Encyclopedias, Subject Dictionaries, & Biographical Sources
AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online)
Provides authoritative information for non-specialists on a wide variety of science-related topics. Includes the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms and the Yearbooks of Science & Technology in addition to biographies from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, selected Science News articles, and links to evaluated web sites.
ADB & NDB Register
90,000 biographical entries from the middle ages to the present. The Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie is fulltext (fraktur), the Neue Deutsche Biographie includes dates of birth, a brief entry and citation to printed volume.
American National Biography
Includes biographical information on over 17,000 men and women who were important in American history. (Also available in print Main Library Reference CT213 .A68 1999)
Biography Reference Bank
This biographical database includes comprehensive coverage of people from ancient times to the present, with in-depth profiles from Current Biography, the World Authors series, and a wide range of other biographical sources. It includes periodical coverage from Biography Index, and full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases.
Canadian Encyclopedia
Canadian people, events, geography, history, arts, innovation and more.
Contemporary Authors
CQ Online Editions
Online access to many standard CQ Reference titles: CQ Almanac; Congress and the Nation and five CQ Guides: Guide to Congress; Guide to the Presidency; Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court; Guide to U.S. Elections; Guide to Political Campaigns in America.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Intended for both scholars and general readers, this 22 volume work, with its hyperlinked text, has been extensively revised and expanded from the 1972 edition. Includes 600 maps, charts, tables, photographs, and 21,000 signed entries. Browse by going to the e-Table of Contents, search for a particular term in the e-Index, or perform a quick search on the full text, by first checking the "within this publication" box.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Worldwide Web version with keyword and subject access.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture & History: The Black Experience in the Americas
6 volume set searchable as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Covers the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
5 vol., 2007. 1,200 entries on topics related to the overlap between people and nature. Biographies, policy discussions, and essays about problems, processes, and theoretical concepts.
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Encyclopedia of India
4 volume set searchable as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Encyclopedia of population
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Includes a broad range of articles on the major topics in the field. Chapters include: Paleoclimatology, Dating Techiniques, Quaternary Stratigraphy, Quaternary Glaciation, Fluvial Environments, History of Quaternary Glaciations, Sea Level Studies, Paleosols and Wind-Blown Sediments, Lake Level Studies, Paleobotany, Paleolimnology, Vertebrate Studies, Insect Fossil Studies, Paleoceanography, Ice Core Studies, Stable Isotope Research-Carbonates, Humans in the Quaternary.
Encyclopedia of Religion
Also in print at Main Library Ref BL31 E46 1986
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Topics include financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
Also in Main Library Reference HC102 .G35 1999
General Reference Center Gold
Coverage of current events, popular culture, business and industry, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more from articles in newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images.
Grove Art Online
Grove Art Online comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001).
Grove Music Online
Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002). Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000. Also available in print Main Library Reference CT773 .D4 2004
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Also in Print: Main Library Reference HC15 .O94 2003 (5 volumes)
Oxford Reference Collection
Comprehensive online reference package for a broad range of subject areas. Includes maps, timelines, bilingual dictionaries, and more.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
More than 2000 articles, from Aristotle to Nominalism and from Personal Identity to Zeno of Elea. New articles added on a regular basis, 90 added since the launch of REP in 2000.
St. James encyclopedia of popular culture
World of Learning (Directory)
International Directory of institutions of higher education and learning.
