Databases for Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Britannica Academic
Access to the Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools to assist students conducting collegiate research. - Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
- Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Gale)
Features medical related articles including in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. - Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
A collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. - Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
The OED provides the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. - Oxford Reference
Spans 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias. Results range from short-entry, general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects. - World Book (Gale)
Online encyclopedia that features thousands of reference articles, primary sources, and online books. It also includes up-to-the-minute access to worldwide news publications, government links from numerous countries, and multimedia materials.
