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	Gale Virtual Reference Library Full-text information from about 30 encyclopedias on bioethics, health, psychology, science, and more.[more info] Campus/Remote
	Sage eReference Search over 60 full-text encyclopedias. A good source for social science and health topics.[more info] Campus/Remote AE5.S244
	Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection (Oxford University Press) Full-text information from over 200 encyclopedias and dictionaries covering all subjects.[more info] Campus/Remote
	Blackwell Reference Online Collection (Blackwell) Full-text information from over 300 encyclopedias and other reference books.[more info] Campus/Remote
	Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services) Facts and full-text overviews of historic events and issues since 1940.[more info] Campus/Remote
	Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica.com) Full-text information from this standard encyclopdedia and definitions from Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.[more info] Campus/Remote
	OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) (Oxford University Press) The premier dictionary of the English language.  Definitions, word origins, and quotations.[more info] Campus/Remote
	World Almanacs (OCLC) Quick facts from several almanacs.[more info] Campus/Remote
	AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (McGraw-Hill) Encyclopedia articles and definitions.[more info] 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[more info] Internet

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