Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Britannica Online - School Edition - 
Britannica, Comptons, and Britannica Elementary encyclopedias with learning materials, teaching resources and other educational resources.
Britannica, Comptons, and Britannica Elementary encyclopedias with learning materials, teaching resources and other educational resources.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year.
Complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO) -
Provides the full-text of over 25,000 encyclopedic entries searchable by subject or keywords. Updated annually.
Provides the full-text of over 25,000 encyclopedic entries searchable by subject or keywords. Updated annually.
Gale Directory Library - Contains electronic directories including: Directories in Print, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Encyclopedia of Associations.
Contains electronic directories including: Directories in Print, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Encyclopedia of Associations.
Gale Virtual Reference Library -
More than 2,600 reference e-books in Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
More than 2,600 reference e-books in Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
Oxford Dictionaries - Oxford's top-of-the-range, unabridged bilingual dictionaries, available in Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
Oxford's top-of-the-range, unabridged bilingual dictionaries, available in Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) - The authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
The authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
Oxford Reference Online - Over 120 dictionaries (English and foreign languages) and reference titles in science, business, humanitites, social sciences and more.
Over 120 dictionaries (English and foreign languages) and reference titles in science, business, humanitites, social sciences and more.
World Book Online -
Contains more than 25,000 articles, more than 10,000 pictures & maps, more than10,000 video & sound clips, linked articles to periodicals, & 140,000 editor-approved web sites.
Contains more than 25,000 articles, more than 10,000 pictures & maps, more than10,000 video & sound clips, linked articles to periodicals, & 140,000 editor-approved web sites.