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.
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 300 reference e-books in Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
More than 300 reference e-books in Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
Global Reference Center (Britannica) - Online encyclopedias from Britannica in Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
Online encyclopedias from Britannica in Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary (unabridged) - Merriam-Webster's International Dictionary and 8 other reference works.
Merriam-Webster's International Dictionary and 8 other reference works.
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 Language Dictionaries Online - 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 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 >25,000 articles, >10,000 pictures & maps, 10,000 video & sound clips, linked articles to periodicals, & 140,000 editor-approved web sites.
Contains >25,000 articles, >10,000 pictures & maps, 10,000 video & sound clips, linked articles to periodicals, & 140,000 editor-approved web sites.
Selected Websites
Artcyclopedia-
The Fine Art Search Engine
The Fine Art Search Engine
Bartlett's Quotations -
Familiar Quotations, Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature.
Familiar Quotations, Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature.
Dictionary of Units of Measure-
Information on specific units of measure.
Information on specific units of measure.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian-
Directory of all Smithsonian sponsored wesites.
Directory of all Smithsonian sponsored wesites.
Roget's Thesaurus-
Words grouped by meaning with definitions.
Words grouped by meaning with definitions.
Webster's Dictionary-
Merriam-Webster Online
.Merriam-Webster Online