Databases & E-Reference Materials

Includes definitive explanations of the key terms, issues, theories, and concepts in economics today. Key figures in the field are also discussed.

This reference work is a guide to principal terms and theoretical concepts in literary studies in the twenty-first century. Topics include genre, form, cultural theory, and literary technique in the study and production of literature.

A guide to the ideas, arguments, and history of anthropology. Includes over 270 entries on important areas of anthropological work and over 300 short biographies of important figures in the field.

Critical guide to the major traditions of thought in social and cultural theory, as well as the complex intellectual connections between these distinct but related approaches to understanding society and culture. Key social and cultural theories, ranging from classical approaches to postmodern, psychoanalytic, and post-feminist approaches, are drawn together and critically appraised.

Provides full text access to journals and eBooks published by the Royal Society of Chemistry to which OU subscribes.

Sabin Americana contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Resources include books, pamphlets, serials, and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, and military actions. Full text is available.

Covering sociology, history, psychology, politics, business, physical education, health and research methods, The SAGE Dictionary of Sports Studies is a reference guide for those who study the social aspects of sport.

The SAGE Handbook of Developmental Disorders is a reference guide for the fields of developmental disorders, including clinical psychology, child psychiatry, child mental health, child genetics and pediatrics, speech language pathology, and developmental disabilities and special education.

A wide-ranging and cross-national examination of core issues in the sociology of mental health. This reference work approaches mental health from two perspectives - the first half predominately focuses on the social context of mental health and the second half focuses on clinical and mental health policy.

SAGE Research Methods is a cross-disciplinary research methods tool that guides users through every step of the research process using different research methods (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods). Resources include eBooks, reference works, journal articles, instructional videos, and project planning tools. SRM also provides information on other aspects of research such as writing a research question, gathering and analyzing data, applying for grant funding, preparing a literature review, working with teams, and publishing findings. SRM includes the complete Little Green Book Series of Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences and the Little Blue Book Series of Qualitative Research.