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Dictionary of the Social Sciences. Oxford Reference Online Premium
Edited by Craig Calhoun. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
Also in print at:
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: H41 .D53x 2002 +
Featuring over 1,800 definitions of key terms, covering the vocabularies of anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism.

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Edited by Neil Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. [Amsterdam ] : Elsevier, 2002.
Also in print in 26 volumes:
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: H41 .I58 2001
Multi-volume encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. This encyclopedia is available in print and electronic form, including 3,842 signed articles; 90,000 bibliographic references; and 150 biographical entries.

Encyclopedia of social theory
Edited by George Ritzer. Thousand OaksCA, : Sage Publications, c2005
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call number: HM425 .E47 2005 + v. 1-2
Over 300 entries examine key theories and the theorists behind them.

Encyclopedia of social measurement
Edited by Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. San DiegoCalif.London : Academic, 2005.
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: H62.E53 .E53 2005 + v. 1-3
Guide to methodology including techniques, theories, designs, applications, sampling and statistics.