Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia of American Studies

"The encyclopedia contains over 660 articles and bibliographies covering the wide range of disciplines related to the histories and cultures of the United States from pre-colonial days to the present."

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Full-text of over 100,000 articles and 23,000 graphics from the classic encyclopedia.

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Europa World Yearbook

Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, the indispensable source of information on world-wide affairs.

First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library (via InfoTrac)

Over 20 titles in the areas of Arts, Biography, Business, Environment, History, Literature, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Science, and Social Science. Titles include:

• Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
• Contemporary Authors
• Contemporary Black Biography
• Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
• International Directory of Company Histories

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Oxford English Dictionary

Full-text of the complete 20 volume print Dictionary (the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150) plus at least 1000 new entries each quarter.

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Oxford Reference

Full-text of the 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works, containing well over 60,000 pages, into a single cross-searchable resource. Subjects include: Art and Architecture, Biological Sciences, Classics, Computing, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics and Business, English Dictionaries and Thesauruses, English Language Reference, Food and Nutrition, General Reference, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Military History, Modern Languages, Mythology and Folklore,Performing Arts, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Politics and Social Sciences, Quotations, Religion and Philosophy and Science. Individual titles include:

Oxford Dictionary of Twentieth Century Quotations, Oxford-Hachette Concise French Dictionary, Dictionary of Biology, Concise Medical Dictionary, Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History, Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre, Dictionary of Psychology, Dictionary of Economics, and Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions.

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