The second edition of this guide to basic reference sources in the
social sciences contains 2200 entries. In addition to revising and
substantially enlarging the chapters on reference sources, the
author has added a chapter on geography and one on business that is
distinct from economics. Since the publication of the first
edition, there have been two obvious developments in information
storage and retrieval: the rapid development of online databases
and the development of CD-ROM. Instead of devoting a separate
chapter to these developments, the book incorporates online
databases, CD-ROM and other forms of data sources into the text. In
addition, there is a brief introduction to these developments.
Although the general deadline for inclusion in the volume was
December 1988, quite a few titles published in 1989 are included.
The volume consists of two parts: the social sciences in general,
dealing with the nature of the social sciences, bibliographical
needs and usage of social scientists, research resources and
reference sources in the social sciences in general; and
sub-disciplines of the social sciences, including cultural
anthropology, history, law, political science, psychology, and
sociology. Reference sources for each sub-discipline in part two
(and some chapters in part one) are broadly classified into four
sections: access to sources, sources of information, periodicals,
and additional reference sources. Each secion is further divided as
follows. Under the access to sources section, headings start with
guides, followed in general by bibliographies of bibliographies,
bibliographies, theses and dissertations, reviews, indexes,
abstracts, and contents reproduction. In the sources of information
section, headings are arranged in the following sequence: primary
sources, encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, biographies,
statistical sources, and handbooks, yearbooks and the like.
Headings may be further divided by subject, depending on the number
of sources. Titles under each heading and sub-heading are arranged
alphabetically by title. All titles are suppled with ISBN and/or
ISSN number, if known.
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