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Psychology: Reference

Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library Encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary and subject specific research in areas such as art, business, education, history, etc.

Organizations/Associations

American Psychological Association The website of the American Psychological Association. Information about careers, jobs, association activities, publications, etc.

Dictionaries

Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences A searchable A-Z list of definitions in the social sciences. Includes 1000 entries covering the disciplines of sociology, criminology, political science and women's study with an emphasis on Canadian examples.

Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

Encyclopedias

International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family An international, cross-cultural approach to such diverse topics as adolescent parenthood, family planning, cohabitation, widowhood, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, codependency, and commuter marriages.
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying

Britannica Academic Includes the Encyclopedia Britannica, World Data Analyst (statistics on the countries of the world), Gateway to the Classics (significant works in literature, philosophy, history, and science), Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, and more.