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Reference Sources

Sage Handbook of Intercultural Competence. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2009. 2 volumes (Reference Room: 303.482 D347).

Includes Child Poverty in America

 

Encyclopedia of World Poverty. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2006. 3 volumes. (Reference Room: 1st floor 362.5 Od2)

An atlas of poverty in America : one nation, pulling apart, 1960-2003. New York : Routledge, 2006 ( Reference Room: 1st floor 362.5 G463)

Poverty in the United States : an encyclopedia of history, politics, and policy. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004 2 volumes (Reference Room: 1st floor362.5 M665)

Rich and poor in America : a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2008. (Reference Room: 1st floor 339.2 G373)

Social issues in America : an encyclopedia. Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, c2006. 8 volumes (Reference Room: 1st floor 300.5 C490)

Statistical portrait of the United States : social conditions and trends. Lanham, Md. : Bernan Press, 2002. (Reference Room: 1st floor 317.3 B388)

Boyhood in America: an encyclopedia (Ref 305.23 R276) 2 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, c2001.

  Current issues and topics of public interest.

  U.S. Federal legislation.

 

Encyclopedia of Adolescence   (Ref 305.235 L562e) 2 vols. New York: Garland, 1991.

 Includes Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents and the Media   

 

Encyclopedia of Community (Ref 307.03 C462) 4 vols. Thousand Oaks: Sage, c2003.

Encyclopedia of Ethics (Ref 170.3 B388a) New York: Routledge, 2001.

Encyclopedia of Family Life (Ref 306.85 B226) 5 vols. Pasadena: Salem Pr, c1999.

Encyclopedia Latina (Ref 305.86 St29 ) 2 vols. Danbury: Grolier Academic Reference, c2005

Websites

National Poverty Center -University of Michigan

Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison

National Center for Children in Poverty - Columbia University. Basic facts and statistics, plus reports, demographics,  and projects.

Changing Poverty Conference - May 2008. Scholarly presentations e.g. "What Does It Mean to Be Poor In A Rich Society?"

U. S. Census Bureau. Poverty- basic facts, statistics, definitions, and data source. See the tab for "Publications".

International Poverty Centre - United Nations Development Programme- publications, reports,analyses.

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