The Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources, 3rd Edition

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

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Completely updated and expanded, this latest edition of Herron's popular title has well over 1,000 annotated citations arranged by discipline - general social sciences, political science, economics, business, history, law and legal issues, anthropology, sociology, education, psychology, geography, and communication. Electronic resources for each chapter have been significantly expanded, and there are even more area studies sources, providing readers with an introduction to the latest technologies and formats related to the research of social sciences. Prepared by practicing librarians, this carefully structured guide offers researchers fast and easy access to some of the best and most commonly used resources in the social science literature. It serves well as a teaching text for students wanting a clear, straightforward approach to learning about the most popular and important reference sources in the social sciences.

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"Useful for practicing librarians and students in library science and the social sciences." - REFERENCE AND RESEARCH BOOK NEWS "Every source is accompanied by an annotation which is often substantial and always valuable... There are excellent author, title and subject indexes." - MANAGING INFORMATION

Author Bio

NANCY L. HERRON is Associate Dean for Academic Programs at Commonwealth College, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. She is recipient of the Penn State Achieving Woman Award.