Selected Specialized Encyclopedias
This is a very small selection of the special encyclopedias on the shelves of Chemeketa's library. Chemeketa also has many online encyclopedias; to find them go to the electronic encyclopedias page and try Gale Virtual Reference Library, Oxford Reference Online, or browse encyclopedias by subject.
Philosophy and related disciplines (philosophy, psychology, ethics)
- Ref 100 R76 Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Ref 150.321 C81 Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
- Ref 174.95703 En1 Encyclopedia of Bioethics
- Ref 616.89003 En1 Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology & Psychoanalysis
Religion & Mythology
- Ref 200.321 En1 Encyclopedia of Religion
- Ref 289.303 En1 Encyclopedia of Mormonism
- Ref 291.13 M53 Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Social sciences (economics, sociology, civics, law, education, vocations, customs)
- Ref 300.3 In8 International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
- Ref 301.03 En1 Encyclopedia of Sociology
- Ref 301.03 En1a Encyclopedia of anthropology
- Ref 305.231 G13 Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence
- Ref 305.2603 En1 The Encyclopedia of Aging
- Ref 305.4203 G85 Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide
- Ref 305.800973 G13 Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
- Ref 305.803 En1 Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
- Ref 306.766 En1 Encyclopedia of Homosexuality
- Ref 306.097 En1 Encyclopedia of World Cultures
- Ref 306.362 M226 Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery
- Ref 306.446 En1 Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism
- Ref 306.903 En1 Encyclopedia of Death
- Ref 332.03 M92 Encyclopedia of Banking & Finance
- Ref 333.703 As3 Encyclopedia of environmental studies
- Ref 362.2903 En1 Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, & Addictive Behavior
- Ref 362.7044 C54 Encyclopedia of Child Abuse
- Ref 363.7 En1 Encyclopedia of global change
- Ref 370.7 En1 Encyclopedia of Educational Research
- Ref 370.3 En1 Encyclopedia of Education
- Ref 398.20973 Am3 American Folklore: An Encyclopedia
Criminology & Law
- Ref 342.73 En1 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
- Ref 348.7303 W52 West's Encyclopedia of American Law
- Ref 364.03 En1 Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
- Ref 365.97303 En1 Encyclopedia of prisons & correctional facilities
Science & Medicine
- Ref 004.03 En13 Encyclopedia of computers and computer history
- Ref 503 M17 McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
- Ref 530.03 B46 Encyclopedia of Physics
- Ref 540.3 M22 Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry
- Ref 550.3 M22 Macmillan Encyclopedia of the Earth Sciences
- Ref 576.503 En1 Encyclopedia of genetics
- Ref 590.3 G92 Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
- Ref 610.73 M27 Magill's medical guide
- Ref 615.503 N22 The encyclopedia of complementary and alternative medicine
- Ref 621.042 M22 MacMillan Encyclopedia of Energy
- Ref 621.38103 En1 Encyclopedia of Electronics
- Ref 635.903 Am3 Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers
Business
- Ref 650.03 En1 Encyclopedia of business and finance
Art, Music, and Literature
- Ref 703 D56 Dictionary of Art
- Ref 780.3 N42 New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- Ref 781.6603 H22 Encyclopedia of Rock
- Ref 803 B43 Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
- Ref 803 M55 Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Geography and History
- Ref 909.097671 En1 Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world
- Ref 930.1 En1 Encyclopedia of Archaeology
- Ref 940.5318 En1 Encyclopedia of the Holocaust
- Ref 950 En1 Encyclopedia of Asian History
- Ref 967.003 En1 Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara
- Ref 973.0497 G13 Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
- Ref 972.003 En1 Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture
- Ref 973.03 D56 Dictionary of American History
- Ref 973.03 J63 Oxford Companion to American History
- Ref 973.0496073 En1 Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
- Ref 980.003 En1 Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
For Further Information
For a guide to the best encyclopedias, see Bowker's Best Reference Books (Ref 028.12 B67).
For instructions on how to search for additional specialized encyclopedias, see http://library.chemeketa.edu/instruction/encyclopedia.php.
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Updated: 9 May 2013
