International Encyclopedia of Sexuality

Because our bookshelves are getting really crowded lately with a few too many massive sex-related reference tomes, we're excited to hear that the venerable Kinsey Institute has announced that its International Encyclopedia of Sexuality is online. It's a great scholarly (but very readable) resource featuring sexual demographic information for every country in the world, so you can learn about boinking in Antartica, the rarity of fetishes in Nepal and "autoerotic behaviors and patterns" in Ukraine. Getting all this info online is a pretty massive undertaking, so it's happening in stages, with completion slated to happen in spring 2007. That just means you've got plenty of time to study up on indigenous sex practices in Brazil and what ladyboy hookers are up to in Thailand these days. Hey, it's a big world.

· The Kinsey Institute: Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality (kinseyinstitute.org)

Previously: Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, The Erotica Bibliophile