia of Dance
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
- Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film