Research Guides: Online Reference Shelf: Home

About This Guide

Reference sources are research tools that can be consulted for quick answers, facts, or overviews. They can be used to gather initial information as well as provide sources for additional research.

This guide provides links to the most popular general reference resources in the UC Libraries collections and tips for finding online reference sources.

PLEASE NOTE that some important reference sources in a discipline may not be available online.

Reference Collections

Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a ready-reference solution for learners and librarians. Its full-text¸ aggregated content covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference materials. The content is enriched with images¸ sound files¸ maps and customizable data tables.
Coverage: varies
Gale Virtual Reference Library @ Gale Ebooks
Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library¸ but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
Oxford Reference Online
The Core Collection is a huge and comprehensive resource that contains over 100 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from General Reference and Language to Science and Medicine¸ and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.

Contact and fFedback

For help and/or suggestions on the content of this guide please contact Olga Hart:
Olga.Hart@uc.edu, phone: (513) 556-1850