Encyclopedias

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Encyclopedias are good sources to learn something about a situation, and the possible related activities, before you begin a futures study about some specific topic.

General Encyclopedias

• Microsoft Encarta

• My Facts Page (refdesk.com) - listing of many on-line encyclopedia-like sources.

• All Refer (listing of many on-line encyclopedia-like sources (including specalized topics)

 

Major futures works (encyclopedia-like)

• Foundations of Futures Studies: Human Science for a New Era. By Wendell Bell, Transaction Publications, UK and New Brunswick, USA.

Volume 1: Purposes, Knowledge. 1997, 365 pages.

Volume 2. Values, Objectivity, and the good Society. 1996, 379 pages.

 

• Knowledge Base of Futures Studies. 1966. Foresight International, Queensland, Australia. Comprehensive. Available on CD.

Volume 1: Foundations. Edited by Richard Slaughter

Volume 2: Organizations, Practices, Products. Edited by Richard Slaughter

Volume 3: Directions and Outlooks. Edited by Richard Slaughter

Volume 4. The Views of Futurists. Edited by Sohail Inayatullah