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Oxford Reference Online (ORO) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Provides full text of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly entries.

Reference Universe Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Some full text. Reference Universe helps you find the right article--the authoritative article--to begin your research, whether it's on your shelves in a reference work or in an online reference database

World Almanac Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
1998-current ed. Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. A source for biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics, dates, and information about a wide variety of subjects. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries--General

Encyclopedia Britannica Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [K-12] Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Current. Full text of the encyclopedia, including 25,000 entries covering an array of topics and subject areas. Also includes images. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Oxford English Dictionary (Online) On campus use only Off-campus access
Contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, first published in 1989, together with its 3-volume Additions Series, published in 1993 (volumes 1 and 2) and 1997 (volume 3).

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries--Disciplinary

AccessScience Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
The online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Yearbooks and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, and more.

Oxford Art Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Full text. A gateway into art research and the access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications including The Dictionary of Art(1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art(2001). Articles will be added and updated.

Oxford Music Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
All time periods. Full text. Oxford Music Online expands Grove Music online and comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and more.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Unrestricted Resource
Impressive for its depth, scope and authority; open access.

Biographical Information

Biography and Genealogy Master Index Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
An index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.