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Research Resources Home > Finding Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Almanacs

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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 500 reference titles using Credo.

Campus/Remote

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Contains the complete Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, as well as videos, blogs, news, research tools, and links to editor-selected websites.

Campus/Remote

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Full-text information from about 30 encyclopedias on bioethics, health, psychology, science, and more.

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Sage Knowledge

Search over 60 full-text encyclopedias. A good source for social science and health topics.

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Reference Universe (Paratext)

Search most of JMU's reference collection for background articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc.

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Guide to Reference (ALA)

A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline...

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Oxford Reference Online (Oxford University Press)

Full-text information from over 200 encyclopedias and dictionaries covering all subjects.

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Blackwell Reference Online Collection (Blackwell)

Full-text information from over 300 encyclopedias and other reference books.

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Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services)

Facts and full-text overviews of historic events and issues since 1940.

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OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) (Oxford University Press)

The premier dictionary of the English language.  Definitions, word origins, and quotations.

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World Almanacs (OCLC / Firstsearch)

Quick facts from several almanacs.

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AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (McGraw-Hill)

Encyclopedia articles and definitions.

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JMU Library Catalog (LEO) (JMU Libraries)

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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