Encyclopedias
-- a university of arizona course on methods and approaches for studying the future

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

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