Interdisciplinary Studies

Britannica Academic Edition Updated daily. The combination of the Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides a variety of reliable sources.

Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography - 2008 This is the most authoritative and respected source for biographical information on scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.

Encyclopedia of Community - 2003 For researchers in the fields of psychology, sociology, or economics interested in the concept of community.

Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues - 2011 Provides information from numerous fields of knowledge relevant to the study of environmental issues, including biology, geology, anthropology, demographics, genetics, and engineering, and explains the interrelationships of these issues.

Encyclopedia of Geography - 2010 Covers a diverse array of topics to offer a comprehensive and useful summary of the state of the discipline of Geography in the early 21st century.

People's Chronology, The - 2005 Presents a year-by-year record of human events from prehistory to the present. Each chronological chapter is further organized by era or year, and within each year by 33 standard subject categories that feature not only political events and wars, but also events in the arts and humanities, education, transportation, science and medicine, and social trends. Also includes issues of concern such as consumer protection, crime, and nutrition.