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Reference Sources - Encyclopedias
Library Guide: Using Encyclopedias
Oxford Reference Online Premium
175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works.
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online (Zayed University subscription)
Access to 72,000 articles, 10,000
illustrations, photographs, maps and flags. Access also to Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year.
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
Reference resources on a variety of topics
listed A-Z
Encyclopedia.com
More than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
Microsoft
Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
16,000 articles with photos and illustrations.
Online
dictionaries
Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
YourDictionary.com
Other
reference resources
Information
Please Almanac
A comprehensive source that combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs.
Europa
World
Political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories
Indispensable
Links
Facts and figures from weights
and measures ”to flags of the world”
The
Internet Public Library
Facts and figures
Grove
Dictionary of Art Online
Includes the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996,
34 vols.), including art movements, styles and culture, extensive
articles and biographies, and image libraries.
