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Social Sciences Education: Reference Sources

This guide will help students to easily access information that is relevant to the social sciences subject.

Reference Sources

Reference materials are various sources (e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, bibliographies, handbooks, indexes, etc.) that provide background information or quick facts on any given topic.

Reference sources can be general or specialized (available in print and/or electronic formats) and cannot be checked out of the library.

For Social Sciences References we have some of the following:

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Online Reference Sources

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