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Britannica Online
Browse or search more than 100,000 articles from Encyclopædia Britannica. Includes photographs, illustrations, sound files, and video clips; a dictionary and thesaurus; and statistical data for the countries of the world. [More info]
Credo Reference
A digital reference library of dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, books of quotations, and subject-specific titles, all from leading publishers. Covers many subjects and includes a sophisticated linking system that enables you to find related entries across the entire Credo library. [More info]
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
2nd edition, revised and expanded. Contains articles providing overviews of many topics in library and information science. International in scope.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias and other reference sources for multidisciplinary research. So far, we have purchased the titles that appear below. If you're connecting to these e-books using the Internet Explorer browser, please read our special instructions.
Magill's Medical Guide (expires 31 December 2010)
Medical encyclopedia covering diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, etc., suitable for student researchers or general readers
Minnesota Fact Book Online
This database has been discontinued by the database provider.
NetLibrary Reference Center
Online versions of encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc., available through NetLibrary. [Guide to NetLibrary]
OED Online
Online version of The Oxford English Dictionary, the authoritative guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past, from across the English-speaking world [More info]
Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS)
Defines terms in library and information science, as well as some terms in publishing, printing, book history, and computer science
Oxford Reference Online
Full-text dictionaries and other reference books in many subject areas from Oxford University Press [More info]
SAGE
Reference Online (SAGE eReference) ![]()
A collection of 35 specialized encyclopedias. Includes titles such as Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society, Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Encyclopedia of Obesity, Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research, and more. [More info]
World Almanacs (on FirstSearch) ![]()
A collection of reference works including The World Almanac and Book of Facts [More info]
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