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Electronic Reference Materials 

Credo Reference | Readers’ Guide Retro | Encyclopedia Britannica | Facts on File | Oxford English Dictionary | New Oxford American Dictionary | Oxford American Dictionary of Current English | Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English

 For additional reference materials choose from the following:


Art

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms

Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art

Grove’s Dictionary of Art

Oxford Companion to the Photograph

Oxford Companion to Western Art

Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists

Oxford Dictionary of Art

Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists

 

Biographies

Chambers Biographical Dictionary

A Dictionary of Political Biography

A Dictionary of Scientists

Infoplease Biography

Marquis Who Was Who in America, 1607-1984

Marquis Who Was Who in America, 1985-present

Marquis Who’s Who in America

Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

Marquis Who’s Who in the World

 

Business & Economics

Country Watch

Demographic Yearbook

Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society

Encyclopedia of Business in Today’s World

Factiva

The Handbook of International Financial Terms

History of World Trade Since 1450

Oxford Dictionary of Accounting

Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management

Oxford Dictionary of Economics

Oxford Dictionary of Finance and Banking

Oxford Dictionary of Human Resource Management

Oxford Dictionary of Marketing

Oxford Dictionary of Statistics

Oxford Handbook of International Financial Terms

The Statesman’s Yearbook

 

Environment

Access Science

Action Bioscience

Annual Reviews: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Annual Reviews: Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Annual Reviews: Environment and Resources

Annual Reviews: Marine Science

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences

A Dictionary of Ecology

A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation

A Dictionary of Geography

Dictionary of Weather

Encyclopedia of Ecology

Encyclopedia of Environment and Society

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources

Oxford Companion to Global Change

Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea

Oxford Companion to the Earth

Oxford Companion to the Garden

Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences

Oxford Dictionary of Ecology

Oxford Dictionary of Environment and Conservation

Oxford Dictionary of Weather

 

History

The African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience

American History Through Literature, 1820-1870

American History Through Literature, 1870-1920

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology

Country Watch

Dictionary of American History

Dictionary of British History

A Dictionary of Contemporary World History

A Dictionary of World History

Dynasties of the World

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

Encyclopedia of Judaica

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Encyclopedia of India

Encyclopedia of Russian History

Encyclopedia of the New American Nation

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics

Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450

Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire

Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction

Europe 1450-1798: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War

Historical Dictionary of the Arab/Israeli Conflict

Historical Dictionary of the [American] Civil War

History of World Trade Since 1450

The Kings and Queens of Britain

The Oxford Companion to American Military History

The Oxford Companion to Archaeology

The Oxford Companion to Australian History

The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History

The Oxford Companion to Black British History

The Oxford Companion to British History

The Oxford Companion to Canadian History

The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

The Oxford Companion to Irish History

The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History

The Oxford Companion to Scottish History

An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age

The Oxford Companion to United States History

The Oxford Companion to World War II

The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History

Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

Polling the Nations

Social Change in America: The Historical Handbook

United Methodist Women's Archive

Who's Who in the Classical World

 

History in Dispute:

Vol. 1: The Cold War

Vol. 2: American Social and Political Movements: 1945-2000

Vol. 3: American Social and Political Movements: 1900-1945

Vol. 4: World War II, 1939-1943

Vol. 5: World War II, 1943-1945

Vol. 6: The Cold War: Second Series

Vol. 7: Water and the Environment Since 1945: Global Perspectives

Vol. 8: World War I: First Series

Vol. 9: World War I: Second Series

Vol. 10: The Crusades, 1095-1291

Vol. 11: The Holocaust, 1933-1945

Vol. 12: The American Revolution, 1763-1789

Vol. 13: Slavery in the Western Hemisphere, circa 1500-1888

Vol. 14: The Middle East Since 1945: First Series

Vol. 15: The Middle East Since 1945: Second Series

Vol. 16: Twentieth-Century European Social and Political Movements: First Series

Vol. 17: Twentieth-Century European Social and Political Movements: Second Series

Vol. 18: The Spanish Civil War

Vol. 19: The Red Scare After 1945

Vol. 20: Classical Antiquity and Classical Studies

Vol. 21: Revolutionary Russia, 1890-1930

 

Language & Literature

A Dictionary of African Mythology

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology

A Dictionary of Creation Myths

A Dictionary of English Folklore

A Dictionary of Superstitions

A Dictionary of World Mythology

The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature 

The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature

Encyclopedia of Communication Theory

The Oxford Companion to American Literature

The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature

The Oxford Companion to the Brontës

The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature

Dictionary of Literary Biography

A Dictionary of Shakespeare A Dictionary of Writers and their Works

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature

The Oxford Companion to English Literature

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology

The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction

The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English

Oxford Dictionary of Media and Communication

Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens

The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin)

The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English)

 

