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General Science
  • Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia. (Ref 503 V338a) 2 vols. New York: John Wiley, 2002.
  • Timetables of science : a chronology of the most important people and events in the history of science . (Ref 509 H367). New York : Simon and Schuster, c1988
History of Science
  • The Cambridge history of science. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press [2003-2009]
  • The Oxford companion to the history of modern science. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003
  • Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures (Ref 509 Se48). Boston: Kluwer Academic, c1997
  • Medieval science, technology, and medicine : an encyclopedia (Ref 509.02 G490) New York: Routledge, 2005
  • Science in the ancient world : an encyclopedia (Ref 509.3 L446) Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, c2004
Religion & Science
  • The history of science and religion in the western tradition : an encyclopedia. (Ref  215 F395) New York : Garland Pub., 2000
  • The Oxford handbook of religion and science. (Ref 215 C579).  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Encyclopedia of science and religion. (Ref  215 V317) New York ; London : Macmillan Reference, c2003
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  • Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. (Ref 500.922 Og4a) 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000.
  • Includes Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Scientists profiled here must be deceased)
  • Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists. (Ref 500.922 M229) 4 vols. New York: Gale, 1995.
  • Nobel Laureates
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed.  (APA) (Ref 150.149 Am35b) Washington DC: APA, 2010.

For Internet Resources, consult: APA style guide to electronic references. Publisher Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2012

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Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. (Ref 808.0665 C832) Reston, VA: Council of Science Editors in cooperation with the Rockefeller University Press, 2006. Details the several methods of citation used for biological and other sciences.

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