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Encyclopedias and Reference

See also Research by Subject. This menu includes general and selected reference sources only.

Biographies
American National Biography	Oxford
Biography & Genealogy Master Index	Gale
Biography Reference Bank Select	Wilson
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography	Gale
Gale Literary Databases (campus only)	Gale
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - British	Oxford

Books and Bibliography
Book Review Digest Plus	Wilson
Books in Print	Bowker
CHOICE Reviews Online	American Library Assoc.
Dissertation Abstracts	FirstSearch
ebrary - E-books	ebrary
NetLibrary - E-books	NetLibrary
WorldCat - Library catalogs worldwide	FirstSearch

Countries
ABC-CLIO - Culture and customs by country	ABC-CLIO
CountryWatch	CountryWatch, Inc.
Europa World	Europa
Handbook of the World	Oxford
NationMaster.com (open access)	NationMaster, Inc.
World Factbook (open access)	United States CIA

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms Dictionary	Gale
Britannica Online Encyclopedia	Britannica
CQ Researcher - Current issues	CQ Press
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences	Gale
Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary (campus only)	Merriam Webster
Oxford English Dictionary - Word origins	Oxford
Oxford Reference Online - Various language tools	Oxford

Directories
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities	Cabell's
College Blue Book	Gale
CollegeSource - Catalogs	Career Guidance
Encyclopedia of Associations	Gale
National Faculty Directory	Gale
ReferenceUSA - Phonebook	InfoUSA
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory	ProQuest
Vault Online Career Library	Vault, Inc.
World of Learning	Europa

Gateways
ABC-CLIO - Culture and customs by country	ABC-CLIO (Greenwood)
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Multiple subject areas	Gale
Oxford Reference Online - Multiple subject areas	Oxford
Reference Universe - Index of print (and online) sources	Paratext
SAGE Reference Online - Social sciences	Sage
ScienceDirect - Science and medicine	Elsevier

Statistics
American FactFinder (open access)	U.S. Census Bureau
Historical Statistics of the United States	Cambridge
Statistical Abstract (open access)	U.S. Census Bureau
World Development Indicators	World Bank

Subject-Specific
AccessScience	McGraw-Hill
Literature Criticism Online	Gale
MagillOnLiterature	EBSCO
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy	Routledge
Routledge Politics and International Relations Online	Routledge
Routledge Religion Online	Routledge
Salem History	Salem Press

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