Law & Criminal Justice

21st Century Criminology :  A Reference Handbook

A Dictionary of Law

A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

Annual Reviews: Law and Social Science

Annual Reviews: Sociology

Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice

Encyclopedia of Education Law

Lexis Nexis Academic

The New Oxford Companion to Law

The Oxford Companion to American Law

The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia

The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States

The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions

West's Encyclopedia of American Law

World of Forensic Science

 

Medicine

An A-Z of Medicinal Drugs

A-Z of Plastic Surgery

Access Science

Annual Reviews: Biomedical Engineering

Annual Reviews: Cell and Developmental Biology

Annual Reviews: Genomics and Human Genetics

Annual Reviews: Immunology

Annual Reviews: Medicine

Annual Reviews: Neuroscience

Annual Reviews: Nutrition

Annual Reviews: Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease

Annual Reviews: Pharmacology and Toxicology

Annual Reviews: Physiology

Annual Reviews: Public Health

Concise Medical Dictionary

A Dictionary of Biomedicine

A Dictionary of Dentistry

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition

A Dictionary of Nursing

A Dictionary of Psychology

A Dictionary of Public Health

Encyclopedia of Health & Aging

Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise

The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health

Magill’s Medical Guide

Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources

The Oxford Companion to Medicine

The Oxford Companion to the Body

The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine

World of Forensic Science

World of Sports Science


Music & Performing Arts

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera

A Dictionary of Opera Characters

The Grove Book of Opera Singers

The Grove Book of Operas

Grove’s Dictionary of Music

The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre

The Oxford Companion to Music

The Oxford Companion to the American Musical

The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance

The Oxford Dictionary of Dance

 
Natural Sciences

Access Science

Annual Reviews: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Annual Reviews: Analytical Chemistry

Annual Reviews: Biochemistry

Annual Reviews: Biophysics

Annual Reviews: Entomology

Annual Reviews: Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Annual Reviews: Fluid Mechanics

Annual Reviews: Genetics

Annual Reviews: Marine Science

Annual Reviews: Microbiology

Annual Reviews: Nuclear and Particle Science

Annual Reviews: Physical Chemistry

Annual Reviews: Phytopathology

Annual Reviews: Plant Biology

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour

A Dictionary of Chemistry

A Dictionary of Genetics

A Dictionary of Physics

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences

A Dictionary of Scientists  

A Dictionary of Space Exploration  

A Dictionary of Zoology

Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

The Encyclopedia of Mammals

Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles, Laws, and Theories

The Encyclopedia of Underwater Life

The Gale Encyclopedia of Science

Genetics

The New Encyclopedia of Birds

The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies

The New Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians

The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science

The Oxford Companion to Cosmology

Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Scientific Thought :  In Context

 

Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics

Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy

The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

 

Political Science

Action Bioscience

Annual Reviews: Environment and Resources

Annual Reviews: Law and Social Science

Annual Reviews: Political Science

Cities of the United States

Countries and Their Cultures

Country Watch

A Dictionary of Political Biography

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice

Encyclopedia of Political Communication

Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict

Encyclopedia of World Poverty

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics

Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources

A Guide to Countries of the World

Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources

Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources

New Encyclopedia of Africa

The Oxford Companion to Military History

Oxford Encyclopedia of Africa

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

The Oxford Guide to the United States Government

Polling the Nations

Poverty in America :  An Encyclopedia

Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources

Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources

 

Psychology

Annual Reviews: Clinical Psychology

Annual Reviews: Neuroscience

Annual Reviews: Psychology

Encyclopedia of Counseling

Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology

Encyclopedia of Human Development

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology

The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health

International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis

The Oxford Companion to Consciousness

Psychologists and Their Theories for Students

 

Religion

A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

A Dictionary of Popes

A Dictionary of the Bible

A Dictionary of Buddhism

A Dictionary of Hinduism

Encyclopaedia Judaica

Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Encyclopedia of Religion

Encyclopedia of Science and Religion

New Catholic Encyclopedia

New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2009

New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement, Jubilee Volume: The Wojtyla Years

The Oxford Companion to the Bible

The Oxford Dictionary of Islam

The Oxford Dictionary of Saints

The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices

 

Social Studies

Annual Reviews: Anthropology

Annual Reviews: Law and Social Science

Annual Reviews: Sociology

Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body

Country Watch

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice

Encyclopedia of Anthropology

Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media

Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society

Encyclopedia of Counseling

Encyclopedia of Disability

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society

Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics

Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender

Encyclopedia of Sociology

Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict

Encyclopedia of World Poverty

Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources

Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources

Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources

Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources

International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Oxford Dictionary of Statistics

Polling the Nations

Poverty in America :  An Encyclopedia

Social Change in America: The Historical Handbook

Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources

Statesman’s Yearbook

 

Teacher Education

Encyclopedia of Education Law

Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology

 

Technology

Access Science

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics

A Dictionary of Computing

A Dictionary of the Internet

A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units