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Finding Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Almanacs

Find background information and an overview.  These sources are a good place to begin your research.

Credo Reference (Credo Reference)
Search over 400 reference titles using Credo.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full-text information from about 30 encyclopedias on bioethics, health, psychology, science, and more.
Campus/Remote
Sage eReference
Search over 60 full-text encyclopedias. A good source for social science and health topics.
Campus/Remote AE5.S244
Guide to Reference (ALA)
A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline...
Campus/Remote
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection (Oxford University Press)
Full-text information from over 200 encyclopedias and dictionaries covering all subjects.
Campus/Remote
Blackwell Reference Online Collection (Blackwell)
Full-text information from over 300 encyclopedias and other reference books.
Campus/Remote
Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services)
Facts and full-text overviews of historic events and issues since 1940.
Campus/Remote
OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) (Oxford University Press)
The premier dictionary of the English language.  Definitions, word origins, and quotations.
Campus/Remote
World Almanacs (OCLC)
Quick facts from several almanacs.
Campus/Remote
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (McGraw-Hill)
Encyclopedia articles and definitions.
Campus/Remote
LEO Library Catalog (JMU)
To find specialized encyclopedias on a subject area, do a Word search as follows:
encyclopedia* and religion
For online encyclopedias: Limit to Location - Internet
For print encyclopedias: most are located in the Reference Collection
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