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Reference Material in the form of subject dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks typically provide background essays, definitions, broad overviews of various topics, or other pertinent facts. Online reference resources can be searched via multi-disciplinary collections like those below.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Over 600 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries (English and foreign language), thesauri, books of quotations, as well as a range of subject-specific reference books.
- Oxford Reference OnlineCurrent edition dictionaries, encyclopedias and thesauri on multiple disciplines and subjects.
- Sage eReferenceStart your research with authoritative encyclopedias and handbooks in the social and behavioral sciences.
- Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics This link opens in a new window
Structure, history and use of all the major and minor languages of the world. Lists languages of the world with information on number of speakers, language family, etc.