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Encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference
Reference Databases
- General Encyclopedias
- Search the Enclyclopaedia Britannica in Britannica Online
- Columbia Encyclopedia
Inlcudes over 50,000 articles.
- Encyclopedias by Subject
- Subject encyclopedias on all topics are available in
Oxford Reference and Credo Reference
- You can also find subject encyclopedias in Knovel and EBL
- Find
online encyclopedias in the library catalogue
- Encyclopedias by Subject - Selected Titles
- AccessScience
- Ecyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology
- Encyclopedia of Smart Materials
- Encyclopedia of Telecommunications
- Handbook of Psychology
- Internet Encyclopedia
- International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Kirk-Other Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
- Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
- Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology
- Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine
Wikis
- Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create an accurate and comprehensive free-content encyclopedia.
All content is created and edited by participants.
Dictionaries & Thesauri, English Style & Usage
- Dictionaries
- Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
- The Macquarie Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary via Britannica Online
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
- Oxford Reference Online
Over 100 dictionaries, including specialist subject dictionaries, plus other reference books. - Credo Reference
Includes a wide range of specialist subject dictionaries plus other reference books.
- Thesauri
- Merriam-Webster Colegiate Thesaurus via Britannica Online
- Roget's II: the new thesaurus 3rd edition
- Lexical FreeNet
- English Style & Usage
- Elements of Style
The classic work by William Strunk on English language usage. - American Heritage Book
of English Usage
Grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms.
- Elements of Style
Quotations
- Oxford Reference Online
Includes The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and Oxford Dictionary of Twentieth Century Quotations. - Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations
The 10th edition, 1919. - Simpson's Contemporary
Quotations
1950-1988.
Facts, Weather, Time
- Ask.com
Question and answer database. - How stuff works
- Time and
date.com
Current local times around the world. - Weather
Local weather via ABC News online.
Directories
Biography
- Australian
Dictionary of Biography
Over 10,000 scholarly biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980. - s9.Com Biographical Dictionary
- Includes the biographies of over 33 000 notable men and women.
- World Who's Who
Biographical information on international heads of state, religious and political leaders,
and eminent people from business, finance, technology,and the arts.
Miscellaneous
- Gray's Anatomy
- King James Bible
- Historical speeches and documents
- Periodical
abbreviation services
Find out the full title of a periodical from its abbreviation.
Other Collections of Reference Tools
- Project Bartleby
Classic reference works. - Info please
Online dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac and reference.
Author: Kim Hodgman
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