For an overview of various topics, you may find these reference resources helpful -- they will also provide you with the correct vocabulary for searching in databases.
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21st century sociology : a reference handbook
The anti-capitalist dictionary : movements, histories & motivations
REF HB61 .L66 2006
The BFI companion to horror
STF PN1995.9.H6B5
The Blackwell dictionary of modern social thought
H41 .B53 2003
The Blackwell dictionary of twentieth-century social thought
H41.B53
Death and the afterlife : a cultural encyclopedia
REF GT3150 .T29 2000
Dictionary of terrorism
HV6431 .T56 2004
Encyclopedia of comic books and graphic novels
PN6707 .E49 2010 [2v.]
Encyclopedia of death & the human experience
Encyclopedia of governance
REF JC11 .E53 2007 [2v.]
Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence
HM1121 .E57 2008 [2v.]
Encyclopedia of social theory
REF HM425 .E47 2005 [2v.]
Encyclopedia of television
REF PN1992.18 .E5 2004 [4v.]
Encyclopedia of violence, peace, & conflict
Encyclopedia of war crimes and genocide
REF HV6322.7 .H67 2006
A guide to American crime films of the forties and fifties
STF PN1995.9.D4L35
A guide to American silent crime films
STF PN1995.9.D4L36
Marxism, Communism, and Western society; a comparative encyclopedia
H45.S6233 [8v.]
Science fiction television series : episode guides, histories, and casts and credits for 62 prime time shows, 1959 through 1989
STF PN1992.8.S35P48
Violence in the media : a reference handbook
PN1992.8.V55 S55 2005