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The remarkable achievements of black women throughout history, highlights their ongoing contributions in America today.
Online and 2 volume set in Bata Reference.

Online and in Bata Reference.

British biographies.
Online only.

Over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures.
Online only

Covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.
Online and 6 volumes in Bata Reference

Encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.
Online only.

Captures the experiences of women throughout history with over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles .
Online and 4 volume set in Bata Reference.

A comprehensive survey of one of the Western world's oldest disciplines. Its 150 entries, written by leading scholars, bring together expertise in classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications in a comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion. The Encyclopedia is the most wide-ranging reference work of its kind, combining theory, history, and practice, with a special emphasis on public speaking, performance, and communication.
Online only.

The Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies brings together the most wide-ranging and up-to-date scholarship ever assembled on the colonial, postcolonial and neo-colonial condition, covering the period from 1492 to the present.

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in the overlapping areas of gender, feminist, queer, masculinity, and sexuality studies; and acknowledges the growing interdisciplinary impact of these fields.

This resource explores how gender is represented in media, who produces the content, and the ways in which audiences receive and understand media messages.