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The A-Z of Social Research Jargon by Call Number: REF H49.5 .A15 1998ISBN: 1857423887Publication Date: 1998-06-01Contains terms to assist those completely new to the field of social research.
The Contemporary Thesaurus of Social Science Terms and Synonyms by Call Number: REF H49.5 .K57 1993ISBN: 0897745957Publication Date: 1993-01-01Helps users find appropriate words for natural-language computer searching of bibliographic and textual databases, with words taken from the social, cultural, psychological, political, and current affairs literature.
Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories by Call Number: REF HQ1190 .E63 2000ISBN: 0203287231Publication Date: 2000-07-01Draws from various disciplines, including social work, law, economics, and psychology. A lengthy overview is followed by alphabetical entries on such topics as indicative injuries, reporting requirements, abuse in other countries, relevant U.S. and British court cases and legislation, etc.
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society by Call Number: REF HQ1115.E54 2009ISBN: 9781412909167Publication Date: 2008-11-26A comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia covering the major theories, research, people and issues in contemporary gender studies.
Encyclopedia of Sex and GenderCall Number: REF HQ16.E52 2007ISBN: 0028659600Publication Date: 2007-08-23A comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality.
Feminism in Literature by Call Number: REF PN471.F43 2005ISBN: 0787675733Publication Date: 2004-11-05Six-volume set in the Gale Critical Companion Collection explores the history of women and feminism throughout literature, from classical antiquity to modern times.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide by Call Number: REF HQ1115.G74 2003ISBN: 0313318522Publication Date: 2003-09-01This six-volume set documents the achievements and current challenges for all women, providing distortion-free and newly available information about women's status, in matters from education to violence, in more than 130 countries in the world's most populated areas.
Shapers of the Great Debate on Women's Rights by Call Number: REF HQ1412 .D86 2008ISBN: 0313338698Publication Date: 2008-10-30Each volume in this series examines the lives and experiences of the individuals involved in a particular debate through both major and minor biographies.
Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights by Call Number: REF KF4758.A7 S87 2001ISBN: 1568026137Publication Date: 2000-09-01Eleven contributed chapters relate the Court's evolution in cases regarding the application of its "Equal Justice Under Law" motto to women.
The Women's Movement Today by Call Number: HQ1115 .W644 2006ISBN: 0313331332Publication Date: 2005-11-01Introduces the third wave of key issues, members, visions, writings, and more. The scope of the more than 200 encyclopedia entries is multidisciplinary and multicultural, inclusive of diverse gender orientations and sexualities, with a focus primarily on the movement in the United States.
Women's Studies Encyclopedia by Call Number: REF HQ1115.W645 1999ISBN: 0313296200Publication Date: 1999-05-30A multidisciplinary reference tool on all facets of the female condition. Includes coverage of such areas as violence against women, women in public life, and women in specific countries and regions. The encyclopedia contains information about women from all fields and disciplines of study, written in non-specialist language accessible to all readers.
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Search the UCF Library Catalog for other online books and other reference books about women.
- Gender Issues & Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources (Social Issues Primary Sources Collection) byCall Number: HQ 21.G359 2007 (REF)
- Gay & Lesbian Biography byCall Number: HQ 75.2.G39 1997 (REF)
- Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America byCall Number: HQ 76.3.U5.E53 2004 (online only)
- Human Trafficking byCall Number: HQ 281.C85 2009 (Gen Coll)
- Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources (Social Issues Primary Sources Collection) byCall Number: HQ 518.F335 2006 (REF)
- Historical & Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the U.S. byCall Number: HQ 766.5.U5.H57 2002 (Gen Coll)
- Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science byCall Number: HQ 767.84.E52 2005 (Online only)
Encyclopedia of Children & Childhood: In History & SocietyCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- HQ767.84.E53 2003"This 3-vol. set presents the social & cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present. Children & Childhood examines this history through articles on education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys & games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system & social welfare."- Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development* byCall Number: HQ 767.9.C352 2005 (online only)cancelled due to budget cuts
- Child Development byCall Number: HQ 772.C436 2002 (online only)
- Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, & the Media byCall Number: HQ 784.M3 E53 2007 (Daytona, Ocala, Palm Bay Reference)
Encyclopedia of AdolescenceCall Number: UCF Main Library General Collection -- HQ796.E57 2011ch4ck availability of print version
v. 1. Normative processes in development -- v. 2. Interpersonal & sociocultural factors -- v. 3. Psychopathology & non-normative processes- The Millennials: Americans born 1977 to 1994 byCall Number: HQ 796.M4797 2009 (online only)
- Older Americans: A Changing Market byCall Number: HQ 1064.U5 O43 2009 (online only)
- American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia byCall Number: HQ 1090.3.A453 2003 (General Collection)
- The Oxford Handbook of Gender & Politics byCall Number: HQ 1236.O99 2013 (General Collection)
- Women in America (American Journey Primary Sources) byCall Number: HQ 1410 (online only)Conduct an advanced search by publication title
