Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Online Databases

Collection of publications from CQ Press, including encyclopedias, covering American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.

Archive of digital facsimile images of works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.

Formerly ebrary. A collection of ebooks in a variety of subject areas.

Provides the full-text of thousands recently-published books from selected academic and commercial publishers, as well as the full-text of a large number of older works in the public domain.

An electronic version of this popular encyclopedia.

Collection of online encyclopedias and reference books covering a variety of subject areas.

Includes over 180 encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs and handbooks on all subject areas. Search at the entry screen or click on Subjects and Books to see titles included.

Collection of online encyclopedias and reference books covering a variety of subject areas, including history and the social sciences.

Fulltext access to a collection of medical reference books, manuals and encyclopedias, including Mosby's Drug Consult, Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

Provides access to Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships with ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Images for College Teaching, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society and numerous international art galleries and artists.

Over 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles.

The dictionary of record. In addition to definitions, it also includes the history of how individual words have been used.

Comprehensive dictionary that covers all aspects of music. Includes Grove Music Online, with access to search The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music

Now called Data Axle Reference Solutions.  A business directory of U.S. companies that is searchable by company name, ticker symbol, type of business, geography or company size.

Directory of periodicals, including journals, magazines and newspapers. Provides bibliographic information, including indexing, subject coverage, and price.

Over 35 million records of any type of material owned by libraries throughout the United States and several other countries.