Publisher's Synopsis
This work covers reference material in the social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion. It includes: more than 1300 new items to give more than 8180 entries with full bibliographic details, ISBN and price for each entry; periodical articles, microforms, online and CD-ROM sources as well as bibliographies, indices, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, textbooks and monographs; international coverage with an emphasis on English-language material; subject arrangement based on the Universal Decimal Classification International Medium Edition of 1985 (BSIOOOM); comprehensive author and subject/title indices plus an online and database services index; brief critical annotations - giving summary, publishing history, outline of contents, comparison with other works and an assessment of overall value.
