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Multi-disciplinary encyclopedia. Also includes primary sources, Merriam-Webster's dictionary, some periodicals, and media.

Use Credo to find reliable background information on a topic, for brainstorming, and when you need a reference source. Contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases.

Use this database to find content on controversial topics. Contains reference articles, popular periodicals, and more. This can be a great starting point to begin research for a persuasive argument essay.

This database includes encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Use this database to find reference sources (from dictionaries and encyclopedias) on a wide variety of topics.

Traces the usage of words (etymology), meaning, and pronunciation.

Covers articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents and more on social and controversial issues.

AccessMedicine provides medical students with a variety of resources needed to excel in basic science studies and clerkships.

AccessAnesthesiology (ACA) is an online medical resource for all levels of study that includes a complete full-text library of clinical textbooks, including Longnecker’s Anesthesiology, 3e, Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, 6e, and many others.

An electronic reference source on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion. Entries are written by Israeli, American, and European subject specialists.

The Biblical and Religious Studies Department's Abrams Fund has made possible the acquisition of the online version of this multidisciplinary, four-volume resource.

This title has different searchable encyclopedia entries on topics in Religious & Biblical Studies.

Use this database to find scholarly sources on the Ancient World. Search a collection of over 6,500 entries. Database contains articles, images, maps, links to primary texts, and more. Perpetual access made possible by a generous donor to the Hellenic Scholars Collection. 

Traces the usage of words (etymology), meaning, and pronunciation.

Use this database to find reference sources (from dictionaries and encyclopedias) on a wide variety of topics.

A history database that includes encyclopedias, books, journals, historical documents, and more. Most articles will be full-text.

This database searches several Gale literature databases at once. You can find both reference works and scholarly materials.

Use this database for music research, specifically you can search The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.