Oliver, Paul (2009) Mysticism. In: Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History. Berkshire Publishing Group. ISBN 9781933782652
Oliver, Paul (2008) Writing your thesis (2nd edition). Sage Study Skills Series . Sage. ISBN 9781412946889
Oliver, Paul (2007) World faiths (3rd edition). Teach Yourself . Hodder Education. ISBN 9780340939284
Oliver, Paul and Jupp, Victor (2006) Purposive sampling. In: The SAGE dictionary of social research methods. Sage, pp. 244-245. ISBN 9780761962977
Oliver, Paul and Jupp, Victor (2006) Snowball sampling. In: The SAGE dictionary of social research methods. Sage. ISBN 9780761962977
Oliver, Paul (2005) The Concepts of Globalisation and Culture. In: Globalisation, Education and Culture Shock. Ashgate, pp. 10-20. ISBN 978-0-7546-4201-5
Oliver, Paul (2005) Risk, Education and Postmodernity. In: Risk, Education and Culture. Ashgate, pp. 46-59. ISBN 978-0-7546-4172-8
Oliver, Paul (2005) Knowledge, Risk and Existentialism. In: Risk, Education and Culture. Ashgate, pp. 21-31. ISBN 0754641724
Oliver, Paul and McNeill, William Hardy (2005) Sikhism. In: Berkshire encyclopedia of world history. Berkshire Publishing Group. ISBN 9780974309101
Oliver, Paul (2004) Buddhism. In: Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. Routledge, pp. 173-176. ISBN 0415937345
Oliver, Paul (2004) Confucianism. In: Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. Routledge, pp. 260-261. ISBN 9780415937337
Oliver, Paul (2004) Mencius. In: Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. Routledge, p. 828. ISBN 0415937345
Oliver, Paul (2004) Writing your thesis. Sage Study Skills . Sage, London. ISBN 0761942998
Oliver, Paul (2003) World Faiths (2nd edition). Teach Yourself . Hodder & Stoughton, London. ISBN 978-0340859780
Oliver, Paul (2003) The student's guide to research ethics. Open University Press, Maidenhead. ISBN 0335210872
Oliver, Paul (2001) Conceptual issues in a centralised curriculum. In: The National Curriculum and its Effects. Ashgate, pp. 19-32. ISBN 9780754612780
Oliver, Paul (2001) Conclusion : logic rationality and the curriculum. In: The National Curriculum and its Effects. Ashgate, pp. 207-216. ISBN 9780754612780
Cullingford, Cedric and Oliver, Paul (2001) The National Curriculum and its effects. Monitoring change in education . Ashgate, Aldershot. ISBN 9780754612780
Oliver, Paul (2001) Teach Yourself : 101 key ideas in philosophy. Fair Press. ISBN 9780658012044
Oliver, Paul (2001) Teach yourself : 101 key ideas in world religions. Fair press. ISBN 9780658015748
Oliver, Paul (2001) World Faiths. Teach Yourself . Hodder Headline. ISBN 0340790601