Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Gale Virtual Reference Library
GVRL is a database of 27 encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Look here for biology, chemistry, nursing and medicine, sociology, history, education, law, and more.

Europa World Online
Europa World Online covers political and economic information for 250 countries and territories. Each country survey includes recent history; government; economic affairs; defense; education; social welfare; and economic and demographic statistics.

World Book Online Reference Center
The World Book Online Reference Center includes the World Book Encyclopedia along with related newspaper and magazine articles, graphics and multimedia, special reports, a dictionary, and links to selected web sites. It also includes a Spanish language encyclopedia.

Dictionaries and Other Reference Sources

Grove's Dictionary of Art Online
The Grove Dictionary of Art contains 45,000 full-text articles on every aspect of the visual arts--painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography--from prehistory to the present day, and a wide variety of image files. Updated daily.

Access Science
This is the online version of:

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

In addition to the 8,000+ articles there are biographies, research updates, and science news. The student center provides study guides and bibliographies for further reading for students at the high school or college levels.

Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online contains an online collection of dictionaries and other reference books from Oxford University Press. Coverage includes the arts, languages, literature, sciences and social sciences.

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