The IESBS (2002) is the largest reference work on the social and behavioral sciences ever published -- over 4,000 signed articles in 26 printed volumes.

Covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences. Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund.

Five-volume set (2nd edition; 2000) probably is the most comprehensive encyclopedia focusing on sociology ever published, containing nearly 400 substantial signed articles.

This second edition (2008) represents a major revision of the first (1996) and now includes over 5,700 signed entries in six volumes, providing "a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present." Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund.

Subtitled An Encyclopedia of Archaeology and Traditional Culture, this 2005 volume contains about 500 alphabetically-arranged entries on "the archaeology and traditional culture of the Caribbean." You may preview the contents.