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.
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World Book Online is a suite of online research tools that delivers encyclopedia articles¸ primary source collections¸ educator tools¸ student activities¸ pictures¸ audio¸ and video¸ complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites. All the databases are editor-screened for authenticity and age-appropriate content.
Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedias cover a number of subjects and disciplines.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy was designed from its inception (September 1995) as a dynamic reference work. In a dynamic reference work¸ each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public. Consequently¸ this dynamic reference work is responsive to new research. You can¸ however¸ cite fixed editions which are made on a quarterly basis and stored in the Archives.
To search for subject-specific dictionaries in the catalog, do a SUBJECT SEARCH for your discipline followed by "encyclopedia"; for example, "computer science --encyclopedias," Online encyclopedias will include "electronic resource" as part of the title.
Please note that some dictionaries may be available only in print and for use on library premises.
Some of our online research guides include links to subject-specific reference sources; for example:
