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Databases by Subject: Encyclopedias and Reference Materials

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

 

Dictionaries

dictionary.com
yourDictionary.com
 

General Encyclopedias

Britannica Online -- Online Academic Edition
Britannica Online -- Public Library Edition
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
 

Specialized Encyclopedias

CQ Researcher Online
CQ Weekly
Encyclopedia of Animals
Reference USA
 

Online Reference Books

 

Government (web sites)

Google U. S. Government Search
North Carolina Information Resources
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
USA.gov
 

General

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Titles included are:
  • Africa: An Ecyclopedia for Students
  • African-American Almanac
  • Animal Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
  • College Blue Book
  • Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco
  • Encyclopedia of Bioethics
  • Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
  • Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
  • Encyclopedia of Islam and the Modern World
  • Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
  • Encyclopedia of Religion
  • Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
  • Fashion, Costume, and Culture
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Science
  • Genetics
  • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World
  • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
  • Pollution A to Z
  • UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes
  • UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
  • UXL Encyclopedia of World Biograghy
  • Water: Science and Issues
  • Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
 
Greenwood Digital Collection
Titles included are:
  • American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
  • Daily Life Through History
  • Historic Events of the 20th Century
  • Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers
  • Literature in Context