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Encyclopedia of community : from the village to the virtual world / Karen Christensen & David Levinson, general editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003Description: 1 online resource (4 volumes) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781412925372
  • 1412925371
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307/.03
Online resources:
Contents:
List of entries -- List of sidebars -- Reader's guide -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- About the editors -- Volume I: A-D -- Volume II: E-L -- Volume III: M-S -- Volume IV: T-Z -- Appendix 1: Resource guides -- Appendix 2: Libraries build community -- Appendix 3: Community in popular culture -- Appendix 4: Master bibliography of community -- Index.
Review: "This encyclopedia is a welcome exploration of the great variety of social networks that human beings create and participate in. Interdisciplinary in scope, the set includes contributions from some of the foremost scholars studying community today. Appendixes include an extensive bibliography, a collection of resources guides, an annotated guide to "Community in Popular Culture," and "Libraries Build Community," a guide for librarians."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
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"A Sage reference publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of entries -- List of sidebars -- Reader's guide -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- About the editors -- Volume I: A-D -- Volume II: E-L -- Volume III: M-S -- Volume IV: T-Z -- Appendix 1: Resource guides -- Appendix 2: Libraries build community -- Appendix 3: Community in popular culture -- Appendix 4: Master bibliography of community -- Index.

"This encyclopedia is a welcome exploration of the great variety of social networks that human beings create and participate in. Interdisciplinary in scope, the set includes contributions from some of the foremost scholars studying community today. Appendixes include an extensive bibliography, a collection of resources guides, an annotated guide to "Community in Popular Culture," and "Libraries Build Community," a guide for librarians."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.

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