Specialized encyclopedias provide background information and surveys of topics and often highlight important people, concepts, and terms associated with the discipline.
Specialized dictionaries are useful for defining terms and concepts associated with the field.
Many of these specialized sources can be located in the Reference Stacks of the Central Reference Area on the First Floor of Waldo Library. The Dictionary of Feminist Theory . Ohio State University Press, 1989. Short discussions of terms and persons connected with feminist theory. A Feminist Dictionary .